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Enter stage left

(4,273 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:40 PM 23 hrs ago

What was the greatest humorous line in cinema history in your estimation, I'll start with one I still laugh at...

From "The Incredible Hulk"..."You won't like me when I'm hungry!"



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What was the greatest humorous line in cinema history in your estimation, I'll start with one I still laugh at... (Original Post) Enter stage left 23 hrs ago OP
"I am serious, and dont call me Shirley." Mark.b2 23 hrs ago #1
Thanks, wonderful response. Enter stage left 23 hrs ago #2
Napoleon Dynamite (2004): Do The Chickens Have Large Talons? IA8IT 23 hrs ago #3
I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it. Enter stage left 22 hrs ago #9
Mine is.... essaynnc 23 hrs ago #4
Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever! Enter stage left 23 hrs ago #8
From Plan 9 From Outer Space. likesmountains 52 23 hrs ago #5
I don't think I ever saw the movie, I'll have to look it up. Enter stage left 22 hrs ago #10
Oh, the movie is terrible, so terrible it's a cult classisc. likesmountains 52 11 hrs ago #32
And remember............. keep to the Left. List left 23 hrs ago #6
I don't, enlighten us please. Enter stage left 22 hrs ago #11
Ladyhawk...great fantasy film...nt Wounded Bear 11 hrs ago #31
OH, I sure do! OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #34
Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie FullySupportDems 23 hrs ago #7
Buffy had some great lines ms liberty 9 hrs ago #39
"But this one goes up to 11!" Whyisthisstillclose 22 hrs ago #12
"You can't really dust for vomit." Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #13
Well, I guess that is humorous, Enter stage left 22 hrs ago #14
In its context it's hilarious. But Spinal Tap had so many... Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #15
High on my list... "They used to call me 'Loopy'" JoseBalow 21 hrs ago #16
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" Coventina 21 hrs ago #17
Great... Enter stage left 20 hrs ago #19
From Casablanca sdfernando 20 hrs ago #18
From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot LogDog75 19 hrs ago #20
He has a wife you know. Her name is Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks. flvegan 16 hrs ago #21
"Blow your noses and seize him!" OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #36
Not exactly a line StoolPigeon 15 hrs ago #22
That was great! sunnybrook 13 hrs ago #24
"The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient" bobalew 13 hrs ago #23
"And that's Capricorn, is it?" sl8 11 hrs ago #25
"Excuse me, while I whip this out. " Harold Shea 11 hrs ago #26
This cloudbase 11 hrs ago #27
"You know . . . Morons! no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #28
It all depends on the setup nuxvomica 11 hrs ago #29
From"Escanaba in Da Moonlight", a Jeff Daniel's film Tbear 11 hrs ago #30
From "The Great Race" Turbineguy 10 hrs ago #33
"There is no way... NO WAY... that you could come from my loins!" OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #35
No! Don't let them out!! justaprogressive 10 hrs ago #37
"Well if you take the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy!" CTyankee 10 hrs ago #38
Bring out your dead ... 'I'm not dead yet.' whack " cbabe 9 hrs ago #40
Wait! Wait! Where are you going? hermetic 9 hrs ago #41
Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street! lpbk2713 9 hrs ago #42
An early Alan Arkin masterpiece! Thunderbeast 8 hrs ago #44
From The Big Lebowski. Borogove 9 hrs ago #43
Joe E. Brown, "Nobody's perfect." Some Like it Hot. n/t malthaussen 8 hrs ago #45
From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Alpeduez21 8 hrs ago #46
Puttin' on the Ritz! Morbius 4 min ago #47

Enter stage left

(4,273 posts)
9. I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:14 PM
22 hrs ago

By the way, if you think roosters aren't incredibly fierce, Google "roosters defending themselves", it can really wake you to facts.

Enter stage left

(4,273 posts)
8. Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 PM
23 hrs ago

There were so many great lines;

He's just mostly dead.

Because I know something you don't know...I'm not left handed, there's something I ought to tell you, I'm not left handed either.

