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debm55

(55,729 posts)
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:25 PM Dec 29

What is a scene in a movie that always makes you laugh? Mine is the camp fire scene in Blazing Saddles. What's yours?

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What is a scene in a movie that always makes you laugh? Mine is the camp fire scene in Blazing Saddles. What's yours? (Original Post) debm55 Dec 29 OP
Also Blazing Saddles: lastlib Dec 29 #1
Thank you , lastlib. Richard Pyror was also a writer for the movie. debm55 Dec 29 #6
Return of the Pink Panther pdxflyboy Dec 29 #2
Extremely funny movies. I love the scene where he casually, leans on the globe and falls over. Walleye Dec 29 #4
Agree, thank you very much for sharing with us. Walleye. debm55 Dec 29 #8
Thank you very much. I loved the Pink Panther movies. debm55 Dec 29 #7
The "Puttin' on the Ritz" scene in "Young Frankenstein". Silly but hilarious Walleye Dec 29 #3
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. thank you Walley. debm55 Dec 29 #9
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels leftieNanner Dec 29 #5
HAHAHahahahahhahha Thank you very much, leftieNanner. debm55 Dec 29 #10
Also this scene EYESORE 9001 Dec 29 #18
OMG. Thank you for that scene. EYESORE 9001. That is so funny. debm55 Dec 29 #38
They couldn't release Blazing Saddles today! kimbutgar Dec 29 #11
You as so right about that. kimbutgar. Mel Brooks is an icon. I love the part of your post where you stated about the debm55 Dec 29 #14
The Aretha Franklin scene in Blues Brothers mucifer Dec 29 #12
Yes it was funny, Thank you very much for reminding me of that, mucifer. debm55 Dec 29 #39
Something from My Cousin Vinny PufPuf23 Dec 29 #13
HAHAHHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you , PufPuf23 That is hilarious. I think she won the Academy Award for that role debm55 Dec 29 #27
One of my favorite movies and I generally don't like comedies. LoisB Thursday #102
Thank you LoisB, debm55 Thursday #104
Food fight in "Animal House" Ritabert Dec 29 #15
HAHAHHAHAAHHAHHA I agree. Thank you Ritabert debm55 Dec 29 #25
To Be Or Not To Be JoseBalow Dec 29 #16
HAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, JoseBalow. That is funny. And Jack Benny still looked facially the same as in later debm55 Dec 29 #24
I'm going low brow Keepthesoulalive Dec 29 #17
HAHHAHAHAHHAH. That's funny, low brow or not. Thank you Keepthesoulalive. debm55 Dec 29 #23
Ballad of Buster Scruggs - saloon scene Emile Dec 29 #19
Thank you very much, Emile. I have never seen that movie before and was not expecting that . You made me laugh. debm55 Dec 29 #22
Idk why it came to me first... Toilet scene in dumb and dumber kerouac2 Dec 29 #20
HAHAHHAHHAHHA Thank you very much kerouac2 debm55 Dec 29 #21
ludicrous. speed. Spaceballs. its also a Mel Brooks film. always ROFL cutroot Dec 29 #26
Thank you very much. cutroot. Love Mel Brooks. debm55 Dec 29 #36
John Cleese Mz Pip Dec 29 #28
HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you very much, Mz Pip. John was brilliant. comedian debm55 Dec 29 #33
Bringing Up Baby Jeebo Dec 29 #29
HAHAHAHAHA. Thank you so much. Jeebo. debm55 Dec 29 #31
The mirror scene! johnp3907 Dec 29 #30
Thank you very much johnp3907 that is hilarious. I remember Lucy doing doing a scene like this with Harpo. debm55 Dec 29 #32
"I have a gub"... some_of_us_are_sane Dec 29 #34
HAHAHAHHAHHAH. That is funny. Thank you very much, some_of_us_are_sane. debm55 Dec 29 #35
THe birds scene from High Anexity LogDog75 Dec 29 #37
HAHHAHAHAHAHHHAAH. I watched and was laughing so hard I was crying. Husband, Rich , came in to see if I was okay. I went debm55 Dec 29 #44
Yes, it was part of a parody of Alfred Hithcock movies LogDog75 Dec 30 #46
Thank you . Will definitely look for the movie. debm55 Dec 30 #50
There are many, but I love me some Ouiser!!! hamsterjill Dec 29 #40
HAHAHHHAHHAHA I remember that scene---funny as heck.Thank you very much, hamsterjill debm55 Dec 29 #41
welcome back, welcome back welcome back me , choose , ok ok. AllaN01Bear Dec 29 #42
Thank you very much AllaNO1Bear. I got things straighten out with my family. I love that scene---hilarious. Going to go debm55 Dec 29 #43
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly..." -- "WKRP in Cincinnati" artemisia1 Dec 30 #45
