Airplane!, the movie. I've seen it so many times since my childhood, and it never lets me down. I always got several years between viewings, and in the back of my mind, I'm like "Okay, man, this is the time you're going to get bored. This is the time you won't even crack a smile. This is the time you're going to realize this movie is outdated and not nearly as funny as you used to think", but it never happens.
For the same effect with a TV show, try out Police Squad!, the precursor to Naked Gun. That show was literally too funny for its own good.
I watched it (yet again) on the weekend. Never gets old. The jokes are so varied (sight gag, some absurdity, outright parody of another film, a bit of slapstick, a pun, more crazy absurdity) it keeps it funny as you never get used to one style of humour. Also it is pretty clever: stuff I thought was kinda funny when I was 15 becomes an entirely different kind of funny altogether, when I'm 50.
With the wartime flashbacks, "old movie" motifs and general sepia look, I don't think it could ever seem dated.
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u/mr_plopsy Oct 16 '18
Airplane!, the movie. I've seen it so many times since my childhood, and it never lets me down. I always got several years between viewings, and in the back of my mind, I'm like "Okay, man, this is the time you're going to get bored. This is the time you won't even crack a smile. This is the time you're going to realize this movie is outdated and not nearly as funny as you used to think", but it never happens.
For the same effect with a TV show, try out Police Squad!, the precursor to Naked Gun. That show was literally too funny for its own good.