# 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:** 5
**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 17, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/81 "2024-12-17T23:22:49Z")
And then the follow-up: **Guy/Husband:** Hello? … You don’t say… You don’t say! … You _don’t_ say! … OK, goodbye. **Other person/Wife:** Who was it? **Guy/Husband:** Same guy. ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/82 "2024-12-17T23:24:46Z")
A meta-variation from _The Simpsons_: Krusty is represented by Dewey, Cheatem, Howe, and Weissman. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/83 "2024-12-17T23:28:06Z")
We rewatched _Gremlins_ the other night. I had to rewind the Time Machine joke when my wife asked me what was so funny. I had to rewind it several times until she finally saw it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/84 "2024-12-17T23:33:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The phone rings, and a guy (Husband?) picks it up. > > **Guy/Husband:** Hello? … You don’t say… You don’t say! … You _don’t_ say! … OK, goodbye. > > **Other person/Wife:** Who was it? > > **Guy/Husband:** I don’t know. He didn’t say. Commissioner Gordon does that bit in one of the King Tut episodes of the 1960s BATMAN show. ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/85 "2024-12-17T23:37:49Z")
Speaking of _Batman_, I’ve always remembered the part where Batman and Robin were going to be lowered into a giant, boiling vat. A Russian chef was stirring the pot, singing ♫ _The Volga Batman! The Volga Batman!_ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/86 "2024-12-17T23:59:40Z")
In Stardust, we see Prince Primus’ throat slashed while he’s in the tub. His blood is bright blue, and nobody comments on it or explains it. Well, of _course_ he had blue blood. He was a royal. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/87 "2024-12-18T00:10:00Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > THE STRANGER > Far from it. The joke being it’s a western thing? ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/88 "2024-12-18T00:14:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I did see the Lost In Space robot. Forbidden Planet robot. Easy to get them confused. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeLpfvNXkAQu7gv?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeLpfvNXkAQu7gv?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/89 "2024-12-18T00:14:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > > > ‘You don’t say.’ > > > > From? > > I don’t remember. > > The phone rings, and a guy (Husband?) picks it up… [Starting at the 0:18 mark.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KME5UuR9DZw) And then picks it up again at the 2:47 mark. ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/90 "2024-12-18T00:20:11Z")
I have _The Spike Jones Anthology: Musical Depreciation Revue_, and that’s on it. But I’m sure I’ve seen it in a movie or TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/91 "2024-12-18T00:28:33Z")
I’m sure it’s an old vaudeville routine so it’s probably trickled down to a least a couple of movies. I seem to remember that bit in a Stooges short, and there was a version of it in Brain Donors. ETA: [And then there is this…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-you-dont-say/598726) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/92 "2024-12-18T00:42:02Z")
Not a movie, but a episode of Futurama: Bender is having his Bot-mitzvah. There’s a scene where they are at the party, and he is surrounded by robots celebrating, and there is a banner with Hebrew on it. I told my friend “WAIT!, Go back and pause on the banner!” Even with my terrible Hebrew skills, I could see it said “Today you are a Robot.” [![](https://popcholent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vlcsnap-2019-03-28-15h32m45s789.jpg) ](https://popcholent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vlcsnap-2019-03-28-15h32m45s789.jpg) ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/93 "2024-12-18T00:46:52Z")
Ha! Though (1) the _mem_ at the end of _hayom_ should be a _mem sofit_, and (2) the last letter of _robot_ should be _tet_, not _taf_. (Unless the spelling changed over 1000 years…) ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/94 "2024-12-18T01:15:27Z")
From the Clooney/Pitt remake of Ocean’s Eleven: Danny: “Why do they paint hallways that color?” Rusty: “They say taupe is very soothing.” Completely glossed over and forgotten, but my wife and I use it ALL THE TIME when referencing color, ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/95 "2024-12-18T03:53:02Z")
There many in from Ocean’s Eleven but one that I always like is when Yen asks a question in Mandarin and Rusty replies right away in English. No one questions it except for Basher who has a bemused look on his face. It is not a big moment but it always makes me laugh. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/96 "2024-12-18T05:27:53Z")
From The Big Lebowski. During a phone call, Jackie Treehorn writes a note down in a message pad. He then rips off the top page and leaves the room for a moment. The Dude — actually showing some initiative — rushes over to the message pad to do the ol’ pencil rubbing trick to see what Jackie Treehorn wrote down and, well… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6M0Bhk5i1lM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Big Lebowski - funny scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0Bhk5i1lM) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/97 "2024-12-18T06:03:47Z")
If we’ve moved on to including TV shows, The Sopranos is filled with little pointless jokes. • An FBI guy is working a door lock so they can break into the building to plant a bug and one of the other FBI guys tells him to, “Pick it, Wilson.” • Junior Soprano walking over to his closet, putting on his cardigan sweater and musing, “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” • Junior gets a visit in the hospital from a US Marshal named Michael McLuhan who reattaches his electronic ankle bracelet and the nurse is like, “Wait, so that makes you Marshal McLuhan?” And after a mostly deadpan response from everyone, the scene just carries on. ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/98 "2024-12-18T12:53:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The phone rings, and a guy (Husband?) picks it up. > > **Guy/Husband:** Hello? … You don’t say… You don’t say! … You _don’t_ say! … OK, goodbye. > > **Other person/Wife:** Who was it? > > **Guy/Husband:** I don’t know. He didn’t say. Didn’t MASH (TV show) do this? Maybe Hawkeye? > [@Zakalwe](#): > > Danny: “Why do they paint hallways that color?” > Rusty: “They say taupe is very soothing.” Little help with this one? mmm ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/99 "2024-12-18T12:54:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > My son still laughs at the law firm from Car Talk: > > Dewey, Cheatem, & How. > > Do we cheat 'em? And how! That’s actually an old Three Stooges joke. And probably predates even them. There has for years been a window in Harvard Square in Cambridge that bears the names of Mssr. Dewey Cheatem and Howe, vcourtesy of the Car Talk guys: > **[As the neighborhood changes, Harvard Square’s ‘Dewey, Cheetham & Howe’...](https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2023/09/12/dewey-cheetham-howe-car-talk-harvard-square/)** > > The sign survived a recent renovation, and will continue to overlook the square indefinitely — living on as one of the area’s most beloved landmarks. ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/100 "2024-12-18T12:58:40Z")
Not really a joke, but a touching scene that makes me smile whenever I think of it. In _Pineapple Express_, James Franco plays Saul, a weed dealer who visits his grandmother at the nursing home. The chief bad guy (Gary Cole) sends his goons to capture Saul. A big fracas breaks out, and Saul escapes. Later scenes have cops investigating the incident, and one of them tries to get answers from Saul’s grandmother, but she’s no help as she and her friend start fussing over the cop like he’s a lapdog and feed him while stroking his hair. Grandmothers gotta grandmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=6)