Frat Pack?

[IceAge/HeatWave]

Boredom and random Wikisearch delivered me to a page where the topic was the "Frat Pack", a group of comedic actors that we all know and love. The group supposedly consists of Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Owen and Luke Wilson and Steve Carell. I guess they all appear in each others movies and what not. Who is your favorite?

[LongDistanceDrunk]

Boredom and random Wikisearch delivered me to a page where the topic was the "Frat Pack", a group of comedic actors that we all know and love. The group supposedly consists of Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Owen and Luke Wilson and Steve Carell. I guess they all appear in each others movies and what not. Who is your favorite?

I read the same article on Wikipedia awhile ago. I would pick Will Ferrel. You should also do a poll with all the Apatow actors

[etrox318]

Why isn't adam sandler on the list? he's way better than the rest in my opinion.

[Basketcase]

Will Ferrell

as much as i love those "frat pack" guys, no one will ever top the greatness that once was John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, John Candy, etc.

no one can match up to them in terms of writing and comedy

in fact i'd rank the list as follows:

1 - The old school SNL crew (Murray, Aykroyd, etc)

2 - The "frat pack" (Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, etc.)

3 - The Sandler crew (Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, etc.)

4 - The "Apatow Crew" (Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, etc)

[The Personist]

I love Jack Black, but I think Will Ferrell gets props for being in Stranger Than Fiction.

[ibemonty2000]

Wow, so many Ferrell fans. I can enjoy his movies, but he seems to always do a loud/obnoxious act that doesn't play well for me. Oh, and I chose Stiller; fire away.

[justletgo]

Ben Stiller is great.

[LongDistanceDrunk]

Will Ferrell

as much as i love those "frat pack" guys, no one will ever top the greatness that once was John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, John Candy, etc.

no one can match up to them in terms of writing and comedy

in fact i'd rank the list as follows:

1 - The old school SNL crew (Murray, Aykroyd, etc)

2 - The "frat pack" (Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, etc.)

3 - The Sandler crew (Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, etc.)

4 - The "Apatow Crew" (Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, etc)

Fuck that. While I do love Ghostbusters and many Billy Murray movies those dudes will never be as good as the Apatow or Will Ferrel crew. Besides Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers most of those dudes movie have 2-3 comedians in them max for the most part. With Apatow and Ferrel movies almost every actor/actress is a great comedian. Why those movies are so strong is the supporting cast. It is ridcoulous how almost EVERY character in Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up is beyond hilarious. The same reason I don't like the SNL crew stuff is the same reason I don't really like Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey stuff is that a single funny dude doesn't make a whole movie funny. I think the last 5-6 years have been the best years for comedy in the history of cinema. In my opinion Judd Apatow is a golden god. I also don't find any of those SNL dudes consistently funny except for Bill Murray. He is the only one of them that has stood the test oft time and is still relevant. Ramis is as well but mainly as a filmmaker

[Anthony Lutz]

Jack Black would have to be my favorite.

[tonighttonight0]

Will Ferrell, I can watch his movies all the time from start to finish without getting up

[IceAge/HeatWave]

Fuck that. While I do love Ghostbusters and many Billy Murray movies those dudes will never be as good as the Apatow or Will Ferrel crew. Besides Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers most of those dudes movie have 2-3 comedians in them max for the most part. With Apatow and Ferrel movies almost every actor/actress is a great comedian. Why those movies are so strong is the supporting cast. It is ridcoulous how almost EVERY character in Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up is beyond hilarious. The same reason I don't like the SNL crew stuff is the same reason I don't really like Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey stuff is that a single funny dude doesn't make a whole movie funny. I think the last 5-6 years have been the best years for comedy in the history of cinema. In my opinion Judd Apatow is a golden god. I also don't find any of those SNL dudes consistently funny except for Bill Murray. He is the only one of them that has stood the test oft time and is still relevant. Ramis is as well but mainly as a filmmaker

someone should make a poll of greatest SNL cast members. andy samberg, chris parnell and darrel hammond are the only funny ones since ferrell left though

[LongDistanceDrunk]

someone should make a poll of greatest SNL cast members. andy samberg, chris parnell and darrel hammond are the only funny ones since ferrell left though

I could never watch SNL because its way too hit or miss. That is why the "best of ____ DVD series exists. The Will Ferrel, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and Tracy Morgan ones are hilarious.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

eddie murphy was awesome as well. he mighta been the funniest. then he left the show and started wearing fat suits, and it went downhill

[IceAge/HeatWave]

luke wilson got a vote?