HAHAHAHAHH. Thank you very much, artemisia1 . I loved that show. That episode was a total winner. debm55 Dec 30 #49
From "The Big Lebowski"... GReedDiamond Dec 30 #47
HAHAHHAHAHa, I remember the Dude. So many funny scenes. Thank you GReedDiamond. debm55 Dec 30 #48
The god damned pen is blue! SheltieLover Dec 30 #51
HAHAHAHHHAHAH. Thank you SheltieLover. I saw it when it first came out and it was a laugh a minute. Have watched it debm55 Dec 30 #52
I'm due to watch again SheltieLover Dec 30 #53
Do It, my friend. debm55 Dec 30 #54
Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail surfered Dec 30 #55
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHa Thank you very much, surfered. That movie was so funny. debm55 Dec 30 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author surfered Dec 30 #56
Same movie- the Frankenstein sex scene. lark Dec 30 #57
HAHAHHHAHAH. Thank you lark. Thank scene was great. debm55 Dec 30 #64
Getting Nathan some Huggies in Raising Arizona Lars39 Dec 30 #58
HAHAHHA. Yes, Thank you. Lars39 Funny movie. debm55 Dec 30 #63
Oh, I thought of one I hadn't seen mentioned yet - Little Shop of Horrors. lark Dec 30 #59
Thank you very much for sharing with us. lark. debm55 Dec 30 #67
Teri Garr's tirade in Tootsie Mad_Dem_X Dec 30 #60
She sure was. thank you for sharing with us. Mad_Dem_X debm55 Dec 30 #65
Monty Python and the holy grail "Bring out your dead!" scene. mwmisses4289 Dec 30 #61
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHA. Thank you very much, mwmisses. I agree with both scenes. RIP Rob debm55 Dec 30 #66
What is the answer to "What is the speed of a swallow?" CTyankee Dec 31 #70
African or European? mwmisses4289 Dec 31 #71
I'm not dead yet has become our official family motto questionseverything Dec 31 #80
Always Blazing Saddles! "Where the white women at?" is one of the funniest lines in a movie, IMO...it gives me CTyankee Dec 30 #68
HAHAHHHAHHAHAHA. I remember that scene. That movie had a laugh/giggle every minute. Thanks CTyankee for sharing debm55 Dec 30 #69
Airplane - 1980 OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #72
HAHAHHAHAHHAH. OldBaldy1701E That is hilarious debm55 Dec 31 #75
The movie just does not stop. OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #88
HaHa That was great debm55 Dec 31 #89
The Orgasm in the Deli in Harry Met Sally. NNadir Dec 31 #73
HAHAHHAAHHA. I agree. Thank you , NNadir . RIP Rob. debm55 Dec 31 #74
Also from Blazing Saddles boonecreek Dec 31 #76
HAHHHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, boonecreek. I am going to look and see if it is streaming tonight. debm55 Dec 31 #79
Crazy People: "I want to know how the fuck the word "fuck" gets in the New York Times." SheltieLover Dec 31 #77
TY Sheltie Lover. debm55 Dec 31 #90
Hysterically funny movie with Dudley Moore as ad exec who checks into SheltieLover Dec 31 #98
Thanks Sheltie. Sounds like someone we all know. debm55 Dec 31 #100
Charles Grodin and Robert Deniro in the bar scene pretending to be authorities applegrove Dec 31 #78
Yep. thank you applegrove. debm55 Dec 31 #91
Two scenes from Ghostbusters neeksgeek Dec 31 #81
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you neeksgeek debm55 Dec 31 #99
Steve Martin in "The Jerk"... wcmagumba Dec 31 #82
Thank you wcmagumba. I agree. debm55 Dec 31 #97
When Uncle Buck meets with Maizy's Principal. Ninga Dec 31 #83
Thank you Ninga. Loved Uncle Buck. debm55 Dec 31 #96
Cat Ballou - Lee Marvin on his horse. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 31 #84
Excellent. DinahMoeHum. debm55 Dec 31 #95
Buddy leaping into the tree in Elf evemac Dec 31 #85
Thank you , evemac debm55 Dec 31 #94
The Graduate no_hypocrisy Dec 31 #86
Great. thank you no_hypocrisy. debm55 Dec 31 #92
The same MustLoveBeagles Dec 31 #87
Thanks , MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Dec 31 #93
Grocery store scene - Mr Mom MaryMagdaline Dec 31 #101
HAHAHAHAHHA, Thank you very much, MaryMagdaline. That was a great scene. debm55 Thursday #105
Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers, Buster Keston made movies I watch again and again. One of my favorite scenes is the retread Thursday #103
Thank you very much retread. I like the silent and very old movies also. debm55 Thursday #106
Always? The part in Kelly's Heroes where Kelly tells the German Tank commander... malthaussen Friday #107
Thank you very much, malthaussen. That's funny. debm55 Friday #108

