Funniest bit ever in a movie? [Archive]

Rock Da Bass

08-09-2007, 12:15 PM

Hi

I seem to keep getting reminded recently of the "What have the Romans ever done for us?" bit in Life of Brian. Must be the funniest bit I can remember in a movie (on so many levels). Are there any funnier scenes though that I should know about or be reminded about that you guys can think of?

Cheers,

RDB :grin:

PoochJD

08-09-2007, 12:22 PM

Hi RDB,

Practically any scene in "Life Of Brian" is a classic, but especially:
- the Judean Peoples Front scene in the amphitheatre audience
- the prison cell scene
- the "line on the left, one cross each" / "I can go free" scene
- the "haggling" scene
- the "Whom would you have me welease" / "Release Wodewick" scene
- the audience with Brian's mum / "He's not the Messiah..." scene
- the "He is the Messiah, He is, He is!" scene

... and so on, and so forth. I think it's the only comedy film I've ever seen, in which there is not a single scene or frame, that doesn't have something funny being said, acted out or shown in the background! :rotfl: A superb movie, and eminently quotable. :)

Pooch

Max Payne

08-09-2007, 12:22 PM

There are many more - but the first one that came into my mind.

The staged police line up in The Usual Suspects, when they have to step forward and say the line. The all crack up. I still crack up thinking about it and was in stitches when I first watched it and is still funny on repeated viewing.

If you watch the extra's from the movie, it was real laughing and they couldn't stop.....add's to it IMO.

Rock Da Bass

08-09-2007, 12:30 PM

Practically any scene in "Life Of Brian" is a classic

Have to agree with that. Can't bring myself to buy it on DVD though because I've seen it so many trimes. I still don't get what certain Christian elements have against it though (guy at my work refuses to watch it). I can't even work out which bits are meant to be blasphemous.

RDB :)

Craigy

08-09-2007, 12:50 PM

A few things had me in tears, one being Mike Myers "HEEED" attack on his son in So I Married an Axe Murderer, also South Park the Movie - Terence and Philip's song telling someone to be quiet and saying they have relations with their Uncle.

Usually Will Ferrell's actions in any of his movies usually lead to genuine laughter (not polite laughter like you usually hear in the cinema) :)

zazwaldo

08-09-2007, 1:23 PM

Another vote for Life of Brian being funniest ever but on same Monty Pythin theme the Black night fight in Quest for Holy Grail is funny as hell too " It's only a Flesh Wound!"

Funny yet amazingly cringeworthy is Napoleon Dynamites Dance in the movie of the same name.........

gelati

08-09-2007, 5:59 PM

These are just random ramblings, but:
Overall, I really enjoy the silliness of Kung Fu Hustle, can't wait for the sequel.:thumbsup:

American Pie: The Wedding- where Stifler finds out that he accidentally had his way with Jim's grandma.

Godfather 2: Clemenza says to Paulie (who has just deep-sixed someone): "Leave the gun- take the cannolis":grin:

Animal House: John Beluchi's facial expressions:clap:

bekko

08-09-2007, 8:23 PM

The chest waxing schene in The 40 year old vergin was funny.

figrin_dan

08-09-2007, 9:11 PM

Have to agree with that. Can't bring myself to buy it on DVD though because I've seen it so many trimes. I still don't get what certain Christian elements have against it though (guy at my work refuses to watch it). I can't even work out which bits are meant to be blasphemous.

RDB :)
I'm pretty sure the bit where he drops his sandal is incredibly offensive, it's also the only part that made me laugh.

Mickey G

08-09-2007, 11:09 PM

Two of the funniest scenes I can think of are firstly, Young Frankenstein when the blind man sets the monsters thumb on fire thinking it's a cigar. Secondly, Pink panter (not sure which one), where Clouseau put's his finger thought a hole in the ceiling where it gets stood on and he kicks away the tables he is standing on.

Nearly died of laughter.

RichardBoult

08-09-2007, 11:10 PM

"Bring out yer dead!"

Tequila Sunset

09-09-2007, 8:31 AM

Stupid but funny

Airplane:

"Jimmy, have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

Naked Gun 2 and a half:

"what are the motives behind these killings?"

"Sex frank?"

