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Courtroom Scenes

posted 16 years ago by digartetc
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I've always been particularly fond of the court room scenes. They're very funny, very well written and performed with great comic "panache"! I've always loved the scene where Oscar, so enraged after being humiliated by Felix just gathers up all the papers on the desk and flings them all over the place in a fit of rage. I laugh out loud every time I see it.

Some classic dialog and lines:

Mr. Madison, now will you please tell the court why there was an extra ticket!

Can I object?

No.

Because I couldn't get a date.

Louder please!

Because I couldn't get a date!

And how hard did you try?

I TRIED VEEERY HAAAAAAARD!

How many girls did you call?

When you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME!

Sew buttons!

The famed Fondue fork!

On and on classics! Anyone elses favs?

[–] Stubby-9 16 years ago

Felix: You may slink away....

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"If intelligence equals power, you sir, are a weakling" Stubby-9

[–] fuggedaboudit 16 years ago

It was a Pluto ashtray!!!

"Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go fill my freezer with my own blood"

[–] digartetc 16 years ago

You make me sick..get off the stand!

[–] Stubby-9 16 years ago

"I'm going to take a few minutes to decide this case....
and then I'm going to decide if I still want to be a judge."

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"If intelligence equals power, you sir, are a weakling" Stubby-9

[–] digartetc 16 years ago

yes! that actor who played the judge..or as he corrected Oscar..night court magistrate, was great.

If it may please the court your honor..

It doesn't but go ahead

[–] tmaj48 16 years ago

Felix to the "Wonder Dog"'s trainer, a frustrated actor: Isn't it true that
you were the laughingstock of summer stock?

Judge to Felix, trying to move things along: I have killers patiently waiting.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

[–] joasiafly 16 years ago

My favorite courtroom line - delivered very melodramatically by Felix:

"J'ACCUSE!" (I accuse!)

This is a reference to the famous article written by the French writer Emile Zola in defense of Alfred Dreyfus..

It's all the more funny because the Felix's court case is a bug on the windshield of life compared to the Dreyfus affair, where a French officer was accused of treason, but most likely was a scapegoat on the altar of anti-semitism.

[–] RobBase086-1 15 years ago

It was ok but my favorite is Sleepwaker. I bust up laughing everytime Felix gets hit in the head with a magazine or newspaper by Oscar.

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[–] 15 years ago

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[–] RobBase086-1 15 years ago

I am not sure to be honest with you if Ralph Nader had anything to do with it.

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[–] purplerush44 15 years ago

F: Judge, how would you feel if someone printed naked pictures of your wife?
Judge: SURPRISED!

Murray to Judge: We were on vacation.
Judge to Murray: Where did you go?
M : Detroit.
J: Why Detroit?
M: We were sick of Cleveland.

Felix to Judge: Are you hearing this?
Judge: Can I help it?

[–] pepperdoggie 15 years ago

Judge: Mr. Unger, we have two choices: Guilty or not guilty. Justice has a very short menu.

Felix: They ARE obscene! I'm an obscene photographer!

(The scene that follows is classic ... a jury made almost completely of men gets to look at a naked photo of Gloria that's slated to go in Playboy. They're leering and laughing and nudging each other as they pass the photo along, until finally the last guy remembers that the 12th juror is a very prim and proper spinster type; he shrinks in embarrassment and slips her the photo. She glances at the photo, looks up at Felix with a sweet smile and says, "You haven't got a prayer.")

[–] candrew088 15 years ago

Mr Madison, approximately how much a month do you spend on potato chips?

[–] geo1284060 14 years ago

Felix: Mr Madison, how much of your income do you spend on gambling?

Oscar: A small percentage

Felix: A small percentile. Would you care to say 10 to 20 percent, 20 to 30 percent. Perhaps fifty. Is it not a fact that you spend 61 percent of your income on gambling?

Oscar: That's about right

Felix: That's EXACTLY right.

Felix: Mr. Madison, are you married?

Oscar: I'm divorced.

Felix: I don't wonder. How far behind are you in your alimony payments?

Oscar: A few weeks

Felix: A few weeks. Would you care to guess how many weeks?

Oscar: Forty seven.

Felix: FORTY SEVEN!

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

The courtroom scenes may have been a nod to Jack Klugman costarring in the 1957 movie "12 Angry Men" as Juror Five.

[–] hoosiersfan2011 10 years ago

The first-season episode "The Jury Story" is definitely a parody of 12 Angry Men. The story in the episode is basically the same as the movie. Eleven jurors vote for guilty. One holdout votes for not guilty, and he eventually brings around the others to his point of view. One difference is, in "The Jury Story" the jury is sequestered, and new acquaintances Oscar and Felix spend their first night as roommates in a hotel.

[–] pepperdog61 10 years ago

It should be noted that Tony Randall also had some experience with courtroom drama: In the 1950s he played the H.L. Mencken-derived character in the original Broadway production of "Inherit the Wind."

[–] stones78 9 years ago

I found that courtroom scene kinda dull.

[–] ralpmg 9 years ago

I always try to say . " You seen my razzle now you are going to see my dazzle ".