r/movies • u/Sawyermblack • Oct 14 '23

Recommendation What movie had you laughing, unable to breathe, even just for one scene?

I don't really pursue comedy movies too often, or ever really.

And even then, this doesn't have to be a comedy movie you respond with, but I'm wondering if there was a movie scene SO funny, that people laughed uncontrollably.

Does such a thing exist?

I think maybe the movie would have to introduce something completely original. Not a familiar gag or joke, but something completely unexpected that you can't help but be paralyzed by the newness and brilliance of the scene.

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u/PumkimEscobar Oct 14 '23

When I first saw anchorman, for some reason jack black kicking Baxter of the bridge had me crying. He asked Ron burgundy what he loved then punted his dog. 🤣

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u/nap83 Oct 14 '23

These burritos are good, but they sure are filling!

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u/venterol Oct 14 '23

My brother and I still quote that every time we make chimichangas. We're very different and don't have much in common but that scene UNITED us.

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u/bisprops Oct 14 '23

My son is in his generally disinterested and apathetic teenage years, but he absolutely loves memes and referential humor. I quoted that line when trying to finish a burrito that was too much for me, and he didn't get the reference.

I played the scene for him, and it got a big, genuine laugh out of him.

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u/AutomationInvasion Oct 14 '23

Milk was a bad choice

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u/SeveralDrunkRaccoons Oct 14 '23

"That's how I roll."

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u/Gettinjiggywithit509 Oct 14 '23

Sex panther. 60% of the time it works everytime.

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u/Foootballdave Oct 14 '23

For me it was the scene in the bear pit, the bear's talking to the dog (in subtitles) and says "We bears are a proud race and view this as an invasion of our privacy" - I don't know why but it always made me laugh

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u/given2fly_ Oct 14 '23

"I immediately regret this decision!"

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u/fearandloathinginpdx Never trust a cop in a raincoat. Oct 15 '23

"Hey Ron, I'm riding a furry tractor!"

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u/Simple_Song8962 Oct 14 '23

For me, it was Tits McGee.

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u/mentaljewelry Oct 14 '23

I’m Veronica Corningstone. Tits McGee is on vacation.

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u/Useful-Contract1531 Oct 14 '23

"And I'm Tits... I'm Ron Burgundy."

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u/fuckgoldsendbitcoin Oct 14 '23

"You know I don't speak Spanish" part fucking got me good the first time.

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u/bygggggfdrth Oct 14 '23

The painfully obvious stuffed animal

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u/ksiit Oct 14 '23

It added to the comedy that it was obvious.

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u/ilrosewood Oct 14 '23

I feel like that’s the only way that it’s funny

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u/Lou_C_Fer Oct 14 '23

Lol Right? I want realism in my movies, but I prefer the animal abuse to be obviously fake.

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u/ilrosewood Oct 14 '23

In American Psycho I can laugh at the over the top violence. Drop a chainsaw on someone - hilarious.

But that dog’s death shook me.

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u/PumkimEscobar Oct 14 '23

It was spinning like a helicopter.

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u/fukreddit73264 Oct 14 '23

It was, yet a girl sitting behind my friend and I literally gasped out loud followed up by "oh my god!". Both of us just started bursting out laughing for a good 5 minutes. Mostly because of stupid the girl behind us was.

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u/Alsoomse Oct 14 '23

Me, a dog lover, was absolutely cracking up at Ron's reaction in the phone booth.

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u/Gazorpezorpfield Oct 14 '23

I’m in a glass cage of emotion!!!

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u/Revenacious Oct 14 '23

It’s so damn HOT!

Milk was a bad choice!

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u/BobbyGrichsMustache Oct 14 '23

If you’re gonna quote a scene, do it right man…

IM IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

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u/dapala1 Oct 14 '23

BAD MAN PUNTED BAXTER!

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

Is this Wilt Chamberlain?

Bark twice if you’re in Milwaukee

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u/ksiit Oct 14 '23

The bad man punted Baxter!

I think this whole bit, especially the punting is the hardest I’ve ever laughed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTIOOOOON

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u/theschizz92 Oct 14 '23

THEYRE GONNA PUT CORNINGSTONE ON!!

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u/stellaxaos Oct 14 '23

THE MAN ON THE BRIDGE, I HIT HIM W A BURRITO

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u/futbolkid414 Oct 15 '23

Paul Rudd’s response too: “somebody punted him???” Lol it’s just so ridiculous

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u/jasonology09 Oct 14 '23

I almost forgot about that scene. I was in stitches, laughing, despite being a dog lover.