lastlib

(27,548 posts)
1. Also Blazing Saddles:
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:28 PM
Dec 29

"The Sheriff is near...!"





"Ooohhh, baby, you are SOo-o-o-o TALENTED....!"

pdxflyboy

(907 posts)
2. Return of the Pink Panther
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:31 PM
Dec 29

Peter Sellers on patrol, in front of the bank. He tells the blind man playing the accordian that he needs a licaaaance. He then steps in the monkey's crap. The bank gets robbed under his nose, while the robbers drop a bundle of cash, he picks it up and gives it back to them in their getaway car, then tackles the bank manager who was gonna shoot at them. It starts out with him on patrol, smiling at a pretty girl and she spits in his eye.

Walleye

(43,817 posts)
4. Extremely funny movies. I love the scene where he casually, leans on the globe and falls over.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:33 PM
Dec 29

kimbutgar

(26,804 posts)
11. They couldn't release Blazing Saddles today!
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:58 PM
Dec 29

Too many people would very offended. The recruiting scene to attack Rock Ridge by all racist stereotypes would offend the magas !

I have the DVD of all the Mel Brooks movies. He is a great writer/director! And if I'm channel surfing and see it on it draws me back in to watch!

debm55

(55,729 posts)
14. You as so right about that. kimbutgar. Mel Brooks is an icon. I love the part of your post where you stated about the
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:05 PM
Dec 29

racist stereotypes. So true.

mucifer

(25,525 posts)
12. The Aretha Franklin scene in Blues Brothers
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:02 PM
Dec 29

It’s just so amusing and well done.

Not really a one joke thing but the whole scene makes me smile.

debm55

(55,729 posts)
27. HAHAHHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you , PufPuf23 That is hilarious. I think she won the Academy Award for that role
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:46 PM
Dec 29

JoseBalow

(9,165 posts)
16. To Be Or Not To Be
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:07 PM
Dec 29

This scene, starting at 3:22 towards the end of the clip below:

The deadpan look on Jack Benny's face at 3:43 when he is whispered his cue just cracks me up every time!

