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I decided to prove my point using statistics, since statistics never lie, especially when it comes to judging the quality of comedic films. Rotten Tomatoes calculates ratings for movies using the Tomatometer: The Tomatometer measures the percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who recommend a certain movie -- or the number of good reviews divided by the total number of reviews. I took Merv and Darryl's combined list of 38 comedies and checked their Tomatometer ratings and calculated an average rating for the 90s. I did the same with lists of 38 comedies from the 1980s and 2000s: 1980s: 94.4 1990s: 76.4 2000s: 79.6 The numbers speak for themselves. You might argue that the 90s were at a disadvantage because they included some of Merv's awful pics like Empire Records (scored a mere 7% on the Tomatometer) and left out some good comedies like Big Lebowski. But I believe that was balanced by the fact that the 00s are only half a decade at this point. That score will improve over the next five years. Here are the lists with Tomatometer rankings: 1980s Sixteen Candles 94 Weird Science 55 Back to the Future 93 Diner 100 Roger Rabbit 100 Spinal Tap 97 Princess Bride 100 Brazil 93 Heathers 100 Harry Met Sally 93 Ghostbusters 100 Raising Arizona 92 Airplane! 100 Fish Called Wanda 100 King of Comedy 95 Naked Gun 92 Roger and Me 100 Blues Brothers 91 Tootsie 90 Pee Wee’s Big Adventure 100 Trading Places 95 Real Genius 92 Roxanne 100 Broadcast News 100 Moonstruck 94 Risky Business 100 Arthur 100 Splash 84 Fast Times 85 Caddyshack 81 Bill & Ted 89 Top Secret 82 Eating Raoul 85 Something Wild 88 Stakeout 87 All of Me 88 Back to School 85 Tapeheads 86 Garp 82 1990s Tommy Boy 60 Clueless 78 Pretty Woman 63 The Wedding Singer 56 There's Something About Mary 78 Dazed & Confused 97 Pump Up the Volume 82 Edward Scissorhands 91 Forrest Gump 78 Home Alone 50 American Pie 61 10 Things I Hate About You 59 Dumb & Dumber 52 Wayne's World 84 Ace Ventura 39 The Truman Show 96 Scream 87 Scary Movie 52 Liar Liar 78 Happy Gilmore 50 Austin Powers 69 Empire Records 7 Private Parts 79 Slacker 86 Waiting For Guffman 94 As Good as It Gets 90 Swingers 77 To Die For 77 Groundhog Day 97 Chasing Amy 93 Defending Your Life 95 Toy Story 100 Fargo 92 House Party 91 L.A. Story 88 My Cousin Vinny 94 The Ref 83 The Player 2000s Anchorman 64 Old School 59 Road Trip 57 Dodgeball 69 Charlie’s Angels 66 Shrek 88 Adaptation 89 School of Rock 90 Incredibles 97 About a Boy 93 Chicken Run 97 High Fidelity 90 Shaun of the Dead 90 American Splendor 95 Elf 84 Mighty Wind 88 State and Main 87 Best in Show 93 Good Bye, Lenin 88 Shoalin Soccer 92 Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter 80 Sideways 96 Nurse Betty 82 Mean girls 87 Lovely and Amazing 85 Bridget Jones 79 Greek Wedding 78 Bad Santa 74 Napoleon Dynamite 71 Harold and Kumar 71 Waydowntown 72 Team America 77 Tennebaums 79 Spongebob 69 Zoolander 62 Made 66 Hukabees 60 Starsky and hutch 62 /wrath 2:38 AM , # , \|