# Funniest Thing You've Ever Scene **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066 "2003-05-04T20:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/41 "2003-05-08T02:42:23Z")
Mr Bean in church. We actually show this one in church sometimes and everyone from the pastor on down has a collective fit. The part where Mr Bean has fallen asleep and is slowly rocking forward until he’s on his hands and knees…snort! Oh, and I’ll never eat a hard candy again! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/42 "2003-05-08T03:11:08Z")
Shoeless, I can appreciate some of those things that happen in theaters in real life that make the movie even funnier. When I was watching _The Sound of Music_ in a theater, the screen was the kind that was apparently hung in strips. One of the strips wasn’t hanging right and so their was a “blemish” on the screen in every take. We were near the end of the movie where Maria and Captain Von Trapp were confessing their feelings for each other. I think it was in the gazebo. Julie Andrews was singing, “I Must Have Done Something Good.” For some reason the theater management took this opportunity to correct the out-of-place strip in the scene. He kept crawling up Julie’s nose. The crowd in the theater went into hysterics.[/hijack] One of the scenes in a movie which gave me a big laugh was near the beginning of _The Big Chill_. There was a funeral for a man who had committed suicide. One of his friends from the 1960’s played a special song for him on the organ – _You Can’t Always Get What You Want_ – played very slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/43 "2003-05-08T03:16:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HeyHomie \* > \*\*There’s an episode of _Beavis & Butthead_ where Beavis thinks he’s pregnant, but really he just has to take a big dump. > > Near the end, there’s one long shot of Butthead just sitting there on the couch, obliviously eating nachos. From somewhere else in the house you hear Beavis screaming and moaning. > > \*\*MMMMMGGGGGWWWWWWWAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!! > > UUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!! > EEEEEEEHHHHHHH!!! > > EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH!!! > UUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHaaaaahhhhhhhh…\*\* > > **flush** > > And all the while Butthead just sits there with his nachos… \*\* I actually thought about mentioning this one. I have some wav files from it: “That chick says it changes color if you’re pregnant…let’s see-hehehe, you’re supposed to _pee_ on it! Hehehehe…” Wizzing on the stick… “Better not change color…it turned yellow-NOOOO!!!” I was rolling. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/44 "2003-05-08T07:16:26Z")
**Liar, Liar** - The scene where Jim Carrey is aroused to tell the truth in the executives meeting. **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** - The Black Knight scene (it’s just a scratch!, I’ve had it worse…) **Porky’s** - The scenes where the fat prefect woman goes with the principal to accuse a “penis”. Another: the guy is fuckin a girl, and suddenly he asks “why do they call you Lassie?”… and the girl starts howling. **There’s Something About Mary** - The dog is in comma and Matt Dillon tries hard to revive it. **Gods Must Be Crazy** - The two jeep sequences are very funny. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/45 "2003-05-08T10:49:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\ ***smam** -it wasn’t a ZOMBIE, it was a BOOGIEMAN. > > 😉 \*\* Of course it was, boy is my face red. Must be too much resi evil thats to blame . ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/46 "2003-05-08T11:34:56Z")
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The scene where Michael Caine, Steve Martin, and the rich lady are seated at the dinner table: “excuse me…” “yes, Ruprect?” “can I go to the bathroom?” “Yes you may” (long pause, Ruprect gets look of concentration on face, eyes narrow, holds breath, open mouth half-smile, then heavy sigh and look of contented relief) “thank you.”😛 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/47 "2003-05-08T12:04:04Z")
