Funniest Scene in a Film

[Mack A. Damia]

Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.

"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

[S D]

I've seen bits of Ballad of Josie (Doris Day) . Josie is buying a six
shooter and is fumbling around with it. She asks the storekeep if he
thinks she can take the cattle men by surprise. He says " Nope, once a
woman wears pants things follow in due course ".

[Bill Steele]

One visual, one verbal:

The mirror scene in Duck Soup

and

"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon."

[mikeos]

Post by Bill Steele
The mirror scene in Duck Soup
and
"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon."

I thought the flagon with the dragon had the brew which is true?

[Bill Anderson]

Post by mikeos

Post by Bill Steele
The mirror scene in Duck Soup
and
"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon."

I thought the flagon with the dragon had the brew which is true?

No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

[Film Buff]

"Get It? Got It! Good!"

Post by Bill Anderson

Post by mikeos

Post by Bill Steele
The mirror scene in Duck Soup
and
"The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon."

I thought the flagon with the dragon had the brew which is true?

No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.

[T987654321]

Blazing Saddles campfire scene!

[Mack A. Damia]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:12:36 -0800 (PST), T987654321

Post by T987654321
Blazing Saddles campfire scene!

Also, several scenes in Young Frankenstein

The revolving bookcase

Frau Blucher <*nehaaaaaaa*>

Gene Hackman as the blind hermit with the monster in his cottage.

[Movie Buff]

Speaking of Mel Brooks movies, the scene with the audience aghast at the
Springtime for Hitler number is hysterical.

Post by Mack A. Damia
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:12:36 -0800 (PST), T987654321

Post by T987654321
Blazing Saddles campfire scene!

Also, several scenes in Young Frankenstein
The revolving bookcase
Frau Blucher <*nehaaaaaaa*>
Gene Hackman as the blind hermit with the monster in his cottage.

[Mack A. Damia]

Post by Movie Buff
Speaking of Mel Brooks movies, the scene with the audience aghast at the
Springtime for Hitler number is hysterical.

Yes, that's an hillarious scene!

I was just reminded of Terry-Thomas (one of my favorite comedians) in
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".

Two scenes:

When Gert Frobe marches his men out of the hanger - he's pretending
that there's a marching band, he makes all the sounds himself.

Terry-Thomas flying his plane, and a bird sits on the wing of his
plane.....

"Buzz off!"

[tomcervo]

[Mack A. Damia]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:28:40 -0800 (PST), tomcervo

Post by tomcervo
http://youtu.be/41SFTn9xHus

Hard Cheese!

[Movie Buff]

Speaking of Mel Brooks movies, the scene with the audience aghast at the
Springtime for Hitler number is hysterical.

Post by Mack A. Damia
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:12:36 -0800 (PST), T987654321

Post by T987654321
Blazing Saddles campfire scene!

Also, several scenes in Young Frankenstein
The revolving bookcase
Frau Blucher <*nehaaaaaaa*>
Gene Hackman as the blind hermit with the monster in his cottage.

[Mack A. Damia]

Strange goings on. This message disappeared from both news servers
that I use, so I'm posting it again. I see it on Google, though. Just
want to see what happens.

Post by Movie Buff
Speaking of Mel Brooks movies, the scene with the audience aghast at the
Springtime for Hitler number is hysterical.

Yes, that's an hillarious scene!

I was just reminded of Terry-Thomas (one of my favorite comedians) in
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".

Two scenes:

When Gert Frobe marches his men out of the hanger - he's pretending
that there's a marching band, he makes all the sounds himself.

Terry-Thomas flying his plane, and a bird sits on the wing of his
plane.....

"Buzz off!"

[Joe Snodgrass]

Strange goings on.  This message disappeared from both news servers
that I use, so I'm posting it again.  I see it on Google, though. Just
want to see what happens.

Post by Movie Buff
Speaking of Mel Brooks movies, the scene with the audience aghast at the
Springtime for Hitler number is hysterical.

Yes, that's an hillarious scene!
I was just reminded of Terry-Thomas (one of my favorite comedians) in
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".
When Gert Frobe marches his men out of the hanger - he's pretending
that there's a marching band, he makes all the sounds himself.
Terry-Thomas flying his plane, and a bird sits on the wing of his
plane.....
"Buzz off!"

I'm going to go with the hotel room fire in "What's Up Doc?"

[Howard Brazee]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:21:05 -0800, Mack A. Damia

Post by Mack A. Damia
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

I think I laughed more in the pie fight scene.

[Mack A. Damia]

Post by Howard Brazee
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:21:05 -0800, Mack A. Damia

Post by Mack A. Damia
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

I think I laughed more in the pie fight scene.

That was quite a pie fight, too.