(4:03)

debm55

(55,729 posts)
24. HAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, JoseBalow. That is funny. And Jack Benny still looked facially the same as in later
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:39 PM
Dec 29

years.

debm55

(55,729 posts)
22. Thank you very much, Emile. I have never seen that movie before and was not expecting that . You made me laugh.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:26 PM
Dec 29

kerouac2

(1,426 posts)
20. Idk why it came to me first... Toilet scene in dumb and dumber
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:54 PM
Dec 29

The hot pepper scene is funny too. So is the most annoying sound in the world scene.

That dumb movie has some funny scenes lol.

Mz Pip

(28,351 posts)
28. John Cleese
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 02:52 PM
Dec 29

Ministry of Silly Walks in Monty Python’s Now for Something Completely Different.

Jeebo

(2,551 posts)
29. Bringing Up Baby
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 03:05 PM
Dec 29

Woman: "Why is it so important that you find George?" (George is the household dog.)

Cary Grant: "Because he knows where my intercostal clavicle is!"

Woman: "Your WHAT?"

I've seen that 1930s slapstick comedy classic umpteen times, and that scene ALWAYS cracks me up.

 — Ron

debm55

(55,729 posts)
32. Thank you very much johnp3907 that is hilarious. I remember Lucy doing doing a scene like this with Harpo.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:09 PM
Dec 29

debm55

(55,729 posts)
44. HAHHAHAHAHAHHHAAH. I watched and was laughing so hard I was crying. Husband, Rich , came in to see if I was okay. I went
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 09:45 PM
Dec 29

to the beginning again and he laughed his ass off. Question for your--is that a take off of "The Birds"? Love. Mel Brooks

LogDog75

(1,103 posts)
46. Yes, it was part of a parody of Alfred Hithcock movies
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:13 AM
Dec 30

Another funny scene from the movie is a scene where the camera is looking from outside as the characters dine. As the camera comes closer to the closed glass paneled door you can hear a mummer of conversation. The camera keeps getting closer to the point it breaks a pane of glass and the characters stop talking and turn to look at the camera as the camera slowly backs out like a person who made a mistake.

hamsterjill

(17,013 posts)
40. There are many, but I love me some Ouiser!!!
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 08:17 PM
Dec 29

"Damn it!! I am a pleasant person. I saw Drum Eatenton at the Piggly Wiggly this morning and I SMILED at the sonofabitch before I could help myself!!!!"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R6y9cNmCEBw

AllaN01Bear

(28,606 posts)
42. welcome back, welcome back welcome back me , choose , ok ok.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 09:30 PM
Dec 29

spaceballs , the went into plaid


pox romana , the whole movie makes me

debm55

(55,729 posts)
43. Thank you very much AllaNO1Bear. I got things straighten out with my family. I love that scene---hilarious. Going to go
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 09:40 PM
Dec 29

look for it .

debm55

(55,729 posts)
49. HAHAHAHAHH. Thank you very much, artemisia1 . I loved that show. That episode was a total winner.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:05 AM
Dec 30

debm55

(55,729 posts)
52. HAHAHAHHHAHAH. Thank you SheltieLover. I saw it when it first came out and it was a laugh a minute. Have watched it
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:15 AM
Dec 30

numerous times and it is still funny.

surfered

(11,535 posts)
55. Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:54 AM
Dec 30

King Arthur: how’d you get to be king?

So clever

Response to debm55 (Original post)

lark

(25,896 posts)
57. Same movie- the Frankenstein sex scene.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:06 AM
Dec 30

I always burst out laughing when she starts singing with joy!

lark

(25,896 posts)
59. Oh, I thought of one I hadn't seen mentioned yet - Little Shop of Horrors.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:10 AM
Dec 30

The Steve Martin scene where Audrey 2 is singing, "the guy sure looks like plant food to me"! Martin was such a pig in this show, he truly deserved it and it's just plain hysterical to me!

Mad_Dem_X

(10,129 posts)
60. Teri Garr's tirade in Tootsie
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:43 AM
Dec 30

"A guy named Les is sending you candy?"



