Mine happens to be when Tootsie is staying over at Julie's father's house and in bed with her..dressed in a long nightie, curlers, face powder..the lot!!! There is a flicker of horror on Julie's face as she turns to see Tootsie.
Just go with the flow like a twig on the shoulders of a mighty stream.
My favourite is the cattle prod line..."zap him in his badoobies" and Jessica Lange snorts with laughter....so funny
share-The Michael/Dorothy coming clean revelation during the live episode. Priceless! Especially the stuttering: "and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just owe it all up to her."
-"What kind of mother would I be if I didn't give my girls tits... tips?"
-Sandy: Michael, are you gay?
Michael: In what sense?
-Michael Dorsey: Are you saying that nobody in New York will work with me?
George Fields: No, no, that's too limited... nobody in Hollywood wants to work with you either. I can't even set you up for a commercial. You played a *tomato* for 30 seconds - they went a half a day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down.
Michael Dorsey: Of course. It was illogical.
George Fields: YOU WERE A TOMATO. A tomato doesn't have logic. A tomato can't move.
Michael Dorsey: That's what I said. So if he can't move, how's he gonna sit down, George? I was a stand-up tomato: a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato. Nobody does vegetables like me. I did an evening of vegetables off-Broadway. I did the best tomato, the best cucumber... I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass.
-John Van Horne: Does Jeff know?
-Rita: I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back?
Cameraman: How do you feel about Cleveland?
-Julie: [answering phone] Hello?
Dorothy: That's a corncob.
Sandy: Wish me luck.
Michael Dorsey: *beep* you.
Sandy: Thanks.
Michael Dorsey: You know, I could lay a big line on you and we could do a lot of role-playing, but the simple truth is, is that I find you very interesting and I'd really like to make love to you.
Jeff: I think we're getting into a weird area here.
"I want to believe that the dead are not lost to us."
-Julie: [answering phone] Hello?
Dorothy: That's a corncob.
Actually, I hate those lines, and the whole thing with Jessica picking up a corncob by mistake. I don't find it funny, or necessary for the scene. I've always found it not up to par with the rest of the film -- as demonstrated by the other examples you gave that were true classics.
You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi
This movie is just STUFFED (ha ha) with funny moments. Dustin Hoffman as Dorothy has been shopping for clothes all afternoon and is loaded down with shopping bags. He waves down a taxicab and a skinny little "geek" man steals the cab by jumping in ahead of Dorothy.
Dorothy shouts, "I was here first," belts the geek with shopping bags and throws the geek out of the cab. Just as the cab is pulling away, Dorothy tosses the geek's briefcase out the window and calls out in a very sweet falsetto voice, "Thank you!"
I also love the interplay between Sindey Pollock and Dustin Hoffman in the Russian Tea Room...."I begged you to get some therapy!"
For some reason, Bill Murray's comment about Dorothy's hair on her first day to work, "You've got a Howard Johnson's thing going on here" cracks me up!
I love the scene where Michael is coaching Sandy for her audition on Southwest General...not only does it seamlessly set up the rest of the movie, it's just a great scene. Funny, and kind of sad at the same time...because you realize Sandy just isn't that strong an actress and she's never gonna get the part. And there's this whole emotional undercurrent that tells you so much about the relationship between the two characters (due to the excellent acting of the stars).
sharejosebut8, I totally agree with what you posted. Especially, Funny, and kind of sad at the same time...because you realize Sandy just isn't that strong an actress and she's never gonna get the part.
And that really takes GOOD acting on Teri Garr's part, to portray so well, an actress who really isn't that good.
Your mentioning this scene also reminds me of the great line it ends on. Sandy, goaded by Michael, has gotten angry and given a decent reading of her lines. She asks how she will be able to get it back tomorrow for the audition. Michael says, "I'll pick you up at 10:00 and enrage you."
You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi
I've got to go with the scene where Michael (Dustin Hoffman) is talking with his agent (Sydney Pollack) near the end. You know what scene I'm talking about. The scene where they are having the confusing argument where they are saying things like (paraphrasing of course) "Does he know Dorothy's a lesbian?" "Dorothy's not a lesbian!" "I know that, but does he know that?"
That great banter is what puts this film in a class with the great screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s.
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"That's a corn cob!"
Finally watched it yesterday for the first time and had to watch that part three times. LMFAO Still cracking up every time I think about it... :D
This film is rammed with great scenes. Everything with Dustin and Sydney is gold. But for me, the scene that sticks with me the most, and the one that still gets me is... and it's not a funny one...
The ending: Where he confronts Julie and says; "The hard parts over, y'know? We were already good friends." When Julie throws her arm around him as they're walking away it made my heart jump when I saw the film as a kid, and it still does now.
Every scene with Bill Murray. "I don't like when somebody comes up to me the next day and says, "Hey, man, I saw your play. It touched me; I cried." I like it when a guy comes up to me a week later and says, "Hey, man, I saw your play... what happened?"
"I think we're getting into a weird area here."
"I'm just afraid you're going to burn in hell for all this."
And of course I love the scene when Dorothy stays at Julie's father's house for the weekend. The entire montage is wonderful and seems to take a break from the rest of the film. Julie's articulation of why she chose her wallpaper is beautiful.
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Mine was where Julie was telling Dorothy her greatest fantasy would be for some man in a bar to just come up to her & tell her straight out that he would want to make love to her. So, in the next scene we see, Michael runs into Julie at a bar, & remembering what she said was her greatest fantasy was, gives her the line word by word, only to have Julie throw her martini right into his face!!!
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Mine is the scene after the big secret is out and Michael is walking through the park and sees a MIME trying to balance himself and pushes him over. Now that's FUNNY!
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