# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/41 "2022-09-29T08:26:04Z")
That scene was filmed just down the road from where I used to live. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/42 "2022-09-29T11:12:08Z")
Lots of my favourites already mentioned but I think the whole IT Crowd episode for [“The work outing”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGiah4WW8R4) is great and of course you have to have a bit of Partridge. [“Stop getting Bond wrong!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWLEbNwjCI&t=7s) [Alan and a farmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxSbTlH0K4w) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/43 "2022-09-29T11:18:24Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Other animated shows probably get a look in but none immediately spring to mind except Rick and Morty? I’d go with this one, from Archer: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UeBt26IHIzU/hqdefault.jpg "Archer Mid Rampage !!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeBt26IHIzU) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/44 "2022-09-29T12:14:07Z")
I can’t find the specific clip online, but it’s a scene from Fawlty Towers, _The Kipper and the Corpse._ Basil is panicked over finding a dead man in one of his rooms, thinking he died from eating a kipper past its expiration date. He gets Manuel to help him tote the body when one of the elderly patrons sees them and starts screaming. Basil cold-cocks her right in the face and knocks her out. I was at a friend’s house watching this, and reacted so violently, I completely broke the chair I was sitting in. That whole episode was fantastic and funny, with Basil constantly trying to keep the death under wraps and failing spectacularly. It ends when he tells all the panicked guests to take all complaints to his wife Sybil and sneaks off in a laundry basket amidst the chaos. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/45 "2022-09-29T12:37:05Z")
This silent scene from _Frasier_ - Niles irons some pants: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EpImet3Xwgw/hqdefault.jpg "Funny Scene From Frasier - Niles Causes Fire "Silent Scene"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpImet3Xwgw) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/46 "2022-09-29T13:43:11Z")
The [caught in the zipper](https://youtu.be/vzRuKnb2uuY) scene from “There’s Something About Mary” The Big Bang Theory - [Robot hand grasping a man’s penis](https://youtu.be/r-VJLz65QhM) Yeah, I guess I find penis mishaps funny. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/47 "2022-09-29T13:56:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I can’t find the specific clip online, but it’s a scene from Fawlty Towers, _The Kipper and the Corpse._ Basil is panicked over finding a dead man in one of his rooms, thinking he died from eating a kipper past its expiration date. He gets Manuel to help him tote the body when one of the elderly patrons sees them and starts screaming. Basil cold-cocks her right in the face and knocks her out. I was at a friend’s house watching this, and reacted so violently, I completely broke the chair I was sitting in. My friends and I use Fawlty’s line quite often when things go awry. (It’s actually Polly who smacks her, not Basil.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZOoyxjqWav0/hqdefault.jpg "Fawlty Towers Spiffing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOoyxjqWav0) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/48 "2022-09-29T14:03:53Z")
I was just about to post that one. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/49 "2022-09-29T14:06:35Z")
Any of the SNL Jeopardy skits with Will Ferrell. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/50 "2022-09-29T14:08:38Z")
Pure slapstick - funny slapstick. The end of the “attic scene” in _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zk9JntUnV18/maxresdefault.jpg "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Trapped In The Attic (Xmas Home Movies)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk9JntUnV18) The teetering cabin scene in Charlie Chaplin’s _The Gold Rush_. (Sorry, I can’t find a clip that includes the subtitles - which really add to the hilarity.) Buster Keaton in _The General_ - when he is hiding under the table (all we can see is his eye looking through a hole in the table cloth). His estranged girlfriend Annabelle Lee is brought into the room and we see Buster’s eye give a BIG blink. But you might prefer Buster Keaton in _The Railrodder_ - fighting a map in the breeze. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/51 "2022-09-29T14:08:41Z")
I’m not a huge Woody Allen fan, but the scene in **Broadway Danny Rose** when the bad guy is chasing him and Mia through the warehouse where the Macy’s balloons are stored and then shoots one with resulting vocal yux just had me on the floor. Also **Radio Days** where the thieves clean out a family but win a call-in radio contest. Also, Joey Nichols. “What an asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/52 "2022-09-29T14:11:55Z")