I think pie throwing is funny but not hillarious My Dad never thought
a comedy was complete without a pie fight; he laughed until he cried.
Unfortunately, he never got to see The Great Race.

[Bill Anderson]

Post by Mack A. Damia

Post by Howard Brazee
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:21:05 -0800, Mack A. Damia

Post by Mack A. Damia
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

I think I laughed more in the pie fight scene.

That was quite a pie fight, too.
I think pie throwing is funny but not hillarious My Dad never thought
a comedy was complete without a pie fight; he laughed until he cried.
Unfortunately, he never got to see The Great Race.

It doesn’t matter who (or what) gets hit in the face with a pie, it’s
almost always funny.

[Blue]

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM.  Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

George Sanders opens the door to a soaking wet Inspector Clouseau
(Peter Sellers) and the following dialog, the segment shooting pool a
close second! Scenes from "A Shot In The Dark", the funniest of those
flicks, in my opinion.

[Michael O'Connor]

The unsuccessful convenience store robbery, which turns into a chase
scene thru houses and a supermarket, from Raising Arizona, was among
the funniest sequences I have ever seen.

The scene in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World when Jonathan Winters
completely destroys a filling station with his bare hands was one of
the classic comedy scenes.

The baseball game sequence from the Naked Gun movie was hilarious. My
personal favorite part was the jumbotron videos of blooper plays,
which included a ball taking an outfielder's head clean off, and a guy
sliding into second base and being attacked by a lion.

[Anim8rFSK]

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

"Leslie escaped with a chicken!?!?"

[keeno]

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM.  Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

That's funny. To me, it's the hotel room scene with wheelchair in
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels.

[El Klauso]

W.C.Fields as Ambrose Wolfinger, preparing to deal with burglars
singing in his cellar at the start of "Man on the Flying Trapeeze."

It destroys me every time I see it.

[JohnBL]

Post by El Klauso
W.C.Fields as Ambrose Wolfinger, preparing to deal with burglars
singing in his cellar at the start of "Man on the Flying Trapeeze."
It destroys me every time I see it.

"Just brushing my teeth, dear."

"Here's those gloves you lost!"

"Don't swat fuh-lies!"

Good choice.


John L

[JohnBL]

Albert Brooks begging Garry Marshall for his money back in LOST IN
AMERICA, with the "Nest Egg" monologue a close second.

John L

[Sol L. Siegel]

Post by JohnBL
Albert Brooks begging Garry Marshall for his money back in LOST IN
AMERICA, with the "Nest Egg" monologue a close second.

The scene where he quits his job isn't bad either. Heck, it's one of the
funniest movies of the 1980s altogether.

- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA

[Stone me]

Post by Sol L. Siegel

Post by JohnBL
Albert Brooks begging Garry Marshall for his money back in LOST IN
AMERICA, with the "Nest Egg" monologue a close second.

The scene where he quits his job isn't bad either. Heck, it's one of the
funniest movies of the 1980s altogether.
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA

I always find Woody Allen a rich source for scenes which remain as funny
when
revisited.
That scene where he's with Diane Keaton ("Annie Hall") in a queue for the
cinema
and someone is loudly denouncing all that he loves about art and cinema. His
comments, tone and looks still do it for me.
http://www.flixster.com/actor/woody-allen-videos/cinema-queue-scene-10860850
Unfortunately there is a glitch after 10 secs so move the pointer past it.
"Boy, if life is only like this".

Of course, the early scenes in "The Producers" with Zero Mostel.You can
almost
see the oil leaking out of him.
In "Grumpy Old Men" the scene on the lake where Lemmon is fishing.

Stone me.

[Sol L. Siegel]

Post by Stone me
I always find Woody Allen a rich source for scenes which remain as
funny when
revisited.
That scene where he's with Diane Keaton ("Annie Hall") in a queue for
the cinema
and someone is loudly denouncing all that he loves about art and
cinema. His comments, tone and looks still do it for me.
http://www.flixster.com/actor/woody-allen-videos/cinema-queue-scene-108
60850 Unfortunately there is a glitch after 10 secs so move the
pointer past it. "Boy, if life is only like this".

Now listed as nla due to copyright infringement.

Was this the scene where the pompous ass bragged that he taught a
university course on Marshall MacLuhan and Woody countered by producing the
real MacLuhan from behind a standing poster? One of my all-time faves,
indeed.

- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA

[Stone me]

Post by Sol L. Siegel

Post by Stone me
I always find Woody Allen a rich source for scenes which remain as
funny when
revisited.
That scene where he's with Diane Keaton ("Annie Hall") in a queue for
the cinema
and someone is loudly denouncing all that he loves about art and
cinema. His comments, tone and looks still do it for me.
http://www.flixster.com/actor/woody-allen-videos/cinema-queue-scene-108
60850 Unfortunately there is a glitch after 10 secs so move the
pointer past it. "Boy, if life is only like this".

