re: So, I watched Caddyshack, and I have to admit, I didn't get the hype...

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Hahaha, this was a time when comedy was not a snarky put-down. To many people today think what John Stewart does is actually funny.

Go look at Caddy Shack and Airplane and you will find a lot of humor that really makes you think before you really find it funny. Frankly, Airplane is literally the second best comedy ever behind Blazing Saddles. Those three movies are the best comedies ever. Nothing today even comes close with all this Will Ferrell and others today

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Uh, all three of the movies you laud feature "snarky put downs"

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Uh, all three of the movies you laud feature "snarky put downs"

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-So Ty, who are you playing with in the tournament, you know I'm no slouch.
-Don't sell yourself short Judge, you're a tremendous slouch.

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Sure, it had funny moments. But I was not impressed with it being a cult classic.

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Dude, the fricking movie came out in 1980.

You can't watch it in 2016 like a retard and say like Josh Baskin..."I don't get it, I don't get it."

It's a cultural milieu that passed you the frick by.

You missed out on years of understanding Caddyshack jokes if you liked golf growing up.

You probably missed out on Super Mario Bros., VHS porn, Reebok pumps, He-Man, John Hughes movies, the Big Mac, ALF and the Dark Cyrstal.

Doesn't mean those things sucked because you weren't around.

Your next hot take will be that the Rubiks cube is boring compared to your iphone.

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Sure, it had funny moments. But I was not impressed with it being a cult classic.

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You have to answer two questions:

How old are you?
Have you ever played golf or been to a country club?

"Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. A man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit -- ever. They're like the Viet Cong -- Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote."

"A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

"He's on his final hole. He's about 455 yards away, he's gonna hit about a 2 iron I think."




Ty Webb: This your place, Carl?
Carl Spackler: Yeah, whatta ya think?
Ty Webb: It's really... awful.
Carl Spackler: Well, I got a lot of stuff on order. You know... credit trouble.

Carl Spackler: Your place got a pool?
Ty Webb: We have a pond in the back. We have a pool and a pond... Pond'd be good for you.

"I have to laugh, because I've outsmarted even myself. My enemy, my foe, is an animal. In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And, whenever possible, to look like one. I've gotta get inside this guy's pelt and crawl around for a few days."



Every line Bill Murray did in this movie was improvised. This movie is a comedic masterpiece man.

"Bark like a dog"

Airplane is fricking hilarious

Caddyshack and animal house are both good, but they just aren't all-time funny for my generation. It's ok, comedy changes over time. You can appreciate them and understand that they would have been awesome for the time period without thinking they are hilarious.

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but they just aren't all-time funny for my generation


Define "your generation".

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Hell I'm 34 and Caddyshack would be on my desert island list.

Dangerfield is the best part of that movie to me.

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most low comedies are highly specified to a time and age of viewing

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True. Like I don't find Animal House funny at all but if I had been a college kid at the time I probably would love it.

Caddyshack I do like but it's not one of my favorites. Mostly I find Dangerfield's shtick annoying and cringeworthy.