Best Comedy: 2010

Let's ride the wayback machine backward, which does not mean we are actually going forward. It just means we'll probably throw up sooner. I tell you what, the person who comes up with time machine strength Dramamine will have themselves a mint. Of course, they'll have to call it something else or they'll lose it all in a lawsuit to Dramamine. Timeamine? Different enough. Bank it. Boom.

And before you nerds write in to tell me 2010 is the start of a new decade...actually there's no need to write in at all now is there. As a compromise, I give full permission to call me on it when I do the Best of the Teens in 2019. If there's still an Internet. Oops, spoiler alert!

Anyway, we're going to start with last year and make our way back to the year the world ended. Remember 2000? Me either. That's why we have Wikipedia. And then, when we're all done, maybe we'll have a definitive Best Comedies of the Decade list. If you're good.

Winner: Hot Tub Time Machine

This should have been done by the time you stopped laughing at the title, but then the laughing didn't stop. Unlike something like Snakes on a Plane which was just piss poor filmmaking with a hipster-baiting name, director Steve Pink stuck to his guns and took his subject seriously. Yes, that subject was a hot tub time machine, but you can't criticize a comedy for a ridiculous premise. As that noted English wit Henry VIII taught us, it's all about the execution. Plus, a one-armed Crispin Glover. Fun and funny, with just enough T&A to honor its 80s setting, March release HTTM holds on for the win. Kajagoogoo! (obligatory time period pop reference)

Runner-Up: Get Him to the Greek

Probably a better film than HTTM, though it does lose steam at the end. I'm a Russell Brand fan so it's hard for me to know if you need to be to get the most out of this movie. He's a terrific stand-up with a natural feel for comedy. Plus, he's married to Katy Perry. That has nothing to do with anything other than if given the chance, I would definitely Freaky Friday with him. Though I'd probably end up showering the whole time because, let's face it, he always looks so unclean. But I guess chicks dig that. I'd probably end up swapping bodies with Jonah Hill. Who, since we're actually still in the same paragraph, does a great job holding this movie together. Here's hoping he doesn't fall off the Galifianakis Cliff on Jack Black Mountain.

Not a deep comedic pool last year, was it? Admittedly, I haven't seen Due Date as of press time (which will be in a few minutes), but I'm not expecting top two things. Of course, since this is online, I can change anything I want at anytime with no repercussions. Suck it, accountability.

Loser: Date Night

Garbage. An embarrassment on every level. Tina Fey's 2008 "Baby Mama" wasn't funny, but it was competent enough. And whether you understandably dislike her because she's been so overexposed, I don't think you can deny that she is talented. Same goes for Steve Carrell, who also has some legit acting chops. But he had a rough year. Dinner for Schmucks was an hour too long and further proof that Paul Rudd needs to be stopped (although former Conchord Jemaine Clement comes off big time). Right, Date Night. It felt as if there was no script and the actors intentionally did not improvise, but half-remembered what characters did in the similar situations in other bad comedies.

What did I miss? No, that's not rhetorical.