Steve Martin’s performance in \*\* All of Me \*\*. The first time I watched it, I wondered how they got Lily Tomlin into Steve Martin’s body. Siskel and Ebert agree that his performance deserved an Oscar. There’s a scene in a \*\* Roseanne \*\* show where Bev tells Roseanne she’s selling her share of the restaurant. When Roseanne says “You’ll never find a buyer in this market,” Bev says “Oh, it wasn’t hard,” and the camera focuses on Leon (Martin Mull) eating his sandwich. Perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/48 "2003-05-08T12:34:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HeatMiser \* > \*\*The scene in _High Anxiety_ where Mel Brooks is examining a patient to verify that he indeed has a severe psychosis with symptoms that includes hallucinations of werewolves. Harvey Korman as the unsrupulous doctor produces plastic Halloween werewolf fangs and silently terrorizes the man from behind Brooks, snatching the fangs from his mouth and “acting natural” whenever Brooks turns to face him. > > This gets me every time. \*\* This is exactly the scene I was going to post! It cracks me up to no end EVERY TIME I SEE IT! I also love the entire war sequence at the end of “Duck Soup”. Groucho’s uniforms keep changing, Harpo and Chico change sides. . . Damn, that movie is funny. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/49 "2003-05-08T12:43:55Z")
The scene(s) in the car are beautiful…they just build up to this crescendo of hilarity. Steve swearing a blue streak at the car rental agent, Steve getting dragged of the parking spot by his fellas, John playing with the seat, Steve sitting in the broken seat, doing the Mess Around, ‘You’re going the wrong way!’, and squeezing between the two trucks. By the time it got to the part where you see John in the devil costume and the skeletons riding in the car I just had tears rolling down my cheeks. When they stopped and pulled their fingers out of the dash/off the wheel I thought I was going to pass out. My friends thought it was funny but couldn’t beleive the condition I was in. Funniest 5 minutes of a movie that I can think of. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/50 "2003-05-08T13:03:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoCoolUserName \* > \*\*Usual Suspects–the lineup > > I’m dyin’ here, just reading it. The actual performance is even better. I’m not sure if it would hold up to a “lame troupe” performance, but the original is excellent. Dang, now I have to get on NetFlix and order it, just so I can watch it again. \*\* The DVD has behind the scenes commentary, and they talked at length about that scene. I guess I should put this in the spoiler box. [spoiler]When they began filming that day, Benicio Del Toro said that somebody farted on the set and the stink broke everybody up and they could never regain their composure. Kevin Pollak said it was Del Toro who farted. Every time they began shooting the scene, the actors would bust out laughing every time they had to say “Gimme your wallet cocksucker,” especially when Del Toro said it with the weird accent nobody could understand. Even the stolid Gabriel Byrne couldn’t keep a straight face. He’d cuss everybody out for acting unprofessional then bust out laughing himself. They took a long lunch to regain their wits, then when filming restarted, they burst out laughing again. Director Brian Singer finally had enough. This was his first major film effort, and he told the cast they weren’t going to ruin it for him. His threats did no good. Since they were filming under budget, they had to finish filming the scene that day and move on to another scene the next day. Singer gave the footage to film editor John Ottman and they decided to see what they could salvage from it. They came to realize the humor of the situation. These 5 guys got railroaded into appearing into this ludicrous lineup, and after their initial anger at the situation went away, they began to laugh at the stupidity of it all. As a result, they bonded together and became a team. Ottman put it all together and a classic scene is born.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/51 "2003-05-08T14:03:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dryga\_Yes \* > \*\*The scene in Mr. Bean where he starts playing with the dolls in the nativity scene as if they were action figures. The scene just gets more and more insane, with him making cheesy sound effects and eventually bringing in a big plastic dinosaur. Priceless. \*\* I love that scene as well - the whole Mr. Bean Christmas special kills me. I also like the scene where he’s sat down Christmas Eve with a glass of wine and a box of chocolates and hears carollers at the door. He opens the door, and the children start singing “Away in a Manger”. Mr. Bean moves his chair to face the door and settles in with his glass of wine and chocolates to listen. Near the end of the song he gets up with the chocolates and stands by the door. The song finishes, and he slams the door in their faces! Just the nonchalance he has while doing this sets me off every time. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/52 "2003-05-08T15:35:54Z")
The cartoon “For the Birds” that is included as an extra on the Monsters Inc DVD. It earned awards for best cartoon 2001. On the first day of DVD release I purchased the DVD and forced my staff to watch it as a diversity training excersise. At their request I ended up showing it three times in a row, each time laughing harder. ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/53 "2003-05-08T18:03:20Z")
