No love for Caddyshack on EW’s top 100

By |  June 28, 2013

The new Entertainment Weekly just hit my mailbox. In this issue, they’ve ranked their top 100 TV shows, albums, novels and movies, of all time.

The new Entertainment Weekly, on shelves now, features their list of the top 100 movies, novels, albums and TV shows of all time.

The new Entertainment Weekly, on shelves now, features their list of the top 100 movies, novels, albums and TV shows of all time.

Flipping through their movie category, I see no “Caddyshack.” Ah, well. Not many comedies made it on the list in general, so no huge surprise.

They do have a separate top 10 list of comedies… only one of the movies (1998’s “Rushmore,” starring Bill Murray, natch) is somewhat modern, while half the list consists of movies from 1950 and before. Argh!

I know a lot of Golfdom readers count “Caddyshack” as their No. 1 all-time favorite movie… so I imagine many of you will appalled by its omission. I think “Caddyshack” is hilarious, but I wouldn’t say it’s my all-time favorite comedy, probably not even in my top five. In fact, here’s my quick list of favorite comedies, real quick off the top of my head:

  1. Major League
  2. Ghostbusters
  3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  4. Old School
  5. Office Space

So my questions for you: 1. Are you appalled by “Caddyshack” being left off? And 2. What are your favorite comedies, all time?

 

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About the Author: Seth Jones

Seth Jones, a 25-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.


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