Now listed as nla due to copyright infringement.
Was this the scene where the pompous ass bragged that he taught a
university course on Marshall MacLuhan and Woody countered by producing the
real MacLuhan from behind a standing poster? One of my all-time faves,
indeed.
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA

Yes, that's the one.

Stone me.

[Bill Anderson]

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM.  Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

And I still remember laughing aloud when Jack Lemmon thought Leslie
had run away with a chicken.

Many responses to this thread have mentioned funny lines, when the
subject was presented as funny *scenes.* I've been trying to think of
scenes that build ato a rich payoff. The scene in with all the
characters crowded into Groucho's berth in "A Night at the Opera"
qualifies, I think, along with Harpo's mirror scene in "Duck Soup."
Apparently Abbott and Costello performed "Who's on First?" in at least
two movies: "One Night in the Tropics" (1940) and "The Naughty
Nineties" (1945). But should a vaudeville routine count as a
"scene?" Whatever -- "Who's on First" remains one of the funniest
bits ever put on film. And radio. And TV.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" contains many very
funny scenes (He raped Thrace thrice!). And the scene in which Albert
Finney as Tom Jones glances at the camera when he learns (incorrectly)
that he has slept with his own mother will always make me laugh. I
laugh when the butler tells William Powell as Nick Charles to "walk
this way." The bedroom scene with Peter Sellers and Capucine in "The
Pink Panther" is very funny, as are several others in the film,
especially the macap car chase around the statue, complete with
gorillas. And the whole broken window sequence in "The Kid" with
Chaplin and Jackie Coogan is delightful, especially at the end when
Chaplin kicks the kid away. And don't forget Chaplin on the high wire
with monkeys in "The Circus."

Finally, I can't leave out the scene in "10" in which Dudley Moore is
talking to a minister played by Max Showalter. Also in the room are an
elderly lady and a large hound. As they're conversing, the lady rises
unsteadily to her feet and lets go a loud fart, whereupon the hound
dashes out the door. When Moore looks puzzled, Showalter kindly
explains, "When Mrs. Kissel breaks wind, we beat the dog." I think
that scene deserves a special Academy Award, but maybe that's just me.

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog

[Bill Steele]

In article

Post by Stone me
in "The
Pink Panther"...
especially the macap car chase around the statue,

I wish I'd thought of that earlier. I'm inclined to rate it number one
of all time. What sets it apart is not the chase itself, but that it has
an observer.

[mikeos]

Post by Bill Steele
In article

Post by Stone me
in "The
Pink Panther"...
especially the macap car chase around the statue,

In the sequel "Shot in the Dark", Clouseau says to a sergeant dressed as
a zebra (in a fancy dress party) "I'll have your stripes"

[Bill Anderson]

Post by Bill Steele
In article

Post by Stone me
in "The
Pink Panther"...
especially the macap car chase around the statue,

I wish I'd thought of that earlier. I'm inclined to rate it number one
of all time. What sets it apart is not the chase itself, but that it has
an observer.

Exactly!

[Joe Snodgrass]

Post by Bill Anderson

Post by Bill Steele
In article

Post by Stone me
in "The
Pink Panther"...
especially the macap car chase around the statue,

I wish I'd thought of that earlier.  I'm inclined to rate it number one
of all time. What sets it apart is not the chase itself, but that it has
an observer.

Exactly!

I'm partial to the scenes where he sets Dreyfuss' office on fire and
where Dreyfuss shoots himself with the cigarette lighter.

[Anim8rFSK]

In article

Post by Joe Snodgrass

Post by Bill Anderson

Post by Bill Steele
In article

Post by Stone me
in "The
Pink Panther"...
especially the macap car chase around the statue,

I wish I'd thought of that earlier.  I'm inclined to rate it number one
of all time. What sets it apart is not the chase itself, but that it has
an observer.

Exactly!

I'm partial to the scenes where he sets Dreyfuss' office on fire and
where Dreyfuss shoots himself with the cigarette lighter.

Hah! We watched that last weekend. :)

[Kuskokwim]

[Tom]

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

For my money, it's the opening scene in WAKING NED DEVINE, with the
great Ian Bannen and Fionulla Flanagan.

I have never heard a theater audience, before or since, laugh as long or
as loudly as we did after the punchline in that scene.

If you haven't seen it, please do. It's a gem.

[Film Buff]

"The Pink Panther"

At the costume party when the woman dressed as Cleopatra tells Clouseu:

"Keep Your Filthy Hands Off My Asp"

Post by Tom

Post by Mack A. Damia
Probably been covered many times, but it's worth a reprise.
"The Great Race" is playing now on TCM. Plenty of funny scenes, but I
always found the submarine scene with Lemmon and Falk to be
hillarious.

