# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/21 "2024-12-16T12:39:31Z")
One that most people miss is in _Silverado_ [quote] - [Hobart](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Baxter! Hawley! Where the hell’ve you been? You’re late and I tell you, I don’t like it. It’s a bad start, boys. I got my people down there throwin’ snowballs and rarin’ to go. - [Emmett](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001277/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I’m afraid it is a bad start, friend, 'cause my name ain’t Baxter, he ain’t Hawley. - [Hobart](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You’re not Baxter? - [Emmett](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001277/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Name’s Emmett. - [Hobart](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You’re not Baxter either? - [Paden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000177/?ref_=ttqu_qu): No, I’m not Hawley. - [Hobart](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Goddammit. Goddammit, they ain’t Baxter and Hawley! Where in the hell are Baxter and Hawley? - [Baxter](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911904/?ref_=ttqu_qu): [_Baxter and Hawley ride up on their horses_] Quit your yellin’, you old coot. We’re right here. - [/quote] Kevin Kline, as Paden, who said the “I’m not Hawley” line, gives a little look of disapproval. In his character’s mind, he should’ve been asked if he was Hawley, not Baxter, and Hobart screwed it up. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/22 "2024-12-16T13:07:03Z")
In Fight Club, there’s a nice joke that bookends the movie. In the beginning, the Narrator Character played by Edward Norton is being held hostage by Brad Pitt. Pitt has a gun in Norton’s mouth, and asks him if he has any last words. - [Tyler Durden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion? - [Narrator](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=ttqu_qu): …i… ann… iinn… ff… nnyin… - [_voiceover_] - [Narrator](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=ttqu_qu): With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels. - [_Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator’s mouth_] - [Narrator](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I can’t think of anything. After the whole movie runs as a flashback, we see the same scene again: - [Tyler Durden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion? - [Narrator](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=ttqu_qu): mumbles… - [Tyler Durden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I’m sorry… - [Narrator](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001570/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I still can’t think of anything. - [Tyler Durden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Ah… flashback humor. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/23 "2024-12-16T13:21:08Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > One that has stuck with me isn’t even in a comedy: it’s in what is otherwise a very serious movie, _Casablanca_: Another little joke that I like from _Casablanca_: Thanks to Rick’s influence, the young Hungarian couple has won enough money at roulette to be able to buy an exit visa from Renault. They are, of course, excited to get the deal done. Renault tells them to come to his office the next morning so they can arrange things officially. Young Husband: We’ll be there at six! Renault: Fine. I’ll be there at ten. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/24 "2024-12-16T18:51:15Z")
_Beat the Devil_ (1954) – Critiquing an in-progress painting of a portrait-in-profile: Ravello: “The nose is not enough long.” Major Ross: “The ears are too small.” O’Hara (Peter Lorre): “Only has one eye.” _Agent 8¾_ (1964) – One of the henchmen is named “Galushka,” a type of Hungarian dumpling. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/25 "2024-12-16T20:39:46Z")
One of my favorite jokes from one of my favorite films. **The Big Lebowski.** Sam Elliot and Jeff Bridges. THE STRANGER Wal, a wiser fella than m’self once said, sometimes you eat the bar… and sometimes the bar, wal, he eats you. DUDE Hmm. That some kind of Eastern thing? THE STRANGER Far from it. ---
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/26 "2024-12-16T21:02:20Z")
My absolute favorite part of Casablanca: Renault: This cafe is closed until further notice! Clear the room at once! Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?! Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here. Croupier: Your winnings, sir. Renault: Oh, thank you very much. ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/27 "2024-12-16T21:57:14Z")
From _Brazil_: SAM: Remember me to Alison and the twins. JACK: Triplets. SAM: Triplets? God, how time flies! ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/28 "2024-12-16T22:08:54Z")
If I may expand this to tv… There was a one-second exchange on “Modern Family” that still makes me smile. The family was staging an elaborate Wizard of Oz-themed celebration. Someone wondered if the flying monkeys had shown up yet. Then, three guys appear at the door. First guy says, “hey”. Second guy says “hey”. Third guys says “we’re the monkeys”. It goes by in the blink of an eye, very easy to miss. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/29 "2024-12-16T22:16:52Z")
Also from The Hudsucker Proxy, in the montage about the development of the dingus (hula hoop), there’s a delightful throwaway - for just a moment the technical drawings appear on screen, The front elevation is a circle and the side elevations are simply a vertical and a horizontal line. At around 0.29 of this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FV9E9HPeHSM/hqdefault.jpg "The Hoopsucker? Or the Hudswinger?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9E9HPeHSM) j ---
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From _Yellowbeard_ > “- Harvey ‘Blind’ Pew: I may be blind, but I have acute earing. > > - Commander Clement: I’m not interested in your jewellery, cloth eyes.” > [JOHN MARWOOD CLEESE](https://www.moviequotes.com/quotes-by/john-marwood-cleese/) - Blind Pew > [ERIC IDLE](https://www.moviequotes.com/quotes-by/eric-idle/) - Commander Clement [Tag:[blindness](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/blindness/), [ears](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/ears/), [jewels](https://www.moviequotes.com/topic/jewels/)] ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/31 "2024-12-16T22:31:57Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Beat the Devil_ (1954) – Critiquing an in-progress painting of a portrait-in-profile: > > Ravello: “The nose is not enough long.” > Major Ross: “The ears are too small.” > O’Hara (Peter Lorre): “Only has one eye.” I’m glad someone else likes this movie. It’s one of my favorites. “You have forgotten your hot water bottle!” ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/32 "2024-12-16T22:44:32Z")
When The Blues Brothers and band enter Ray’s Music Exchange, all the guys pick up instruments. Elwood pulls a piece of white bread from his coat pocket and places it in a toaster oven. Something about the way he does it just kills me. Another **Blazing Saddles** joke: Old guy get dragged off by his horse down the dirt street. He raises his hands in resignation and says, _“Well, that’s the end of this suit!”_ ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/33 "2024-12-16T22:57:41Z")
From **Monty Python’s Life of Brian** : Pontius Pilate is trying to poll the Jews of Jerusalem for the name of a prisoner to release, but they’re more interested in making up names to poke fun at his speech impediment: PILATE: Who is the “Wodewick” to whom you wefer? MAN # 1: He’s a “wobber”! MAN #2: And a “wapist”! MAN # 3: And a pickpocket! ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/34 "2024-12-16T23:07:04Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > MAN # 3: And a pickpocket! That would be WOMAN #1 ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/35 "2024-12-16T23:10:52Z")
My mistake - thanks! (Can I claim that it’s symbolic of our struggle against oppression? 😉) ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/36 "2024-12-16T23:12:10Z")
You may, Loretta. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/37 "2024-12-16T23:12:43Z")
From Holy Grail Sir Bedevere: “What also floats in water?” Peasant 1: “Bread” Peasant 3: “Apples” **Peasant 2 “Very small rocks”** ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/38 "2024-12-16T23:39:16Z")
From MP & the Holy Grail NARRATOR: In the frozen land of Nador they were forced to eat Robin’s minstrels. And there was much rejoicing. ALL: Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/39 "2024-12-16T23:44:01Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > The front elevation is a circle and the side elevations are simply a vertical and a horizontal line. [Which is then repeated again at the very end with the new dingus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P52eqNKCpYc). At around 1:43 of this. ---
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> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > From Holy Grail > > Sir Bedevere: “What also floats in water?” > Peasant 1: “Bread” > Peasant 3: “Apples” > **Peasant 2 “Very small rocks”** Same scene. Eric Idle biting the blade of his scythe while “thinking hard”. Gets me every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=3)