Top 20 Scenes Where Actors Couldn't Keep a Straight Face

welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 scenes where actors couldn't keep a straight face [Music] [Applause] hello clarice it's good to see you again for this list we're taking a look at scenes that were so funny that the actors couldn't help but crack up or smile even if only fleetingly rather than being banished to a blooper reel though these instances ultimately made the cut anyway we're excluding any moments that aired live did we miss any of your favorite moments let us know in the comments if you like what you're hearing be sure to check out the full song at the link below [Music] number 20 son of a [ __ ] supernatural you know the things cursed don't you you'd be surprised what some people would pay for something like that really it may be a supernatural drama but this series sometimes catches the audience off guard with its sense of humor jared padalecki was also caught off guard when co-star jensen ackles delivered this inspired bit of improv just as sam and dean's luck starts to turn around they find that their winning tickets have been stolen by bella according to padalecki the scene was supposed to simply end with the brothers watching bella drive off apples decided to add a little something extra however unleashing an unscripted outburst son of a [ __ ] although padalecki does his best to hide his reaction you can still spot him licking his lips and cracking grin before turning his head away from the camera number 19 the most annoying sound in the world dumb and dumber we usually don't pick up hitchhikers but i'm gonna go with my instinct on this one saddle up partner some of the best bits from dumb and dumber were improvised and the scene is perhaps the most ingenious stuck in the middle of harry and lloyd's juvenile antics henchmen mental tries to keep his hostile tendencies under control just as tensions begin to dwindle down jim carrey randomly segues into making the most annoying sound in the world hey want to hear the most annoying sound in the world guys the camera cuts to mental's frustrated expressions so quickly that most viewers miss jeff daniels biting his lips while trying to restrain his laughter clearly he had no idea what was coming the film's trailer actually gives us a longer look at daniel's reaction as he slowly collects himself and gets in on the screaming match number 18 ice cream the ringer maybe i should just accept the fact that i can't win and stop lying to lynn and everybody else arguably the funniest moment from this comedy was ad-libbed which seems to be a recurring theme for this list the film centers on a man who pretends to be mentally challenged in order to compete in the special olympics and eventually befriends his fellow contenders after the guys stay out past their curfew the person responsible for them cooks up an excuse about getting ice cream glenn blows their cover though when he lets out this hilarious line you stopped off for ice cream when the did we get ice cream the delivery is also pitch perfect as glenn sounds genuinely confused and irritated over the lack of ice cream it's so hysterical that star johnny knoxville visually breaks out in laughter before the camera cuts back to catherine heigl did you get ice cream number 17 the gang loses it it's always sunny in philadelphia all right all right it's always sunny has a plethora of priceless outtakes but sometimes you can catch the cast breaking character in the final product while there are too many instances to single out just one creator and star rob mcgellany is perhaps the most susceptible to cracking up i had him in the palm of my hand and then he was gone you know what i mean i mean this guy would have been perfect for you co-star charlie day has also struggled to maintain a straight face on occasion although he usually tries to hide his giggles from the camera we especially love this scene where the gang drowns their sorrows huffing a jug of gasoline don't try this at home and caitlyn olsen says the most childishly brilliant line imaginable pass it pass it pass the gas none of the actors are able to keep it together and we don't blame them number 16 hello clarice the cable guy jim carrey strikes again on our countdown with yet another improvised scene weirdly enough this moment also involves a chicken at a medieval restaurant the cable guy sits down to a meal with his new best friend stephen can i have your skin sure since steven isn't going to eat his chicken skin the cable guy seizes the opportunity to play with his food co-star matthew broderick is completely unprepared as carrie drapes his face with the skin and reenacts the scene from the silence of the lambs hello clarice it's good to see you again as is the case with much of the film the audience isn't sure whether to laugh or be disturbed it obviously tickled broderick's funny bone however as he can't conceal his grin number 15. i hated the colonel so i married an axe murderer this black comedy isn't one of mike meyer's more popular outings but it does have a scottish character who is basically a predecessor to shrek and fat bastard would you like some chicken i've got more so whenever the film shifts focus to stuart mackenzie played by myers in a dual role the results are always comedic gold stewart is a loudmouth conspiracy nut who believes colonel sanders was part of an all-powerful secret organization that controls the world he also insists the colonel sneaks an