the episode where cartman gets some kid to eat his own parents i’ll second no end, undoubtly the funniest episode. And when Cartman tells Stan’s cousin ( a Jew ) that he needs better concentration and should go to a concentration camp - its the voice Homer and Barts Indiana Jones parody at the start of the episode where Millhouse gets a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Darkrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Darkrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkrabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/54 "2003-05-08T18:46:19Z")
I swear I posted this yesterday but don’t see it now … here goes again; “Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead” - Gary Oldmans characters discovery of flight, gravity, etc,… during the entire movie. The whole movie is a riot, though. “Monty Pythons : The Holy Grail” - The whole dialog between Dennis the peasent and King Arthur regarding his rights to be king … “Just because some moistened bink lobs a scimitar at you …” “SuperTroopers” - The scene where the Officers mess with the heads of the stoned teenagers … “Who wants to go to Mexico? Yeehaw!” ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/55 "2003-05-08T20:30:25Z")
The “Money Pit” scene where Tom Hanks is in the kitchen and the wiring burns up in the wall. As the flames travel along behind the TV set there’s a cooking show on and the flames travel behind the set just as Julia Child flambes a dish. Then the gas oven explodes and the turkey flies out the widow, across the courtyard and lands in the bathroom. Tom walks in and Shelly Long asks “what happened in the kitchen?”. Tom says “you don’t want to know”, then the done indicator in the turkey pops up. A friend and I were rolling on the floor laughing and our wives wanted to know what was so funny. ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/56 "2003-05-08T23:06:20Z")
Also from the The Money Pit: the scene were Tom Hanks gets stuck in the hole in the floor and struggles to get out. Hysterical! Two scenes from Roseanne: The episode where Roseanne and Jackie’s dad dies and Roseanne makes Jackie call their elderly aunt to tell her about the funeral. Said aunt obviously can’t hear a thing. Jackie’s conversation: “Hi Auntie Barbara…I’m fine…FINE. Listen, I have some bad news. Dad has passed away…He’s passed away…Dad is no longer with us…DAD’S DEAD… He’s DEAD…_DEAD!_…_ **DAD!!!** _…He’s fine, he sends his love.” _click_ My other favorite is when Jackie is in a production of Cerano de Bergerac and she hobbles out on a wooden leg, says “Tureen of beef” in a hideous British accent, and hobbles out again. I laugh until I cry every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/57 "2003-05-09T00:05:57Z")
Everything posted has been dead on, but I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the skit in the premiere of “Chapelle’s Show”: Dave is playing a blind Klan leader. He has no idea that he’s black. He went to an all-white school, and it was decided that it was just easier to let him think that he was white. Throughout the skit, there are various misunderstandings. At a book signing, Chapelle’s character removes his hood, and is exposed for what he is – a black man. He falls into a deep depression, and then divorces his wife. Because she’s a “nigger lover”. Oh, sweet Lord did I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/58 "2003-05-10T04:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by E-Sabbath \* > \*\*There exists a nature documentary about snow monkeys. > > That were moved to Texas. Narrated by someone who sounds just like Waylon Jennings. Yee-haw. > > And then tragedy strikes as the monkeys are suddenly declared legal to hunt. And one is shot! > > But the monkeys are saved in the end by a benefit concert given by Tom Jones. > > I can not describe this, except to say it manages to just get more and more bizarre, starting with a description, in a thick texan accent, of how they groom and bathe and ending with Tom Jones. \*\* I’ve seen that–it is so funny! The narrator is great. He has a lazy drawl with just the right expression of the hilarity of the whole situation. One of the more entertaining documentaries I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/59 "2003-05-10T04:25:29Z")
Dead Alive. Kung-Fu priest. “I kick ass for the Lord!” PERIOD! ---
**Author:** ![Escapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Escapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Escapee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-thing-youve-ever-scene/173066/60 "2003-05-10T04:56:03Z")
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