She was a treasure.

mwmisses4289

(3,232 posts)
61. Monty Python and the holy grail "Bring out your dead!" scene.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 12:02 PM
Dec 30

"I'm not dead yet!"
Makes me laugh every time.😄

Edited to add: The swallow scene: "What is the speed of a swallow?"

The whole movie of The princess bride. Always makes me smile. 😀

mwmisses4289

(3,232 posts)
71. African or European?
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 09:50 AM
Dec 31

Scene is that Authur and his crew are trying to cross a bridge. There is a gate keeper who asks "What is air speed of a swallow?" When they say "I don't know" the answer triggers something that makes them fly off somewhere and disappear. When the gate keeper asks the question of Authur, his response is "African or European?" The gate keeper pauses, looks puzzled, then says the fatal words, "I don't know". Goodbye, gate keeper! 🤣

CTyankee

(67,793 posts)
68. Always Blazing Saddles! "Where the white women at?" is one of the funniest lines in a movie, IMO...it gives me
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 06:25 PM
Dec 30

giggles...

debm55

(55,729 posts)
69. HAHAHHHAHHAHAHA. I remember that scene. That movie had a laugh/giggle every minute. Thanks CTyankee for sharing
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:48 PM
Dec 30

OldBaldy1701E

(10,188 posts)
72. Airplane - 1980
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 02:10 PM
Dec 31


Lays me out every time. Well, maybe not as much nowadays, but it is still damned funny.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,188 posts)
88. The movie just does not stop.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:09 PM
Dec 31

Plus, Kareem saying: "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for forty-eight minutes!" is a freaking legendary line!

debm55

(55,729 posts)
79. HAHHHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, boonecreek. I am going to look and see if it is streaming tonight.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:06 PM
Dec 31

SheltieLover

(76,806 posts)
77. Crazy People: "I want to know how the fuck the word "fuck" gets in the New York Times."
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 02:50 PM
Dec 31


Great movie!

SheltieLover

(76,806 posts)
98. Hysterically funny movie with Dudley Moore as ad exec who checks into
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:36 PM
Dec 31

mental institution because he realizes he is lying for a living.

One of my favs!

applegrove

(130,276 posts)
78. Charles Grodin and Robert Deniro in the bar scene pretending to be authorities
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 02:50 PM
Dec 31

Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:38 PM - Edit history (1)

and claiming some of the cash is counterfit. The movie is 'Midnight Run'.

wcmagumba

(5,639 posts)
82. Steve Martin in "The Jerk"...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:21 PM
Dec 31

Gas station scene, Oil cans being shot by crazy guy and Steve says, "stay away from these cans, he hates these cans". Also the scene where he is depressed and leaving his fancy house while picking up one odd item after another (ping pong paddle, chair, etc) and saying I don't need anything except this paddle, I need this and so on...very funny to me...

Ninga

(8,984 posts)
83. When Uncle Buck meets with Maizy's Principal.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 03:34 PM
Dec 31

Or Uncle Buck making birthday pancakes with a snow shovel. Or Uncle Buck’s car with the delayed backfire. Or or or!!!!!!

no_hypocrisy

(54,285 posts)
86. The Graduate
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 04:49 PM
Dec 31

Benjamin?

Yes?

Is there anything you want to tell me?

Well, I really want you to know how much I appreciate . . .

The room number, Benjamin . . .

retread

(3,889 posts)
103. Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers, Buster Keston made movies I watch again and again. One of my favorite scenes is the
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:35 AM
Thursday

protest scene from Chaplin's Modern Times.

malthaussen

(18,399 posts)
107. Always? The part in Kelly's Heroes where Kelly tells the German Tank commander...
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 11:38 AM
Friday

... that there are 10 million Reichsmarks worth of gold in the bank he's guarding. Karl-Otto Alberty does just a magnificent silent take, his eyes getting rounder and rounder before he wheels around and orders his tank crew to blow a hole in the wall. Just cracks me up every time.

-- Mal

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