That's the elephant bit Aimée mentioned.
I remain amazed that Vicki Lawrence didn't crack up during that scene. But it was her "You think the little !@#$% is finished?" that completely destroyed everyone else for the work day.
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That's the elephant bit Aimée mentioned.
I remain amazed that Vicki Lawrence didn't crack up during that scene. But it was her "You think the little !@#$% is finished?" that completely destroyed everyone else for the work day.
During the mid-'80s, Tom Hanks hosted SNL (Sade was the musical guest). I saw the ep in a crowded dorm lounge.
The final sketch was a Greek-fisherman thing, with Hanks and one of the regulars in costumes that included fake mustaches. About halfway through the sketch, Hanks' mustache started sliding out of place. For the rest of the sketch, we couldn't hear the dialogue because everyone was laughing so hard at the mustache going here, there, and everywhere except Hanks' upper lip.
The two movies that destroyed me were The Return of the Pink Panther and The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
I have a hard time keeping them straight since I saw them in theater when I was at that very ripest age for physical comedy, my pre-teens. Your handy guide to keep them apart would be: Return has Christopher Plummer in it (god, he would've made a perfect Bond) and Herbert Lom hasn't gone mad yet; Strikes Again is less grounded in reality and has a madman Lom setting all the international assassins in the world after Clouseau.
So many scenes killed me. Clouseau inspecting the burglary site and quickly destroying the museum; Cato in the refrigerator; Clousseau and his melting nose; Clousseau's turn on the parallel bars; The inflatable hump; in disguise as a hotel room electrician (so cunning, so crafty) and the vacuum cleaner on the boobs and the light socket and...; the end of Strikes Again with the ultimate spy-sex-bed scene gone horribly awry (I still vividly remember my Dad absolutely convulsed in laughter during that scene).
"Does your dog bite?"
Also, was completely and utterly wrecked by seeing The Upper Class Twit Of The Year for the first time. My first real exposure to Python.
The second time I saw Bringing Up Baby, slightly tipsy on champagne and surrendering to it's insane pace and logic. Giggling madly through the whole thing.
Any number of scenes between Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont, or between Groucho, Chico and Harpo. Harpo Marx in general.
You should drop by Chez Zmayhem on a Sunday afternoon as Emmett almost always has a Marx Brothers movie in by then. My favorite scene is probably the duel with the lemonade vendor in Duck Soup. Harpo's anarchy is right off the charts.
My favorite scene is probably the duel with the lemonade vendor in Duck Soup. Harpo's anarchy is right off the charts.
That is possibly one of my favorite Marx Bros scenes ever.
Y'all've hit most of my favorite Marx Brothers & Preston Sturges scenes.
One of my all-time favorite TV scenes was in the second episode of Freaks and Geeks, when Bill accidentally squirts himself in the crotch with beer. Of course, any scene with Bill in it was comedy gold. Other favorite Freaks and Geeks scenes:
Other favorite funny movies or tv shows:
Some people kill evil. Some machines kill fascists. I kill discussions.
Any number of scenes between Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont, or between Groucho, Chico and Harpo. Harpo Marx in general.
Yes, this. I need to buy my own copy of the Marx Brothers box set, since I can't really steal my Dad's. (I gave it to him, so I'd feel bad scampering off with it.)
The "If nobody has any objections, I believe I might be of service." scene during the walk-off in Zoolander.
"Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw" from Lilo and Stitch.
Almost everything in Young Frankenstein.
Morticia's line "You have enslaved him. You have placed him under some strange sexual spell. I respect that. But please, may we see him? " from Addams Family Values.
... okay, now I want to go home and watch movies.
"CK DEXTER HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN!"
When Cary Grant pushes Katherine Hepburn down by her FACE.
"Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw" from Lilo and Stitch.
YES.