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51. When Comedy Was King (1960)
81 min | Comedy, Documentary
A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
Votes: 351
52. Porky's Cafe (1942)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky uses his mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a strange little man, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 286
53. Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Foggy is being attacked by the dog, but turns the situation into a football match where he kicks the dog's head. Prissy is looking for a husband and dresses up a bowling ball in a costume so she can get back at Foggy for hurting the dog.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 510
54. Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
G | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Quick Brown Fox tries to catch speedy fast Rapid Rabbit (who is silent, except for a bicycle horn which he uses). The duo go about some antics similar to those of the Coyote and Road Runner.
Director: Robert McKimson
Votes: 147
55. Drip Dippy Donald (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Donald's sleep is interrupted by a dripping kitchen faucet.
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 523
56. Musical Farmer (1932)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Mickey performs all his chores while whistling or singing. The big excitement is when Fanny the hen, who hasn't laid an egg in some time, lays a super-giant egg.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen
Votes: 340
57. Trap Happy Porky (1945)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky can't sleep because mice demolish his plates. A cat offers help and gets the mice out, but invites some friends so Porky still can't sleep.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 329
58. Oranges and Lemons (1923)
Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, ... See full summary »
Director: George Jeske | Stars: Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant, Eddie Baker, Jack Ackroyd
Votes: 497
59. House Cleaning Blues (1937)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Housecleaning blues are just what Betty Boop has the morning after a wild party. Grampy to the rescue!
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 297
60. Jiwi's Machines (2015– )
30 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A four-part web series packed with physical comedy and mechanical mayhem.
Stars: Olivia Tennet, Joseph Herscher, Dominic Ona-Ariki, Milo Cawthorne
61. Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew and her best friend Bess Marvin travel to New Orleans and search for a missing crystal skull rumored to make its owner immortal.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jennifer Pratt, Scott Carty, Jason Sharp
Votes: 100
62. Jack Frost (1923)
10 min | Short, Comedy
On a farm in zero degree weather, Snub, the hired hand, attempts to keep warm and to keep the farm's deed out of the hands of rogues.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Noah Young, Marie Mosquini, James Finlayson
Votes: 28
63. Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a circus tent, Betty, Bimbo and Koko demonstrate some gadgets reminiscent of TV ads; an animated sewing machine gets out of hand.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 432
64. A Song a Day (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various species have appropriate ailments. Morale becomes a problem; Professor Grampy to the rescue!
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 204
65. T Is for Thread (2011)
4 min | Short, Horror
While arguing with her husband from behind a closed bedroom door, a woman accidentally begins removing sutures from a recent face-lift.
Director: Chris Nash | Stars: Robert Calwell, Jay Clarke, Delphine Roussel
Votes: 35
66. The Thomas Beale Cipher (2010 Video)
10 min | Animation, Short, Action
Professor White, cryptographer extraordinaire, is on the trail of the notoriously uncrackable Thomas Beale cipher, a century-old riddle hiding the location of a fortune in gold. But White is not alone-shadowy forces are tight on his tail.
Director: Andrew S. Allen | Stars: Kevin Cox, Richard Dusatko, Michael Falcone, Scott Johnson
Votes: 123
67. It's a Gift (1923)
14 min | Comedy, Short
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Fay | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, William Gillespie, Wally Howe
Votes: 223
68. Surprise! (1995)
6 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
While his lover is sleeping, a man assembles around her a Rube Goldberg collection of malevolent-looking implements. Then he leaves and lights the fuse . . .
Director: Veit Helmer | Stars: Max Tidof, Yutah Lorenz, Timothy Klein
Votes: 244
69. The Popcorn Story (1950)
6 min | Animation, Short
The people of Blunder City, Nebraska, gather to honor Wilbur Shucks, the shoeshine boy who first discovered popcorn.
Directors: Art Babbitt, John Hubley | Star: Jim Backus
Votes: 47
70. Unreal News Reel (1923)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A compilation of archive footage from previously filmed Fox comedies.
Director: Slim Summerville
Votes: 35
71. OK Go: This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine (2011 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Directors: James Frost, Syyn Labs, OK Go | Star: OK Go
Votes: 64
72. Conversations (2010)
5 min | Short
A man has problems making up his mind over the most trivial decisions.
