Danny Sheridan, the Nation's Leading Odds-maker, Rolls the Dice On America's Funniest Films for ''AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs'' CBS Special.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 12, 2000 The American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase Celebrates 100 Years of American Movie Making by Honoring 100 of America's Funniest Films Danny Sheridan, America's leading sports analyst and handicapper hand·i·cap·per n. Sports & Games 1. One who assigns handicaps. 2. One who predicts the winners in a horserace, especially one who publishes such predictions as a guide for bettors. Noun 1. , has released his predictions today for "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs." Of the 500 nominated films, Sheridan has chosen "Tootsie toot·sie n. Slang 1. Toots. 2. A girl or young woman. 3. or toot·sy A person's foot. [Origin unknown. ," starring Dustin Hoffman, as the movie most likely to win the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. No. 1 position, placing the odds at 2:1. The 100 funniest American movies will be revealed on Tuesday, June 13 (8-11 PM, ET/PT and 7 PM CT) on the CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. . The special will be hosted by Drew Barrymore. "Of all the challenges the AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación has given me the past few years, selecting the funniest American movie was the most difficult and the most enjoyable," commented Sheridan. Sheridan's odds for the funniest favorites are: FILM ODDS TOOTSIE 2:1 ANNIE HALL 3:1 DR. STRANGELOVE 5:1 BLAZING SADDLES 6:1 SOME LIKE IT HOT 6:1 THE GRADUATE 8:1 M*A*S*H* 10:1 THE PRODUCERS 10:1 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 12:1 DUCK SOUP 15:1 Field 50:1 A wide array of funny films -- from slapstick comedy to romantic comedy; from satire and black comedy to musical comedy; from comedy of manners comedy of manners Witty, ironic form of drama that satirizes the manners and fashions of a particular social class or set. Comedies of manners were usually written by sophisticated authors for members of their own social class, and they typically are concerned with social to comedy of errors -- were nominated for the distinction. The CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. special will feature commentary from some of film's biggest comedy stars including Tim Allen, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, Billy Crystal, Tony Curtis, Cameron Diaz, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, Janeane Garofalo, Teri Garr, Whoopi Goldberg, David Alan Grier David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955) is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. Biography Early life , Charles Grodin, Nathan Lane, Jack Lemmon, Barry Levinson, Shirley MacLaine, Marcel Marceau, Garry Marshall, Steve Martin, Sydney Pollack, Carl Reiner, Mickey Rooney, Martin Short, Ben Stiller, Lily Tomlin, Billy Wilder, Robin Williams and more. "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies" (1998) and "AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars" (1999) were each viewed by more than 11 million people, winning their respective time periods. Multiple Emmy Award-winner Gary Smith ("The Tony Awards," the 1993 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Gala) is the executive producer and director of "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs" for Smith-Hemion Productions. Former AFI Board Chairman Frederick S. Pierce is the executive producer for AFI. Bob Gazzale serves as director, AFI Productions. AFI is the preeminent national organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers, coordinates nationwide film preservation efforts and explores new technologies in movie-making. AFI presents the best of film through the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, the AFI National Film Theater in the John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Center in Washington, D.C. and the annual AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor given for a career in film. More information can be found by visiting its award-winning Web site, located at www.AFIonline.org. |
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