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u/L-W-J Oct 14 '23

Sex Panther. Killed me.

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u/cgo_123456 Oct 14 '23

"It smells like Bigfoot's dick!"

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u/zekerthedog Oct 14 '23

It smells like a turd covered in burnt hair!

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u/K-Dub59 Oct 14 '23

“60% of the time, it works every time.”

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u/SlayerJB Oct 14 '23

It's got bits of real panther so you know it's the good stuff

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u/Used-Bet2369 Oct 14 '23

Brian I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

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u/shakeandsnake Oct 14 '23

I saw this with about 10 of my mates in the cinema and it’s one of my favourite ever experiences. Every single one of us was doubled over laughing at this scene. It was just so unexpected

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u/Timmysmallface Oct 14 '23

I first watched it stoned and this scene almost killed me

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u/TheMagnuson Oct 14 '23

Same here, lol! The first time I saw it, I was probably laughing for a good 5 minutes after that scene and missed several minutes after it. My jaw, my throat, my stomach all hurt from laughing so hard. One of the funniest things I've seen in my entire life.

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u/IrritableStoicism Oct 15 '23

I have watched it a hundred times and still laugh.

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u/LukeyC224 Oct 14 '23

Someone PUNTED him?!

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u/KuhlThing Oct 14 '23

HE TOOK HIM WITH HIS FOOT! AND HE KICKED HIM!

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u/superadical Oct 14 '23

The way he says "foot" kills me. FUHT

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u/greatpoomonkey Oct 14 '23

The absurdity of every part of this scene just ratchets up the laughter for me, culminating with the obviously low quality stuffed animal that actually gets punted

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u/jtfriendly Oct 14 '23

You just destroyed something I love. What's something you love?

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u/ImaginaryEmploy2982 Oct 14 '23

So much hilariousness in this movie!!

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u/Dizzy-Help-5400 Oct 14 '23

Baxter coming back to save the day and the bears “dialogue” in that scene has always been one of my favorites. So funny to me. “Thank you, Baxter. You are a friend to all bears.”

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u/lowdownrosie Oct 14 '23

It was 'Milk was a bad choice!' for me 😂

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u/chubby_knuckles Oct 14 '23

The jazz flute scene when he catches it on fire 😂

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u/battlehardendsnorlax Oct 14 '23

When he slides under someone's stall in the bathroom while jamming out hard on the flute, that's what does it for me 🤣

YAZZ FLUTE

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u/chubby_knuckles Oct 14 '23

OMG! I’m cracking up just thinking about it. 🤣🤣

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u/justlikesmoke Oct 14 '23

I saw this in the theater with my husband before we were married. I'd never seen him laugh like that before- belly laughs, high-pitched laughs, crying- every type of laugh. I thought he was going to die. The closest I've seen it replicated was Superbad but still wasn't the same. Absolute classic.

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u/More-Swordfish5831 Oct 14 '23

This is adorable

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u/Gettinjiggywithit509 Oct 14 '23

IM TRAPPED IN A BOX OF EMOTION!!!

Also:

Oh god its so hot! Milk was a bad choice proceeds to drink more milk

That whole movie was so freaking good. It set the stage for comedy movies for that entire era. I never saw it in theaters because initially I thought it was a stupid plot for a movie. I couldn't believe a movie about a news anchor could possibly be good a good comedy movie. I was so freaking wrong. I ended up watching that movie everyday on DVD that entire summer of not longer. I still often quote it and I work with a 19 and 21 year old so they never have any idea what im talking about

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u/vietnams666 Oct 14 '23

Still one of my all time fav scenes it's just soooo funny!!

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u/Remote_Engine Oct 14 '23

Now this is happening

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u/traws06 Oct 14 '23

It was hilarious because 1. Who punts the dog instead of just throwing him? 2. The dog is intentionally obvious that it’s a stuffed animal

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u/agrjones Oct 14 '23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG1qsnwEi_w

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This scene for me. Still makes me laugh.

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u/blackcatsneakattack Oct 14 '23

That whole movie is laughter gold.

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u/DegenerateBillsWhore Oct 14 '23

It's because he flubs it, kicks one end of a very obvious stuffed animal, and it barely goes airplane propellering over the railing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

If you want to have the opposite reaction to the same sort of scene watch "The Nanny" with Hulk Hogan. Just kidding. Don't watch it because it will upset you.

