# Ever cry at a “funny” show or movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643 "2008-11-14T01:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/21 "2008-11-15T01:50:55Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > It’s not quite in-line with the OP, since it didn’t make me cry, but a recent Onion article actually really weirded me out, and made me much more unhappy than anything else. > > (Note: Probably not a great read if kidnapping and/or violence directed against children is a soft spot.) > > [http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped\_boy\_found\_safe\_imagines](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped_boy_found_safe_imagines) > > I guess I know what they were going for, but for a group that usually is so spot-on in its humor, this seemed a bit misguided. I think a deep rage at how fucked-up the world is lies buried under a lot of [the writing in The Onion](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28151). It isn’t always funny. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/22 "2008-11-15T01:57:27Z")
The ending of **Shaun of the Dead** when Shaun winds up sparing Zombie Ed and even plays with him to the tune of **You’re My Best Friend** (which can make me tear up all on its own, btw). Shaun is a _good_ friend! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/23 "2008-11-15T02:38:31Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > It’s not quite in-line with the OP, since it didn’t make me cry, but a recent Onion article actually really weirded me out, and made me much more unhappy than anything else. > > (Note: Probably not a great read if kidnapping and/or violence directed against children is a soft spot.) > > [http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped\_boy\_found\_safe\_imagines](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped_boy_found_safe_imagines) > > I guess I know what they were going for, but for a group that usually is so spot-on in its humor, this seemed a bit misguided. That made me nauseous. Uhg. Who could possibly find that funny? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/24 "2008-11-15T12:10:53Z")
[The Money Pit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091541/) was like that for me. I tried to watch it right after a flood had practically destroyed my home & belongings and the crew that came to “fix” things destroyed the much of the rest & stole from me. Yeah - not funny. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/25 "2008-11-15T12:46:25Z")
The old Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin movie ‘All of Me’. One of my all-time favorite movies, makes me laugh all the way through it until the very end, where they are dancing… if you have seen it, you’ll know what I mean, and if you haven’t you wouldn’t understand anyway. \>grin\< (I also don’t know how to do a spoiler box…) For some reason, that scene makes me sob like a baby. Every single time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/26 "2008-11-15T15:38:31Z")
I don’t even remember what movie it was, and maybe it was a television show, but it contained a brief scene in which two women porn stars were teaching a sex ed class. They began to talk about virginity and one girl says to the other, ‘‘I was 15. Katie, how old were you when you lost your virginity?’’ She got a serious look on her face and replied softly, ‘‘I was eight.’’ Not funny. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/27 "2008-11-15T18:54:42Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I don’t even remember what movie it was, and maybe it was a television show, but it contained a brief scene in which two women porn stars were teaching a sex ed class. They began to talk about virginity and one girl says to the other, ‘‘I was 15. Katie, how old were you when you lost your virginity?’’ She got a serious look on her face and replied softly, ‘‘I was eight.’’ > > Not funny. [The Girl Next Door](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265208/). I could be remembering it wrong, but I thought she said she was ten, not that it makes any difference. I don’t think it was meant to be laugh out loud funny. The whole movie was kind of a dark comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/28 "2008-11-15T19:02:45Z")
[spoiler] spoiled stuff [/spoiler] It’s that easy. Another Steve Martin one (that bastard!). The end of The Jerk. Pretty much from “Well, that’s my story…” on through to the end. And not because it’s such a sweet and happy ending, which it is. But because I’m insanely envious of anyone who has family that cares so much about him. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/29 "2008-11-15T20:37:55Z")
I know people who thing the bit from Sesame Street where the baker falls down the stairs and dropping the “ELEVEN CHOCOLATE SHAKES!” is upsetting and not funny. Me, I laugh at others pain. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/30 "2008-11-15T20:53:10Z")
I cried during the movie [Life](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(film)). It’s supposed to be a prison comedy, but my ex was in prison when I saw it, and I lost it and had to leave the theater. Robin ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/31 "2008-11-15T23:57:19Z")
A few years back, I was feeling blue due to PMS and decided to watch something light and fluffy to cheer myself up. So I watched **The Rugrats Movie** , even though it had been years and years since I watched the show. You know Spike, the kids scrappy dog? At one point Spike falls off a bridge! It’s a kids’ movie, so I knew he’d be fine, but I burst into tears anyway. You know, that might have been the month I cried my way through **The Mighty** too, even the not-sad parts… ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/32 "2008-11-16T00:05:52Z")
When SNL replayed the “[Love is a Dream](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/88/88iloveisadream.phtml)” sketch as a tribute after Phil Hartman was murdered, it was terribly emotional. Not available on Hulu though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/33 "2008-11-16T00:15:41Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > It’s not quite in-line with the OP, since it didn’t make me cry, but a recent Onion article actually really weirded me out, and made me much more unhappy than anything else. > > (Note: Probably not a great read if kidnapping and/or violence directed against children is a soft spot.) > > [http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped\_boy\_found\_safe\_imagines](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kidnapped_boy_found_safe_imagines) > > I guess I know what they were going for, but for a group that usually is so spot-on in its humor, this seemed a bit misguided. Whoever wrote that needs to get help. It’s not something a healthy person could produce. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/34 "2008-11-16T01:44:34Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Whoever wrote that needs to get help. It’s not something a healthy person could produce. I saw that and didn’t read it, remembering the bear-zookeeper-rape article from several years back that was almost as"funny". ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/35 "2008-11-16T01:53:31Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Whoever wrote that needs to get help. It’s not something a healthy person could produce. It actually made me feel nauseous. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/36 "2008-11-16T01:57:44Z")
I cried the first time I saw Princess Bride when Buttercup thought Westley was dead. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/37 "2008-11-16T02:19:46Z")
It doesn’t totally fit the trend, but the last episode of Blackadder, when they get their orders to go over the top during WWI. They keep with the jokes literally up until the last possible moment, but you can just kind of feel what’s coming, and your heart just isn’t in it, and then there’s that terrible fade…and then all that’s left is a field of poppies. Such a well-made and affecting end to what was otherwise a hilarious show. Now that I’m thinking about it I’m going to go look at some pictures of puppies or something… ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/38 "2008-11-16T05:15:19Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > That made me nauseous. Uhg. Who could possibly find that funny? _raises hand_ ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/39 "2008-11-16T05:53:21Z")
> [@pope\_hentai](#): > > _raises hand_ _eyebrows raised_. Honestly - why? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643/40 "2008-11-16T06:15:30Z")
I find it funny, too. The humor (at least to me) comes from the fact that rather than being a news story about the rescuing of a kidnapped child, we’re reading about a kidnapped child _imagining_ a rescue of himself. The idea that a news organization would cover an imagined rescue as if it actually happened is where the humor comes from for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-cry-at-a-funny-show-or-movie/472643.md?page=3)