"errrr not right now"

pmc

09-09-2007, 9:52 AM

Blazing Saddles

The sheriffs a nigg.BONG!!
What?
The sherrifs a nigg..BONG!!

:rotfl:

cobbler

09-09-2007, 12:31 PM

McNab

09-09-2007, 1:38 PM

Team America - The sex scene.

Men in Black - The table in the white room scene.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles - The car on the highway scene.

pmc

09-09-2007, 2:29 PM

In recent years the vomit scene in Team America had me in stitches.

Also ..........

Gary: OK, a limosine that can fly. Now I have seen everything.

Spottswoode: Really? Have you seen a man eat his own head?

Gary: No.

Spottswoode: So then, you haven't seen everything.

Reminds me of one of my favouries of recent years, also from Team America

Promise me you'll never die.
You know I can't promise that.
If you did that, I would make love to you right now.
I promise I will never die

Pecker

09-09-2007, 3:18 PM

Woody Allen's face in 'Crimes & Misdemeanours' when his sister tells him what her date did to her after tying her to the bed.

The visual gag at the start of 'Good Morning Boys' where Will Hay appears through the wrong door.

Michael Caine sees 'a bit of ankle' in 'The Wrong Box'.

Staff v Pupils rugby match in in Pythin's 'The Meaning Of Life'.

Steve W

partyweb

09-09-2007, 7:52 PM

...I still don't get what certain Christian elements have against it though (guy at my work refuses to watch it). I can't even work out which bits are meant to be blasphemous.

I'm pretty sure the bit where he drops his sandal is incredibly offensive, it's also the only part that made me laugh.

It's surely got to be the bit where the old man says "That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah". It has to be as even John Cleese accused him of blaspheming. :grin::devil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNeq2Utm0nU

binbag

10-09-2007, 8:06 AM

Old School - where the pledges dropped stones tied to 'themselves'.

Sonic67

10-09-2007, 8:40 AM

I quite like Dodgeball for various funny scenes. Mainly though it's seeing a guy with glasses getting hit on the head with a wrench.

mjn

10-09-2007, 9:15 AM

Planes, Trains & Automobiles - The car on the highway scene.

Fantastic bit that...fantastic!

Helpful driver: "You're going the wrong way"
Steve Martin/John Candy: "How does he know which way we're going"

and then, when they get stopped by the policeman, ROFL.

Toasty

10-09-2007, 9:20 AM

Planes, Trains & Automobiles - The car on the highway scene.

"They're not pillows!"

:grin:

shandypants

10-09-2007, 3:43 PM

Pretty much every scene from Young Frankenstein gets my vote - an all time classic that I never tire of watching. :smashin:

Shandy

google

10-09-2007, 4:04 PM

For me it's a scene from It's A Gift, though there are many to choose from in this film.

W.C. Fields, after a day of being henpecked by his wife, finally gets to bed. After getting to sleep the phone rings and she tells him to get it. He begrudginly gets out of bed and picks the phone up. He asks who it is and they ask him if they are through to the maternity hospital. He says "no this is not the maternity hospital" and puts the phone down. He slowly gets back into bed and pulls the covers over him. After about 10 seconds his wife asks who was on the phone and he says it was a wrong number. "A wrong number?" she asks. He says "yes, they wanted the maternity hospital". There's a pause then his wife says "funny they should be ringing you from the maternity hospital!".

:clap::clap: If you've not seen this film I can highly recommend it.

Just found this clip of it: www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=NBFLn8zvsjY

figrin_dan

10-09-2007, 4:30 PM

Eddie Murphy crossing the highway in Bowfinger was the last time I REALLY laughed at the cinema.

"Heavenly God, Heavenly God"

o THE CHAD o

10-09-2007, 6:24 PM

the boxing ring scene in bad santa..i laughed so much i had to stop the dvd.

this is a strange one but the way brad pitt falls off the bike indoors in fight club cracks me up everytime.

any scene from airplane 1&2,waynes world 1&2,austin powers trilogy.

i do love a good comedy to lift the mood.

Crabman32

10-09-2007, 6:43 PM

"They're not pillows!"

:grin:

Even better. The car rental sequence.