[LongDistanceDrunk]

eddie murphy was awesome as well. he mighta been the funniest. then he left the show and started wearing fat suits, and it went downhill

I never found him to be funny and never got his appeal even with stuff like Beverly Hills cop and 48 hours

[Poe-tryGirl]

Jack Black. I will always love this dude.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

i liked him on SNL. when he'd do stevie wonder, or 'buckwheat'. he was actually fairly controversial

[Basketcase]

Fuck that. While I do love Ghostbusters and many Billy Murray movies those dudes will never be as good as the Apatow or Will Ferrel crew. Besides Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers most of those dudes movie have 2-3 comedians in them max for the most part. With Apatow and Ferrel movies almost every actor/actress is a great comedian. Why those movies are so strong is the supporting cast. It is ridcoulous how almost EVERY character in Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up is beyond hilarious. The same reason I don't like the SNL crew stuff is the same reason I don't really like Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey stuff is that a single funny dude doesn't make a whole movie funny. I think the last 5-6 years have been the best years for comedy in the history of cinema. In my opinion Judd Apatow is a golden god. I also don't find any of those SNL dudes consistently funny except for Bill Murray. He is the only one of them that has stood the test oft time and is still relevant. Ramis is as well but mainly as a filmmaker

well, if stupid toilet and stoner humor is your thing, then yeah, the Apatow crew takes the cake

but the way i see it, none of the most recent comedies to come out can match to those that i mentioned before. guy like Ramis, Murray, Ayrkoyd, Eddie Murphy, Belushi, etc did not depend on stupid stuff like that. they were creative guys who wrote or starred in some of the most original comedies in cinema history.

are you telling me that Knocked Up is funnier than say Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes, etc??

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Steve Carell, with Will Ferrell as a close second

[LongDistanceDrunk]

well, if stupid toilet and stoner humor is your thing, then yeah, the Apatow crew takes the cake

but the way i see it, none of the most recent comedies to come out can match to those that i mentioned before. guy like Ramis, Murray, Ayrkoyd, Eddie Murphy, Belushi, etc did not depend on stupid stuff like that. they were creative guys who wrote or starred in some of the most original comedies in cinema history.

are you telling me that Knocked Up is funnier than say Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes, etc??
Toiler humour is more Adam Sandler's style.While I love Caddyshack i I relate on a personal level to Knocked up so I like it more. I liked Stripes and absolutley hated Animal House. It was way too outdated and simply not funny. It was good for its time but I don't think it holds up very well. The thing I like a lot with the Apatow movies is they are funny but still have a lot of heart and relatable characters. And I personally relate to stoner stuff as well.

Also you didn't address my main point which was those older movies more often have a funny lead but not a funny supporting cast.

[just.Starla.]

I love the Apatow crew, but I went with Adam Sandler followed by Steve Carell and Will Ferrell

[batmannj]

will ferrell is hilarious in the old SNL stuff, but i cannot stand his new schtick. stepbrothers was a terribly sophomoric comedy in my opinion that consists mainly of fart and penis jokes that are not that funny to begin with. steve carell is number one in my mind.

[tommy's ghost]

JB!

"I'll cradle the balls, stroke the shaft, work the pipe, and swallow the gravy."

[Basketcase]

Toiler humour is more Adam Sandler's style.While I love Caddyshack i I relate on a personal level to Knocked up so I like it more. I liked Stripes and absolutley hated Animal House. It was way too outdated and simply not funny. It was good for its time but I don't think it holds up very well. The thing I like a lot with the Apatow movies is they are funny but still have a lot of heart and relatable characters. And I personally relate to stoner stuff as well.

Also you didn't address my main point which was those older movies more often have a funny lead but not a funny supporting cast.

to each his own

don't get me wrong about the Apatow guys, i love some of their movies. Superbad and 40 Year Old Virgin are hysterical, but i don't like the fact how they have to use the words "cock, fuck, shit, etc" every other sentence to sound more funny, or have to include the use of drugs as well.

for the most part, i do kinda agree with you that often times the lead in these older movies are funnier. there are, however, a few exceptions: 1) Animal House (i know you didn't like it, but most of the guys in the frat are funny in their own way), 2) Stripes (the whole crew in the army are funny, same can be said about Caddyshack)

[LongDistanceDrunk]

to each his own

don't get me wrong about the Apatow guys, i love some of their movies. Superbad and 40 Year Old Virgin are hysterical, but i don't like the fact how they have to use the words "cock, fuck, shit, etc" every other sentence to sound more funny, or have to include the use of drugs as well.

for the most part, i do kinda agree with you that often times the lead in these older movies are funnier. there are, however, a few exceptions: 1) Animal House (i know you didn't like it, but most of the guys in the frat are funny in their own way), 2) Stripes (the whole crew in the army are funny, same can be said about Caddyshack)

I personally love the use drugs and that they have no shame in it. I relate 100% to that. As for the cussing I do see your point. My favorite comedy is Anchorman and while its dirty most of the humor comes is just weird and silly stupid shit. I kind of wish there were more good PG comedies like Napoleon Dynamite or Nacho Libre that don't be have to be crude and have awesome swearing to be funny. While I do like the more adult type humour its not necessary to make a funny movie. I'm gonna have to go see Stripes again since its been a few years. It was pretty funny.

