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Best Comedy Films of 1973


Le Magnifique

In this parody of ... (who is of course, the lookalike of the lovely student). The spy's nemesis is in reality, his pushy publisher. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

All in the Family: Season 04

Still riding high as ... in which Archie prematurely celebrates the likelihood that Mike will at last be moving out of the Bunker household. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Carry on Matron

The last of four ... stalwart Carry On-ers in the cast, many in surprisingly fleeting roles, include Kevin Connor, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Lotsa Luck [TV Series]

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A Touch of Class

Producer/director Melvin Frank struck ... pathos, A Touch of Class was nominated for four Academy Awards, and earned Glenda Jackson a Best Actress Oscar. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

M*A*S*H: Season 02

Although M*A*S*H had played ... a comedy series, Jackie Cooper for his direction of "Carry on Hawkeye", and M*A*S*H itself for Outstanding Comedy Series. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

The World's Greatest Athlete

One of the best ... the handiwork of Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, late of That Was the Week That Was and Get Smart. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Horror Hospital

This gory British horror ... here is far less intelligent. The biggest laughs are provided by the badly dated, ultra-mod '60s clothing and dialogue. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Cops and Robbers

In this comedy from ... didn't take fate into consideration. Cops and Robbers was based on a novel by Donald Westlake (The Hot Rock). [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Steambath

Bruce Jay Friedman's acclaimed ... that the steam bath is actually the waiting room to the next life, where Morty is judging their fates. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

The Brady Bunch: Season 05

The fifth and final ... who adopt a trio of interracial kids, which was filmed as the pilot for a series that never sold. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

The Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob

This comedy concentrates on ... "Mad" tag attached when audiences evinced a lack of interest in what was perceived to be a religious picture. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Graveyard Tramps

In this "guilty pleasure" ... cheapo-horror genre without ever stooping to cheap parody. Invasion of the Bee Girls was also released as Graveyard Tramps. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Don't Play Us Cheap

Melvin Van Peebles' first ... only a minimal release in 1973, and was largely unseen until it was released on videotape in the mid-'90s. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Season 01

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Sanford and Son: Season 03

Still riding high in ... ratings. By the end of the 1973-1974 season, the series ranked as the third most popular American TV program. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Calzonzin Inspector

Based on the comic ... fun tale is about a man who comes into a small town and is mistaken for a government inspector. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Entre Monjas Anda el Diablo

In this ribald Mexican ... begin attended to by a beautiful nun in a convent. Seeing her pretty face, he falls instantly in love. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30

A Brooklyn bachelor's (John ... thirtieth birthday forces him to come to terms with his lack of success--in business, in love and in general. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

The Klutz

In this low-budget French ... a bumbler unwittingly takes part in a bank robbery. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Last of the Summer Wine [TV Series]

Join Compo Simmonite (Bill ... scripts with some of the sharpest and wittiest quips and some of the funniest behavioral observations in British comedy. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Bread and Chocolate

A hard-working Sicilian heads ... in with his neighbors, he never quite seems to make it. Of course his tragedy is the audience's delight. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Midnight Plowboy

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Mecanica Nacional

The humor in this ... a macabre drive through town, as he takes his family, including the propped-up corpse of his mother, back home. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Are You Being Served? [TV Series]

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Are You Being Served?: Season 01

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Chabelo Y Pepito Contra Los Monstruos

When an adventurous pair ... beaten path, this young pair of rebels soon find themselves face-to-face with Dracula, Frankenstein and even the Wolf Man. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]

Chabelo Y Pepito, Detectives

When two young cousins ... means of pursuing the city's most notorious criminals in this family oriented comedy starring Javier Lopez and Martin Ramos. [ best comedy films - 1973 ]




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