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I'm certain that I've asked this before, but maybe you found new books, or dislike a book previously recommend, or it feels good to type things that you have already typed in the past. Either way, I'm asking again. I've read all Douglas Adam's books, so skip him. Novels, essays, short stories, biographies, whatever.
Also, movies. I'm looking for funny movies. I think I've now watched every funny movie made in the last 20 years, would like some suggestions.
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For books, I'm a big fan of the Timewaster[^] books by Robin Cooper. If you appreciate Monty Python and Fawlty Towers then your sense of humour is ideally suited to these books which have a very dry wit about them.
If you have a Kindle, then the Dear Coca Cola[^] book is very funny as well.
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I'm a big fan of Look Around You (I find it offputting and brilliant), I will definitely check them out.
Never heard of the Dear Coca Cola one, maybe I"ll put it on my phone to read at the gym.
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Few movies:
The Big Lebowski, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, South Park, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Clerks & Bad Santa,
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 That's my cup of tea
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Those have neither an Abrahams nor a Zucker. All great comedies have both, two of one is even better. 
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I never seen any except those 2 scary movies by Zucker. I'll later.
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You might be thinking of Kubrick.
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No, Mel brooks. I didn't have a chance to see Airplane & other old movies.
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When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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I have seen all of those, some pretty recently, too.
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wizardzz wrote: so skip him
But but but!...  I think that's about all I have that I would classify as comedy on such a level.
I see that "The Princess Bride" is available for Kindle.
Oh, and have you read Donald E. Westlake's comic crime series?
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Movie: Channel surfing a couple of weeks ago and caught "Spy Hard" starring . . . . wait for it . . . Leslie Nielsen.
Fiction: Just finished three books by Michael Connelly including his latest Lincoln Lawyer novel - Gods of Guilt.
Nonfiction: The Outpost by Jake Tapper (Afghanistan war)
What, me worry?
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I just saw Singin' in the Rain for the first time. Very entertaining for an older movie.
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Allow me to recommend some obvious things that you have probably already considered:
If you like fantasy novels, the Discworld series is a must read. For the most part, each book can be read independently of the others, so there's no need to worry about reading them in order.
If you don't mind reading comics, you can also give The Order of the Stick a go. It's a Dungeons and Dragons themed webcomic with no fourth wall, so hilarity usually ensues. Unlike Discworld, it does stick to a continuous story, so it's probably a good idea to start reading from the beginning.
As for movies/television, I don't think I've ever seen anything in which Rowan Atkinson plays that wasn't funny. Even when he's in a more serious role (such as in Keeping Mum) he manages to take the funny up a notch or two.
The Pink Panther is also worth watching (at least the most recent two (I haven't seen any of the older ones, so I can't make recommendations one way or the other)).
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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Anything by Tom Holt[^] or Robert Rankin[^] would get my vote - both absolutely hilarious,
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As a funny book I read time ago WILT by Tom Sharpe...
It was a good one and sometimes I still laugh when I remember some parts of it... 
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I read the Tom Sharpe books when I was 13, my English teacher told my dad he didn't think they were appropriate reading material for someone of my age.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I do enjoy that film. I like almost all of Terry Gilliam's work.
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I really like the books of Colin Bateman[^], specifically the Dan Starkey books, although some of the non-series ones are very, very funny too. I have laughed out loud reading those.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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It might be a bit of a British sense of humour, but try any of the David Nobbs books.
"The Death of Reginald Perrin" (since renamed "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) was great.
the original TV series based on the book was good, too - the later remake wasn't.
I have fond memories of "Pratt of the Argus" too.
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I just looked that up. I think I will give the series or book a shot. Seems like humour I would enjoy.
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Someone just sent me a large BM. 
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