A joke perfectly said onscreen or on the page. A comment, one-liner, punchline, or zinger that landed and stills makes you chuckle. What line is ageless?
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There are a few I find myself thinking about all the time.
“Hi I’m Harry, but then aren’t we all?”
“Never-mind”
And, of course, “Can’t we just get beyond Thunder Dome?”
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(and considering I just listened to his version on repeat from the album not too long ago, shame on me)
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…But the handwriting was the First Lady’s."
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“I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley!”
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I will forever get a kick out of this…
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How about an orphaned punchline?
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When I was about ten years old I discovered what I determined then – and still believe today – to be the funniest punch line ever written:
What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?
Makes me laugh out loud even after all these years.
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There is also an old Buddy Hackett joke, the punchline of which is –
“Pepper”
It’s just hilarious, believe me.
I know it doesn’t look like much, but it’s the way he says it, too.
No, I’m not gonna tell you the joke. This thread is just about punchlines.
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“She wouldn’t eat the mushrooms!” – Henny Youngman
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“Oh, sir! You’ve got it in your jacket!”
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Harold Ramis above made me think of-
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“You’re a liar! EVERYBODY has rain gutters!”
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Perhaps my favorite joke in Young Frankenstein (1974). Along with…
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My favorite joke in Young Frankenstein isn’t in the movie. It’s in the (not very funny otherwise) screenplay that Gene Wilder wrote before Mel Brooks seriously punched it up.
Victor walks down the train station platform and sitting on a bench is Dracula and the Wolf-Man. Victor looks at them, says “good morning,” they say “good morning” back, and he walks on as if it never happened.
That would have been so damn funny if Mel had kept it in, but my god would Igor have been annoying if he hadn’t done some major editing. Like every other line Igor butts in with a joke.
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