Cleveland, OH — The prestigious Comedy Institute of Cleveland, Ohio, renowned for its impeccable taste in humor, recently named ‘Schindler’s List,’ Steven Spielberg’s harrowing masterpiece about the Holocaust, as the pinnacle of 20th-century comedy. The announcement remained uncorrected for an astonishing 48 hours and has since been described as “the biggest whoops in comedic curation.”
The blunder occurred during the Institute’s annual gala, an event typically marked by raucous laughter and light-hearted revelry. Instead, attendees were left bewildered when ‘Schindler’s List’ was projected onto the screen, accompanied by the declaration of its newfound status as the ‘Greatest Laughs of the 20th Century.’
“We were gearing up for a night of knee-slappers and side-splitters,” remarked one perplexed guest. “But when Schindler’s List started playing, you could hear a pin drop. I thought it was some avant-garde, meta-comedic commentary—turns out it was just a mega mix-up.”
Meanwhile, the nine runner-ups, which genuinely represent the pinnacle of comedic cinema, were left in the shadow of this monumental mistake. These classics include:
- “Some Like It Hot” – Billy Wilder’s cross-dressing caper that had audiences in stitches.
- “Airplane!” – The disaster film parody that delivered a non-stop barrage of gags.
- “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” – A surreal, anachronistic take on the Arthurian legend.
- “The Big Lebowski” – The Coen Brothers’ oddball odyssey that became a cult classic.
- “Dr. Strangelove” – Kubrick’s cold war satire that proved politics could be hilarious.
- “Blazing Saddles” – Mel Brooks’ irreverent romp through the Wild West.
- “Caddyshack” – The golf comedy that teed off a genre of sports hilarity.
- “Duck Soup” – The Marx Brothers at their anarchic, slapstick best.
- “Groundhog Day” – The time-loop comedy that showed us repetition can be ridiculously funny.
The Comedy Institute, after realizing the error, issued a red-faced retraction and apology, attributing the mishap to a “catastrophic categorization calamity.”
In a statement fraught with embarrassment, the institute’s director, Irma Fossiler, assured the public that measures were being taken to “ensure that our appreciation for cinema’s comedic gems remains untarnished by such unfathomable faux pas.”
