What's the most explosive laughter you've ever heard in a movie theater?
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My own, listening to Pierce Brosnan butcher ABBA songs in Momma Mia. I laughed so hard I really thought I might hurt myself or pass out. I'm quite sure nobody around me could figure out what I thought was so damn funny. 
My own, listening to Pierce Brosnan butcher ABBA songs in Momma Mia. I laughed so hard I really thought I might hurt myself or pass out. I'm quite sure nobody around me could figure out what I thought was so damn funny.
I didn't see it in the theater but I cringed when I heard it at home.
Same goes for Russell Crowe in Les Mis, even moreso because he actually can sing.
Will Farrell’s cameo at the end of Wedding Crashers.
and also at a rerelease night
“Yes this is true; this man has no d—k.”
and also at a rerelease night
“Yes this is true; this man has no d—k.”
And then Fred Thompson stepped in.
In a world where scientists played by Tommy Lee Jones require the definition of ''magma''.....
In a world where scientists played by Tommy Lee Jones require the definition of ''magma''.....
TV shows do that every episode where characters tell other characters things they already know for the sake of the audience. Or constantly refer to their lifelong friends or longtime co-workers by their full name.
There was a TNG episode where Troi had to explain technobabble to Data and Geordi. To Data and Geordi!
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The scene in the first Avengers movie when Hulk grabbed Loki in mid-dialogue like a rag-doll… That was classic!
‘Puny God’
Cheers,
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‘Puny God’
Cheers,
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I sense bulldung. Not on your part, though. If you name the episode, I'll rewatch it and get a good laugh.
I've seen that full-name shtick on a soap opera or too. And wasn't Michael York's Basil from AUSTIN POWERS labelled as the Exposition Guy as well?
I don't recall the episode. Marina Sirtis was talking about it at a convention, but I can't find the YouTube clip.
Similar to that bit in The Hunt for Red October when Jonesy says "I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny." That's exactly the same!
IIRC it was his actual last name. Basil Exposition.
I think the single greatest experience I've had in a theater was Jackass: The Movie.
When Steve-O jumped into a ceiling fan from a trampoline, everyone was howling. That was the autumn of 2002, as I recall, and I was newly single and my buddy and I grabbed the last two seats for the screening. That was just ... it's a memory that I'll hold onto forever.
Edit: Jesus fucking Christ, October 2002 was the month I became a mod here. Okay. I'm old.
When Steve-O jumped into a ceiling fan from a trampoline, everyone was howling. That was the autumn of 2002, as I recall, and I was newly single and my buddy and I grabbed the last two seats for the screening. That was just ... it's a memory that I'll hold onto forever.
Edit: Jesus fucking Christ, October 2002 was the month I became a mod here. Okay. I'm old.
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I'd forgotten it was Kent McCord in that movie. He was always so serious in Adam-12 and even on Galactica 1980.You have got to try Zero Hour!. Most of the dialogue in Airplane! is taken WORD FOR WORD from it. Most surreal experience of my life.
And this bit:
"So you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur. Even though I was under Dunn."
There's some laughter right there.
Especially when he tries to do accents.
There was a storyline in One Life to Live waaay back when, when a character named Barbara-somebody (I forget her last name) came on. Barbara was a nurse, and for weeks, everyone referred to her as "Nurse Barbara (Lastname)."
Someone wrote about that in one of the soap magazines, mentioning how annoying it was. And how lucky that she was just a nurse. Could you imagine the other characters having to call her "Nuclear physicist Barbara ______" every single time they mentioned her?
"Star Trek Generations"... The saucer section rips through the atmosphere; skates across a mile or more of planetary surface, finally grinding to a halt. There's a moment of stunned silence in the audience. Being a smart-a$$ I pull a Steve Urkle impression and say loud and clear, "Did I do that?" The audience lost it! I'm still devilishly proud of that "riff"!
Well done. When I saw X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, I saw it in two separate theater showings over three days. (Since my best friend was only available for the second.) Having previously seen and heard it, I was prepared to insert an extra line during its archival footage. Here's what went down:
JFK: ''We will not permit the Russians to install any nuclear missiles in Cuber!''
Me: ''CUBA!!!!''
The reaction was satisfying. My friend whispered ''You dissed the President!''
40 minutes later, when Magneto killed Kevin Bacon, my ''This is for FOOTLOOSE'' fell comparatively flat. Nobody knows everything.
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The first one that comes to mind is the live action George of the Jungle with Brendan Fraser - "You're arguing with the narrator."
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