Best Comedy Films of 1976
No Deposit, No Return
In this Disney comedy, ... with their mom who is in Hong Kong. In order to get her attention, they engineer their own kidnapping. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
This spoof makes fun ... studio turns a lost dog into a legend. The story features a number of old stars making cameo appearances. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Holy Year
In this caper comedy, ... the way their plane is hijacked, and, in order to get to their money, they must stop the hijacking. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Freaky Friday
Prolific television director Gary ... Friday was remade twice with the same title, and spawned a whole subgenre of body-switching movies in the 1980s. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Saturday Night Live: Season 02
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The Big Bus
The Big Bus is ... Bus was dumped onto the summer 1976 release schedule without fanfare by Paramount, and it sank without a trace. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Most Inspector Clouseau fans ... by Dreyfuss when Soviet spy Olga (Leslie Ann Down) falls in love with him and strives to protect him. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Bad News Bears
The success this underdog ... Bears manage to change their losing ways and qualify for the championship, where they face their arch-rivals, the Yankees. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Ritz
With The Ritz, Terrence ... Treat Williams, George Coulouris, F. Murray Abraham, Dave King, and (as one of the patrons) a pre-Cheers John Ratzenberger. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Not everything Henry Fonda ... two years. Despite a plethora of illnesses, Fonda is in fine fettle, delivering one of his sprightliest latter-day performances. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Sex on the Run
In a way, the ... with the same dogged determination that he'd demonstrated in his "Yonda lies the castle of my fadduh" formative years. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Con Artists
Sergio Corbucci directs the ... teacher and the student scam each other as they attempt a master plan to swindle criminal leader Belle (Capucine). [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
M*A*S*H: Season 05
Although M*A*S*H entered its ... best supporting player in a continuing series and for Alan Alda as best director (for the episode "Dear Sigmund"). [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
What's Happening!!: Season 01
The urban sitcom What's ... the chief helmsman of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and the only African-American director ever to win an Emmy award. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Shaggy D.A.
Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney ... himself also turned into a canine -- a disgruntled bulldog. Another sequel, The Return of the Shaggy Dog, followed. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Gus
In this Disney film, ... (Tim Conway, Tom Bosley and Harold Gould), Gus the Mule kicks his team all the way to a championship. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Cannonball
Paul Bartel rips off ... Stallone, Joe Dante, Paul Bartel) keep coming, but Cannonball must make it to New York to collect his winnings. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Happy Days: Season 03
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Hawmps!
Joe Camp, the writer ... soon trimmed to 113 minutes; the shorter version is the only one in circulation at this time. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Maîtresse
For a change, the ... of her ilk. How this mismatched (to put it mildly) relationship can possibly work is the core of Maîtresse. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Laverne & Shirley: Season 01
Exploiting the overwhelmingly positive ... Shirley's mom) rolled around, Laverne & Shirley was America's second most popular series (just guess what was number one!). [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Gumball Rally
For better or worse, ... such major stars as Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, and Steve McQueen for the purpose of creating "prestige" film fare. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Monkey Hustle
An inner-city Chicago community ... a lot of funky music, cream pies in the face, and petty theft, but together they stand their ground. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Hollywood Boulevard
Allan Arkush and Joe ... becomes jealous, and a series of disturbing murders occur, culminating in a shoot-out on top of the Hollywood sign. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Car Wash
Michael Schultz directed this ... limousine. Danny de Vito, Brooke Adams and others were originally in the cast but their scenes were ultimately deleted. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Jeffersons: Season 03
Still in its regular ... Jeffersons dropped from 21st to 24th place during season three, its chaotic reshuffling probably did more harm than good. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Chesty Anderson - U.S. Navy
Sequel to the 1970 ... government agent (Fred Willard) who ultimately pays more attention to the resolution of the plot than anyone else around. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Sanford and Son: Season 06
Season six of Sanford ... shake their pleasant memories of the old Sanford and Son, and Sanford was quietly terminated after a single season. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Don's Party
Early in his career, ... adapted from a play by David Williamson; it marks one of the earliest classics of Australian New Wave cinema. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Love by Appointment
Ernest Borgnine and Robert ... escapade ends on a predictably moralistic note. Love by Appointment was originally released as Natale in Casa di Appuntamento. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Nuts in May
Keith (Roger Sloman) and ... May was written and directed (or "devised and directed") by Mike Leigh for the BBC program, Play for Today. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
L'Infermiera
In this Italian sex ... and cause a fatal coronary. Things don't go as planned when the nurse falls in love with her patient. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Superbug Super Agent
A blatant knock-off of ... of "Dodo the Beetle" a Volkswagen bug that comes equipped with a supercomputer and a mind of its own. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
El Guia De Turistas
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The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The third and final ... devise a brilliant and thoroughly unbelievable escape plan. The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe aired on May 29, 1976. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Taming of the Shrew
This made-for-television adaptation of ... Taming of the Shrew was produced for the PBS anthology series American Playhouse, where it first aired in 1976. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Good Times: Season 04
Season four of Good ... seventh to 24th place during season three, the series failed to even crack the Top 25 during season four. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
El Miedo no Anda en Burro
A greedy family schemes ... everything to her ever-faithful feline friend in this dark comedy starring Emma Roldan, Fernando Lujan, and Maria Elena Velasco. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
Are You Being Served?: Season 04
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Lovely Troubles
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The Muppet Show: Season 01
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On Location With Pat Cooper
Italian-American standup comic Pat ... touring as a comedian, and places particularly strong emphasis on the mundaneness and irreverence of the world around him. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Love him or hate ... the glam rock band KISS, Betty White, Roz Kelly, Billy Barty and Margaret Hamilton, from The Wizard of Oz. [ best comedy films - 1976 ]Supplemental Navigation
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