For me, it was in the restaurant with the sudden scream and the cover up to explain it.
shareYeah, "what do you mean a mouse? It was a rat with hair on it!" That was pretty funny. To pick a single moment that I find the funniest, that's hard, but I like it when the Kirbys have to listen to Kolenkhov and all Grandpa can say is "don't mind him, he's a Russian and the Russians are inclined to look on the dark side of everything".
shareI found the restuarant scene the funniest too, it was perfectly done!
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The restaurant scene, no question.
This is where the magic happens... and by "magic", I mean nothing.
Another great one, Grandpa's conversation with the income tax man, I LOVED that, 'well why not, have they got fences?' 'No, they haven't got fences, they've got LAWS, HOLY SMOKES! I've never run across anything like this before!'
shareI'd have to agree. Just saw the movie for the first time, and that line cracked me up. Barrymore was having a great time with the scene (he personally hated the income tax in real life, too) and even thinking about the line writing this makes me chuckle.
shareWhen the Russian wrestles Mr Kirby to the floor. That was unexpected and violent! I loved the fireworks explosion shortly after that closely followed by the prostitutes checking out Mrs Kirby as a high class hooker.
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When the Russian wrestles Mr Kirby to the floor. That was unexpected and violent!
The court room scene. The judge stole the show. Especially with his smirking and throwing money into the pot.
Mirror inspector is a job I could really see myself doing.
One overlooked but hysterical line occurs after the fireworks have exploded and they've all been thrown in jail. Grandpa says to Mr. Kirby, "Well, you did come on the wrong night, you know," as though that was the problem!
shareWell it WAS the problem, for Mr. Kirby anyway, and being arrested didn't seem to be a problem for the Sycamores.
shareAnother great line that is easily overlooked is when Jimmy Stewart and the Count (or whatever royalty he was) are discussing family trees, and the Count asks Jean Arthur about hers and Jimmy remarks, "Well, sycamores are trees." More clever than funny, but it was a great line.
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