We could go on forever in this wonderful movie.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,225 posts)
34. OH, I sure do!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:33 AM
10 hrs ago

(Damn, they don't have the specific scene on Youtube.)

It is from one of my favorite movies, and stars three of my favorite actors... including a young Matthew Broderick in his third film.



Amazingly the trailer shows the result of the line. The bit where the soldier falls into the moat is from that scene!

Ocelot II

(129,168 posts)
13. "You can't really dust for vomit."
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:47 PM
22 hrs ago

Nigel, on mysterious death of drummer Eric “Stumpy Joe” Childs, who choked to death on someone else's vomit.

sdfernando

(6,023 posts)
18. From Casablanca
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:45 AM
20 hrs ago

"I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

"Your winnings sir"

" Ahh, thank you!"

LogDog75

(1,114 posts)
20. From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:13 AM
19 hrs ago

Jerry (pulling off wig): "I'm a man!"
Osgood: "Well, nobody's perfect!"

StoolPigeon

(206 posts)
22. Not exactly a line
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 05:22 AM
15 hrs ago

But I still remember when Jimmy Durante kicked the bucket in It's a Mad ... World. It was the first laugh of the movie and I never stopped after that.

bobalew

(392 posts)
23. "The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient"
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 07:35 AM
13 hrs ago

High Road to China in response to a question of what
else could be revealed about the whereabouts of the heroine's father. It had Tom Selleck in it.

sl8

(17,006 posts)
25. "And that's Capricorn, is it?"
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:12 AM
11 hrs ago

From Life of Brian

MANDY: What star sign is he?
WISE MAN #2: Uh, Capricorn.
MANDY: Uhh, Capricorn, eh? What are they like?
WISE MAN #2: Ooh, but... he is the son of God, our Messiah.
WISE MAN #1: King of the Jews.
MANDY: And that's Capricorn, is it?
WISE MAN #2: Uh, no, no, no. That's just him.
MANDY: Ohh, I was going to say, 'Otherwise, there'd be a lot of them.' sniff

=====

Bonus from TV land:
"My cat's breath smells like cat food", Ralph Wiggums. Words to live by, really.

nuxvomica

(13,898 posts)
29. It all depends on the setup
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:54 AM
11 hrs ago

Keeping that in mind, the funniest line in film history is, "I'll have what she's having," from When Harry Met Sally, IMHO. But I've always liked Ali MacGraw's response to Richard Benjamin's "I'm not a planner, I'm a liver" in Goodbye, Columbus. "I'm a pancreas," she says.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,225 posts)
35. "There is no way... NO WAY... that you could come from my loins!"
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:34 AM
10 hrs ago

I know you all know this one!

justaprogressive

(6,313 posts)
37. No! Don't let them out!!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:35 AM
10 hrs ago

Walter Matthau in the best movie ever made: "A New Leaf" written by Elaine May

Another segment of hilarity:



hermetic

(9,140 posts)
41. Wait! Wait! Where are you going?
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:50 AM
9 hrs ago

I was going to make espresso...

From Young Frankenstein. I was laughing so hard at that whole scene, then that part just brought me to tears. And more than once.

lpbk2713

(43,248 posts)
42. Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:54 AM
9 hrs ago


Twofer ... Muriel! Whatcha doin' hangin' up thaya on the wall?

Borogove

(540 posts)
43. From The Big Lebowski.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:58 AM
9 hrs ago

There are so many, but the three I liked most are:

Jesus Quintana - “Nobody fucks with The Jesus.”

Walter Sobchack - “Nihilists! … Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”

Walter Sobchak - “Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon … with nail polish.”

Alpeduez21

(2,009 posts)
46. From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:00 PM
8 hrs ago

Ted: Remember when we were freshmen and your mom was a senior?

Bill: Shut up, Ted

Ted: remember when I asked your mom to the prom?

Bill: Shut up, Ted!

From who killed Roger Rabbit: You mean you could’ve got out of those handcuffs anytime?
Not anytime only when it was funny

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