Scenes that were unintentionally funny

[Smellincoffee]

from Devil in the Dark:

Spock: silence while initiating mind meld then....AAAAHHHH!!!......PAIN!

It's even funnier if you're familiar with a little story behind the shooting of the scene. According to Nimoy, Shatner's father died during the shooting of that episode and he had to leave. When he returned to finish his shots for that episode, they included a shot of Kirk reacting to Spock involved in the meld. Shatner insisted that Nimoy fully act it out for him, and when he shouted "Pain! Pain!", Shatner yelled, "For god's sake, would someone get this man an aspirin?!"

I tend to laugh at a lot of of the wardrobe and hairstyles of the aliens. Of course, that's a recurring theme.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Well, nobody else would probably find the following particularly amusing, but when I was a kid (and even as an adult) I'd always mishear dialog. Either my hearing sucked, or the actors didn't enunciate well. So in The Tholian Web, Spock is explaining to the bridge crew that certain actions would make it impossible to rescue Kirk and trap the Enterprise. Chekov then wigs out and says "and die like him!"

Well, I always heard it as "and I like him!" This cracked me up because it was the cheesiest line nobody ever said. I swear, I didn't realize what the line actually was until closed captioning on the VHS tapes helped me out (cuz once you mishear something you always hear it). I still laugh at the scene because of that one error on my part.

 

[The Castellan]

Ghengis Khan getting thrown by Abraham Lincoln

Well, I might be wrong, but I think Lincoln did wrestle in his youth for sport, and he was one of the more fitter presidents.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

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[Therin of Andor]

The impending-doom musical motif. We were watching an episode on the big screen, once, and someone went, "Doo doo, doo doo..." just before the music went "Doo doo, doo doo..."

 

[sonak]

the "risk is our business" speech from "Return to Tomorrow," just because of the eway it's delivered.

 

[GNDN]

...Spock is explaining to the bridge crew that certain actions would make it impossible to rescue Kirk and trap the Enterprise. Chekov then wigs out and says "and die like him!"

Well, I always heard it as "and I like him!" This cracked me up because it was the cheesiest line nobody ever said.

Damn, man, your shittin' me!!! I always heard "And I like him!!"

 

[E-DUB]

The James T. Kirk patented "Flying Butt Block" during the fight with the faux Andorian in "Journey to Babel".

 

[Ssosmcin]

...Spock is explaining to the bridge crew that certain actions would make it impossible to rescue Kirk and trap the Enterprise. Chekov then wigs out and says "and die like him!"

Well, I always heard it as "and I like him!" This cracked me up because it was the cheesiest line nobody ever said.

Damn, man, your shittin' me!!! I always heard "And I like him!!"

Learn sumpin' new on here every day. At least I'm not the only one. It's pretty hysterical. "Well, we like him too, Chekov, but we're not getting crazy..."

 

[Ssosmcin]

One bit from A Piece of the Action made me laugh for the wrong reason. When Kirk calls Oxmyx a "penny ante operator," it sounded to my little kid's ears like:

KIRK: Now listen, I'm getting tired of playing pattycake with you panny anny operators.
OXMYX: What do you mean, panny anny operator?
KIRK: You're a panny anny operator!

"Dad?"
"Yeah..."
"What's a panny anny operator?"

 

[Redfern]

The mysterious "quack" heard in "Corbomite..."

Huh? Remember the scene when the Enterprise finally breaks the grip of the tractor beam emitted by the smaller ship? Just after the last of the various alarms are squelched, specifically the unique "beeping" warning of escalating intermix tempuratures, the various bridge personnel scramble to assess any potential damage of the ships systems. Out of nowhere, we hear a rather loud "QUACK!"

In reality, it was probably a squeak made by the wooden framework supporting the "wild" bridge sections. But for the life of me when I was a child, that unintended snippet of audio sounded like a rather angry water foul!

In the recent DVD and release, I don't recall hearing that "blooper", so I suspect they "cleaned up" the soundtrack. But in the earlier cuts syndicated during the 70s and 80s, it blares by a sour note from a high school band.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Delta Vega]

Ghengis Khan getting thrown by Abraham Lincoln

Well, I might be wrong, but I think Lincoln did wrestle in his youth for sport, and he was one of the more fitter presidents.

He may well have, but its Ghengis Khan for Godsake

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Abraham Lincoln appearing in in space. In his chair. The first time my kid saw this we had to stop the dvd because he was laughing so hard.

 

[TOSalltheway]

How can we forget the landing party in Return of the Archons when a crew member is hit with a soccerball size rock and it just bounces off of him....almost like it was made of foam.....

or how on our moder big screen TVs we can see how in many fight scenes the doubles dont look anything like the actors.

Or Dr McCoys white noise device (microphone) from Ultimate Computer....

I can go on...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

 

[Sky]

Ooooh, thought of one.

In Immunity Syndrome Spock says, very seriously of course, "Brace yourself. The area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive."

 

[Alienesse]

Sargon in "Return to Tomorrow": "Your probes have touched me, Mister Spock."

 

[Doug Otte]

The mysterious "quack" heard in "Corbomite..."

Huh? Remember the scene when the Enterprise finally breaks the grip of the tractor beam emitted by the smaller ship? Just after the last of the various alarms are squelched, specifically the unique "beeping" warning of escalating intermix tempuratures, the various bridge personnel scramble to assess any potential damage of the ships systems. Out of nowhere, we hear a rather loud "QUACK!"

In reality, it was probably a squeak made by the wooden framework supporting the "wild" bridge sections. But for the life of me when I was a child, that unintended snippet of audio sounded like a rather angry water foul!

In the recent DVD and release, I don't recall hearing that "blooper", so I suspect they "cleaned up" the soundtrack. But in the earlier cuts syndicated during the 70s and 80s, it blares by a sour note from a high school band.

Sincerely,

Bill

I remember that sound, too. It always struck me as a squeak in the set, as you've written. I never thought of it as a "quack," but now that you mention it, it did sound kind of funny.

Similarly (set-related, not sound-wise), just before the end of the teaser for Errand of Mercy, the camera is on Kirk in the command chair while Spock walks up the steps. Kirk and the chair shake with each of Spock's stomps.

Doug

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ghengis Khan getting thrown by Abraham Lincoln

Well, I might be wrong, but I think Lincoln did wrestle in his youth for sport, and he was one of the more fitter presidents.

He may well have, but its Ghengis Khan for Godsake

Have they done that one on Deadliest Warrior?

How effective would Ghengis be in hand to hand combat? Weren't the Mongols short in stature with a preference to fighting on horseback?

 

[Terran_Empire]

Spock attempting to subdue the salt-eating alien in "The Man Trap" and subsequently getting laid out, after McCoy refuses to fire his phaser. Spock took a whole shelf of books down with him, it was quite the funny sight.

This next one is pretty funny but in a very dark way. In "The Galileo Seven", at the end of the episode Kirk is poking fun at Spock for making a decison of "desperation" which is an emotional decision, Spock retorts that it was out of logic and then the whole bridge(minus Spock ofcourse) bursts into laughter until the credits play....ok.... but there were two men who died from the Galileo's crew and another from one of the search parties that went looking for them. With that in mind, I just can't help to think it was funny to have Kirk and McCoy dying of laughter(they were holding on to each other's arms...) while 3 men didn't make it back.