# Funny scenes in movies! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465 "2015-06-02T18:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/81 "2015-06-04T21:47:52Z")
The ball scene in _ **Start the Revolution without Me** _: “You said it was a costume ball!” “I changed my mind.” * * * \*Kill the King! Kill the Queen! Kill Escargot!\* ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/82 "2015-06-04T22:27:37Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Cleese was a Latin tutor while at Cambridge so that scene was him in teaching mode 😃 LOL. I did not know that. I just assumed it was carefully researched.He could not go straight to Cambridge University as the ending of conscription in the United Kingdom meant there were twice the usual number of applicants for places, so he returned to his prep school for two years to teach science, English, geography, history and **Latin**. ([Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese#Early_life_and_education)) I believe all subjects should be taught at sword point. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/83 "2015-06-04T22:34:21Z")
Lard Ass Hogan’s Barfarama revenge in _Stand by Me_: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zK0JaEde4VI/maxresdefault.jpg "The Pie-Eating Contest - Stand by Me (3/8) Movie CLIP (1986) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0JaEde4VI) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/84 "2015-06-04T22:34:34Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > In _Top Secret!_, the hero is introduced to members of the French Resistance: > > Du Quois: This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu. > Deja Vu: Haven’t we met before, monsieur? > Nick: I don’t think so. That scene cries out for a rewrite. _“This is Deja Vu, Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu…”_ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/85 "2015-06-05T00:27:08Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > […] > [/INDENT]I believe all subjects should be taught at sword point. DO you now! I guess it takes all kinds… :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/86 "2015-06-05T03:19:55Z")
The cat in the box scene from _Christmas Vacation_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/87 "2015-06-05T04:06:08Z")
[“Serpentine, Shel, serpentine!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_w-QCWpS0) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/88 "2015-06-05T04:10:19Z")
The [rehab scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ANevj68kQY) from _Ace Ventura, Pet Detective_. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/89 "2015-06-05T05:23:54Z")
‘DeMoNET’ Mark ‘the sickbay method’ Mother ‘you see how well it’s worked for him’ Mark ‘he was always lacking in moral fiber’ Mother ‘he knows a lot about Sean Connery’ Mark ‘that’s no supstitute’ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/90 "2015-06-05T15:16:14Z")
[Pee Wee knocking over the biker’s motorcycles in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88HEuwInno) The [Hwiskey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbu88CKkEzI), [Trippin’ Balls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrs-lyhcXmA) and [I like to party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxb_X12HZWQ) scenes in Hot Rod (NSFW language). ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/91 "2015-06-05T15:33:13Z")
In Bruges. [The Shootout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jq8p6Sjjs&safe=active) It’s pretty much one of my favorite comedies. So many lines and scenes. And in Clue: [The entire explanation of what happened.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDincj-FIc&safe=active) Tim Curry’s greatest scene. I can’t find a clip of the whole thing, but it is brillian. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/92 "2015-06-05T16:00:38Z")
Some great nominees so far. I especially like the scenes from a movie that isn’t remembered as a comedy, like the scene from “cuckoo’s nest”. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Ok, punch out the stewardess. And while you’re at it, punch out the production executive who thought up that inane gag. The worst part of this scene for me is the very bad acting by the girl who had the tubes in her (Jill Whelan, from Love Boat fame). > [@enipla](#): > > Airplane - > > Blazing Saddles - > > “Somebody go back and get a shit load of dimes!” This scene is my favorite in a movie full of great scenes. It is perfect in its absurdity. I laugh every time. Slim Pickens delivered lines perfectly. I am adding the scene in “A Christmas Story”, when Santa Claus puts his foot on Ralphie’s head and kicks him down the slide. “You’ll shoot your eyes out, kid.” A perfect scene to crush his dreams. Another few from “A Fish Called Wanda” 1. every time Otto says “asshole!” when he drives on the wrong side of the road and blames the Brit. 2. when Otto is sitting on the toilet, Ken walks in, he stands ip and flushes it, even though his pants are on and the seat cover is down. 3. Otto - “Disappointed!” 4. Otto - “Hello, K-K-K-Kens p-p-p-pets!” ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/93 "2015-06-05T16:10:08Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > Put. The Candle. Back!!! A friend of mine used to have a co-worker named Kendall Beck, and couldn’t help but think of that scene whenever his name was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/94 "2015-06-05T16:29:57Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [Pee Wee knocking over the biker’s motorcycles in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88HEuwInno) _“I got a baaad temper!”_ _“Whoa! That’s a mighty big ‘but,’ Simone!”_ _“Would you please be quiet? I’m TRYING to use THE PHONE!”_ \*“Hey, man! Didn’t anybody tell you this is a private party?” “No, nobody hipped me to that, dude!” “Why, there is no basement at the Alamo!”\* \*“The stars at night/are big and bright!” “Deep in the heart of Texas!” “And when they pulled her from the wreck … she looked like THIS!” “Large Marge sent me.” “LARGE MARGE?!?”\* :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/95 "2015-06-05T16:52:47Z")
I don’t think I’m going to do Hamster Style anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/96 "2015-06-05T18:42:19Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > DO you now! I guess it takes all kinds… :rolleyes: What, do you think all subjects should be taught at carrot point? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/97 "2015-06-05T22:44:01Z")
I just want to say that of all the examples offered in this thread, the prize winner for me is Michael Palin’s _Biggus Dickus_ scene in **Life Of Brian.** When he says, after a suitable pause, “…He has a wife, you know…” I curl up and writhe on the floor, unable to breathe. Every. Single. Time. for 35 years now. I love that the scene cuts away a nanosecond before Palin loses it himself. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/98 "2015-06-05T22:47:07Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What, do you think all subjects should be taught at carrot point? :dubious: Who am I, Bugs Bunny? :rolleyes: Maybe no point at all is needed. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/99 "2015-06-05T23:14:00Z")
The original “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” has some of the funniest black comedy dialogue, EVER. The first 37 seconds of [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKt3TZ08CYI) make me roll on the floor, every single time. But the whole movie is almost hysterically funny. Love me some black comedy. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465/100 "2015-06-06T05:31:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The original “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” has some of the funniest black comedy dialogue, EVER. The first 37 seconds of [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKt3TZ08CYI) make me roll on the floor, every single time. But the whole movie is almost hysterically funny. Love me some black comedy. Must really be arcane. I couldn’t see it for sour beans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-scenes-in-movies/721465.md?page=6)