Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Funny movie moments

On to a lighter topic...

Was thinking the other day about some of the funniest moments I've ever seen in a movie. Moments that if someone saw only that scene it would still be hilarious. A scene so funny that even if you watched it by yourself, you would have, or did, laugh out loud. A scene where you laughed so hard and so long, your abs ached.

Some personal favorites in no particular order:

-Ace Ventura (the first one): This movie is full of them but the scene at the beginning where Jim Carrey is playing the faux UPS guy and beating the crap out of the box he's delivering.

-Tommy Boy: This is also a movie chock full of hilarious scenes. The scene I think I laughed the hardest at was when the deer woke up in the back seat of the car, scaring Chris Farley and David Spade out of the car while it destroys it.

-Black Sheep(Not this scene but another good one from the movie): Not as good as Tommy Boy but that's a hard act to follow. The scene where Chris Farley falls down the hill and tumbles at a 45 degree angle about a mile had me in stitches.

-Anchorman: When Paul Rudd puts on the Sex Panther cologne and makes a run at Christina Applegate. It peaks when the random woman walks by and just as she's walking off the screen describes what it smells like.

-Dumb and Dumber: When Jeff Dnaiels winds up and drills Lauren Holly in the face with a snowball.

-High Fidelity: John Cusack is in his record store when Tim Robbins, Cusack's ex's current boyfriend, comes in and John Cusack goes through the different scenarios in his head of what he wants to do to Robbins...except he's gutless.

-Love Stinks: Not a popular movie but certainly has it's moments. The end after French Stewart stands Bridget Wilson up at the altar in Vegas. She's shot him in the butt. He's being carted into the ambulance while she's being arrested. He shouts "You've put me off women...I'm gay. And not just a little gay. Full on, Liberace gay. I like show tunes!...Back to hell, demon! Back to hell!

-South Park (Opening 10 minutes of the movie. Warning: profanity): I love this show way too much and my first exposure to it was the movie. I couldn't stop laughing at these little 3rd grade kids learning the wonders of swearing. And their mouths were fouler than mine in my teenage years. I suppose the best part is the end when Cartman realizes the V-chip in his brain(implanted to give him shocks whenever he swears) has malfunctioned and now when he swears he can shoot lightning. He mixes up great swear word combinations and mixes "Barbra Streisand" into the middle of one long curse phrase.

-Other favorites?

*UPDATE: Tara points out that it's a crime that nothing from UHF is on here. She's right...

-UHF The scene where Raul from Raul's Wild Kingdom is teaching poodles how to fly. Notice how many times Raul excitedly claps his hands one time? Click here for more UHF clips. Make sure you watch Wheel of Fish halfway down the page.

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