It may not be the objectively funniest scene ever, but I’ve never laughed harder than during the campfire baked beans scene in _Blazing Saddles_. Speaks to my essential crudity, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/53 "2022-09-29T14:43:52Z")
For physical comedy, Harold Lloyd is tops for me. His thrill sequences were both hilarious and amazing (especially considering he performed most of his own stunts). The clock scene in _Safety Last!_ is Lloyd’s most iconic (and very funny/amazing): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QEcTjhUN_7U/hqdefault.jpg "Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last"- 1923") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcTjhUN_7U) But, Lloyd created many scenes that are equally funny: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zqzWurPE01Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Some of Harold Lloyd's most amazing stunts and best silent comedy gags") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzWurPE01Y) I also like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, but Lloyd’s bespectacled overambitious character tickles my funny bone most. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/54 "2022-09-29T14:53:49Z")
I recently learned that Harold Lloyd was missing the thumb and forefinger of his right hand due to an accidental explosion, and wore a prosthetic glove when filming. Which makes his stunts even that much more impressive! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/55 "2022-09-29T14:57:27Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > One of my all-time favorite shows was _Night Court_… My favorite scene is the one about Dan’s _turtle_– > Dad: He just laid there, didn’t he? You never saw no legs or neck or anythin’ on him, did ya? > Dan: He was just shy. > Dad: No, son, he was a spud. Go to [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ambQW91YRYM). Forward to about 2:30. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ambQW91YRYM/hqdefault.jpg "Night Court "Dan and his Parents"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ambQW91YRYM) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/56 "2022-09-29T14:57:49Z")
I’ve never seen the show otherwise, but this clip goes viral periodically and never fails to slay me: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/63rcdLeXiU8/maxresdefault.jpg "Del Boy Falls Through the Bar | Only Fools and Horses | BBC Comedy Greats") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8) Mitchell and Webb’s brain surgeon sketch has some of the best timing I’ve ever seen, and the punchline detonates brilliantly (I also love their “Hennimore” sketches): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/THNPmhBl-8I/hqdefault.jpg "Brain Surgeon - That Mitchell & Webb Look , Series 3 - BBC Two") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/57 "2022-09-29T15:01:12Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > makes it hard for me to breathe is this one: That’s weasonable. My fave is the haggling scene, and the notion that the vendor is offended if you try to pay full price. _“Won’t haggle!?!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/58 "2022-09-29T15:05:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I can’t find the specific clip online, but it’s a scene from Fawlty Towers, _The Kipper and the Corpse._ Basil is panicked over finding a dead man in one of his rooms, thinking he died from eating a kipper past its expiration date. He gets Manuel to help him tote the body when one of the elderly patrons sees them and starts screaming. Basil cold-cocks her right in the face and knocks her out. I was at a friend’s house watching this, and reacted so violently, I completely broke the chair I was sitting in. As mentioned, it was Polly who slapped her. But before that scene, there was a moment where one of the elderly residents greets Cleese and remarks that he looks especially cheerful. He smiles and says brightly, “Yes, well one of the guests has just died.” She laughs and wags her finger at him. “You are wicked!” Not only hilarious, but a great example of lying by telling the truth! And as for The Germans… > [@TriPolar](#): > > It is so freaking funny that I know Germans who have giggling fits watching it. And you know how they are about the war. Don’t mention the war! For my money, Fawlty Towers is probably the single funniest comedy show ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/59 "2022-09-29T15:12:51Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Buster Keaton in _The General_ - when he is hiding under the table (all we can see is his eye looking through a hole in the table cloth). His estranged girlfriend Annabelle Lee is brought into the room and we see Buster’s eye give a BIG blink. Later on she’s feeding the fire in the General, and throws out a piece of wood because it has a hole in it. ---
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SNL gameshow parodies are a whole genre themselves, so many great ones, but this one hits the absurdity beats perfectly [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rImxuuD_kwM/maxresdefault.jpg "What's That Name - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImxuuD_kwM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=4)