addictive chemical into his chicken dad how can you hate the colonel because he puts an addictive chemical this chicken that makes you cleave your fortnightly smartars a steward goes off on this insane tirade actor anthony lapaglia does his best to sip his beer and not along but just can't hold back his ungovernable smirk i hated the colonel with his wee beady eyes and that smug look on his face oh you're gonna buy my chicken oh number 14 leather pants third rock from the sun hello oh my god having spent several seasons on snl jane curtin knows how to keep her cool under the funniest of circumstances even she couldn't stay composed in this priceless third rock from the sun scene though to complete his gorgeous new look dick squeezes himself into a pair of leather pants the squeaking of the trousers is already enough to push curtain to the verge of giggling what was that what when john lithgow gets up and starts walking around curtin can no longer keep her snickers under wraps what did laurie say when you talk to her the moment proved so humorous that the camera cuts away as curtin struggles to deliver her next line then as lithgow exits the room she totally gives in to the hilarity number 13 big-ass forehead fast and furious 6. we building the car first car better be a charger jack you mean skyline the fast and furious movies might not have the most complex characters but nobody can deny that the chemistry between the cast is nothing short of phenomenal it's always a blast watching these actors work off of each other particularly in this scene at a barbecue roman makes a crack about the macho hobbs requiring baby oil dwayne johnson retaliates with an unscripted comeback about roman's large forehead hey mia you better hide your baby all right i'm just playing you better hide that big-ass forehead i was his joke where tyrese gibson manages to stay in character chris ludacris bridges is unable to keep his drink down we honestly never expected to see ludacris do a spit take but that's exactly why this moment is such a happy accident number 12 super cops beverly hills cop i did not know what was going on i was watching the show having fun the success of this buddy cop comedy can largely be attributed to eddie murphy and his co-stars who ad-libbed some of the film's funniest lines apparently numerous takes were ruined because the cast and crew couldn't contain themselves murphy reportedly took his first sip of coffee ever before shooting this improvised scene that would certainly explain why axel foley sounds so energized as he covers for detectives rosewood and taggart foley crafts a phony story that paints his fellow officers as super cops i don't know what you teach these fellows but they're not just regular cops okay they're super cops actor john ashton begins to unravel after a while pinching and lowering his face to keep his chuckles inside fortunately he's able to control his emotions enough to scarcely get through the scene number 11 ufo speech easy writer while filming the campfire scene in easy rider it was reported that actor dennis hopper had attempted to get co-star jack nicholson stoned it becomes evident that hopper most likely accomplished his goal when during george hansen's ufo speech nicholson suddenly bursts out into laughter now the result of this has been that the venusians have contacted people at all walks of life all walks of life although it looks as though they kept the cameras rolling the scene actually continues on the next take considering the fact that nicholson was reciting a seemingly absurd speech about aliens will give him a pass for not keeping a straight face number 10 hotel bellboy transylvania 6 5000. you want three before his sitcom tenure michael richards was playing the oddest oddballs you could can smell imagine it's fresh in this draculin stein farce richard plays feijo's a butler whose hijinks weird out hotel guests but crack out actors this good is nice richards improvised parts of his role using puppets banana peels and other props of his own accord to get laughs out of his on-screen associates especially jeff goldblum things aren't always as they seem in transylvania so who's really pulling whose leg that's a little bit do it again number nine meeting frank the pug men in black that's the worst disguise ever that guy's definitely an alien in this classic sci-fi comedy agents k and j played by will smith and tommy lee jones respectively meet frank an alien informant disguised as a pug what do you know i know nothing not a thing while interrogating frank who is in fact played by a real trained adorable dog named mushu jones becomes self-aware and cracks a big one it's a cinematic moment that proves even the most veteran actors can't hold themselves together when they're talking to a dog you don't like it you can kiss my furry little butt number eight warming up anchorman 2 the legend continues have a great broadcast you too darling in the first scene of ron burgundy's second big screen feature a newscaster husband and wife team played by will ferrell and christina applegate practiced their diction and scales before delivering the night's top stories meanwhile farrell takes comedy to the next level and octave grab the children while trying to warm up applegate gets helplessly distracted by farrell's uproarious preparation method and cracks a few smiles between her oohs and corning stones believe it or not this was the most serious take they got grab the children save the children