For my money, it's the opening scene in WAKING NED DEVINE, with the
great Ian Bannen and Fionulla Flanagan.
I have never heard a theater audience, before or since, laugh as long or
as loudly as we did after the punchline in that scene.
If you haven't seen it, please do. It's a gem.

[James Poe]

somethin ike this: `
Groucho,"Go across the viaduct. Chico,"Ok, viaduct
Groucho,"What? Chico."Vell Vy a
duck, vy not a goose?"

[Sol L. Siegel]

something like this: `
Groucho,"Go across the viaduct.
Chico,"Ok, viaduct
Groucho,"What?
Chico."Vell Vy a duck, vy not a goose?"

You left out "I don't know, I'm a stranger here myself."

"And here we have the levees"
"Is that the Jewish neighborhood?"
"We'll pass over that one"
(Audience groan)

And now, in the holiday spirit, from "Night at the Opera":

"And here we have the sanity clause."
"Oh, no, you can't fool me, there is no Santy Claus."

And who can forget two scenes from "Miracle of 34th St.":

(1) Natalie Wood's wide-eyed face as Edmund Gwenn (supposedly; he's
offscreen, which makes Natalie's work even more impressive) blows an
ever bigger bubble, until we hear the pop, and she's picking gum from
his beard.

(2) The defense attorney proves the existence of Santa Claus by calling
the prosecutor's young son to the stand and having the boy testify that
he know that there's a Santa Claus because his daddy told him so.

- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA

[mikeos]

Post by Sol L. Siegel
"And here we have the sanity clause."
"Oh, no, you can't fool me, there is no Santy Claus."

The scene from Duck Soup in front of the broken mirror has the most
incredible timing. Cracks me up every time.

[keeno]

Up In Smoke:

--You just ate the most acid I've ever seen
anybody eat in my life.

--I never had no acid before, man.

--I hope you're not busy for about a month.

Smiling Lieutenant:

Maurice Chevalier to fellow soldier as they watch fellow soldier's
mistress on stage playing violin:
--She's just like your wife.
--(Aghast) My wife???
--Yes...Just picture your wife 15 years younger, 20 lbs lighter, her
hair dyed, her nose...operated on. It's the same girl!

[SparkoHeaps]

Post by keeno
--You just ate the most acid I've ever seen
anybody eat in my life.
--I never had no acid before, man.
--I hope you're not busy for about a month.

That's a scene where mileage definitely varies. Some of us laugh and
giggle and end up on the floor helpless with hysteria no matter how
many times we've seen this exchange. Others just stare blankly ahead
and wonder what the big deal is (and maybe express some concern about
the effects of this "acid" that is being discussed).

[Mack A. Damia]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:49:22 -0800 (PST), SparkoHeaps

Post by SparkoHeaps

Post by keeno
--You just ate the most acid I've ever seen
anybody eat in my life.
--I never had no acid before, man.
--I hope you're not busy for about a month.

That's a scene where mileage definitely varies. Some of us laugh and
giggle and end up on the floor helpless with hysteria no matter how
many times we've seen this exchange. Others just stare blankly ahead
and wonder what the big deal is (and maybe express some concern about
the effects of this "acid" that is being discussed).

Amsterdam, NY - in the 1980s, I think, Mickey Mouse blotter and
playing "Facts in Five". My long-term memory became super-sharp.

"No, no, no, no, I don't drop it no more........."

[FoggyTown]

The entire "help me get rid of my hiccups" scene capped by the
wrestling match between Streisand and a skeleton-beconstumed Segal and
the look on the faces of the old neighbors that break in in The Owl
And The Pussycat.

Although possibly not intended to be, the fight between Jean Hale and
(again) Segal over the new coat in "St Valentine's Day Massacre".

[keeno]

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Post by SparkoHeaps

Post by keeno
--You just ate the most acid I've ever seen
anybody eat in my life.
--I never had no acid before, man.
--I hope you're not busy for about a month.

That's a scene where mileage definitely varies. Some of us laugh and
giggle and end up on the floor helpless with hysteria no matter how
many times we've seen this exchange. Others just stare blankly ahead
and wonder what the big deal is (and maybe express some concern about
the effects of this "acid" that is being discussed).

Yeah, true. But also:
--Hey, man, am I driving okay?
(Pause)
--I think we're parked, man.

[James Poe]

In "The Court Jester" when Kaye is getting knighted,"Verily verily yea"
and his pants slowly drop to the floor.

[James Poe]

"Up In Smoke": Cop puulls over a van which has a body made entirely of
pot and is on fire. Cop, as he sniffs smoke: "What'd you guys want?