As for my favorite comedian, I’d have to say Lucille Ball–I LOVE LUCY! The woman always had a plan, which usually evolved into something hilarious.

My favorite RomCom movie of all time is My Best Friend’s Wedding.

Now Kaye, asking us when was the last time we almost peed our pants is so personal, but for you I’ll think about it and let you know!

Linda–great post! Two different shoes that weren’t even the same height? Yes, it’s all about perspective

Some of my favorites:
The Philadelphia Story
Two Weeks Notice
27 Dresses
Sweet Home Alabama
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (especially since my best friend is Greek, and yes, their living room furniture is covered in plastic)
Does I Dream of Jeannie count? I think it should since they were in love and it was a comedy.

Arsenic and Old Lace isn’t a romantic comedy, but it is one of the best comedic movies of all time and Cary Grant’s finest comedic performance IMO.

I don’t normally care for Carrey, Stiller, Ferrell and Sandler either. Thoroughly enjoyed Stranger than Fiction though and I LOVE Liar, Liar. That’s about the only Jim Carrey movie I like. In that one he doesn’t resort to the cheap gags or the stupid jokes but showcases the great talent he has for physical comedy. Just thinking about the scene where he’s fighting with an ink pen gives me the giggles.

I grew up watching Martin and Lewis movies, so I’ve got a huge soft spot for them. Dick Van Dyke, Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bill Cosby of course. I was raised according to the Cosby method (I brought you into this world and I can take you out) and his Bill Cosby: Himself show that he did in the middle of the Cosby Show run is one of the funniest things ever put on film, particularly The Dentist bit. Love Danny Kaye too and Victor Borge. Phonetic Punctuation and condensed operas will never cease to be funny.

Grew up with Abbott and Costello too and the 3 Stooges. Who’s On First and That Horrible Word are classic comedy routines that will also never cease to be funny.

I loved the perspective insight! It’s so very true. Anything can be turned to humor if you just look at it through the correctly skewed eyes.

Okay, I’ll admit that I’m extremely strange and I find humor in the expressions and reactions of people when they meet unfortunate circumstances. My family thinks I’m sadistic at times. But, honestly, it’s not the fact that they get injured or how they get injured or bumped that makes me laugh, it’s their expression, the contortion of their bodies that causes me to roll over in laughter–and yes, tears do flow in many of those cases.

When I was in first year university (many moons ago) I remember riding a bus in Toronto and it was a snowy, ugly day. Slush was everywhere and fresh snow was still falling. The bus stopped at a loading station and I happened to be sitting on the right side of the bus and looked out at who was ready to load. (I’m breaking out laughing here as I type this–this never gets old for me!) I couldn’t believe what I saw. I mean, really, winters are not new here. We’re in Southern Ontario, snow happens and it was the middle of winter, so don’t you expect people to be smart enough to wear boots? Well, this one lady stood there with grocery store plastic bags over her shoes tied around her ankles. An accident just waiting to happen in the slippery slush, right!

Well, as I’m wondering where the woman left her brain, doesn’t she start up the steep bus steps and the next thing I hear is a loud groan and howling of “Oh, my” then a splunk. Looking out the window again I see her contorted form spewing onto the curb, splattered in dirty slush.

She was so lucky that I wasn’t the bus driver. I honestly slunked down in the seat and doubled over in laughter the whole rest of the bus ride. The bus driver of course, was so concerned and went to help the mess of a woman up into the bus. Thankfully she didn’t work her way back to where I crumpled in laughter trying to avoid the nasty glares sent my way by those hearing my snorts and grunts.

Okay, wiping my tears, I believe you had actually asked for romantic comedy’s, not perilous situations turned into comedies for sick people like me.

My picks would be Sweet Home Alabama or Doc Hollywood, I think.

Thanks for the laugh, guys!

My favorite comedy movie is A Christmas Story. I can’t say that I have a particular favorite romantic comedy, but here are some:

10 Things I Hate About You
The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
Bringing Up Baby
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Sleepless in Seattle
While You Were Sleeping
You’ve Got Mail

I LOVED that book.. and I can’t read any more because silly me didn’t check to see if Linda has more books out there!

I don’t read a lot of romantic comedy. I’m not sure why. I’ll have to look up Ms. Windsor’s books.

But I love books that make me laugh, even when they’re not specifically tagged as comedy. Romance can definitely be humourous because life is humourous.

Favorite comedian? I don’t know that I have one.

Favorite RomCom author? Georgiana Daniels.

And Yes, I think romance can have some humor without being a romantic comedy.