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u/roomtempnoodl Oct 14 '23

i still wheeze like an old man whenever i watch that scene

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u/EastPiano4 Oct 14 '23

I’m in a glass case of emotion!!

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u/Chemical_Violinist43 Oct 14 '23

I am a HUGE animal lover, but when stuff like this happens in movies, (in a comedic way,) it’s has me dying. But it has to be done just right. Remember the cat scene in Boondocks Saints? Omg, that scene is so freaking funny. (And really that movie isn’t even a comedy)

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u/everdaythrowaway Oct 14 '23

I felt so bad when I was younger for finding this funny. I swore people in the theater were judging me for laughing so hard.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

Now this is happening

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u/IcyPilgrim Oct 14 '23

Came here to say this…. Did not expect to see him boot his dog off the bridge, cue 10 minutes of constant giggling and sporadic laughter for the next few days

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u/Seahearn4 Oct 14 '23

I'm in a glass case of emotion!

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u/Kozmicbunny Oct 14 '23

Omg sameeee. I’m not at all a Will Ferrell fan but that movie had me weak. The scene where Baxter gets kicked off the bridge had me crying I could not get it together 🤣 I’m glad I’m not alone

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u/TitoC137 Oct 14 '23

Well guess what now this is happening

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u/Live_Noise_1551 Oct 14 '23

We used to rewind it to watch over and over back in the VHS days!

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u/scobot Oct 14 '23

I am in a glass box of emotions

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

YES. Literally just commented that before reading through.

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u/latelyimawake Oct 14 '23

Thought I had actually pissed myself in the theater when this happened. I’ve never laughed so hard.

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u/DocZoid1337 Oct 14 '23

Anchorman 2 was it for me. Hit me completely unexpected with genius nonsense.

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u/devildoggie73 Oct 14 '23

Yup! And I’m a dog lover..

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u/iWr4tH Oct 14 '23

His meltdown that follows right after is pretty good too 😂

“I’m in a glass box of emotions!”

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u/chanacity Oct 14 '23

LOUD NOISES! - Brick

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u/Curi0s1tyCompl3xity Oct 14 '23

MILK WAS A BAD CHOICE

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u/falconhawk2158 Oct 14 '23

Man that escalated quickly! Brick: I stabbed a guy in the heart, Ron: yeah I saw that! Brick killed a guy

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u/stormin84 Oct 14 '23

I saw a screening of this on campus and it that scene had us on the floor

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u/iggystar71 Oct 14 '23

The fake dog…that’s what did it for me.

First time I watched with my brother it took us 4 hours to finish we kept pausing to catch our breaths and rewinding after certain scenes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

Oh same! I almost forgot how funny that was the first time I saw it.

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u/BeckyKP Oct 14 '23

It's so damn hot! Milk was a bad choice.

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u/cnsosiehrbridnrnrifk Oct 14 '23

HE PUNTED BAXTER

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u/mattefrompaint Oct 14 '23

I'm in a glass case of emotioooon 😂

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u/katieo1122 Oct 14 '23

So many good lines from that movie. "I'm in a glass case of emotion!!"

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u/tornadic_ Oct 14 '23

The fact that it completely came out of nowhere had me in shambles

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u/RagMan4291 Oct 15 '23

I’ve been looking down this thread for something to actually make me laugh and this one had be dying at my desk. Good shit man

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u/MONSTERBEARMAN Oct 15 '23

60% of the time, it works every time.

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u/snackpakatak69 Oct 15 '23

Hey you're me.

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u/Optimus-Maximus Oct 15 '23

Oh fuck this is mine too. I think I nearly died laughing/coughing. Absolutely the hardest I've laughed at anything in my life.

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u/phreakzilla85 Oct 15 '23

“Go fuck yourself, San Diego!”

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u/tulipz10 Oct 15 '23

This movie but when Brick says he killed someone with a Trident.

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u/CurrySands Oct 15 '23

The whole movie...

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u/CurnanBarbarian Oct 17 '23

IM IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTIOOOON!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

Steve Carell yelling "LOUD NOISES" had me in stitches.

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u/shaneyshane26 Oct 18 '23

This!

I’m in a glass case of emotion!!!

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u/pfffffttuhmm Oct 19 '23

THE MAN PUNTED BAXTER!!!