The big dumb canon: quoted forever, apologized for never.
created the entire campus-comedy genre
barely a film, endlessly quoted
Murray at his loosest
the road-trip comedy template
the more-watched Vacation, and an annual ritual
the biggest comedy of its era
the same film again in New York, and December doesn't mind
Carrey's arrival, at full volume
shot at night in the store where he worked
the Farrellys' peak
Carrey and cartoon physics
where the Sandler formula begins
a comedy that became a whole vernacular
Smith's second, and the more rewatched one
Farley and Spade, and the most rewatched comedy of its year
Sandler's best premise
the best-structured Carrey vehicle
Chappelle before *Chappelle's Show*
Sandler's biggest hit of the era
the comedy ceiling of the era
named an entire genre cycle
the one where the formula grew a heart
permanent cable rotation, and Bullock's most handed-on comedy
the cult quotable of its decade
Carrey's biggest hit, endlessly rewatched
the Frat Pack, fully formed
permanently quoted
smarter than the premise suggests
critically destroyed, culturally immortal
Apatow's comedy machine starts
the last great R-rated studio comedy of its era
Black at his most committed
the peak of the Ferrell-McKay run
Ferrell's most purely silly premise
a flop that became a permanent quotation source
Apatow's most honest
the teen comedy that actually holds up
Apatow-adjacent and genuinely well-written
the stoner action-comedy, invented
the most quoted comedy of its decade
the comedy that changed studio math
a farce premise with three committed leads
the apocalypse comedy, done properly
Rogen and Efron, and a genuinely funny script
the teen sex comedy, detonated