"I want a f*****g car right f*****g now"

AgentCool

10-09-2007, 6:58 PM

The first scene with Inspector Todd in 'Beverly Hills Cop' has me on the floor every time. He's the best archetypal, overly-hysterical police inspector there has ever been in a cop movie. Plus, the way Axel Foley manages to always come out on top in any situation (for example, when he sneaks into the customs warehouse and pretends to be an inspector) is not only indicative of great writing and acting but is also extremely funny.

WildeKarde

10-09-2007, 7:31 PM

Still love the scene in Better Off Dead with the two Japanese racer's :)

Gadget Freak

12-09-2007, 2:58 AM

Heres a few of my faves;

Practically any scene from Withnail and I.

Monty's big moment gets my top spot (don't want to spoil it in case theres any poor soul left that hasn't actually seen it). Most are lol funny though, washing up, the pub, Geoff Wode, the gamekeeper, the tea room, drink driving test, the fear and loads more plus so many memorable one liners and quotes "here hare here", "you can't threaten me with a dead fish", "what £$%^&* said that". Add in great music, superb writing and acting and you've got an all time classic.

The fork scene with 'Ruprick' from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
The pizz taking stutter scene from A fish Called Wanda - cruel but so funny.
Cheech and Chongs Up in Smoke - The whole first 25 minutes and the Ajax scene. :rotfl:
Wrestling the invisible man wearing a nappy from another cheech & chong film (can't remember which one).
Loads from the third Austin Powers film Goldmember, including moley, it's a hard knock life, fook me & fook yu, behind the modesty screen, smoke and a pancake and fat b$%&£*d.

Toasty

12-09-2007, 7:35 AM

Jay and Silent bob taking their revenge on the internet forum geeks who bad mouthed them :grin:

Swiss

12-09-2007, 7:42 AM

Any scene staring, or referencing "Tyrone" in "Snatch". I also remember laughing quite a bit in "The Ringer" with Jonny Knoxville. The Monty Python films go without saying, though I never really got into "The Meaning of Life"...

Lezman

12-09-2007, 9:49 AM

Most parts of Airplane!:

Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.
Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?
Ted Striker: I can't tell you that. It's classified.

Or This Is Spinal Tap:

'You can't really dust for vomit'

:grin:

city fan

12-09-2007, 10:02 AM

Fantastic bit that...fantastic!

Helpful driver: "You're going the wrong way"
Steve Martin/John Candy: "How does he know which way we're going"

and then, when they get stopped by the policeman, ROFL.

"They're not pillows!"

:grin:

Even better. The car rental sequence.

"I want a f*****g car right f*****g now"

I'm gutted.

Scrolling down this thread, thinking ahead of another funny bit and everyone I thought had been posted :rotfl:

Classic film soooo funny. Must think of another funny scene.

"The dogs are barking tonight" Where Candy takes off his socks and whirls them around. Then the old sleeping man dozes off on Martins shoulder :rotfl:

Also the intro scene, when boss keeps them waiting with expectation of his judgment on the adverts. Classic comic timing :grin:

paulesparks

12-09-2007, 10:35 AM

Still love the scene in Better Off Dead with the two Japanese racer's :)

"Two dollars!"

kudos2

12-09-2007, 11:15 AM

I don't know about funniest bit ever but......

Recently watched the film Cashback.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/

Although it's not an all out comedy it is funny nearly all the way through with loads of funny scenes. My particular favourite involves a supposed kung-fu expert supermarket assistant demonstrating his abilities.

Also, Little Miss Sunshine.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/

The grandpa character comes out with some classic lines and the maudlin teenager is great.

Oh wait just remembered the funniest bit ever:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098282/

I think it was See No Evil, Hear No Evil with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. When the police are trying to take Gene's mugshot and he keeps looking the wrong way :rotfl:

Kudos

city fan

12-09-2007, 11:30 AM

Spider Pig!!!

Homer da man :rotfl::rotfl:

2scoops

12-09-2007, 11:38 AM

got to be the frank the tank streaking scene from Old School

most of Anchorman is classic also

city fan

12-09-2007, 11:40 AM

Hot Fuzz

Where he's on the phone to the police chief after beating up the dumb huge guy, who only ever has said "Yarp"

The chief then asks if there's any problems. To which the reply after a lengthy pause is "Narp" And so gets away with it.

