# Favorite "little" jokes in movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 15, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688 "2024-12-15T22:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/181 "2024-12-24T19:52:28Z")
_Austin Powers_ “…the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge scientist Dr. Parsons. Therefore I shall call it The Allen Parsons Project.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/182 "2024-12-24T21:27:00Z")
From National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: Clark: I apologize for my brother-in-law; his heart is bigger than his brain. Eddie: I appreciate that, Clark. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/183 "2024-12-24T21:33:39Z")
_Lethal Weapon._ Mr. Joshua: “Now, as you may have heard, we have a large shipment of product coming in…” Riggs: “Why don’t you guys just call it heroin?” ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/184 "2024-12-25T03:40:06Z")
Thought of another one (since I used it tonight). Not a movie, but the animated Mickey Mouse Clubhouse tv show: Pete: That’s the second biggest [x] I’ve ever seen! First said when he saw a 20 foot tall candy cane. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/185 "2024-12-25T03:50:05Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Pete: That’s the second biggest [x] I’ve ever seen! Running gag on _Get Smart_, 40 years prior. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/186 "2024-12-25T03:52:55Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > e ever seen! > > First said when he saw a 20 foot tall candy cane. What’s the joke? Guybrush Threepwood always says this kind of thing in the Monkey Island series. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/187 "2024-12-25T04:00:25Z")
The thing he is looking at is ludicrously large for what it is. But it’s only the 2nd biggest of that thing he’s ever seen. I didn’t realize that was an old gag recycled for the show, but I shouldn’t be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/188 "2024-12-25T04:01:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What’s the joke? Gets you thinking about the Ultimate X. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/189 "2024-12-25T15:52:39Z")
I do like Gene Hackman’s portrayal of Lex Luthor in the Superman movie. He has a great little joke/moment that always made me smile. I’ll paraphrase. Lex: “One missile is going to Hackensack. The other is going to San Fransisco. Even with your great speed, you can’t get both.” His lady sidekick: “But, Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack.” Lex looks at his watch, looks up at her…and just nods no saying, “Nuh uh.” The pure evil of that is just hilariously well done. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/190 "2024-12-25T15:56:36Z")
The TV show, _Kim Possible:_ Ron: “That would be _so cool_ if it wasn’t trying to kill us.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/191 "2024-12-25T17:12:07Z")
From **Buffy The Vampire Slayer** (series) _“There’s something you don’t see every day … unless you’re us.”_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/192 "2024-12-25T18:50:06Z")
I’m watching _A Christmas Story_ and was reminded of one. In the Christmas morning scene the mother gives the Old Man a bowling ball. It’s blue. Back then, men’s bowling balls only came in black. This is a woman’s ball. There’s also the Bo Ling Chop Suey Palace ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/193 "2024-12-25T19:50:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Back then, men’s bowling balls only came in black. This is a woman’s ball. I don’t think I realized that. I do remember my Dad having a black ball and my Mom a blue one back in the 80’s, though. ---
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“Fra-gile, it must be Italian!” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/195 "2024-12-25T20:55:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In the Christmas morning scene the mother gives the Old Man a bowling ball. It’s blue. > > Back then, men’s bowling balls only came in black. This is a woman’s ball. Never having seen the movie, could it be a reference to “blue balls”? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/196 "2024-12-25T21:19:18Z")
That’s what I thought. Plus, how can you buy a bowling ball for someone without knowing how heavy a ball he uses, where to drill the holes (and how big) and where’s the tote bag? And his voice goes up a couple octaves when she drops it in his lap. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/197 "2024-12-25T21:21:19Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > In the Christmas morning scene the mother gives the Old Man a bowling ball. It’s blue. > > > > Back then, men’s bowling balls only came in black. This is a woman’s ball. > > Never having seen the movie, could it be a reference to “blue balls”? Not really, though the ball does drop on his crotch. It’s true that you can’t just buy a bowling ball without knowing which type the person uses. At the very least, you need to know the weight (at that time the holes would be drilled later; they were sold without them). But the blue marbled color balls were only made for women (and were not as heavy as the men’s bowling balls). ---
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While not _set up_ as a joke, by the far the funniest little exchange in “All the President’s Men” is when Redford and Hoffman (lighting up a cigarette) are in an elevator, and as the door closes, the former asks the latter, “Is there anywhere where you don’t smoke?” ETA: maybe not the “quickest” of jokes… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7SZMEImptPQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Chinatown (1/9) Movie CLIP - Screwing Like a Chinaman (1974) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZMEImptPQ&t=4) ---
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This line from Miracle makes me laugh- coach Herb Brooks is talking to his wife about the upcoming game against the USSR and possible matchups: “Yeah and I keep running through them all. Johnson on Mikhailov. Broten on Petrov. Pav against whoever-ov.” ---
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In _Don Juan Demarco_, it starts with the title character romantically seducing a woman, who responds to his charm and romanticism. Later, there’s a shot in the same restaurant where the woman is looking around longingly clearly hoping she might run into him again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=11)