Punchline Regularly Tossed Out Without the Jokes They Come From

Snu Snu?

Alternatively, sings in dramatic tenor "MISTAAAAAAAAKE!‘’

" I think I just ran over a nun!"

Forty years ago, it was $5.00! :rolleyes:

You obviously have never heard “Well, hell! You’re the first one who’s ever cut her down out of the tree!” :smiley: :eek: :rolleyes:

“I can see your house from up here!”

“Aw, gee whiz, Ma! You’re always spoilin’ my tricks!”

“Yeah, but I didn’t have holes in my feet the last time!”

“I-I-I-I-I-I love a pa-rade!”

Stop Calling me Shirley.

“Stick it in the camel and let’s get going”

Would I. Would I.

“But Johnny can sing!”

“That’s where you come in!”

“You’re so friggin’ smart, you tell me!”

“I liked it fine, but look what it did to my clam-digger!”

“That’s okay. He can be the football/first base!”

“Take him ‘draggies’.”

“Hold the camel still for me?”

“No, not if you hold your fingers right.”

It’s industry specific, but anytime we have a rough day at work, someone will toss out “What, and leave show business?”

I love the following exchange between Laurel and Hardy after Stan has just accidentally burned all of their meagre worldly possessions:

OLLIE: Do you realize what you’ve done? Now we’re gonna have to humiliate ourselves by begging for food!

STAN: [Surprised] What, again?!

“You’re ugly, too”

The code switch from the respectful Kemo Sabe form of address is critical.

I believe the line is, “What do you mean we, paleface?”

“Ha-ha, gotcha again!”

“That’s okay. We can watch him flop around on the hot tar!”

“I’m not a madam, I’m a concierge!”

“Surprise, surprise, surprise! That ain’t my finger, neither!”

“There weren’t room to go like this, so we hadta go like this!”

“Maybe that’s because yer 17, Jethro.”

“Why, that’s easy. I calls 'em by their last names!”

“Dammit, I will not sink if you pull it out!”

“Hey, man! How far is the Old Log Inn?”

“Help me find my motorcycle and we can ride outta here!”

“See that, sir? And I’m just the doorman!”