Had me in stiches :grin: Overall a very funny film anyway after thinking it wouldn't be

sore napper

12-09-2007, 12:02 PM

I find it very hard to laugh at a comedy on the second viewing, but one movie that never fails me is

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

The scene in the elevator has me every time.:rotfl:

FazerThou

12-09-2007, 12:20 PM

Dumb and Dumber

The snowball fight scene when the girl gently throws a snowball at Jim Careys character at in return he throws one straight at her head as hard as he can from about ten feet. Had me in stitches at the cinema and still does:rotfl:

maverick177uk

12-09-2007, 1:22 PM

Cant believe nobody has mentioned the camp fire scene in Blazing Saddles:rotfl:
But all of Life of Brian just makes me and my dad laugh with tears in our eyes.:thumbsup:

simonoaks

12-09-2007, 4:29 PM

[QUOTE=zazwaldo;5459994]Monty Pythin theme the Black night fight in Quest for Holy Grail is funny as hell too " It's only a Flesh Wound!"

QUOTE]

first thing that came to my head when reading the subject line. I am a grumpy git and this had even me in tears.

AND

Pulp Fiction

"**** I jost shot Marvin in the face

BAN5HEE

13-09-2007, 7:56 AM

Dumb and dumber where they are on the back of the little bike and they have snot frozen all down their face.

Hot fuzz - most of the movie but when they find the stack of weapons and he says "By the power of Greyskull"

Austin Powers - Fatbastard anytime he opens his mouth.

runningback

13-09-2007, 10:48 AM

Greg

13-09-2007, 12:03 PM

Monty Python theme the Black night fight in Quest for Holy Grail is funny as hell too " It's only a Flesh Wound!"

first thing that came to my head when reading the subject line. I am a grumpy git and this had even me in tears.

When I first saw that scene it had me in tears aswell. Laughing so hard I almost choked myself.

philaitman

13-09-2007, 3:59 PM

'The Party' (1968) with Peter Sellers, one of my all time favourite Comedies, the whole Dinner sequence being one of the highlights, when they give him the small chair i'm usually on the floor, great scene.

Now your talking, a much underrated film.
The scene with the parrot
Birdy Num Num.
Classic

It's not very PC these days but it's bloody funny.

dannydj

13-09-2007, 8:10 PM

these are not my all time classics, but lines that had me in stiches recently .....

talageda nights : ricky bobby: Help me, Jesus! Help me, Jewish God! Help me, Allah! Help me, Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft to get the fire off me

airplane : Captain Oveur: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

assualt on precient 13 : [Offering Bishop coffee]
Leigh: Black?
Bishop: For over thirty years.

simpsons movie : ralph wiggum singing the 20th century fox theme

blades of glory : chazz michael micheals : 'i see you still look like a 15 year old girl but not hot'

dawn of the dead: blades [to Peter]: I *see* you, chocolate man! ( for the sheer fact its got that 70's 'people are people, regardless of colour' vibe to it, something the recent PC brigade fail to see.........by highlighting the differences we forget the vast similarities. besides.......its uttered by the man tom savini!!

last film watched : day of the dead 4 / 5

GreenBars

14-09-2007, 4:03 PM

Me, Myself & Irene - still makes me laugh after many viewings, especially the pissing scene in the motel and the subsequent discovery that his alter ego enjoys a bit of anal action.

Don't know anyone else who likes it though. Funny, I usually hate Jim Carey.

cobbler

14-09-2007, 4:53 PM

Don't know anyone else who likes it though. Funny, I usually hate Jim Carey.

I thought that movie was great ...............

"What are you staring at ****face??"

Rohirrim

15-09-2007, 8:46 AM

Anything from Withnail & I. You can go to any place in that film, play it from there and laugh your head off in 5 seconds.
A particular scene from a relatively recent film was in Starsky and Hutch where they were in the police station changing room wearing only a towel and Starsky was fighting one of his colleagues, the Captain walks in and breaks them up. Its pointed out to them that "the big towels are on the top shelf", the Captain comments "Jesus Christ he's right, go cover up!". The camera pulls back to see Starsky and Hutch looking embarassed wearing tiny towels around their waists!
I was screaming laughing at that in the cinema and missed the entire next scene in the bar as a result.

Xan

15-09-2007, 2:31 PM

One line in Hot Fuzz still gets me everytime......

