Renewed Top 10 - Workplace Comedies

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Time for another scheduled Top 10. This is thanks to Joe(shoutout to JOE) for the idea.

This coming Monday is Labor Day, and he thought it would be a great idea to do one for Workplace Comedies! And I agree. So let's set the rules. To qualify for my list, the comedy must either take place in the workplace or be associated with a job/work.

Let's do this!

Top 10 Workplace Comedies

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: UHF: At one of Weird Al's peaks of popularity, he decided to make a movie about losing a TV station in a poker game and using to the trope of the "fledgling marathon" to save it. David Bowie is in it too.

Honorable Mention 2: Men At Work: As far as I know, this was the first movie brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez starred in together(I think only cameos prior to this). About garbage men who goofed up the city together until they find the dead body of a politician.

Honorable Mention 3: The Proposal: Starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, this one doesn't center AROUND the workplace, but... you get the idea. Boss Bullock is faced with deportation to Canada, so she fakes an engagement with her Assistant Reynolds. Comedy ensues. It is a pretty good movie, but it only technically involves the workplace.

10. Empire Records: A group of workers at a Record store try to stop the store from being closed down to a dumb business decision.

9. 9 to 5: Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, & Lily Tomlin play secretaries tired of sexism in the office, so they abduct their boss and take over the office. Breakout comedy for Dolly Parton and an ICONIC song!

8. Barbershop: A Comedy... that takes place... in a Barbershop. Shows off just how awesome of a comedian that Ice Cube is.

7. Horrible Bosses: An over the top comedy about a few bosses that are just... over the top. So their employees decide their lives would be better if they killed their bosses. But a plan is only as good as the minds behind it.

6. The Hudsucker Proxy: The combined efforts of the Coen Brothers and Sam Raimi, this movie is about a greedy executive wants to take over the company he works for by devaluing the company stock and buying a majority share. He hires a nobody to the company...... but surprise, the nobody made the value of the shares skyrocket. Paul Newman... and Tim Robbins!!!

5. Clerks: The artistic piece that made Kevin Smith a nerd icon. Shot entirely in black and white... it follows the story of 2 convenience store employees and the CRAZY antics they deal with.

4. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: There is no better to put this...... this is Will Ferrell at his best, surrounded by the best.

3. Trading Places: Picture this... two Saturday Night Life alumni in their prime finally crossing paths... Dan Aykroyd playing an executive that is framed for a crime he didn't commit and replaced by Eddie Murphy playing a street hustler... finding out about the scheme, they work together to take down those responsible.

2. Office Space: The Eponymous Workplace comedy... directed by animation legend Mike Judge(Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill). Dry... funny... weird... awkward. I don't have a way to explain this movie. If you've seen it, you know. And if you haven't seen it... you should. Quotable... ironically iconic.

And... now... the Number 1 Workplace Comedy is.......

1. Tommy Boy: RIP Chris Farley. Farley was a genius. Characters so dumb they were genius. And paired up with David Spade, you had comedy gold. Owner of a dying auto parts manufacturer passes, and leaves it to his bonehead son. His evil stepmother and her son want to liquidate for the money. Tommy wants to save the company for the workers he has grown attached to growing up. So Tommy joins up with his dad's anal retentive assistant to drive across the country to sell parts. Yes... this is a road trip comedy, but because Tommy is basic a traveling salesman, his workplace is EVERYWHERE!

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There you go.

You like your workplace? Could you make your own comedy IN your workplace? What do you think about the list? Comment... share...

Thank you and enjoy this Labor Day Weekend!