# Humor that floored you w/laughter, and you still chuckle just thinking of... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166 "2004-06-19T04:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/41 "2004-06-19T20:56:55Z")
**THIS IS SPINAL TAP**. “This one goes to eleven.” I do **not** know how he kept a straight face. **Fawlty Towers: The Germans.** “So, that’s two Colditz salads, a Prawn Goebbels, a Hermen Goering…” and the Hitler impression; “we did not start it!” and “yes you did, you invaded Poland.” **Monty Python**. The Ministry of Silly Walks. Argument Clinic. Crunchy Frog. Also, “we _found_ the tiger skin in a bicycle shop in Cairo. The owner wanted us to take it to Dar es Salaam…” **PRINCESS BRIDE**. “Mawwiage.” And finally… There is also a childish pretend-to-vomit noise that my brother and I share, but it’s kinda complicated to try to explain. I’ll just leave it at this: (drunk voice) “Happy Muvver’s Day, Mom, I got thish tattoo jush for you _bleeaaghhhahrrrGHHHHHH_…” ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/42 "2004-06-19T21:20:57Z")
Two seagulls in a quiet moonlight. There is a little “bloop” in the water. One seagull turns to another. “Nice”. That same seagull then flies away. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/43 "2004-06-19T21:59:53Z")
**This is Spinal Tap** , the scene where they lower the Stonehenge stones into the scene. The band is expecting 18 foot high obelisks, and they get 18 inch high styrofoam rocks that the dancing dwarfs keep kicking over. I laughed so hard I couldn’t breath. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/44 "2004-06-19T22:10:04Z")
In the otherwise unremarkable **Bruce Almighty** there is a scene where Steve Carrell, playing a smarmy anchorman antagonist to Jim Carrey’s field reporter, is manipulated by Carrey (using his new god powers) during his first broadcast. Whew, what a setup. Anyway, it is drop to the floor hilarious. Most especially because of the contrast between what he is saying and the panic and confusion on his face as he says it. Carrell is a genius and I wish there was a way to delete everything but that scene from my TiVo, because it’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/45 "2004-06-19T22:46:44Z")
There’s a Tim Conway/Harvey Korman sketch from the Carol Burnett Show that had me literally rolling around on the kitchen floor in tears, it was so funny. But I’ve never seen it on and of the “Best of” shows. The two guys are British officers on a remote island during WWII…the only two people on the island. Korman (I think) gets a promotion via an air drop of supplies and mail and now outranks Conway, and instantly becomes a power-mad martinet, ordering Conway around…the best part is when he orders Conway to “Parade the troops!” and Conway runs around and around the thatched hut, pretending to be ‘the troops’!!! I want to see that once more before I die…!!! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/46 "2004-06-19T22:57:10Z")
I will be the third (and probably not the last) person to add Eddie Izzard to this list. EVERYTHING in his stand-up routines cracks me up but the one that really has me falling off the couch laughing is the bit in “Glorious” when he can’t get his computer to print. “Ctrl+P” print! “Ctrl+P” print! “Ctrl+P” print! Print “Ctrl+P”! Print “Ctrl+P”! “Ctrl+P” print! (gibberish) ‘A problem of type 2094 has occurred.’ What the fuck is that? What are the 2,093 other problems I just made to get to that one? “Ctrl+P” print! “Ctrl+P” print! “Ctrl+P” print! (gibberish) Oh, don’t do that… Don’t you crash on me, you… bastard!" I think it’s the manic way he yells “Ctrl+P PRINT!” that really gets me. And also when the computer tells him it “can’t find printer” and he lifts up the printer and shows it to the monitor saying, “It’s right here!” Most recently, the Puss in Boots scene in Shrek 2 (where he shows his “I’m such a cute little kitten” eyes) made me laugh so hard my ribs hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/47 "2004-06-19T23:33:42Z")
Failure to laugh at The Goodies episode “Kung-Fu Kapers” should be punishable by death. (As a matter of fact, laughing at it once caused a man to die - he laughed himself into a heart attack). “And now, t’geishas will perform t’tea ceremony.” \ ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/48 "2004-06-19T23:38:00Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > Clerks- “why are we walking like this?” YES!! Thank you. How did I forget that? I love how it kept getting played again and again and got funnier every time. It’s also a fun thing to say when you accidentally drop and break something. Which you do a lot, if you’re me. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/49 "2004-06-20T01:07:34Z")