Director: Dana Yurcisin | Stars: Dan Attamante, Dustin James
73. Slow Poke (1933)
10 min | Short, Musical
When is wife makes her radio singing debut, her lazy-bones husband is too lazy to lift a finger. Includes the classic song "Lazy Bones."
Director: Sig Herzig | Stars: Stepin Fetchit, Lethia Hill, Una La Bek, Katherine Smith
Votes: 10
74. The Illogic of a Dream Had Taken Over Completely (2008)
5 min | Animation, Short, Music
An investigation of cinematic rhythms & harmonies (color, movement, image) in terms of the (il)logic of a dream of longing. A blend of abstract cinematic language in the tradition of Oskar ... See full summary »
Director: Ruby Quincunx
Votes: 9
75. Drip (II) (2007)
2 min | Short
A dripping faucet starts a series of events in motion that would make Rube Goldberg proud.
Director: Craig Knitt
Votes: 6
76. Crazy Machines: Elements (2011 Video Game)
Crazy Machines: Elements plays basically like the other entries in the Crazy Machines series: the player has to solve over 100 puzzles. Said puzzles consist of experiments with a special ... See full summary »
77.
Bottom (1991–1995)
Episode:
Holy
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
It's Christmas day and Richie is cooking the dinner to which Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun are invited. Dinner is not up to Michelin standard, but Richie's day improves when he finds out he is the son of God.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Tina Foley, Steven O'Donnell
Votes: 420
78.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
(2005)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Peter resorts to selling Meg to Mort Goldman to pay off his pharmacy tab; Stewie falls in love with his babysitter.
Directors: Greg Colton, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 1,915
79.
The Goodies (1970–1982)
Episode:
Snooze
(1970)
27 min | Comedy
An executive from a pharmaceuticals company hires the Goodies to promote an over-the-counter sedative called "Venom". The Goodies quickly succeed in their task by changing the name to "... See full summary »
Directors: Jim Franklin, John Howard Davies | Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Roddy Maude-Roxby
Votes: 82
80.
The Goodies (1970–1982)
Episode:
Winter Olympics
(1973)
Comedy
The Goodies are recruited to replace the British Winter Olympics team, on a budget.
Director: Jim Franklin | Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Peter Jones
Votes: 37
81.
Laredo (1965–1967)
Episode:
A Taste of Money
(1966)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Reese's close but eccentric friend is an inventor and mechanical genius. When a group of bank robbers see him open a jammed safe, they decide he should become a member of their gang. To persuade him, they capture and threaten Reese.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Neville Brand, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey
Votes: 28
82.
Power Play (1998–2000)
Episode:
Changing the Luck
(1998)
Comedy, Drama, Sport
The Steelheads face some bad luck after Brett breaks their lucky bottle; Mark Simpson gets a concussion and hides his symptoms from everyone.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Michael Riley, Kari Matchett, Dean McDermott, Caterina Scorsone
83.
Salute Your Shorts (1991–1992)
Episode:
Ellen Comes to Camp
(1992)
TV-Y | Comedy, Family, Romance
Ellen comes to camp, a spoiled brat who's always found that being the niece of Dr. Kahn gives her license to wreck havoc on the other campers.
Director: Gino Tanasescu | Stars: Kirk Baily, Megan Berwick, Michael Bower, Venus DeMilo Thomas
Votes: 23
84.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
(1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer's midlife crisis leads to a disastrous attempt at being an inventor.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,947
85.
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
(1988)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Edgar Witherspoon is an elderly man with a Rube Goldberg machine filling his apartment. His niece is concerned and arranges for a social worker to look in on him. It turns out that the ... See full summary »
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Harry Morgan, Cedric Smith, Barbara Chilcott, Eve Crawford
Votes: 271
86.
