Comedy

'National Lampoon’s Vacation' features Chevy Chase in an idiot-defining role as the alarmingly optimistic Clark Griswold, a husband and father who is determined to give his family the ultimate vacation—no matter the cost to life, vehicle, or animal.

The comedy classic arrived in theaters 40 years ago today.

Mel Brooks's charming spoof, which premiered 25 years ago, extolled the virtues of form-fitting legwear.

Bill Hader pitched the Emmy-nominated hit as 'Taxi Driver' meets 'Waiting for Guffman.'

Thirty-five years later, the John Hughes-penned, Michael Keaton-starring movie remains an ahead-of-its-time comedy classic.

Comedian and actor Robin Williams helped the careers of his co-stars and kept everyone around him laughing.

One joke was so funny, an audience member literally laughed himself to death.

The 'Price is Right' host really doesn't need the glasses. He wears them just so you'll recognize him.

4. A scene in which Rowan Atkinson's character feigns madness by wearing underpants on his head and sticking pencils up his nose was inspired by Atkinson's penchant for sticking pencils up his nose.

Adolf Hitler was not a fan of theirs.

Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America (1988).

Eddie Murphy’s hilarious performance(s) in 'Coming to America' turned a silly little film into a certified comedy classic.

Pawnee, Indiana’s small-town quirks lend themselves perfectly to crackpot ideas.

Ethan Embry doesn't know, or care, what his character's letter said in the classic teen rom-com—which is turning 20 years old.

Fans of the show have spent years digging out jokes buried in the background, beneath the narration, within the soundtrack, and everywhere in between.