http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/302/discussions.aspxen-USSpout RSShttp://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/The_Comedies_of_Our_Lives_or_Why_You_Think_John/302/31893/1/ShowPost.aspxMon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:58 GMTcdd0f780-13db-4d93-b0f4-ada579d02ae7:31893SkyPilot0<p>For many of us our favorite comedies are movies we first saw when puberty was still a novelty to us. Is that more than a coincidence? Do our <a title="The Big Lebowski (1998)" href="http://www.spout.com/films/114734/default.aspx">favorite</a> <a title="Office Space (1999)" href="http://www.spout.com/films/130791/default.aspx">comedies</a> give us hope about how life can be when we "grow up"?</p> <p>And when we still laugh at <a title="Dumb and Dumber (1994)" href="http://www.spout.com/films/90993/default.aspx">Dumb and Dumber</a> or <a title="Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)" href="http://www.spout.com/films/110871/default.aspx">Grosse Pointe Blank</a>, is that a warm and fuzzy nostalgic reaction more than an appreciation of humor?</p> <p>Will the Millennials still be laughing about Dumb and Dumber when they're in their seventies? And oh no, will our younger siblings be laughing at <a title="Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)" href="http://www.spout.com/films/221231/default.aspx">When Harry Met Lloyd</a> in <em>their</em> seventies?</p>