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Enter stage left

(4,620 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:40 PM Jan 2026

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 Jan 2026 OP
"I am serious, and dont call me Shirley." Mark.b2 Jan 2026 #1
Thanks, wonderful response. Enter stage left Jan 2026 #2
Napoleon Dynamite (2004): Do The Chickens Have Large Talons? IA8IT Jan 2026 #3
I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it. Enter stage left Jan 2026 #9
Mine is.... essaynnc Jan 2026 #4
Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever! Enter stage left Jan 2026 #8
From Plan 9 From Outer Space. likesmountains 52 Jan 2026 #5
I don't think I ever saw the movie, I'll have to look it up. Enter stage left Jan 2026 #10
Oh, the movie is terrible, so terrible it's a cult classisc. likesmountains 52 Jan 2026 #32
And remember............. keep to the Left. List left Jan 2026 #6
I don't, enlighten us please. Enter stage left Jan 2026 #11
Ladyhawk...great fantasy film...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2026 #31
I saw that the night before my Property II final. rsdsharp Jan 2026 #58
OH, I sure do! OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #34
Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie FullySupportDems Jan 2026 #7
Buffy had some great lines ms liberty Jan 2026 #39
"But this one goes up to 11!" Whyisthisstillclose Jan 2026 #12
After playing the intro of a beautiful ballad bif Jan 2026 #49
Whyisthisstillclose ........... Upthevibe Jan 2026 #50
"You can't really dust for vomit." Ocelot II Jan 2026 #13
Well, I guess that is humorous, Enter stage left Jan 2026 #14
In its context it's hilarious. But Spinal Tap had so many... Ocelot II Jan 2026 #15
High on my list... "They used to call me 'Loopy'" JoseBalow Jan 2026 #16
JoseBalow........ Upthevibe Jan 2026 #51
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" Coventina Jan 2026 #17
Great... Enter stage left Jan 2026 #19
From Casablanca sdfernando Jan 2026 #18
sdfernando....... Upthevibe Jan 2026 #54
From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot LogDog75 Jan 2026 #20
He has a wife you know. Her name is Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks. flvegan Jan 2026 #21
"Blow your noses and seize him!" OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #36
Not exactly a line StoolPigeon Jan 2026 #22
That was great! sunnybrook Jan 2026 #24
"The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient" bobalew Jan 2026 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jan 2026 #25
"Excuse me, while I whip this out. " Harold Shea Jan 2026 #26
So funny! Love that one. "It's twue! It's twue!" nt Mark.b2 Jan 2026 #52
This cloudbase Jan 2026 #27
"You know . . . Morons! no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #28
It all depends on the setup nuxvomica Jan 2026 #29
From"Escanaba in Da Moonlight", a Jeff Daniel's film Tbear Jan 2026 #30
From "The Great Race" Turbineguy Jan 2026 #33
"There is no way... NO WAY... that you could come from my loins!" OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #35
No! Don't let them out!! justaprogressive Jan 2026 #37
I've never seen that. underpants Jan 2026 #55
"Well if you take the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy!" CTyankee Jan 2026 #38
Bring out your dead ... 'I'm not dead yet.' whack " cbabe Jan 2026 #40
Wait! Wait! Where are you going? hermetic Jan 2026 #41
Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street! lpbk2713 Jan 2026 #42
An early Alan Arkin masterpiece! Thunderbeast Jan 2026 #44
His big screen debut. The first actor to receive a Best Actor nomination for such. John1956PA Jan 2026 #65
Arkin's character addressing Reiner's character: "Whittaker Walt Whittaker." John1956PA Jan 2026 #64
From The Big Lebowski. Borogove Jan 2026 #43
"That rug really pulled the room together." John1956PA Jan 2026 #66
Joe E. Brown, "Nobody's perfect." Some Like it Hot. n/t malthaussen Jan 2026 #45
That is one of the funniest movies ever. IMO LoisB Jan 2026 #56
From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Alpeduez21 Jan 2026 #46
Puttin' on the Ritz! Morbius Jan 2026 #47
Morbius.................. Upthevibe Jan 2026 #59
"Mongo only pawn in game of life" Zorro Jan 2026 #48
Somebody go back to town... flying rabbit Jan 2026 #53
Jim Carrey RecoveringJournalist Jan 2026 #57
Enter stage left............... Upthevibe Jan 2026 #60
from Love and Death, Woody Allen DBoon Jan 2026 #61
"Of course, there was Old Gregor, and his son, Young Gregor. . . . John1956PA Jan 2026 #67
Dolly Parton discussing what to do with kidnapped boss Dabney Coleman in Nine to Five: MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #62
"so you're telling me there's a chance..." Zorro Jan 2026 #63
Madeline Kahn's character in "The Dove" (1968): John1956PA Jan 2026 #68

Enter stage left

(4,620 posts)
9. I don't remember that, but I'll take your word for it.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:14 PM
Jan 2026

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

(4,620 posts)
8. Absolutely loved The Princess Bride, one of the greatest shows ever!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:08 PM
Jan 2026

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

(12,065 posts)
58. I saw that the night before my Property II final.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:23 AM
Jan 2026

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

(11,372 posts)
34. OH, I sure do!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:33 AM
Jan 2026

(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

(10,217 posts)
50. Whyisthisstillclose ...........
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:53 PM
Jan 2026

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

(131,013 posts)
13. "You can't really dust for vomit."
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:47 PM
Jan 2026

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

sdfernando

(6,094 posts)
18. From Casablanca
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:45 AM
Jan 2026

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

"Your winnings sir"

" Ahh, thank you!"

LogDog75

(1,326 posts)
20. From the end of the movie Some Like It Hot
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 02:13 AM
Jan 2026

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

StoolPigeon

(272 posts)
22. Not exactly a line
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:22 AM
Jan 2026

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

(451 posts)
23. "The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient"
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:35 AM
Jan 2026

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

(14,158 posts)
29. It all depends on the setup
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:54 AM
Jan 2026

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

(7,047 posts)
37. No! Don't let them out!!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:35 AM
Jan 2026

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

Another segment of hilarity:



underpants

(196,940 posts)
55. I've never seen that.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:06 AM
Jan 2026

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

(9,266 posts)
41. Wait! Wait! Where are you going?
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:50 PM
Jan 2026

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

(43,287 posts)
42. Emehrgancy! Everybody to get from street!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:54 PM
Jan 2026


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

Borogove

(628 posts)
43. From The Big Lebowski.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:58 PM
Jan 2026

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

(2,065 posts)
46. From Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 02:00 PM
Jan 2026

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

(10,217 posts)
59. Morbius..................
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:25 AM
Jan 2026

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

(25,092 posts)
61. from Love and Death, Woody Allen
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:52 AM
Jan 2026

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

John1956PA

(5,067 posts)
67. "Of course, there was Old Gregor, and his son, Young Gregor. . . .
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 02:00 PM
Jan 2026

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

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,672 posts)
62. Dolly Parton discussing what to do with kidnapped boss Dabney Coleman in Nine to Five:
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:45 AM
Jan 2026

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


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John1956PA

(5,067 posts)
68. Madeline Kahn's character in "The Dove" (1968):
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 02:12 PM
Jan 2026

"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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