Live Action Cartoons

[tristar]

If there is a sub-genre of comedy films that I love, it is the Live Action Cartoon, a live action comedy that feels just like watching a classic cartoon!

Here's my list:
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Certain scenes from The Cocoanuts (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
Certain scenes from A Night At The Opera (1935)
Just about every classic Three Stooges short (1934-early 1950s)
It's A Gift (1934)
You Can't Cheat An Honest Man (1939)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
The Producers (1968)
Take The Money And Run (1969)
And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
Bananas (1971)
Sleeper (1973)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Love And Death (1975)
Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
Life Of Brian (1979)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Spaceballs (1987)

What else?

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I think you named just about all of them. All I can think of to add is maybe the Pink Panther films? The first one isn't so cartoonish, but they became broader as the years went on.

I would also add Animal House, if only for a few scenes where they parody certain classic cartoon clichés, such as the tiny devil and angel on the shoulder representing temptation, and one of the characters is literally flattened when a crowd runs over him.

The Mask has some cartoon sight gags, stolen -- I mean, influenced from Tex Avery cartoons.

Gremlins, being that Joe Dante is a cartoon fanatic, includes some cartoon-like gags -- like the Gremlin who sticks his hand in a light socket and blows steam out of his ears.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Here's my list:
Sherlock Jr. (1924)

A lot of films and shorts by Buster Keaton could be included. He tended to expose the artifice of filmmaking in some of his comedies.

[FishBulb]

Hudson Hawk; possibly the finest R-Rated Live Action cartoon and candy bar commercial ever made

[ThePeterNetwork]

Would Popeye be considered a live-action cartoon or just something based off the comic strip?

[Daffysleftfoot]

Another Mel Brooks film The History of the World Part I has some cartoony gags in it, like when Gregory Hines is trying NOT to be aroused by the erotic dancer but his suddenly hangs down to his knees.

[Thad]

Save a handful, all of Frank Tashlin's movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mL8k0m4hHw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxJRJMLNXIU

[jlppr]

after seeing the list i would have to add Charlie Chaplin (don't know the name of the movies) and Laurel and Hardy. these are great masterpieces

[Thad]

Well, we're talking about live-action films that are extremely cartoonish in their overall execution. While Chaplin and L&H may have an occasional outlandish gag, most of the time the gags are grounded in real-life.

BTW, Stan Laurel kicks Charlie Chaplin's ass any day.

[jonmayo15]

BTW, Stan Laurel kicks Charlie Chaplin's ass any day.Agreed, I find Laurel's shorts hilarious and I watch Chaplin's stuff and question why he was thought to be so funny. I guess Laurel's humor just holds up better.

[Thad]

Well, Chaplin is great too; the most influential figure in cinema no doubt. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (much later than his most famous work) is one of the most underrated films ever. Laurel just reaches into my cinephile soul more.

But this is veering away from cartoonish live-action. Another one I didn't see listed was MILLION DOLLAR LEGS (W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Hugh Herbert). It gives the Marx Brothers a run for their money. There's also IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD too, but it's obscenely long.

[jlppr]

as i read your message i couldn't help but think on how i could forget about the marx brothers. they didn't even cross my mind. don't know the name of the movies either but they were great characters. i learned about them through the looney tunes and from there i started searching for all the stars and they just stood out for me. then i believe one of them made an appearance in "i love lucy" as well

[tristar]

as i read your message i couldn't help but think on how i could forget about the marx brothers. they didn't even cross my mind. don't know the name of the movies either but they were great characters. i learned about them through the looney tunes and from there i started searching for all the stars and they just stood out for me. then i believe one of them made an appearance in "i love lucy" as wellWell, almost all of them are great characters and actors, excluding Zeppo. He served his purpose as the unfunny straight man, but that was about it. The real clincher is that Zeppo was apparently the funniest of all of them in real life!

Have you seen Duck Soup? That is my favourite Marx film, definately on my Top 10 film list. All the Marx films worth watching are on my list from the first post in this thread, but here it is again:


Certain scenes from The Cocoanuts (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
Certain scenes from A Night At The Opera (1935)


I'd suggest starting with the first five (The Paramount films), because those are the funniest, then with moving on to the early MGM movies like A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races, with the latter one being the last tolerable Marx film.

[jlppr]

Well, almost all of them are great characters and actors, excluding Zeppo. He served his purpose as the unfunny straight man, but that was about it. The real clincher is that Zeppo was apparently the funniest of all of them in real life!

Have you seen Duck Soup? That is my favourite Marx film, definately on my Top 10 film list. All the Marx films worth watching are on my list from the first post in this thread, but here it is again:



I'd suggest starting with the first five (The Paramount films), because those are the funniest, then with moving on to the early MGM movies like A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races, with the latter one being the last tolerable Marx film.




i may just go and do that. i would love to see more of them. i'll look them up on amazon or target to purchase them. my list of these to purchase seems to keep growing more and more...but at least i have something to look forward to

[Bobby Bickert]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Villain (1979).

[mulroz]

The Blues Brothers could be in this list as well. For example blowing up a hotel and leaving it without a scratch (just some dust on the suits) is typical cartoonesque.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Villain (1979).
That's a movie I'd like to forget.