# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/61 "2022-09-29T15:35:23Z")
Funniest verbal gag: I couldn’t find it on You Tube, but the scene in M_A_S\*H when Margaret thanks Radar for letting him use his pet rabbit for a pregnancy test, and he says, “That’s okay. I know you would’ve done the same for her.” Funniest sight gag: At 6:47, Ethel, fresh from charm school and dressed as a glamour girl. (Lucy is dressed up too, but it’s not as funny for her.) [I Love Lucy - Charmed School - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTe74_dhNGU) ---
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/62 "2022-09-29T15:35:59Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > 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): I think radio needs a look in here as well. “That Mitchell and Webb sound” is a work of genius (John Finnemore was involved, 'nuff said") The [“wooden boy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twp87Sqd_i4) sketches are genius. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/63 "2022-09-29T15:56:56Z")
For some reason, the stuck horn in “Little Miss Sunshine” made me laugh myself into tears in the theater, and still makes me laugh. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SfxfjUW-HVs/hqdefault.jpg "Little Miss Sunshine Horn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxfjUW-HVs) Jim’s hack license test in “Taxi”, of course. The first slowing down of “What does a yellow light mean?” was scripted, but the ensuing ones were in response to the hysterical audience. Or so I read somewhere. Kramer having seizures whenever he hears Mary Hart’s voice on TV: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gytrxCAFB9A/maxresdefault.jpg "Kramer having Seizures - Seinfeld") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytrxCAFB9A) Mr. Bean’s Christmas, including the closing turkey scene. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A0m_o2gxbsU/hqdefault.jpg "The Christmas Turkey | Funny Clip | Mr. Bean Official") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0m_o2gxbsU) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/64 "2022-09-29T16:02:27Z")
I still remember this clip from MASH when if was first shown. Something had happened earlier in the day that had everyone in the house in pissy moods. We were watching MASH, for some reason when this scene played, we all broke out into fits of laughter. For a short while the event earlier in the day didn’t matter. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ekW0082iqfg/maxresdefault.jpg "MASH 4k 60 FPS Soot Sir Clip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekW0082iqfg) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/65 "2022-09-29T16:06:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Tim Conway’s Elephant Joke Also don’t forget Tim Conway as a rookie dentist. It really gets going at about the 5:30 mark. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9IUSM4EKcRI/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dentist from The Carol Burnett Show (full sketch)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUSM4EKcRI) ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/66 "2022-09-29T16:21:00Z")
My favorite scene from Psych when Gus gets to take the lead: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CkIv1Z1YFsY/maxresdefault.jpg "PSYCH Gus the Lawyer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkIv1Z1YFsY) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/67 "2022-09-29T17:29:03Z")
In the “Seinfeld” epsiode “The Voice,” Jerry is agonizing over the ultimatum his girlfriend has given him: Either lose “The Voice” or lose her. He is struggling so hard over the decision, but he finally arrives at what he needs to do, and he shows up at her apartment and says. . . “HELLLL-OOOOO!” ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/68 "2022-09-29T17:34:48Z")
Gene Wilder’s “morons” line from _Blazing Saddles_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KHJbSvidohg/hqdefault.jpg "Blazing Saddles... You know, morons.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJbSvidohg) Cleavon Little’s outburst of laughter was genuine due to the “morons” part not being in his script. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/69 "2022-09-29T17:35:50Z")
The Nazi rally scene from **Death to Smoochy**. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dO-X63ZoDzI/hqdefault.jpg "Death to Smoochy: The Nazi Rally") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO-X63ZoDzI) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/70 "2022-09-29T17:42:54Z")
The cookies Rainbow Randolph provided for Smoochy’s show is also a contender… ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/71 "2022-09-29T19:28:28Z")
_The Young Ones_ going on University Challenge kills me every time. Especially Griff Rhys Jones’ line delivery, which is so unlike anything else in the series (they never really did deadpan). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ysG96dUtGh4/hqdefault.jpg "Young Ones - bambi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysG96dUtGh4) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/72 "2022-09-29T19:34:01Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > you really can’t beat Mel Brooks. Yes you can, with Monthy Python. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/73 "2022-09-29T19:37:46Z")
Different kinds of humor. Holy Grail is classic Python, Young Frankenstein is classic Brooks. I like them both… I just like YF better. Same with Life of Brian and Blazing Saddles. I like BS better. I’m sure you can find lots of people who would disagree with me. Funny is subjective. YF did $86M, and HG did $5M box office. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/74 "2022-09-29T19:42:35Z")
> **[Sir Archibald Mapsalot III - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Comedy Central US](https://www.cc.com/video/kovgs5/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-sir-archibald-mapsalot-iii)** > > Sir Archibald Mapsalot III solves regional tensions in the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/75 "2022-09-29T19:48:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > This silent scene from _Frasier_ - Niles irons some pants: This is the one I came in to post. Just kills me every time! * * * Also, I’m another for anything Fawlty Towers. That show did me in almost every episode. * * * Also, Monty Python’s Upperclass Twit of the Year Contest: > **[Monty Python - Upper Class Twit Of The Year](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxSM5y7Pfshttps:%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch?v=zGxSM5y7Pfs)** > > "...and now for something completely different." was first released in August of 1972 \[United States \].It was then re-released in 1974 as a response to the ... ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/76 "2022-09-29T19:49:50Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > > [@dolphinboy](#): > > > > you really can’t beat Mel Brooks. > > Yes you can, with Monthy Python. I love Python to death, and I rewatch the series once a year or so (the picture quality of the BluRay set that came out last year is just glorious) but even I’ll admit, you would probably whittle the 45 episodes (plus the two German ones) into an 80 minute montage of brilliance and not miss much. For every Argument Sketch, there’s twenty minutes of Mister Neutron. For every Dead Parrot, there’s a Bicycle Tour. For every few minutes of the Cheese Shop, there’s half an hour of blancmanges turning people into Scotsmen. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/77 "2022-09-29T19:52:05Z")
there’s a scene in johnny dangerously Michael Keaton’s gangster spoof where john’s brother who becomes the DA graduates from law school and their mom goes for something in her purse and the girlfriend is standing there as mom slowly hands her a bunch of sex toys with an escalating look of surprise and disgust as she takes each one ---
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> [@veryfrank](#): > > I love Python to death, and I rewatch the series once a year or so (the picture quality of the BluRay set that came out last year is just glorious) but even I’ll admit, you would probably whittle the 45 episodes (plus the two German ones) into an 80 minute montage of brilliance and not miss much. For every Argument Sketch, there’s twenty minutes of Mister Neutron. For every Dead Parrot, there’s a Bicycle Tour. For every few minutes of the Cheese Shop, there’s half an hour of blancmanges turning people into Scotsmen. The series are definitely hit and miss. The movies (well the first two) on the other hand absolutely on the nail from start to finish, pretty much the perfect comedies. Personally as i said its not _if_ the funniest scene ever is from the Holy Grail or Life of Brian, but _which_ scene from those two movies is the funniest scene ever. Not that I hate Meaning of Life (or the series for that matter) there are plenty of good comedians who’ve spent their careers making movies but not come up with anything as funny, but its not in the same league as Grail or Brian. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/79 "2022-09-29T19:58:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Cleavon Little’s outburst of laughter was genuine due to the “morons” part not being in his script. Another great line, but very hard to beat the “white women” line. The concept of pulling a black man out in front of the KKK is funny, but having him say the line about the white women is just amazing. ---
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A very funny two minutes, if we are now including sketches. “The Front Fell Off” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3m5qxZm_JqM/hqdefault.jpg "Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=5)