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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 (eighteen years ago)

these comedies were made for people who aren't me

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

What do you mean by "work"?

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

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

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

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

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

You think "Freddy Got Fingered" is good?

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

I think it's classic.

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

step brothers features two

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

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

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

do Baby Huey cartoons fall into this category?

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

CATSUPPPPPPP DUDE OTM!

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

The Jerk is the classic among classic prickish manchild movie

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

Navin! so otm

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

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

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

Freddie Got Fingered is hilarious. Definitely under appreciated.

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

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

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

also

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

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

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

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

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

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

'He's the ORIGINAL 'Jerk'!'

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

ilx.jpg

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

Tracer ftw

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

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

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

^ bio dome dot jpeg

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

bio-dome is incredibly underrated

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

palsy shore amirite

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

AMERICA

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

waterfalls of butthurt

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

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

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

santorum: the movie

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

Eagle vs. Shark

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

^^ apotheosis of the genre

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

Rob Schneider movies don't work.

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

do they?

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

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

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

is whiney insinuating that step brothers was funny?

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

WHERE'D MY IMG GO

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

Forrest Gump.
Being There.
Neither are total pricks.

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

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

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

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

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

LOL

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

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

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

Buffalo 66

(granted, not intentionally a comedy...)

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

Star Wars 1-3

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


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