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On this episode, we count down the results of a poll on the most worthy comedies that weren’t nominated for Best Picture or Best Screenplay.

Comedies are notoriously ignored at the Oscars, which is fairly ridiculous but not particularly likely to change. On this week’s episode of 11 Points Countdown, my two favorite movie experts/critics/dudes and I tackle all the snubs.

This episode is focused on comedies that did not receive Oscar nominations for either Best Picture or Best Original/Adapted Screenplay. So there are some on the list that got nominations for an actor or makeup or a song — but didn’t get the nominations that really reward the quality of the comedy in the film.

My co-hosts are David Bax and Tyler Smith of Battleship Pretension. They’ve been on many times in the past and I always really enjoy mentally jousting about movies with them.

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Here are the full results of the poll (highlight the first 11 to avoid spoilers)…

  1. Swingers
  2. Ghostbusters
  3. Clerks
  4. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
  5. This is Spinal Tap
  6. Big Lebowski
  7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  8. The Royal Tenenbaums
  9. Mean Girls
  10. Tropic Thunder
  11. Groundhog Day
  12. Shaun of the Dead
  13. There’s Something About Mary
  14. Best in Show
  15. Office Space
  16. Animal House
  17. Dazed and Confused
  18. Wayne’s World
  19. Blazing Saddles
  20. National Lampoon’s Vacation
  21. Rushmore
  22. Blues Brothers
  23. The Muppet Movie
  24. Naked Gun
  25. 40 Year Old Virgin
  26. Beverly Hills Cop
  27. Idiocracy
  28. Wedding Crashers
  29. A League of Their Own
  30. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  31. Beetlejuice
  32. Kingpin
  33. Caddyshack
  34. White Men Can’t Jump
  35. Modern Times
  36. Stripes
  37. Airplane!
  38. Porky’s
  39. Coming to America
  40. Sister Act
  41. 9 to 5
  42. The Jerk
  43. Mrs. Doubtfire