Most Irritating Scene ever in a film

"Yes, and what's not funny about that? "

Illogical question. Negations do not need explanations, only positives do. "Why are you not jetskiing in the Alps?" does not need an explanation, because you can't be everywhere at once, doing everything possible all the time (though I am not sure if it's even possible to 'jetski' in the Alps). Only what you are actually doing, requires an explanation, like "Why are you driving my car towards that tree?", for example.

The same goes for funniness. Things are "not funny" BY DEFAULT. That needs no explanation - that's just the way it is. Your question is the same as "What's not funny about that table lamp?". You can't really answer it very well, because the question itself is illogical - it doesn't make sense to ask it - it's like a broken question, that can never be answered.

The lamp is 'not funny' by default. The only honest answer would be: "Everything!". Though linguistically, it would become something odd, because now the statement would be: "Everything is not funny about that table lamp", implying that something IS funny about the table lamp in question.

The word "nothing" isn't any better - it would screw things again, because it would bring a double negative to the original question. The statement would now be: "Nothing is not funny about that lamp". Which would twist the meaning again, etc. I could go on, but I hope you get the point. This question CAN NOT BE ANSWERED, BECAUSE THE QUESTION ITSELF IS ILLOGICAL (or broken, if you will).

If something IS funny, then there has to be something that is funny about it. That is what requires explanation.

So, WHAT exactly is funny about repeating one word for a small eternity?

It's just repetition. I didn't hate the scene or anything, but I find it funny that so many people are flaming and defending a scene that consists of repeating a word multiple times. If that's humor, then why don't all the stand-up comedians simply repeat a word for an hour and leave followed by huge applause?

Why don't sitcoms simply repeat one word for 20 minutes between commercial breaks? Wouldn't that make it very easy for comedians and humor-makers?

Why would any other kind of 'real humor' even be needed, if THAT is what's funny?

No, it's not a funny scene. It's "slightly amusing at first" at best, and even that lasts for a very short time. Then it becomes irritating.

The premise is still promising - a bunch of people following etiquette blindly.

A similar scene appeared in "Seinfeld", but it had more variety, it was shorter, and it actually 'delivered'. George and Jerry were in a bar (I think this was the episode where George was wearing that Ski-lift pass or something), and one of the girls was named "Stacy". They each 'introduced' each other to each other, individually - and it kept going a bit even after that, in a natural progression.

I didn't find even that scene all -that- funny, but I agree with the original poster, that the 'doctor'-scene was a bit drawn out, and not actually very funny. I didn't mind it, it was slightly amusing, as I said, but it could have been a bit shorter and had more variety, and I did get a little bit impatient during that scene, seeing how utterly predictable it was going to be. And then it still kept going and going and going..

But I guess apes are easily amused - and IMDb is certainly proof that human beings on this planet are extremely rare. No wonder awful crap gets so much praise these days.. what can one expect, when the audiences are endlessly amused by endless repetition of one word!

elliot page

1. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight.I haven't watched this movie in awhile and I never knew that Ray Harryhausen was in it.
2. The more you know about comedy, the better this scene gets.
3. I seem to recall MASH -the movie- having s similar scene when Hawkeye and Duke arrive and are introduced around.
4. This has to be the best thread on IMDB.
5. Carry on.