Favorite "little" jokes in movies?

One that most people miss is in Silverado

[quote]

  • Hobart: 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: I’m afraid it is a bad start, friend, 'cause my name ain’t Baxter, he ain’t Hawley.
  • Hobart: You’re not Baxter?
  • Emmett: Name’s Emmett.
  • Hobart: You’re not Baxter either?
  • Paden: No, I’m not Hawley.
  • Hobart: Goddammit. Goddammit, they ain’t Baxter and Hawley! Where in the hell are Baxter and Hawley?
  • Baxter: [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.

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: Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
  • Narrator: …i… ann… iinn… ff… nnyin…
  • [voiceover]
  • Narrator: With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels.
  • [Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator’s mouth]
  • Narrator: I can’t think of anything.

After the whole movie runs as a flashback, we see the same scene again:

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.

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.

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.

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.

From Brazil:

SAM: Remember me to Alison and the twins.
JACK: Triplets.
SAM: Triplets? God, how time flies!

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

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:

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From Yellowbeard

“- Harvey ‘Blind’ Pew: I may be blind, but I have acute earing.

[Tag:blindness, ears, jewels]

I’m glad someone else likes this movie. It’s one of my favorites.

“You have forgotten your hot water bottle!”

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!”

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!

That would be WOMAN #1

My mistake - thanks! (Can I claim that it’s symbolic of our struggle against oppression? :wink:)

You may, Loretta.

From Holy Grail

Sir Bedevere: “What also floats in water?”
Peasant 1: “Bread”
Peasant 3: “Apples”
Peasant 2 “Very small rocks”

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!

Which is then repeated again at the very end with the new dingus. At around 1:43 of this.

Same scene.

Eric Idle biting the blade of his scythe while “thinking hard”. Gets me every time.