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Enter stage left

(4,283 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:40 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP
"I am serious, and dont call me Shirley." Mark.b2 Saturday #1
Thanks, wonderful response. Enter stage left Saturday #2
Napoleon Dynamite (2004): Do The Chickens Have Large Talons? IA8IT Saturday #3
I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it. Enter stage left Saturday #9
Mine is.... essaynnc Saturday #4
Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever! Enter stage left Saturday #8
From Plan 9 From Outer Space. likesmountains 52 Saturday #5
I don't think I ever saw the movie, I'll have to look it up. Enter stage left Saturday #10
Oh, the movie is terrible, so terrible it's a cult classisc. likesmountains 52 Sunday #32
And remember............. keep to the Left. List left Saturday #6
I don't, enlighten us please. Enter stage left Saturday #11
Ladyhawk...great fantasy film...nt Wounded Bear Sunday #31
I saw that the night before my Property II final. rsdsharp Sunday #58
OH, I sure do! OldBaldy1701E Sunday #34
Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie FullySupportDems Saturday #7
Buffy had some great lines ms liberty Sunday #39
"But this one goes up to 11!" Whyisthisstillclose Saturday #12
After playing the intro of a beautiful ballad bif Sunday #49
Whyisthisstillclose ........... Upthevibe Sunday #50
"You can't really dust for vomit." Ocelot II Saturday #13
Well, I guess that is humorous, Enter stage left Saturday #14
In its context it's hilarious. But Spinal Tap had so many... Ocelot II Saturday #15
High on my list... "They used to call me 'Loopy'" JoseBalow Saturday #16
JoseBalow........ Upthevibe Sunday #51
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" Coventina Sunday #17
Great... Enter stage left Sunday #19
From Casablanca sdfernando Sunday #18
sdfernando....... Upthevibe Sunday #54
From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot LogDog75 Sunday #20
He has a wife you know. Her name is Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks. flvegan Sunday #21
"Blow your noses and seize him!" OldBaldy1701E Sunday #36
Not exactly a line StoolPigeon Sunday #22
That was great! sunnybrook Sunday #24
"The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient" bobalew Sunday #23
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Sunday #25
"Excuse me, while I whip this out. " Harold Shea Sunday #26
So funny! Love that one. "It's twue! It's twue!" nt Mark.b2 Sunday #52
This cloudbase Sunday #27
"You know . . . Morons! no_hypocrisy Sunday #28
It all depends on the setup nuxvomica Sunday #29
From"Escanaba in Da Moonlight", a Jeff Daniel's film Tbear Sunday #30
From "The Great Race" Turbineguy Sunday #33
"There is no way... NO WAY... that you could come from my loins!" OldBaldy1701E Sunday #35
No! Don't let them out!! justaprogressive Sunday #37
I've never seen that. underpants Sunday #55
"Well if you take the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy!" CTyankee Sunday #38
Bring out your dead ... 'I'm not dead yet.' whack " cbabe Sunday #40
Wait! Wait! Where are you going? hermetic Sunday #41
Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street! lpbk2713 Sunday #42
An early Alan Arkin masterpiece! Thunderbeast Sunday #44
His big screen debut. The first actor to receive a Best Actor nomination for such. John1956PA Monday #65
Arkin's character addressing Reiner's character: "Whittaker Walt Whittaker." John1956PA Monday #64
From The Big Lebowski. Borogove Sunday #43
"That rug really pulled the room together." John1956PA Monday #66
Joe E. Brown, "Nobody's perfect." Some Like it Hot. n/t malthaussen Sunday #45
That is one of the funniest movies ever. IMO LoisB Sunday #56
From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Alpeduez21 Sunday #46
Puttin' on the Ritz! Morbius Sunday #47
Morbius.................. Upthevibe Sunday #59
"Mongo only pawn in game of life" Zorro Sunday #48
Somebody go back to town... flying rabbit Sunday #53
Jim Carrey RecoveringJournalist Sunday #57
Enter stage left............... Upthevibe Sunday #60
from Love and Death, Woody Allen DBoon Sunday #61
"Of course, there was Old Gregor, and his son, Young Gregor. . . . John1956PA Monday #67
Dolly Parton discussing what to do with kidnapped boss Dabney Coleman in Nine to Five: MorbidButterflyTat Monday #62
"so you're telling me there's a chance..." Zorro Monday #63
Madeline Kahn's character in "The Dove" (1968): John1956PA Monday #68

Enter stage left

(4,283 posts)
9. I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:14 PM
Saturday

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

(4,283 posts)
8. Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:08 PM
Saturday

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.

rsdsharp

(11,805 posts)
58. I saw that the night before my Property II final.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:23 PM
Sunday

My professor was in line ahead of us, turned around, recognized me, and got a “Why aren’t you home studying for my final?” look on his face.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,275 posts)
34. OH, I sure do!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:33 AM
Sunday

(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!

Upthevibe

(10,045 posts)
50. Whyisthisstillclose ...........
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:53 PM
Sunday

Yep! That's one for me for sure.

You wrote the line exactly as he said it. Spial Tap is one of the greats!



Ocelot II

(129,256 posts)
13. "You can't really dust for vomit."
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:47 PM
Saturday

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

sdfernando

(6,026 posts)
18. From Casablanca
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:45 AM
Sunday

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

"Your winnings sir"

" Ahh, thank you!"

LogDog75

(1,117 posts)
20. From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:13 AM
Sunday

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
Sunday

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

(393 posts)
23. "The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient"
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 07:35 AM
Sunday

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.

Response to Enter stage left (Original post)

nuxvomica

(13,903 posts)
29. It all depends on the setup
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:54 AM
Sunday

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.

justaprogressive

(6,332 posts)
37. No! Don't let them out!!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:35 AM
Sunday

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

Another segment of hilarity:



underpants

(195,092 posts)
55. I've never seen that.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:06 PM
Sunday

Poverty is the general state of lacking sufficient resources, while penury signifies extreme, desperate poverty, an oppressive lack of money for even basic necessities like food and shelter, often implying destitution or being destitute.

That’s Mike Nichols

hermetic

(9,141 posts)
41. Wait! Wait! Where are you going?
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:50 AM
Sunday

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

(43,249 posts)
42. Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:54 AM
Sunday


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

Borogove

(541 posts)
43. From The Big Lebowski.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:58 AM
Sunday

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

(2,010 posts)
46. From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:00 PM
Sunday

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

Upthevibe

(10,045 posts)
59. Morbius..................
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:25 PM
Sunday

Yes!

There's a good documentary on about Gene Wilder (I think it's been around awhile) and the Puttin' on the Ritz" scene is brought up.

DBoon

(24,764 posts)
61. from Love and Death, Woody Allen
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:52 PM
Sunday

Countess Alexandrovna: You are the greatest lover I've ever had.
Boris: Well, I practice a lot when I'm alone.

John1956PA

(4,858 posts)
67. "Of course, there was Old Gregor, and his son, Young Gregor. . . .
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:00 PM
Monday

. . . Young Gregor's son was older than Old Gregor. Nobody could figure out how that happened."

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,222 posts)
62. Dolly Parton discussing what to do with kidnapped boss Dabney Coleman in Nine to Five:
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:45 AM
Monday

"Well I say we hire a couple of wranglers to go upstairs and beat the shit out of him!"


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John1956PA

(4,858 posts)
68. Madeline Kahn's character in "The Dove" (1968):
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:12 PM
Monday

"I'll stop dallying with her when you stop dallying with Mooska. My bedroom window overlooks the barnyard. I can see what you are doing at night."

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