You can pick three easily from Fawlty Towers alone or the Monty Python movies. Then you have the only fool's set pieces. It is an impossible job. I did laugh a lot at the scene from The Naked Gun when Leslie Nielson had his mic still on when he went to the toilet.
Fawlty Towers - When Basil has to explain to the doctor how he managed to deliver breakfast in bed to a guest without realising he was dead.
"This is a hotel, not a Burma railway!"
BF - "If the guest isn't singing 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning' when I deliver their breakfast, I don't just assume, oh theres another one snuffed it in the night"
Too many but 2 (that probably don’t qualify as one is a sketch and one radio commentary) that never fail to leave me in tears of laughter are monty pythons special olympics and the Johnathan Agnew/Brian Johnston ‘legover’ commentary. An often under appreciated series called Roger Roger, written by John Sullivan has a couple of brilliant moments. But perhaps it just clicks with me as can’t get a box set anywhere.
Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau lighting a roman candle thinking its a normal candle and, as it goes off in his hand..... 'what kind of a candle is thees?'.
That first scene from The Usual Suspects where they're in the suspect line-up is a great kind of unexpected funny that had me in stitches.
Edit: On reflection, nowhere near top funniest though... so:
Peep Show: "Super Hans has taken 4 grams of coke to relax him for his speech...' 'It didn't relax him?'... Inbetweeners: When Jay is describing his caravan orgy Extras: Patrick Stewart "...and her clothes fell off?"... "instantly" (already mentioned)
Big Train. Prince stalking the jockeys The first appearance of Papa Lazarou with his foot in the door also LOG “excuse me has anybody got any orange juice”
Honourable mention to Psychoville Tina Turner and Chris Morris Jam doctor slapping his cock on his belly jumping up n down
Larry David is an absolute genius. Curb is worthy of three in it's own right. Here's another three six on top of those already mentioned: Larry, you've got a racist dog Swan Killer Weatherman and the golf course Teriyaki chicken boy Pissing on Jesus Trouser Tent
The Inbetweeners scene where Simon is trying to talk to dirty to Tara. The line ‘I’m going to f*** your f***ing fanny off you twat’ gets me every time. Used it on Mrs AUN a couple of times and luckily she gets the reference.
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"This is a hotel, not a Burma railway!"
Famalam - 17th Century Nudes.
Porky`s - Principles Office.
Campfire scene. Blazing Saddles
Open bar, OFAH.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again - "Does your dog bite" (Bellow)
OFAH - Trigger's broom
An often under appreciated series called Roger Roger, written by John Sullivan has a couple of brilliant moments. But perhaps it just clicks with me as can’t get a box set anywhere.
Neg’s Knock Door Don’t Run is gold.
https://youtu.be/gW8Q_XSGHZU
"Don't mention the war"
"Don't tell him Pike"
And not so much a scene as a running joke, the episode of Big Train featuring George Martin endlessly talking about The Beatles
Could list 20 straight off from OFAH and similar for Peep Show and the Office.
More random one- Hello Ladies (Steve Marchant) wedding scene when the young child flicks a toy into his soup.
Mum “Argh what’s he like”
Marchant “He’s like a c***”
All the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.
Chandelier.
Edit: On reflection, nowhere near top funniest though... so:
Peep Show: "Super Hans has taken 4 grams of coke to relax him for his speech...' 'It didn't relax him?'...
Inbetweeners: When Jay is describing his caravan orgy
Extras: Patrick Stewart "...and her clothes fell off?"... "instantly" (already mentioned)
Blackadder goes forth: How the war began.
Airplane: the running gag "I chose the wrong week to quit..."
But I couldn't really choose three
The first appearance of Papa Lazarou with his foot in the door
also LOG “excuse me has anybody got any orange juice”
Honourable mention to Psychoville Tina Turner and Chris Morris Jam doctor slapping his cock on his belly jumping up n down
Curb, car wash c***, crazy eyes killer, beloved c***. Take your pick
Larry, you've got a racist dog
Swan Killer
Weatherman and the golf course
Teriyaki chicken boy
Pissing on Jesus
Trouser Tent
This is Spinal Tap - Lick My Love Pump
Best In Show - the dog show commentators. Fred Willard is a comedy genius, that scene pretty much completely improvised.
Can’t stop myself dropping this into a conversation if the opportunity arises.