Trigger Happy TV: A girl in a waitress outfit, walking around the park with a peppermill, asking people if they want “fresh ground pepper?” A man in a snail suit is standing and waiting for the light to change. It does, and he proceeds to lie down on the ground and inch his way through the crosswalk at-quite literally-a snail’s pave. A man with a violin walks up to a couple dining _al fresco_, announces he will play some romantic music, and then begins sawing violently at the instrument, stamping his foot and producing an indescribable noise which does not even bear a tangential relationship to music. In the middle of a crowded restaurant, a cellphone rings. A man picks up a huge (like two feet long) cell phone, puts it to his ear and bellows “HELLO??? NO!!! NO I’M IN A RESTAURANT!..A RES-TAU-RANT!..NO! LOOK I’LL HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK! I CAN HARDLY HEAR YOU!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/50 "2004-06-20T01:48:38Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I just had to throw this in, since I heard this in a story on NPR a few weeks back. The “Overly Sincere Rocker” is actually the singer from Survivor (_“Eye of the Tiger”_)! OK, now that’s just beautiful. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/51 "2004-06-20T03:01:37Z")
Python’s “Fish Slapping Dance” just kills me. It’s so stupid, it’s hilarious. I don’t remember why or when but I saw Palin go back to that pier on TV or on a DVD and he jumped in AGAIN. Kids in the Hall “Dr. Seuss Bible” is just awesome. Even more awesome live. “What shall we do with this uppity Jew?” Beavis and Butthead still make me laugh hysterically. Especially the original “Cornholio” episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/52 "2004-06-20T03:08:55Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Python’s “Fish Slapping Dance” just kills me. It’s so stupid, it’s hilarious. I don’t remember why or when but I saw Palin go back to that pier on TV or on a DVD and he jumped in AGAIN. He was revisiting some of the locations where MPFC shot various skits. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/53 "2004-06-20T03:30:15Z")
[url=http://www.avalanchetankers.us/archives/000058.html]Skippy’s List[/url Rule #142 ‘Calvin-Ball’ is not authorized PT. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/54 "2004-06-20T03:31:18Z")
> [@](#): > > [http://www.evilzero.com/NewsRadio/Episodes/Ep57.htm](http://www.evilzero.com/NewsRadio/Episodes/Ep57.htm) I just had to mention this one again. I honestly start laughing like an idiot every time I think of it. Here is a transcript, but if you’ve haven’t seen Stephen Root’s delivery you’re missing half the fun. [http://www.evilzero.com/NewsRadio/Episodes/Ep57.htm](http://www.evilzero.com/NewsRadio/Episodes/Ep57.htm) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/55 "2004-06-20T03:34:23Z")
Crap screwed up the cut and paste. I meant to refer to rexnervous’ statement. > [@](#): > > News Radio: Super Karate Monkey Death Car > The scene where Jimmy James reads from his book and takes questions is tears-streaming-from-your-eyes funny. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/56 "2004-06-20T17:51:59Z")
Larry Miller’s routine on skiing and the goat. One of the most incredibly funny things I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/57 "2004-06-20T18:12:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Someone mentioned Eddie Izzard but I’m going to mention specifically one thing he said. He had a special on HBO which was hilarious. He started talking about how Hitler obviously never played Risk because everyone knows you can’t hold Asia. He went on to give strategies Hitler could have used including holding up in Australia. To anyone who played Risk, it was dead on. Eddie Izzard on invading Russia: “We have a great plan… oh! It’s a bit cold, it’s a bit cold.” Germany, much later: “We have a better plan, Oh! It’s the same plan, it’s the same plan…” ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/58 "2004-06-20T19:09:41Z")
The Simpson’s “X-Files” episode: Grandpa’s false teeth are “stolen” by a large turtle. So grandpa is chasing the turtle and is unable to overtake it. (Plus the turtle had grandpa’s teeth in his mouth.) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/59 "2004-06-20T19:23:21Z")
Three from **The Critic** … _filming a commercial_ Orson Welles: Rosebud… yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green peaness. Wait, that’s terrible. I quit. Jay Sherman: Lady, don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re nuts! Old Lady: Oh, you sound just like the toaster. I can’t find the specific quote, but it runs something like this… _Jay Sherman and his boss are watching a TV show that just shows socks in a dryer._ Jay Sherman: I can’t believe people watch this crap. Duke Phillips: (seriously) They send it money. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166/60 "2004-06-20T19:53:42Z")
Just about any Dana Gould comedy routine will have me on the verge of pissing myself. In particular, he does one about when he was just getting started as a stand-up and was broke, living in a ratty apartment above an erotic bakery. “So there I am, sitting in the dark in my squalid apartment, gnawing on some day-old chocolate cocks…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-floored-you-w-laughter-and-you-still-chuckle-just-thinking-of/251166.md?page=4)