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This is a double-feature for two extremes. Post a link to a movie scene that always makes you laugh no matter how many times you've seen it. Then follow it up with a scene that always chokes you up. Here are my two.

Funny


And sad

Disabled embedding makes me sad, too.

Funniest

Blazing Saddles - the whole damned movie.

Saddest

Just about any WWI movie. Just my understanding how that generation was pointlessly destroyed in the most stupidest fought war in all history. (I use bad grammar for that last sentence, because the war was so stupid.)

Can't find any Youtube clips for them, but:

Funniest - Any of the iconic quote portions of Disney's the Three Musketeers (with Kiefer Sutherland); esp. "You're a Musketeer? You're all Musketeers?!"

Saddest - Marley & Me has to be it, because it's the only sad movie moment I can think of at the moment.

Funniest - The first time I saw the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters made me lose my shit. Just lose it. It's not as funny to me now but the first time it was revealed I lost it.

The saddest? Either Dead Poet's Society right after Neil died or Stevo finding Bob dead in SLC Punk.



Start it at 1:28. No, you don't have to have any back story if you haven't seen it.

Funniest: Trying to think of what made me laugh the heartiest. Recently, it would be Hulk's punch out of nowhere to Thor in The Avengers.

Saddest: No particular scene, but I openly weep during nearly the entirety of What Dreams May Come.

Funniest: This is tough, but for now I'll say the whole dinner scene in Young Frankenstein. I'd prefer to say the whole movie, though.

Saddest: I'll go with this bit of Up, for a personal reason I'll go into after the link:


Easter weekend of 2009, about a month after I'd moved away from home, my 15 year old doberman was put down due to his back legs giving out on him completely. I was stressed from money/job issues, depressed as I knew only my roommate out there, and on top of that the dog was put down while I was far away. This scene brought a flood of memories with him back and I lost it in the middle of the theater, crying like a baby. Hell, watching the scene now I got all misty.

Fun:


Sad:

I'm going to go with all of Life is Beautiful and say it fits both categories.

Funniest: The throwing knife scene from Kung Fu Hustle.

Saddest: Andy giving his toys away in Toy Story 3.

I think one of my favorites is the scene in Disney's Beauty and the Beast where Beast says, "Stupid."
But I'm thinking of another one that would be funnier to more forum goers. There's a scene in the movie Volere Volare where one of the main characters (a cartoon foley artist) has to take over for his brother (a porn foley artist). Hilarity ensues.

Saddest for me is probably still the finale of the Valse Triste from Allegro Non Troppo. When you finally realize what is going on, you just get all

--Patrick

I can't rate all-time for either; I'd have too many to chose, so I'll just give a pair that get to me.

Funny
Anchorman: The street brawl.

Sad
Edward Scissorhands: "Goodbye."

Oh damn, PatrThom, I read your post and was like "Oh! That animation with the sad cat!" Apparently seeing the real title reminded me of the animation without actually remembering the title of it.

For the curious (PREPARE YOUR TEAR DUCTS):

Also for the curious...it wasn't until I clicked on the above video that I realized that the movies I mention both star Maurizio Nichetti (the guy with the glasses at the start of the video).

--Patrick

I agree with klew about the sad one. That song still chokes me up every time.

The funniest thing I've ever heard in a movie was the opening story in Mallrats. We had to rewind it several times just to get the laughing fits out of our systems.

Just what comes to my mind at a moment's notice:

Funny: Fake Purse Ninjas at the end of Bowfinger

Sad: the scene from Watership Down set to Simon & Farfunkel's Bright Eyes.


And Im agreeing with both Toy Story scenes mentioned earlier!

Funniest, "The Voice" montage from Hotrod.

Saddest, <insert most of the endings from my Asian melodrama collection>

This has the rare distinction of qualifying as both:

The funniest scene I can think of right now...
Dear lord it still gets me every fucking time



The saddest one I can think of right now is this scene from Reign Over Me, the best acting by Adam Sandler to date (if you don't count Happy Gilmore.)
Skip to 2:40 for the actual monologue, but for the whole set up, watch the whole clip. If you haven't seen the movie, it's quite good, I recommend it.

