Who's on your Mt. Rushmore of Physical Comedy?

[BillsPride12]

I'm going with:

 

Lucille Ball

Chris Farley

Jim Carrey

The Three Stooges 

[Bills4everNY]

Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin

Fatty Arbuckle

Harold Lloyd

 

Honorable mention:

John Ritter

The Three Stooges

Peter Sellers 

[muppy]

nice. physical comedy is a different beast.

 

my first thought was Jim Carrey.  for obvious reasons The three stooges

 

the rest I began to think of comedians who use their bodies during a performance. My 2 favorite of those re Bernie Mac and Eddie Murphy.

 

Betty White back in her younger days was a minx. I will search for that clip I think you all will like it if not seen before 🙂

 

[Gregg]

Three Stooges

Leslie Neilson

John Ritter

Abott and Costello

[BillsPride12]

17 minutes ago, Gregg said:

Three Stooges

Leslie Neilson

John Ritter

Abott and Costello

Leslie Neilson didn't come to my mind immediately but that's an excellent choice 

[Gregg]

6 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Leslie Neilson didn't come to my mind immediately but that's an excellent choice 

 

He had his share of physical comedy in the Naked Guns movies, but it was OJ's character who got "hurt" the most.

[f0neguy]

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman (package deal).   The Carol Burnett show was one of the greatest TV shows ever.

 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Gallagher

Jim Carrey

Chris Farley

[DrW]

Monty Python

 

... and my favorites: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx. Just watch the mirror scene in "Duck Soup", made more than 90 years ago ...

 

 

 

[Mark Vader]

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

Dick Van *****

Peter Sellers

[SinceThe70s]

Three Stooges defines the list for me.
 

The Looney Toons folks deserve a mention: Bugs, Daffy, Wile E Coyote, Elmer Fudd,... 

 

Afaik, Chevy Chase's career started with SNL pratfalls.

 

And Kramer (Michael Richards) is worth mentioning too. 

[US Egg]

Buster Keaton

Harold Lloyd

Lucy

Melissa McCarthy

[BillsPride12]

7 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

Three Stooges defines the list for me.
 

The Looney Toons folks deserve a mention: Bugs, Daffy, Wile E Coyote, Elmer Fudd,... 

 

Afaik, Chevy Chase's career started with SNL pratfalls.

 

And Kramer (Michael Richards) is worth mentioning too. 

That's a good one 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Perhaps not worthy of Rushmore status, but Sebastian Maniscalco has the physical part of comedy down pat 

[BillsPride12]

Surprised no mention of Robin Williams yet, I almost had him on my original list 

[Another Fan]

All I got is Andy Kaufman.  I think his wrestling bits count as physical comedy even if they weren't meant to amuse anyone but himself.

 

 

Totally hysterical to me how deep he got into wrestling and in this video when he comes out underneath the Mummy's costume.  Frigging funny.  

 

 

[thenorthremembers]

Chevy Chase- Xmas Vacation is an absolute essential in my house

Jim Carrey

Michael Richards

 

My FOL loves the 3 stooges but its before my time so I cant speak on it.

 

[BillsPride12]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

All I got is Andy Kaufman.  I think his wrestling bits count as physical comedy even if they weren't meant to amuse anyone but himself.

 

 

Totally hysterical to me how deep he got into wrestling and in this video when he comes out underneath the Mummy's costume.  Frigging funny.  

 

 

I always thought he was funny as hell as Latka on Taxi.  Man between him, Christopher Lloyd playing Reverand Jim and Danny Devito as Louie Dipalma that has to be one of the all-time great casts of characters 

[qwksilver]

Chaplin/Keaton no sound makes them 1 & 1A

 

Laurel & Hardy are #2

 

Any number could be 3 Many mentioned, Stooges, Chase and Sellers (those Pink Panther Movies are gold!)

 

 

[Gregg]

10 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I always thought he was funny as hell as Latka on Taxi.  Man between him, Christopher Lloyd playing Reverand Jim and Danny Devito as Louie Dipalma that has to be one of the all-time great casts of characters 

 

10 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

I always thought he was funny as hell as Latka on Taxi.  Man between him, Christopher Lloyd playing Reverand Jim and Danny Devito as Louie Dipalma that has to be one of the all-time great casts of characters 

 

I loved the scene where Jim is trying to get his driver's license, and he keeps asking "what does a yellow light mean" and Bobby responds, "slow down" and he gets repeating the question over and over but saying it slower each time. Classic scene in that show.