# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/241 "2024-12-30T15:14:54Z")
I had always heard the reason why horses neigh when Frau Blucher’s name is mentioned is because “blucher” is German for “glue.” A German friend told me otherwise. It’s just a name. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/242 "2024-12-30T15:33:06Z")
Though “blucher” in English is also a type of shoe that could be made from cordovan… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/243 "2024-12-30T15:48:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A German friend told me otherwise. It’s just a name. The name of a German general from the Napoleonic Wars, in fact (well, _von_ Blucher). The various incarnations of the German navy named three ships after him (hey, Germany has only so many naval heroes), all of which met sad ends. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/244 "2024-12-30T16:24:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Frau Blucher (_horses whinny_) in **Young Frankenstein** telling the others to follow the light of the candles up the stairs. None of the candles are actually lit. Another “little” joke from Young Frankenstein: After The Monster leaves the home of Harold (the blind man played by Gene Hackman) in a huff, Harold says, [“Wait! Where are you going? I was going to make espresso.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXPl_wr2QNw&t=113s) ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/245 "2024-12-30T16:53:44Z")
Back when espresso was new and exotic in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/246 "2024-12-30T19:16:22Z")
And also in Young Frankenstein. Inspector Kemp wears a monocle over his eyepatch. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/247 "2024-12-30T20:57:55Z")
I am not sure if this is considered a “little” joke, but it is certainly _very_ brief: In [Clerks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/), a random customer asks [“In a row?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8a_-zFBldA&t=86s) after a Dante relays a statistic about a recreational activity his girlfriend likes to engage in. It’s brilliant, and I LOL everytime I watch that. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/248 "2024-12-30T21:44:38Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > After The Monster leaves the home of Harold (the blind man played by Gene Hackman) in a huff, Harold says, [“Wait! Where are you going? I was going to make espresso.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXPl_wr2QNw&t=113s) > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Back when espresso was new and exotic in the U.S. At the beginning of _Live and Let Die_, M visits Bond’s apartment. Bond makes him a cup of espresso. He goes through the entire elaborate ritual of grinding, steaming, stirring, etc. M looks at the espresso machine, looks at the cup of coffee in his hand, and says “Is that all it does?” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/249 "2024-12-30T23:40:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > the Asian guy gets introduced as Schneider and the German-looking guy as Wu. In _McHale’s Navy_ one episode had a German U-boat meeting with a Japanese patrol boat at an atoll for some nefarious purpose. The submarine surfaces next to the PT, its commander pops up from the conning tower, “Sprechen sie Deutsch?” The IJN lieutenant shakes his head, “Nihongo o hanashimasu ka?” “Nein. Do you speak English?” “But, of course!” and the rest of the scene is in English. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/250 "2024-12-31T00:54:52Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > And also in Young Frankenstein. Inspector Kemp wears a monocle over his eyepatch. Does it stay on the same eye all the time? I’ll have to watch the movie again to be sure, but I think there’s a scene where his bad arm switches to the other side. I don’t know if it was planned, or if they just mirror-imaged a shot during editing. > [@mbh](#): > > M looks at the espresso machine, looks at the cup of coffee in his hand, and says “Is that all it does?” To be fair, M works at a place where cameras are also geiger counters. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/251 "2024-12-31T03:22:27Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Yes! Many small jokes like this get overlooked by the casual viewer. “The Wagon Queen Family Truckster – you think you hate it now, but wait till you drive it.” ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/252 "2024-12-31T03:28:47Z")
Another from The Sopranos. Some Brooklyn mob guys holding a secret meeting at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe. ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/253 "2024-12-31T03:50:34Z")
That black cat looking up. ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/254 "2024-12-31T04:18:56Z")
I didn’t see a black cat in the link. ---
**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 31, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/255 "2024-12-31T04:39:15Z")
The British Sitcom Man About The House was about a young man sharing a flat with two young women. (remade in USA as Three’s Company) The end credits show cast and crew names over various imagery reflecting the girl/ guy dynamic in the show. Examples include: - two dolls and a teddy bear - cooking utensils\* and a spanner - lipsticks and a shaving brush - two female shoes and a football (soccer) boot - two martinis and a pint of bitter beer - two girl dolls and a soldier doll - two tennis racquets and a soccer ball - pinups of male sex symbols and a topless girl - two small wristwatches and a pocket watch - a clothes line with two female knickers and a man’s boxers - two glass cats and a glass rooster. It’s subtle. You may have to think about it. [Sample episode.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWWy0Uyn12A) \*they didn’t think this bit through. The guy was a trainee chef and did the cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/256 "2024-12-31T07:38:48Z")
Well, this is not a new moment, but I still get a kick out of hearing the illiterate Gabby Johnson from _Blazing Saddles_ speak, and the ongoing joke that “ ~~Gabby~~ \ Johnson is right!” And the nearly interminable cavalcade of Johnsons in that film. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/257 "2024-12-31T07:48:23Z")
Strenger Johnson is right about \ Johnson bein’ right. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/258 "2024-12-31T15:25:24Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ll have to watch the movie again to be sure, but I think there’s a scene where his bad arm switches to the other side. I don’t know if it was planned, or if they just mirror-imaged a shot during editing. It’s a reversed shot. They flipped it to match the original movie, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/259 "2024-12-31T15:31:37Z")
“Wait a minute. Didn’t your hump used to be on the other side?” “What hump?” ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/260 "2024-12-31T18:12:41Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > “What hump?” In a movie filled with jokes, ones like that are great little ones. Ooooh…awkward. Love it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=14)