# Funniest scene ever , movie or TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422 "2022-09-28T23:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/181 "2022-10-03T16:13:41Z")
Another favorite from “Raising Arizona” - the parole board. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wahLIbwZTLQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Raising Arizona: OK then") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wahLIbwZTLQ) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/182 "2022-10-03T17:23:20Z")
Reminds me of another kids-at-camp case of uncontrollable giggles: **The Four Seasons** : Alan Alda and Carol Burnett are a married couple on vacation with two other couples, one of which is a recently divorced guy and his new young girlfriend. The divorced guy and the girlfriend are always having sex, which on this small boat _everybody can hear_. Alda and Burnett try to talk about anything to distract themselves from the moaning and groaning, but dissolve into helpless laughter. After forty years this scene still kills me! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/183 "2022-10-03T17:51:34Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > **The Four Seasons** : Alan Alda and Carol Burnett are a married couple on vacation with two other couples, one of which is a recently divorced guy and his new young girlfriend. The divorced guy and the girlfriend are always having sex, which on this small boat _everybody can hear_. This one? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g4IxZgmte-U/hqdefault.jpg "The Four Seasons 1981 Boat Sex") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4IxZgmte-U) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/184 "2022-10-03T18:32:58Z")
Yes. I looked on Youtube but my Google Fu must have been lacking. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![SlipperyPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/185 "2022-10-04T18:20:04Z")
It makes me sad how the majority of these are 30+ years old. Here’s a couple modern submissions, for your perusal and enjoyment: Archer, s1e7 – the bomb defusing scene over the radio. “Hooray for metaphors!” “Congratulations, you just bombed Ireland.” The Detour, s2, episode “The Tub” – the ridiculous sex scene where Naomi decides she wants to have another baby and reveals a new … ummm… talent “Call me Colonel Kegel. And I run a very … tight … ship.” “Colonels don’t drive boats, Ah Ah AAHH! How have we been together 12 years and you’re just showing me this now?!” ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/186 "2022-10-04T19:06:25Z")
> [@SlipperyPete](#): > > It makes me sad how the majority of these are 30+ years old. [_“Backstreet Boys. I’m familiar.”_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HlBYdiXdUa8) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/187 "2022-10-04T19:24:42Z")
I guess it is sad to realize the future will never be as funny as the past. It’s possible we have used up all the world’s humor resources just like all the other ones. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/188 "2022-10-04T21:42:24Z")
This board just skews old. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/189 "2022-10-04T22:18:00Z")
How about this particular Carnak the Magnificent? It’s right up there with some prime Carol Burnette when it comes to performers not being able to keep it together. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/L4GduUWv-mA/hqdefault.jpg "CARSON IS CARNAK SIS BOOM BAH- 7 MINS. COMPLETE SKETCH") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4GduUWv-mA) ---
**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 4, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/190 "2022-10-04T22:34:43Z")
That Sis Boom Bah joke is just so well done. I presume Johnny Carson does not know what is inside the card so they can have fun reading them? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/191 "2022-10-04T23:09:38Z")
I think it’s the opposite. You can see him and Ed laughing even before he gives the answer. They both know what’s in the envelope, and they know it’s going to kill. It has to be that way. The emphasis and the timing of the punchline are crucial. I don’t think he could deliver the line properly if he was reading it for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/192 "2022-10-04T23:17:50Z")
> [@SlipperyPete](#): > > Archer, s1e7 – the bomb defusing scene over the radio. “Hooray for metaphors!” “Congratulations, you just bombed Ireland.” So many from Archer Archer: Wait, there are animals? Lana: No, _Animal Farm_. Cyril: How do you not get that? Archer: No, I know what an animal farm is. Cyril: Not _an_ animal farm. Archer: Maybe we can stampede a flock of goats down the hall. Lana: _ANIMAL FARM_ IS A BOOK! Archer: No, it’s not Lana. It’s an allegorical novella about Stalinism by George Orwell, and spoiler alert, IT SUCKS. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/193 "2022-10-05T00:13:56Z")
This one featuring Johnny Carson and Albert Brooks always cracks me up. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p6uFHC9lfzk/hqdefault.jpg "Albert Brooks and his electronic friend "Buddy" on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uFHC9lfzk) And this one is a perfect sendup of _Dragnet_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bsdpoI0oAi8/hqdefault.jpg ""The Tonight Show": Jack Webb Tackles a Tongue Twister") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsdpoI0oAi8) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/194 "2022-10-05T00:30:48Z")
That was adorable! Buddy ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/195 "2022-10-05T00:48:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s right up there with some prime Carol Burnette when it comes to performers not being able to keep it together. But one of the greatest moments in Carol Burnett history was where the performers did keep it together and stayed in character. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-8wVvGQ0P4Y/hqdefault.jpg "Went with the Wind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8wVvGQ0P4Y&t=907) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/196 "2022-10-05T01:16:45Z")
I’ve always liked Johnny Carson as Walter Cronkite on his last night on the air with CBS. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJafME2mKag/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Carson Plays Walter Cronkite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJafME2mKag) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/197 "2022-10-05T01:39:56Z")
> [@SlipperyPete](#): > > It makes me sad how the majority of these are 30+ years old. There were television shows in 1948, so television has been around at least 74 years. The past 30 years are thus a minority of the history of television. There have been significant movie comedies in 1914, which means that movie comedies have been around at least 108 years. The past 30 years are thus a minority of the history of movie comedy. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/198 "2022-10-05T13:56:12Z")
Then there was Johnny Carson and Jay Silverheels: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RwwUuxV9It4/hqdefault.jpg "Kemosabe: Tonto (Jay Silverheels) - Tonight Show 1969") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwwUuxV9It4) ---
**Author:** ![SlipperyPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/199 "2022-10-05T14:27:42Z")
LOL yes that’s a great exchange. I also like this one from ep3: Archer: I’m dead serious, I want to file an HR complaint against Conway. Pam: On what grounds? Archer: He touched my penis with his penis. Pam: Wow. Archer: Yeah he just came up to me and was like BWIP Pam: Where? Archer: All of it! Head and shaft! Oh, you meant where in the building. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/200 "2022-10-05T15:24:02Z")
A fine choice, but what’s with the weird music overlaying the majority of it? Something to do with copyright I suppose. It’s even better without it, so you can hear the sound effects properly. Anyway, still one of the funniest things I have ever seen about 30 years after my first viewing of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=11)