Nicholas Angel: It's Frank! He's appointed himself Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Danny Butterman: [agitated and defensive] He is not Judge Judy and Executioner. :rotfl:

Dankeech

17-09-2007, 10:55 AM

redwing

17-09-2007, 11:40 AM

Now your talking, a much underrated film.
The scene with the parrot
Birdy Num Num.
Classic

It's not very PC these days but it's bloody funny.

Hilarious , i loved it years ago still love it .

The scenes with him and the big cowboy guy are so funny . Constant great funny moments

Sellers again with Pink Panther

when hes interviewing a group of people getting the names wrong, falling over (which he always says was planned) burning his hand still make me laugh when i see them
The finger Scene as someone has mentioned is brilliant too the way it goes into slow motion the scream and explosion all while his fighting his assistent Kato just has me in histerics .

Pincho Paxton

17-09-2007, 12:27 PM

I like the part in Dude Where's my Car.... "Aaaaand Then?"

I like Jim Carrey a lot as well... Liar Liar, the court scene where he can't speak properly.

and Bruce Almighty.. He makes the newsman talk a complete load of nonesense.

Elf.. "I didn't know you had Dwarfs working here?"

fire boy

17-09-2007, 2:07 PM

Not so much the funniest, but worth a mention.

"A Bridge too far"
when the german marches across the bridge with a white flag to ask the vastly out numbered and out gunned britsh para's to surrender.

German;" It's pointless to continue this fighting so I have been asked to agree to a ceasefire"

British Para; " sorry but don't have the proper facilites to take you all prisoner!"

German looks puzzled and walks off.

Quite comical for a war film

Very Monty Python like.............and very British!

Max Payne

17-09-2007, 2:59 PM

Although certainly not the best film ever, Team America where the plastic surgery was taking place to turn the main character into a terrorist. The result had about 8 of us in tears every time we saw him for the next 15 mins. Shame the film dragged on though.....

Dan.

Some of the scenes in that movie had me in stiches

For some reason, when they use the "Maaaatt Daamonnn" line cracked me up straight away, Don't know why really, but funny!:god:

rebel_scum

20-09-2007, 12:49 PM

I love the scene in Anchorman where Jack Black's biker randomly kicks Will Ferrell's dog off a bridge. Completely unexpected.

The entire Las Vegas piece of Knocked Up is genius, especially the part with all the different types of chairs. Gold. :rotfl:

doopydug

20-09-2007, 2:00 PM

Bruce Almighty - the scene where Jim Carrey makes the newsreader he is fighting for promotion mix his words

GenVinyardTD

20-09-2007, 11:41 PM

Not a movie, but an episode of The Simpsons

After Homer steals Ned Flanders flowers to make a halftime float.

Ned: cant help but notice you took my flowers neighbour

Homer: cant make a float without flowers

Ned: yes. but did you have to salt the earth so nothin would ever grow again?

even typing this i get tears in my eyes! class

Steve N

21-09-2007, 6:22 PM

bumper31

23-09-2007, 8:52 PM

Another DUmb and Dumber fan:

Selling the blind kid "petie"

And the toilet sequence.....

Clerks:
Randall on the phone ordering porn, with the mum and her kid listening

Wild Weasel

23-09-2007, 9:51 PM

I also love the chinese restaurant drive though scene in 'Dude, Where's My Car!" - 'And theeeen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8S5BqaNlw

cobbler

23-09-2007, 10:04 PM

Jim Carrey squeezing out of a mechanical rhinos arse in "Ace Ventura : When

Nature Calls" always cracks me up. The look on the faces of the family who

stop to watch the rhino "giving birth" is priceless.

miceri

25-09-2007, 8:20 AM

Withnail & I - 'I will have you, even if it means burgelry'

Me, Myself and Irene - Where she kung-fu kicks him down the stairs

Dumd and Dumber - When the cop drinks from the beer bottles that they had 'refilled'

Bad Taste - All of it! The bad music, bad acting, bad script. the lot. Look out for the small details, like after a close entounter with the aliens, one guy (can't remember which) is running through the forest, the camera momentarily zooms in on his ass as he runs away and you can see that he shat his pants! Some hero huh...

the klang

25-09-2007, 7:50 PM

life of brian, he has a wife you know...

braindead, i kick arse for the lord !

blazing saddles , bakebeans .

american pie , the guy in the ladies toilet trying not to make a sound...funny as hell.