number seven the waxing the 40 year old virgin in an effort to be more attractive to the ladies steve carell goes for a chest waxing at his friend's suggestion for this scene corral volunteered to actually have his bare chest bare waxed ignorant of how insanely painful it would be oh i'm sorry i'm sorry that's just your job by his natural reaction to scream out whatever random thought entered his mind we can tell it hurt a lot his co-worker buddies played by paul rudd seth rogen and romani malco as well as the waxing lady forego their directions to pity him and instead laugh at his agony you [ __ ] oh i hate you i hate you so much that one hurt that one hurt just as much as the first one number six toilet humor american pie hey kevin you seen a shipwreck lately why what did you do to him high school senior finch played by eddie k thomas has a crippling fear of going number two on school grounds i don't think he's gonna have a problem [ __ ] in school anymore slipped a little something into his mochaccino his rival stiffler pranks him by slipping an ungodly amount of laxatives into his mochaccino oh my god you can see where this is going in this paragon of toilet humor finch spends the next few minutes soiling his own reputation as everyone can hear his moans and groans from outside joni um is that you towards the end thomas slips out of character acknowledging the scene's absurdity and gives us a small knowing smirk number five the younglings star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith not even the younglings survived in any given film not every written line is perfect padme anakin has turned to the dark side that rule goes for episode 3 of the star wars trilogy in which anakin skywalker breaks bad and becomes darth vader ewan mcgregor who plays anakin's once mentor obi-wan kenobi gets the honor of delivering one such imperfect line informing padme of anakin's descent into darkness i have seen a security hologram of him killing younglings mcgregor takes a moment to finish the awkward melodramatic line and covers his mouth as if to keep from smiling hey whatever gets us to the next fight scene he couldn't he was deceived by a lie we all were number four dr strangelove's out of control arm dr strangelove radioactivity would never penetrate a mine some thousands of feet deep there are mad scientists who can't control their arms and then there are actors who can't control their expressions during one of the funniest scenes in stanley kubrick's cold war satire former nazi scientist dr strangelove played by a brilliant peter sellers struggles to manage a right arm that still compulsively hails his fuhrer standing right behind him is peter bull who drops a nice big grin as sellers farcical performance might cause anyone to do number three ross plays the bagpipes friends david schwimmer is known for some hilarious antics as ross on the sitcom friends unbelievable why is your family scottish why is your family ross in this classic bit he whips out his bagpipe and plays his best rendition of celebration okay now uh remember i'm still learning [Music] schwimmer's novice playing is supposed to make his friends uncomfortable but as lisa kudrow joins him with what she believes are the lyrics jennifer aniston gives up and hides her amusement behind her hands [Music] [Applause] [Music] as shown by the outtakes it was a miracle to get any of the friends to keep a straight face in this scene number two line up the usual suspects all right you all know the drill when your number is called step forward and repeat the phrase you've been given understand in this classic crime mystery the usual suspects are lined up and asked to read a line then crack up at stephen baldwin and benicio del toro's mocking interpretations and especially del toro's uncontrollable bout of flatulence scripted as a serious scene director brian singer spent a whole day filming the lineup becoming frustrated when the actors continually lost self-control eventually he scrapped his original plan and used the funniest takes instead we couldn't be happier that he did [Laughter] before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you'll have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one she used to fart in her sleep goodwill hunting but i think that's a super philosophy world that way you can go through your entire life without ever having to really know anybody even in dramatic roles robin williams couldn't hold himself back from seizing an opportunity for hilarious improvisation my wife used to fart when she was nervous during a short respite in this scene between williams playing a therapist and matt damon as his stubborn patient williams catches damon completely off guard with an inventive anecdote about romance and flatulence he was used to farting asleep somebody i shared that with you one night it was so loud about the dog the scene is a standout of organic and revealing laughter by two actors in modern cinema that only an actor like robin williams could bring out she woke up and got like oh is that you see i didn't have the heart to tell yes organic and revealing is referring to damon's pig squeal oh nice do you agree with our picks let us know in the comments and hey if you're a fan of the song playing right now be sure to check out the music video for it right here [Music] circles

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Length: 19min 18sec (1158 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 07 2021