# 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:** 9
**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 2, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/161 "2022-10-02T15:47:03Z")
How could we forget The Tonight Show tomahawk scene? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0L5QC9ZJkM8/hqdefault.jpg "Ed Ames Teaches Johnny Carson to Throw a Tomahawk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/162 "2022-10-02T15:52:35Z")
And Ed Ames is still alive! He and Doc Severinson are around the same age (95!) and both with us. Good for them! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/163 "2022-10-02T15:56:31Z")
I can think of literally a thousand scenes that made me laugh to an extreme degree. I don’t see how you could even reduce it to the ten funniest. But thank you for this thread and your efforts - they’re great, and just seeing the titles of some of these things recalls some great moments. One gets the impression few Dopers are snappers, or even whippersnappers, though. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/164 "2022-10-02T15:58:38Z")
The funniest scene I ever saw as a kid was from the old W.C. Fields vehicle _Million Dollar Legs_. 'Twas funny because it was ridiculously absurd: Fields gives his major domo a letter to deliver in the next town, but, because it is a secret message, he puts a goat’s head on the major domo. The major domo then runs (and they speed up the film for this part) and crosses some railroad tracks ahead of the locomotive, then turns and says “And you call yourself a train.” I fell off the sofa laughing. I was nine or ten. It’s not at all funny now. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/165 "2022-10-02T16:48:10Z")
**National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation** is chock full of funny scenes. I’m particularly fond of the Dinner Scene: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8ihEZMMOYmQ/hqdefault.jpg "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Dinner Scene Complete)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihEZMMOYmQ) ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/166 "2022-10-02T17:36:47Z")
Definitely SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/167 "2022-10-02T21:55:54Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/riMHp28_cqw/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - "Superthunderstingcar" - CLEAR version!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMHp28_cqw) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/168 "2022-10-02T22:11:58Z")
Key & Peele, “White Zombies” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4xyhVO-SWfM/hqdefault.jpg "Key & Peele - White Zombies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xyhVO-SWfM) Tim Meadows, _The Ladies’ Man_, “What is Love? by Leon Phelps” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/io3R6xx_l5Q/hqdefault.jpg "What is Love by Leon Phelps - The Ladies Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3R6xx_l5Q) ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/169 "2022-10-02T22:30:02Z")
Found it!! Its on vimeo snl dannys song. Four guys, including jason sudeikas and rainn wilson sitting at a bar telling awful things that happened to the song even though we ain’t got money. Theres a surprise ending. Someone please find and copy here, my phone won’t let me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/170 "2022-10-02T22:31:01Z")
Shaun of the Dead: David, kill the Queen! What? The jukebox! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W4tVH7BPb-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Shaun of the Dead: Don't Stop Me Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4tVH7BPb-Q) ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/171 "2022-10-02T23:12:06Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Found it!! Its on vimeo snl dannys song. > Four guys, including jason sudeikas and rainn wilson sitting at a bar telling awful things that happened to the song even though we ain’t got money. Theres a surprise ending. > Someone please find and copy here [This](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ntOWhAiaEGsP4c5LOECXJfAG35YK3Wkz/view) one? ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/172 "2022-10-03T00:02:24Z")
Yes! Thanks ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/173 "2022-10-03T00:29:30Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > As I commented 11 years ago, for my money, this clip from _Everybody Loves Raymond_ ranks up there with “Yes you did, you invaded Poland!” It’s set up, blocked and filmed PERFECTLY! You have Ray’s and Robert’s horrified reaction, Amy’s “uh-oh” expression, then the s-l-o-w reveal of Marie. Thanks, that show is quite lame at times, but that was indeed a well crafted little moment. ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/174 "2022-10-03T00:33:58Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Yes! Thanks That set of SNL sketches is nice, but I don’t see that they were inspired by the Four Yorkshiremen sketch. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/175 "2022-10-03T01:04:59Z")
Angus T. Jones kills it in “Who’s Vod Kanockers?” As background, Charlie said earlier in the episode that when he was a baby, his mother’s breasts, rather than being a source of nourishment and comfort, were a source of silicone and Russian vodka. And so: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SfqpTJ-bZgA/hqdefault.jpg "Who's Vod Kanockers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfqpTJ-bZgA) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/176 "2022-10-03T01:05:16Z")
[The Dick Van Dyke Show - I’m No Henry Walden! (Verisimilitude) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RUCasghSw) After the pompous intellectual has left, Mrs. Fellows remarks on what a “remarkable mind” he has. Rob Petrie concurs, adding that he expresses thoughts that “appear vague, but are in fact, meaningless”. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/177 "2022-10-03T04:14:27Z")
“It’s the Staypuff Marshmellow Man” The audience was rolling for the whole film, but they about fell out of their seats there. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/178 "2022-10-03T04:25:54Z")
One not mentioned yet is the Loki/Hulk scene in the original _Avengers_ movie. I won’t spoil it even though I suspect everybody has seen it before, but the pause from the dramatic to the beatdown to Hulk’s one speaking part just roiled the audience I was with. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DsUCRcK7QYc/hqdefault.jpg "Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsUCRcK7QYc) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422/179 "2022-10-03T04:44:43Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AXdoGFmSq2c/maxresdefault.jpg "Thor (2011) Pet Store Scene I Need a Horse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXdoGFmSq2c) ---
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Thanks so much for reminding me of the Golden Girls and Rose’s St. Olaf’s stories - I can’t believe I forgot this on my list. I will never not laugh at great length at the punchline in this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W7fOUNESVSI/hqdefault.jpg "Saint Olaf story") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fOUNESVSI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422.md?page=10)