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Post by Buppster on Mar 1, 2018 19:36:33 GMT -5
The title asks the question. I haven't seen most of the earlier shorts yet so I'll reserve posting my own choice until after I've watched a few more of them but I have watched all of the MGM produced shorts and I can confidently predict that my choice for the funniest gag wasn't in any of those.
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Post by imnotallenhoskins on Mar 2, 2018 20:18:48 GMT -5
Yum yum eat 'em up
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Post by eternalstudent on Nov 12, 2018 21:27:33 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, I would have to say the cake in "Birthday Blues," Stymie trying to be both Uncle Tom and Topsy in "Spanky," the audience throwing food at the gang in the same episode, and the gang trying to ruin Spanky's performance in "Beginners Luck" (*some* people might be surprised to find out there's more to that episode than what happens to the mother at the end).
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Post by tboneator64 on Nov 13, 2018 1:02:54 GMT -5
Norman "Chubby" Chaney's love recitation and Dorothy De Borba's retorts in LOVE BUSINESS (1931). This never fails to crack me up! CHEERS!  |
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Post by Buppster on Nov 13, 2018 5:46:52 GMT -5
At thew moment I'm inclined towards Sherwood swapping clothes on the train in Choo-Choo! I like the mother's reaction when she realises that her 'daughter' is actually a boy and I also like the way Sherwood squares up to Brisbane, when Breezy calls him a sissy. But I may well change my mind at a later date.  |
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Post by dchord568 on Nov 15, 2018 0:09:53 GMT -5
I dearly love Our Gang, but I think my normal reaction to most of the films is mild amusement coupled with a very warm feeling, simply because most of them are so well-done and the kids are so great.
Actual laugh-out-loud moments? Few are jumping immediately to mind. One would be Spanky's trip down the stairs on the chair cushion in "Forgotten Babies." Sort of an Oliver Hardy fall in miniature; you might say it's the reverse of what happens to Ollie in "Brats." We even have Spanky doing his own version of Ollie's typical "falling" sound.
Spanky's battle with James Finlayson in "Mush and Milk" also brings multiple laughs, but really they're mostly courtesy of Fin, who never fails to absolutely crack me up whenever he's on screen.
And yes, despite all the nonsense that has swirled around "Beginner's Luck" in the past few years (courtesy of one very sad individual), the scenes with Spanky stumbling about the stage with his helmet's visor down are genuinely funny, abetted no doubt by the contagious laughter of the crowd.
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Post by malaria on Feb 25, 2019 14:22:59 GMT -5
Finlayson is credited as the inventor of "d'oh." The infamous "weep-wah" cake of Birthday Blues, though. Maltin described the sound as akin to a "tired foghorn." This followed by the chase scene, Mickey Daniels vs. Stymie, at the amusement park in "Fish Hooky." |
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Post by dchord568 on Feb 27, 2019 2:09:29 GMT -5
I just thought of another scene that actually makes me laugh out loud. In "Pay as You Exit," Spanky is doing his old strong man routine to stall for time. Offstage, Porky is adding realism by dropping a cannonball off a ledge every time Spanky puts down one of his "weights."
At one point, Spanky mops his brow with a handkerchief and throws the hanky on the ground — also to the accompaniment of the sound effect.
Makes me chuckle now just thinking of it.
P.S. Welcome to the board, malaria! I'm enjoying your contributions.
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Post by malaria on Feb 27, 2019 20:46:11 GMT -5
LOL. TYVM; enjoy yours as well. Anything Finlayson-related is worth its weight in gold.
The amazing descent of the "taxi" in Free Wheeling, including the cop who goes flying into the air, and the workmen who get punched out by the boxing glove.
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