# Funniest moments in recent TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669 "2009-10-05T14:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/21 "2009-10-06T19:02:54Z")
Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog (Arrested Development) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/22 "2009-10-06T19:13:31Z")
Kanye West’s “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” line, with Mike Myers trying to keep a straight face next to him, was funnier than anything on SNL in the past 10 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/23 "2009-10-06T19:50:09Z")
I think Jim Parsons is going to end up going down in history with the likes of Don Knotts and Tim Conway as brilliant small-screen comedic actors. [Here’s the video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlhHTdDqoBc) of the Christmas scene from **Annie-Xmas** ’s post. I hope some stuff in _Arrested Development_ turns into classics too. Altho, I wonder if that type of show is only really funny if you know the entire story. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/24 "2009-10-06T19:53:25Z")
It’s completely stupid, but when Tina Fey mentioned a law firm on 30 Rock named “Dewey, Cheatem, and Rabinowitz” I fell off the couch laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/25 "2009-10-06T20:08:14Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > It’s completely stupid, but when Tina Fey mentioned a law firm on 30 Rock named “Dewey, Cheatem, and Rabinowitz” I fell off the couch laughing. Yeah, not really origional, unless there’s a comedy twist I’m missing when they stole Dewey, Cheatem and Howe. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/26 "2009-10-06T20:11:26Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I hope some stuff in _Arrested Development_ turns into classics too. Altho, I wonder if that type of show is only really funny if you know the entire story. Like this one? [Chicken Dance by the whole family](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unqp3I-wBN0) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/27 "2009-10-06T20:11:47Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Yeah, not really origional, unless there’s a comedy twist I’m missing when they stole Dewey, Cheatem and Howe. That’s exactly what made it so stupid AND funny at the same time. You were expecting Howe; you got Rabinowitz. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/28 "2009-10-06T20:22:20Z")
I’m curious about the Freaks and Geeks clip that wasn’t as funny. Which one was it? I’ve watched the show recently and I’d like to judge if it really is funny. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/29 "2009-10-06T20:32:49Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I’m curious about the Freaks and Geeks clip that wasn’t as funny. Which one was it? I’ve watched the show recently and I’d like to judge if it really is funny. It’s when Nick had Lindsay over on a date in his basement bedroom, and started singing “Lady” to her. ([Clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzrMrglib6c) - start at 1:50) I remember laughing my ass off when I first saw it, but when I looked it up yesterday it wasn’t THAT funny. Not fall-off-the-couch funny like I remembered it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/30 "2009-10-06T20:36:39Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > It’s when Nick had Lindsay over on a date in his basement bedroom, and started singing “Lady” to her. ([Clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzrMrglib6c) - start at 1:50) > > I remember laughing my ass off when I first saw it, but when I looked it up yesterday it wasn’t THAT funny. Not fall-off-the-couch funny like I remembered it. Oh yeah. Yeah, I always found that one more painful and awkward than anything else. (Poor, poor Nick!) I think the moment in another episode (Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers) where Nick’s about to sing an awful song to Lindsay but Ken takes the guitar and smashes it holds up, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/31 "2009-10-06T20:50:41Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Oh yeah. Yeah, I always found that one more painful and awkward than anything else. (Poor, poor Nick!) I think the moment in another episode (Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers) where Nick’s about to sing an awful song to Lindsay but Ken takes the guitar and smashes it holds up, though. Yeah, that was awesome. I _hate_ humor about people embarrassing themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/32 "2009-10-06T21:09:02Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > That’s exactly what made it so stupid AND funny at the same time. You were expecting Howe; you got Rabinowitz. So having never seen 30 Rock, I’m not mising anything. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/33 "2009-10-06T21:59:22Z")
From “Family Guy”, Stewie asking Brian about that novel he’s been workin’ on. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsGvWwUctk) ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/34 "2009-10-06T22:36:33Z")
No access to Youtube at the moment, and it’s probably close to the 20-year limit, but definitely Rags the kangaroo coldcocking Marty the Monster on Australia’s “Early Bird Show”. They say not to work with children and animals, but if you have an animal that takes exception to a guy in a furry suit? Champagne comedy. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/35 "2009-10-06T22:41:06Z")
SNL: The “We Are the World” parody for free-range chicken when they pan over to “Wilson Phillips” and Chris Farley is Carnie Wilson. Funniest sight gag ever. Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze trying out for Chippendales I think Jason Priestley was the guest and it was a parody of the Winter Olympics figure skating. The male skater keeps messing up and eventually you see blank ice and then him just sliding across on his belly. “Oh, he’s really losing it now…” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/36 "2009-10-06T22:51:40Z")
_Doc Martin_: The reaction of the straight-laced Martin Ellingham when he inadvertently walked in on his elderly Aunt Joan doing the nasty on the kitchen table with a much younger man. His inability to stop mentally replaying the image over and over again in his mind as he was driving away was hysterical - and very real. That’s what any of us would do. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/37 "2009-10-06T22:58:06Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Kanye West’s “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” line, with Mike Myers trying to keep a straight face next to him, was funnier than anything on SNL in the past 10 years or so. You know, if the past ~297 hours of it haven’t been funny to you, you should probably give up on it. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/38 "2009-10-07T08:40:36Z")
A random number of scenes from Arrested Development, the Office or Extras could easily make it into this thread. [Tobias Fünke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7krdQ0Czqk) goes on audition. I always crack up at the Amazing Grace. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/39 "2009-10-07T09:52:01Z")
Father Ted: [“These are small, but the ones out there are far away.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto) ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669/40 "2009-10-07T11:30:06Z")
From _Roseanne_, [Jackie tries to call](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zheeF5yPak&feature=PlayList&p=49874937F1165067&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43) an aunt after her father dies. Skip ahead to 1:45 for the funny. Also from _Roseanne_, from that abysmal final season that in a just and caring world would never have happened, Debbie Reynolds guest starred as Dan’s insane off-her-meds mother in the third-to-last episode, and was frigging hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669.md?page=3)