Exploring Variety’s Top 100 Comedy Movies of All Time (Part 1) - Airplane is TOO LOW!

December 24, 2025

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The Format: In this solo-hosted rundown, Johnny Mack dives cold into Variety's 100 Best Comedy Movies list from #100 to #50, reacting spontaneously to rankings while tying them to personal nostalgia, cultural shifts, and comedy history for a holiday-themed episode. Energetic and unfiltered.
The Format: A casual solo host monologue blending live reactions, banter with listeners, and plot teases.
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Just Hosts: Johnny Mack delivers sharp-witted, Gen X-flavored commentary alone, bantering with an imaginary audience through self-deprecating asides, outrage at "absurd" rankings, and nostalgic riffs that create infectious solo chemistry around classic comedies.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:33) **Episode Introduction: Variety's 100 Best Comedy Movies**
2 (02:21) **#100-98: Bridget Jones's Diary, Wayne's World, Pretty Woman**
3 (03:00) **#97-92: Born Yesterday, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Brazil, Clerks, Hairspray, The Jerk**
4 (03:50) **#91-88: She Done Him Wrong, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Anchorman**
5 (04:37) **#87-84: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Idiocracy, To Be or Not to Be, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown**
6 (07:00) **#83-75: Wet Hot American Summer, The Awful Truth, The Devil Wears Prada, Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Night at the Opera, Blazing Saddles, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Shaun of the Dead**
7 (09:27) **#74-70: Private Benjamin, Napoleon Dynamite, The Big Lebowski, Miracle at Morgan's Creek, Legally Blonde**

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Show Notes

Johnny Mac delves into Variety's list of the 100 greatest comedy movies ever made. Without prior judgment, Johnny provides his reactions to the first half of the list, starting from number 100 through number 50. Some highlights and notable entries include 'Wayne's World' at 99, 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' at 88, 'Airplane!' at 62, and 'The Waterboy' at 50.

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