comedies involving a develepmentally stunted manchild who has trouble interacting, is also a total prick

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Cabin Boy (1994)
Billy Madison (1995)
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Step Brothers (2008)

someone show me a single example where this doesn't work.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:35 (seventeen years ago)

these comedies were made for people who aren't me

Surmounter, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:36 (seventeen years ago)

are the Will Ferrell and Sandler picks just stand-ins for the majority of their respective filmographies here or should we list all the others?

some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)

What do you mean by "work"?

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)

cabin boy is the funniest shit on this list cuz hes a poncey spoiled asshole instead of just an annoying tard

and what, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)

cabin boy is the funniest shit on this list cuz hes a poncey spoiled asshole FANCY LAD

and what, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)

The only one I've heard of is "Freddy Got Fingered"

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)

the ferrell/sandler picks are for when they literally played man-children, as opposed to just eccentric doofuses. (Elf counts as literal man-child, but wasn't that good because Elf wasn't a prick)

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:39 (seventeen years ago)

Tom D, you need to make it a Blockbuster night.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:39 (seventeen years ago)

You think "Freddy Got Fingered" is good?

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:40 (seventeen years ago)

I think it's classic.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

Also, I would say Blankman (1994) is definitely pretty awesome in the manchild category, but Blankman was generally nice.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)

step brothers features two

s1ocki, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

i really loved how they weren't so much immature or slackerish in that movie but rather possessed the exact mentality of 12-year-olds

s1ocki, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

Who's that guy in "Freddy Got Fingered"? Probably the least talented person in the history of universe?

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/swimmerpie3331/TheJerk.jpg

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

do Baby Huey cartoons fall into this category?

some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

CATSUPPPPPPP DUDE OTM!

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:43 (seventeen years ago)

The Jerk is the classic among classic prickish manchild movie

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

btw, step brothers totally rips off blankman with the whole manchild getting some action and not knowing what's happening to his body when he climaxes.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

Navin! so otm

Surmounter, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

No, hold on, I haven't seen "Freddy Got Fingered"! I was thinking of "Road Trip". "The Jerk" is not a prick!

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

btw, step brothers totally rips off blankman with the whole manchild getting some action and not knowing what's happening to his body when he climaxes.

-- Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, August 7, 2008 4:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

i dont remember that happening in step brothers!

s1ocki, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

Navin becomes a prick - that's the whole plot!

Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

He becomes a jerk, that's less strong than becoming a prick, he's still too likeable to be a prick

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:47 (seventeen years ago)

i dont remember that happening in step brothers!

-- s1ocki, Thursday, August 7, 2008 12:46 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

When he's climaxing in the bathroom John C Reilly says "Something's gonna happen!" as opposed to Blankman yelling "What's... happening to my body?!"

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

Freddie Got Fingered is hilarious. Definitely under appreciated.

burt_stanton, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:53 (seventeen years ago)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mrcasey91316/cabinboy1.jpg

am0n, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:54 (seventeen years ago)

also

http://marge.uvm.edu/sdempse/wave/DumbDumber/DumbDumber.jpg

am0n, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://bffc.org/WeeklyPhoto/scan.jpg

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1996/aug/08-07-96/photos/artskingpin.gif

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

(i know cabin boy was mentioned just wanted to post the pic cuz that movie rules)

am0n, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

Dumb and Dumber definitely works here. I think the Kingpin guys were just bozos, tho.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/2334041425_7d19fe922d_o.jpg

Tom D., Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

Heh, every time I think of Andy Richter in Cabin Boy ("Hula girl goes like this" or whatever), cracks me up. Criterion better leap on that shit.

Terrible Cold, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

'He's the ORIGINAL 'Jerk'!'

dell, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

Randy Quaid's character was both ignorant of the ways of the "English" and a black sheep among the Amish (cf his brother's treatment of him when he come to get him).

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/tommy_boy.jpg

This might be the genre I am the most familiar with!

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

ilx.jpg

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:03 (seventeen years ago)

Tracer ftw

dell, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:04 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.iespana.es/bsocaratulas/marzo/bio-dome_back.jpg

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

^ bio dome dot jpeg

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)

CATSUPPPPPPP DUDE OTM!

-- Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 7 August 2008 16:43 (20 minutes ago) Link

^^^^^ (about The Jerk)
This somehow became my family's official movie. My aunt has called me Navin my entire life (my name being Nathan, y'understand).

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:09 (seventeen years ago)

I'm sorry, sir. I was just pondering what drifter's corpse you stole those shoes from.

omar little, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

^ bio dome dot jpeg

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, August 7, 2008 1:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

speaking of Pauly Shore: do "permanent college student" movies like Son In Law and Van Wilder fit into this or is that a whole other category?

some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

bio-dome is incredibly underrated

latebloomer, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:15 (seventeen years ago)

palsy shore amirite

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:15 (seventeen years ago)

AMERICA

Just got offed, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:17 (seventeen years ago)

cabin boy LOUIS JAGGER is the funniest shit on this list cuz hes a poncey spoiled asshole FANCY LAD

some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:22 (seventeen years ago)

waterfalls of butthurt

Just got offed, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:24 (seventeen years ago)

haven't seen that one. is it about trannies?

am0n, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

santorum: the movie

Just got offed, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:27 (seventeen years ago)

Eagle vs. Shark

nabisco, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:30 (seventeen years ago)

^^ apotheosis of the genre

nabisco, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:30 (seventeen years ago)

Rob Schneider movies don't work.

Kerm, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

do they?

Kerm, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

(Psst none of these work. Or "work". But carry on.)

Laurel, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)

What was that movie...with the child ninjas...and the Game Gear that sees into the future...where Rob Schneider plays a ten year old boy? Surf Ninjas?

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:56 (seventeen years ago)

Oh fuck yeah...
http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/04/11/the_top_video_game_scenes_in_movie_history/surfninjas.jpg

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 7 August 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)

is whiney insinuating that step brothers was funny?

J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)

WHERE'D MY IMG GO

RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:01 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wait, sorry, these are supposed to work? Never mind, I thought Eagle vs. Shark was totally annoying for this reason.

nabisco, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:02 (seventeen years ago)

Forrest Gump.
Being There.
Neither are total pricks.

Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:17 (seventeen years ago)

If not for the prick bit, Being There would be perfect, yes

nabisco, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

Magical retards are such a whole different genre than what we're talking about.

some dude, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

LOL

Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)

Chauncey's not a retard, he's just SHELTERED

nabisco, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)

Buffalo 66

(granted, not intentionally a comedy...)

Formerly Painful Dentistry, Thursday, 7 August 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)

Star Wars 1-3

El Tomboto, Thursday, 7 August 2008 21:20 (seventeen years ago)

develepmentally stunted little manchild

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/07/12/little_man_060712074246247_wideweb__300x340,1.jpg

am0n, Thursday, 7 August 2008 21:23 (seventeen years ago)


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