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Monty Python made fun of that joke a few times.
And yes, Marty Feldman made it his own, really. Now, every time I hear that line in any movie, I'm expecting someone to make a Young Frankenstein reference... but no-one ever does.
I thought that was originally a Marx brothers bit
Monty Python made fun of that joke a few times.
And yes, Marty Feldman made it his own, really. Now, every time I hear that line in any movie, I'm expecting someone to make a Young Frankenstein reference... but no-one ever does.
I thought that was originally a Marx brothers bit
It's got to be one of the oldest bits in history. I think there are cave paintings reporting this joke.
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!"
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", or any variation thereof. Just, no.
A la 50% or more of modern commercials. A variation of that is where the husband is inherently dumb, chomping on what he THINKS is a Hot Pocket, while...wait for it...fixing the plumbing in the kitchen. The wife walks in and goes, "Honey, have you seen my Lean Pockets?" Husband: "LEAN pockets??????" Cue unstoppable laughter, nodding in understanding, and mass buying of product.Oh... what about a guy struggling to do something for hours only to have a woman figure it out in about 5 seconds?
Oh, SNAP! (A phrase that applies to this topic.
) I think Michael Scott or others have used it every so often on the American Office, and it hasn't illicited a laugh from me. I don't actually remember where it's from to begin with, but maybe it wasn't even funny once so doesn't apply to the topic. 
Arrested Development's gag about Reno's slogan being "The biggest little mistake you'll ever make" was pretty good, though.
"Hey. Pass me the..." followed by someone tossing, throwing, or chucking something to the requester. Audience laughter ensues.
Yeah, that was funny when Uncle Fred did it to Uncle Hal with the bread, at Thanksgiving Dinner, 1910.
Yeah, that was funny when Uncle Fred did it to Uncle Hal with the bread, at Thanksgiving Dinner, 1910.
A la 50% or more of modern commercials. A variation of that is where the husband is inherently dumb, chomping on what he THINKS is a Hot Pocket, while...wait for it...fixing the plumbing in the kitchen. The wife walks in and goes, "Honey, have you seen my Lean Pockets?" Husband: "LEAN pockets??????" Cue unstoppable laughter, nodding in understanding, and mass buying of product.
We guys got our revenge, though: That one commercial where the wife is in the tub, with a mask over her eyes, and all of a sudden the faucet starts spewing raw sewage into the tub. Apparently she has either no intelligence, or no sense of smell, or both, 'cuz she does not notice this.
Agreed. I don't mind watching it every now and then, but it's nowhere near as funny as it used to be.
Agreed. I used to be a fan of it (more than I am now)... but it's nowhere near as funny as it used to be. So now I only catch an episode every now and then.
Yeah, once the city officially started using that slogan in advertisements, it was over with.
Unhip white guys (or senior citizens) rapping or acting "street"
After seeing that someone unpleasant has a hidden talent (or something) and then saying, "If only he'd use his powers for good instead of evil"
Character A verbally trashes Character B while Character B stands behind Character A. Character A then says, "He's right behind me, isn't he?'
Anything Chandler said on Friends
After seeing that someone unpleasant has a hidden talent (or something) and then saying, "If only he'd use his powers for good instead of evil"
Character A verbally trashes Character B while Character B stands behind Character A. Character A then says, "He's right behind me, isn't he?'
Anything Chandler said on Friends
You just threw out the entire run of "Three's Company."
I think I first heard this in the movie "Fight Club." It was lame when Las Vegas used it.
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Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
When a solution is given that sounds really bad ( " To save the wrold we may have to let New York be destroyed!" or something like that) and another person asks " And your problem with this is.....?"
Sorry, still funnier than 80% of what passes for "humor" on TV, and 97% of what's supposed to be funny or clever on skiffy TV (remaining 3% is mainly Farscape).
Alternatively, funnier than 100% of humor in Star Trek.
"The Be-Sharps!"
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
"I've got a bad feeling about this." (if that was ever funny)
"Just show me how to kill it." (Seemed like a few years ago, some variation of that was in every movie that had a monster in it)
During the Spice Girls era anytime anyone made the "Old Spice" joke. When Bob Dole made it...that was it...it was done.
"I've fallen and I can't get up." Med-Alert's unintentional hilarity lost steam when everybody mocked it.
"Just show me how to kill it." (Seemed like a few years ago, some variation of that was in every movie that had a monster in it)
During the Spice Girls era anytime anyone made the "Old Spice" joke. When Bob Dole made it...that was it...it was done.
"I've fallen and I can't get up." Med-Alert's unintentional hilarity lost steam when everybody mocked it.
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