The funniest serious movie I ever saw was a compilation of a 1940's weekly serial of Batman, though I'm not sure if that was the title. They took 15 of them (meant to be seen once a week at your local movie palace) and put them all together in one gigantic four and a half hour film. This was done back in the late 60's I think. They were so deadly serious, and the series was so hokey it was hilarious!
Each episode would end with a cliffhanger which usually designed to make you think that Batman had just been killed. But the next week, lo and behold, we would find out how he escaped the previous week's predicament. A perfect example was when a car with Batman in it went over a cliff. The next week they would re-run the scene and this time he jumped out just in time. Classic.
The audience would yell things at the screen (sort of like Rocky Horror) and roar with laughter. I laughed so hard my sides hurt, and I got hiccups. Every time I would hiccup, the audience would laugh even harder.
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