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

The funniest scene I can think of right now...
Dear lord it still gets me every fucking time



The saddest one I can think of right now is this scene from Reign Over Me, the best acting by Adam Sandler to date (if you don't count Happy Gilmore.)
Skip to 2:40 for the actual monologue, but for the whole set up, watch the whole clip. If you haven't seen the movie, it's quite good, I recommend it.

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That made me cry. You win.

Funniest movie scene is probably just about anything from Airplane!.


Saddest is hard. Maybe the death of Christopher Walken at the end of The Deer Hunter. DeNiro's reaction is exquisite.


Maybe the death of the little girl at the end of Pan's Labyrinth.

really. the farting scene from eddie murphy's the nutty professor. really.

For saddest I was trying to find the scene from The Hunt for Red October...

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Charlie Don't Surf said:

really. the farting scene from eddie murphy's the nutty professor. really.

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Dick and Fart Jokes are Comedy Gold...

I love a good fart joke. See: Blazing Saddles, the episode of Louie with his sister.

I also teared up at the end of the Notebook.

*is a dude*

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

The funniest scene I can think of right now...
Dear lord it still gets me every fucking time



The saddest one I can think of right now is this scene from Reign Over Me, the best acting by Adam Sandler to date (if you don't count Happy Gilmore.)
Skip to 2:40 for the actual monologue, but for the whole set up, watch the whole clip. If you haven't seen the movie, it's quite good, I recommend it.

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I'm with RavenPoe. You win on both.

Well hot damn! Drinks on me, boys!

Charlie Don't Surf said:

I love a good fart joke. See: Blazing Saddles, the episode of Louie with his sister.

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The tv edit of Blazing Saddles is even better. For whatever reason, they edit out the farts. It's just this awkward scene of dudes sitting around a fire in silence, randomly lifting a leg here and there.

CynicismKills said:

The tv edit of Blazing Saddles is even better. For whatever reason, they edit out the farts. It's just this awkward scene of dudes sitting around a fire in silence, randomly lifting a leg here and there.

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They replace the farts with horse whinnies. It's pretty surreal.

Young Frankenstein cracks me up. I don't even have to watch the movie. I just have to see the name and I start laughing.


Saddest I had a hard time choosing because a lot of movies make me cry even if they aren't necessarily sad. This is from the end of Braveheart when William Wallace is being tortured. I always needs tissues when I watch it.

Another vote for Young Frankenstein? I don't care what Dave says about you, WP, you're awesome.

Watching movies on normal television is worthless. If you've seen a movie "on TV" (of course, barring HBO/Showtime, et al), you haven't seen the movie.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

really. the farting scene from eddie murphy's the nutty professor. really.

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It's a combination of the farting, his father and grandmother sniping at each other, the mother trying to keep the peace, and the kid laughing so hard that he chokes on his food.

I'm pretty sure that when civilization finally crumbles, those few that are left will name The Klumps as the beginning of the decline.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

Watching movies on normal television is worthless. If you've seen a movie "on TV" (of course, barring HBO/Showtime, et al), you haven't seen the movie.

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Though sometimes it can be interesting enough to make you want to see the uncensored/uncut movie. That's what happened to me with Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Though I was about 8 at the time I watched it on tv so many of the jokes were lost on me anyway. I still thought it was the funniest movie ever and when it finally came out on VHS I had to have it.

God I'm old.

Ravenpoe said:

They replace the farts with horse whinnies. It's pretty surreal.

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Plus the TV version puts the Mayor-goes-to-town scene back in.

--Patrick

Dave said:

Funniest - The first time I saw the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters made me lose my shit. Just lose it. It's not as funny to me now but the first time it was revealed I lost it.
...Stevo finding Bob dead in SLC Punk.

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Just watched that movie yesterday, thought about posting that scene here.