What comedy makes you happy when you're feeling lousy?

[Sploops]

Safe Men is pretty great.  "Sweet 'stache.  Thanks, bro."

I was profoundly ill a few years ago and old vhs taped off the tv episodes of the Young Ones and MST3K got me through it.

I'm always up for cheesy 80's comedies - Better Off Dead, Ferris Buehler, One Crazy Summer, Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, The Burbs, etc. - when I'm down in the dumps.  They're comfortable.

[Omar]

Safe Men is pretty great.  "Sweet 'stache.  Thanks, bro."

I was profoundly ill a few years ago an old vhs taped off the tv episodes of the Young Ones and MST3K got me threw it.

I'm always up for cheesy 80's comedies - Better Off Dead, Ferris Buehler, One Crazy Summer, Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, The Burbs, etc. when I'm down in the dumps.  They're like comfort food for the soul.

FB ain't cheesy!  I love Bruce Dern's performance in The 'Burbs, which is an underrated film.

[Rainer]

I have a third-generation VHS copy of Spaulding Gray's "Monster in a Box" which I enjoy watching when I am sad.  I cannot watch a DVD version of that film -- I need the skips, snow and warbles.  Saw him in Washington, D.C. doing his "Slippery Slope."  Can't believe he nose-dived himself.

[Laurie]

I can't help but hear this song when someone mentions Spalding Gray.

It made me cry the first time I heard it, which I think was through Matty Fluxblog's blog.

[buffcoat]

I always got Spaulding Gray mixed up with character actor Austin Pendelton, who I also (kind of) got mixed up with frequent Law and Order guester Mark Margolis.

You know, honestly, you can throw post-Data Brent Spiner in there now, too.

Of course, at one time I got R.E.M. mixed up with REO... Speedwagon, so, you know.