[Ryzenfall]

Three way tie between Black, Ferrel and Carell for me. I like them in different ways, so I can't really pick one over the other but I can pick all of them way above the rest of the choices.

[Ryzenfall]

As for the cussing I do see your point. I kind of wish there were more good PG comedies like Napoleon Dynamite or Nacho Libre that don't be have to be crude and have awesome swearing to be funny.

QTF. Sometimes I think cussing is just hitting the easy button, like "F, just throw in an f word and all those f-ers are f-in' gonna f-in' laugh! F man! F-in' genius!"

I finally saw Nacho Libre. I resisted it for this long and thought i'd hate it but i thought it was great.

[nerdvglc]

will ferrell is my fave, but dan iin real life ftw

[nerdvglc]

i'm high btw

[LongDistanceDrunk]

i'm high btw

That is always a positive

[tttygxlove]

luke wilson got a vote?
exactly whay I thought.

[fadedmemories]

in fact i'd rank the list as follows:

1 - The "frat pack" (Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, etc.)

2 - The old school SNL crew (Murray, Aykroyd, etc)

3 - The Sandler crew (Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, etc.)

4 - The "Apatow Crew" (Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, etc)
Fixed

[WhitestKidUKnow]

I don't really think that black and carrell are apart of the frat pack

[WhitestKidUKnow]

I went carell anyway though

[IceAge/HeatWave]

I don't really think that black and carrell are apart of the frat pack

jack black has been in anchorman and tropic thunder which i guess are his credentials. carrell doesn't make a ton of sense to me, cuz all that i remember at the moment is anchorman. but again, i'm just going off that wiki page.

[VIVALAMATT]

1.) Will 2.) Carrell 3.) Owen

BUTTTTTTTTT

Seth Rogen rules them all.

[antimatter]

will ferrell sucks

[AussieBoy]

1. Jack Black (he counts in frat pack for sure)

2. Will Ferrell

3. Steve Carrell (but mainly on his office stuff, not frat pack work)


slowly growing on Jonah Hill & Rogen

what does Will Arnett count in??

[Enriquejavier90]

I Choose Steve, with a close second Ferrell....

We Should choose their best movie...

I would vote forAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, That's their best movie...

[HelpMeSleep]

I've always loved ben stiller.

[notoaststereo]

luke wilson. i love that guy.

[Tristan Needler]

Fuck that. While I do love Ghostbusters and many Billy Murray movies those dudes will never be as good as the Apatow or Will Ferrel crew. Besides Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers most of those dudes movie have 2-3 comedians in them max for the most part. With Apatow and Ferrel movies almost every actor/actress is a great comedian. Why those movies are so strong is the supporting cast. It is ridcoulous how almost EVERY character in Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up is beyond hilarious. The same reason I don't like the SNL crew stuff is the same reason I don't really like Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey stuff is that a single funny dude doesn't make a whole movie funny. I think the last 5-6 years have been the best years for comedy in the history of cinema. In my opinion Judd Apatow is a golden god. I also don't find any of those SNL dudes consistently funny except for Bill Murray. He is the only one of them that has stood the test oft time and is still relevant. Ramis is as well but mainly as a filmmaker
Yeah, um, that's wrong.

[m_rue]

Hmm, I probably pick Owen.

[aircourtneys]

Will Ferrell 100%

[domotime2]

steve carell....why

why is jack black funny

[KyleMcr]

Ben Stiller

[BigAl]

Steve Carell.

[dpetty21]

Vince Vaughn, I love them all though(but Ben Stiller annoys me sometimes and is the last on my list out of these).

[oddwithoutend]

Will Ferrel is the worst, and I do not believe he has ever forced a laugh out of me except as the character Big Earl in Starsky and Hutch.

Owen Wilson is not versatile enough to get a legitimate vote.

Luke Wilson...just no.

Steve Carrell is funny but not that funny, and sometimes comes acrossed as boring, especially in 40 year old virgin.

Jack Black is predictable, and his jokes are a lot like any joke one of my friends would make, except not as funny.

Ben Stiller gets my vote mostly by process of elimination.

Chris Farley and Jim Carey are a lot funnier than any member of the frat pack.

Edit: Vince Vaughn would be my second choice, but I chose Ben Stiller because I prefer his sense of humour slightly more over Vaughn's.

[inCinerate.1028]

Steve Carell for me. Will in close second.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

in order:
Vince Vaughn
Will Farrell
Steve Carrell
Owen Wilson
Luke Wilson
Ben Stiller
Jack Black

[DaniMoo]

luke wilson got a vote?

Yes. Go watch some Wes Anderson.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

Yes. Go watch some Wes Anderson.

I'll have to give that a shot

[brandnew21g]

cant stand will ferrell --- really like vince vaughn and owen wilson.... but id hafta id go with the apatow crew (specifically pual rudd and jason segel)

[notoaststereo]

like wilson because he seems the most real out of them.

[daygreen89]

vince vaughn

[phoenixinflames]

Derek Zoolander, Mugatu, and Hansel.