Funniest moment in TV history

Hey, it's off season. Sue me.

My nominee: Carol Burnett's Gone With the Wind satire.

In the story, Scarlett wants to seduce Rhett Butler, but she doesn't have anything suitable dramatic. Spotting some fancy curtains in her (practically gutted) house, she orders her servant to make her a dress from the curtain's fabric.

The satire of this scene used this costume:

(And the line, when Rhett asked where she got that dress, "Oh, it's something I saw in a window".)

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My runner-up is a scene that I haven't seen, but my parents have described, from The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Rob and Laura are having a baby. Laura is in the hospital. Throughout her stay, people keep coming into their room looking for the Peters. (The star's last name is Petrie). Nurses deliver flowers that are addressed to Mrs Peters. They get phone calls for the Peters. All kinds of things.

After the birth, once they've gone home, Rob (Dick van Dyke) slowly comes to the conclusion that the baby doesn't look like him. Or his wife, either. He becomes increasingly convinced that the hospital gave him the wrong baby.

He investigates, and he finds an old newspaper article saying that the same hospital got two babies switched 10 years ago. And there have been other mistakes over the years, too.

All his friends, and Mom, tell him he's wrong. But he's increasingly convinced.

Finally, he looks up Mr Peter's phone number. Calls him. Convinces him, over Mr. Peter's objections, of his theory that the babies have been switched by the hospital. He asks Mr. and Mrs. Peters to come over to his place, with the baby.

When he tells Laura he's done this, she's angry. She's convinced that this is the baby she gave birth to. But Rob tells her that it's too late now, and when she sees the right baby, then she'll know that he was right.

They're still arguing when the doorbell rings.

The Peters are black.

the Carol Burnett show was great, and that skit in paticular was very funny. I always liked anything with Ms. wiggins the dumb secretary in it.

and take heart, only 26 more days untill training camp!

Fraiser - There was an episode where Niles was trying to make dinner for someone (Spaghetti), he ends up cutting his finger and every time he looks at it he starts to pass out, starts a fire somehow, uses the water with the spaghetti to put the fire out, and end up passing out when he looks at his bleeding finger.

what about that episode of the newlywed show when the woman was asked where was the strangest place she and her husband had ever had sex her response was in the ass.

CBS or Fox? had the 20 funniest moments; here was 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLcJyEJ_Bn8

To the tune of The Flintstones:

Simpson, Homer Simpson,

He's the greatest guy in history.

From the...town of Springfield,

He's about to hit a chestnut tree.

Jim getting his driver's licence on Taxi always makes me laugh.

The Siamese Elephant bit on the Carol Burnette show is amazing.

CBS or Fox? had the 20 funniest moments; here was 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLcJyEJ_Bn8

i enjoyed that one :laugh:

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/57900/detail/

:laugh: anything with Walken in it is GOLD!

:laugh: anything with Walken in it is GOLD!

True, which made it hard for me to choose.

True, which made it hard for me to choose.

well i'm glad you chose that one since i'd never seen it before.

CBS or Fox? had the 20 funniest moments; here was 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLcJyEJ_Bn8

Sorry. Doesn't really do anything for me.

(I did like Walken, though. The guy's got a talent for the straight man.)

Hey, it's off season. Sue me.

My nominee: Carol Burnett's Gone With the Wind satire.

In the story, Scarlett wants to seduce Rhett Butler, but she doesn't have anything suitable dramatic. Spotting some fancy curtains in her (practically gutted) house, she orders her servant to make her a dress from the curtain's fabric.

The satire of this scene used this costume:

(And the line, when Rhett asked where she got that dress, "Oh, it's something I saw in a window".)

The whole skit

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wfv7QdLtKo8 Part 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0jlhwa_HfXk Part 2 (the window dress part )

Fraiser - There was an episode where Niles was trying to make dinner for someone (Spaghetti), he ends up cutting his finger and every time he looks at it he starts to pass out, starts a fire somehow, uses the water with the spaghetti to put the fire out, and end up passing out when he looks at his bleeding finger.

That was great stuff. Great comedy.

Fraiser - There was an episode where Niles was trying to make dinner for someone (Spaghetti), he ends up cutting his finger and every time he looks at it he starts to pass out, starts a fire somehow, uses the water with the spaghetti to put the fire out, and end up passing out when he looks at his bleeding finger.

Actually, I really liked the episode when he and Niles bought a restaurant. Great stuff.

I Love Lucy.

Too many episodes to name the funniest one.

Hey, it's off season. Sue me.

My nominee: Carol Burnett's Gone With the Wind satire.

In the story, Scarlett wants to seduce Rhett Butler, but she doesn't have anything suitable dramatic. Spotting some fancy curtains in her (practically gutted) house, she orders her servant to make her a dress from the curtain's fabric.

The satire of this scene used this costume:

(And the line, when Rhett asked where she got that dress, "Oh, it's something I saw in a window".) QUOTE]

I have to agree w/this one...it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV!..I could not stop laughing after this. Another one from this show was that crazy Tim Conway was playing the boss and Carol Burnett was playing his secretary..Miss Wiggins...and the way he said her name cracked me up...and all of the Mama's Family skits were hilarious!:applause:

Of recent history? Any SNL skit mocking the President from Hartman to Ferrell. Here's my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETKfCD1KbCg

Of all time? Abbott and Costello:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhyXzOayis

Dave Chappelle when he was the blind KKK leader.

:laugh:

I've never laughed harder while watching TV:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvIaViGe_zQ

Two words

Spurrier's lips

The episode of Frasier mentioned earlier had me in tears. For me, too many to count. But a few examples would be:

Any one of dozens of skits with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett show, (they used to crack each other up which made things even funnier).

Any one of dozens of skits done by the late,great Red Skelton on his show.

The "Dear Sigmund" episode of MASH for one, (though there were many others).

Pick a moment from the first season of Mork and Mindy.

Ect.....

Any one of dozens of skits with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett show, (they used to crack each other up which made things even funnier).

Those guys were some ad-libbing fools. Here's how I remember one particular scene:

Tim Conway (lying in hospital bed): He shot me with a double-barrelled shotgun!

Harvey Korman (standing): A double-barrelled shotgun? That's terrible!

Conway: Yes, a double-barrelled shotgun! (Ad-libbing now) AAAUUUGGGHHH!

Korman: What? What's the matter?

Conway (pointing at Korman's nose): Is that thing loaded?

Korman can't stop laughing long enough to get his next line out.

Steve Allen's work on the Tonight Show and the Westinghouse show was absolute gold. Too much too list.

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Besides Carol Burnett, some of the other funniest moments from the 70's would have to include Foster Brooks on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DYusPRre07k

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nqJn-lMgCtc&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n8L-ZZSc8JU&mode=related&search=

Another moment that brought me to tears was the Flip Wilson show where the Pips sang "Midnight Train to Georgia" without Gladys Knight. The camera keeps panning to an empty microphone when it was Gladys' turn to sing and nothing. Then you hear the Pips chime in with their part. Great stuff.