Weird Science (1994–1998)
Episode:
Chett World
(1996)
Approved | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
When Chet can't get a job, Lisa creates the store "Man's Man's World" that specializes in his favorite things: cigars, monster trucks, beef jerky and paint-ball. It is run by two former ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Michael Manasseri, John Asher, Lee Tergesen, Vanessa Angel
Votes: 20
87.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Goldberg Variation
(1999)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is tossed off the top of a 29 story building by gangsters. Amazingly, he gets up and walks away unscathed. Mulder and Scully investigate when Mulder suspects this man may have ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Willie Garson, Alyson Reed
Votes: 3,649
88.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
And Maggie Makes Three
(1995)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer recounts the story of Maggie's birth when the kids ask why there are no photos of her in the family album.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,983
89.
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
Episode:
A Night of Fright Is No Delight
(1970)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An eccentric colonel leaves part of his fortune to Scooby Doo on the condition that he spend the night in a castle haunted by green phantoms.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Nicole Jaffe, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Vic Perrin
Votes: 704
90.
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
Episode:
Which Witch Is Which?
(1969)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After an unsuccessful fishing trip, Scooby and the gang get lost in the swamp and meet up with a witch and a zombie.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Nicole Jaffe, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Vic Perrin
Votes: 614
91.
Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003)
Episode:
Copping an Aptitude/A Failed Lab Experiment/The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions
(2001)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
"Copping an Attitude" (9 minutes) Dexter goes to college ready to learn only to discover it's party central. But when Dexter fries out by over-studying, he's ready to party and creates the biggest party ever.
Directors: Chris Savino, John McIntyre | Stars: Christine Cavanaugh, Allison Moore, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie
Votes: 115
92.
Camp Runamuck (1965–1966)
Episode:
Senior Citizens
(1966)
30 min | Comedy
During the off season, Commander Wivenhoe decides the only way he can make money is to turn Runamuck into an old folk's retreat.
Director: Howard Duff | Stars: David Ketchum, Arch Johnson, Dave Madden, Nina Wayne
93.
Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode:
Everywhere a Chick Chick
(1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Oliver plans to raise baby chickens, but has to improvise on how to care for them when his brooder breaks down.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester
Votes: 78
94.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Of Course You Know, This Means Warners/Up a Tree/Wakko's Gizmo
(1994)
Not Rated | 21 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The first segment of this three-cartoon episode stars the wonderfully weird Warner siblings in "Of Course You Know, This Means Warners," a parody of patriotic propaganda films of the 1940s.... See full summary »
Directors: David Marshall, Rusty Mills, Greg Reyna, Lenord Robinson | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Jim Cummings
Votes: 144
95.
Chuck (2007–2012)
Episode:
Chuck Versus the Best Friend
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
While helping a depressed Morgan spy on Anna, Chuck flashes on her boyfriend; Jeff and Lester beg Ellie to hire them to play at her wedding.
Director: Peter Lauer | Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin
Votes: 1,366
96.
Mr. Wizard (1951–1972)
Episode:
Six Kinds of Electricity
29 min | Family
Mr. Wizard explains six different ways to electricity and creates a Rube Goldberg contraption to demonstrate how they are generated.
Director: Marvin Einhorn | Stars: Don Herbert, Alan Howard
97.
Archie's Funhouse (1970–1971)
Episode:
Animal Antics/Roller Rink
21 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Archies perform "The Ways I Love You," "Love Vibrations" and "The Laughing Song." Big Ethel uses a giant slingshot to catch Jughead. Dilton invents a back scratcher.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: Dal McKennon, Howard Morris, John Erwin, Jane Webb
98.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Gone Maggie Gone
(2009)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
In order to rescue Maggie from a Catholic orphanage, Lisa must solve a series of puzzles to reveal the identity of a gem that will bring peace to Springfield.
Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Chris Clements | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,596
99.
Superjail! (2007–2014)
Episode:
Bunny Love
(2007)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Comedy
The Warden requests the inmates wear bunny costumes as uniforms, but the Twins order some wolf costumes as well and make all Hell breaks lose when they start acting like the animals they are dressed as.
Director: Christy Karacas | Stars: David Wain, Teddy Cohn, Richard Mather, Christy Karacas
Votes: 148
100.
Wreckreation Nation with Dave Mordal (2009– )
Episode:
Vintage Snow Mobile
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
In his ongoing search for obscure racing surfaces Dave finds an ice track where he races a vintage snow mobile. Staying with the ice theme Dave meets two guys building the ultimate Rube ... See full summary »
Star: Dave Mordal