About the only thing as certain and death or taxes if you write a Life Coaching blog is that if it’s read by more than a dozen or so people, you’ll attract some strange comments from time to time that will leave you open-mouthed.
The last post was a case in point. Not only did I get accused of Christian based negativity towards witches (whatever that is) in the comments, but the women/witch then pointed out on Twitter I was guilty of hate crimes toward witches and pagans.
Okkkkk, you may want to step away from the cauldron and put the eye of bat down now because I think you’ve had too much.
I toyed with writing a long post on how easy it is to take offense if you’re constantly looking for things to take offense about, but then thought, nah screw it, laughing is much better.
If you want to read about being offended you can check out How To Be Offended, a post I wrote some while ago after some rather aggressive e-mails from a blog reader.
I was going to post the 10 movie scenes that made me laugh the most, but after 2 hours trawling YouTube I was struggling to narrow it down below about 75. So instead I decided as so many people liked the link to the Hitch clip I posted on the first a.o.b. post I’d go for what I consider after some serious thought to be the 10 funniest dance scenes ever.
Tropic Thunder
If you didn’t know this was Tom Cruise you probably wouldn’t have guessed so amazing was the make-up. The film was so-so and it’s a shame that this scene happened right at the end. I bet a lot of people were leaving the movie theater when this burst forth and stole the show.
Airplane
Simply a classic although apologies that the quality isn’t that great.
Silver Streak
Not strictly a dance scene per se but Gene Wilders trying to be black and getting down to the ghetto blaster was hysterical. You need to watch it all the way through to get the benefit.
The Full Monty
A classic film and a classic scene. If you haven’t seen the movie, rent it!
Life of Brian
The end scene from one of my favorite films of all time.
The Producers
I’m not even sure how Mel Brooks got away with this. In fact I suspect if it were made now some sensitive types would be getting very hot under the collar.
Naked Gun 2.5
Not as good as the original Naked Gun, but still pretty damn funny.
The Office
The US Office is very funny, but sorry it aint as good as the original UK version. David Brent at his best and most embarrassing.
Night At The Roxbury
I’d never seen this before and stumbled across it when wasting time researching on YouTube and it made me howl.
Hitch
I know it was in my original post, but it’s definitely in my top 10 so how could I leave it out?
I wanted to also include the Bohemian Rhapsody scene from Wayne’s World and the outrageous scene in Bruno that if you’ve seen you’ll know which one I mean. I couldn’t find a version of the former that wasn’t in wide screen and bled all over the sidebar and I couldn’t find more than a tiny clip of the latter, which is probably just as well!
So what do you think, have I missed some classics? Let me know the ones that made you laugh your ass off.
Tim Brownson is a Certified Life Coach and has been unsticking people and helping them reach their true potential since 2005. If you would like to know how he can help you
You are on the money with this list Tim.
Airplane and Tropic Thunder at the top sounds about right. Tom Cruise showed his range with that one.
As for the strange comments, I hear you. I shot a youtube video about avoiding energy vampires – aka negative people – and someone who categorized themselves as a “Vamp” took great offense to my viewpoint. Ahh, the world wide web is a big place.
Enjoy your weekend :)
Ryan Biddulph
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Seriously? OMG, I had no idea we had real live vampires too. Keep the garlic handy.
It’s been many years since I worked in an office in Reading, but I can still only watch the Office in small bursts. It is simply all too familiar and cringeworthy. Great clip, and of course The Full Monty never, ever fails to put a smile on my face.
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I think the funniest scene in TFM is actually when they start dancing to Hot Stuff at the dole office, but unless you have seen the movie it doesn’t really work.
You’re wrong. You’re wrong. You’re wrong.
The American Office is better.
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Of course you prefer fake crab meat to the real thing and would shun a wool sweater for an acrylic one.
Say no more.
God I love that scene from tropic thunder!!
And, you are absolutely guilty of hatred and bias against the upstanding witch community. I believe you may have lost Harry Potter as a subscriber. I bet you feel bad now…
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Guilty as charged. Maybe I should be strapped to a ducking stool.
I think I may go back in and drop this in somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g
Of course this is the sort of thing you’d expect from a person who comes from a country where the entire system of Govt. (Kingship) is based on strange women lying in ponds distributing swords in some sort of farcical aquatic ceremony…
Oh, and don’t get me started on migrating pigeons my friend.
Cheers,
Gb
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Look we got that bt exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society, so but out!
Fantastic list! Although, I have to share this dance scene from Boy Meets World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0UWrMCHho
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Heard of that program but never watched it, is it good?
enjoyed a lot ! Great list…amazing dances. Thanks Tim.
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You’re welcome!
Fantastic post – I am still waiting for a continuation of the break down of the TV/Film characters series. By the way, I thought Mr. Brownson didn’t you audition for a role in the Full Monty?
Actually the Full Monty was filmed about 15 miles from where I was brought up and in the same city (Sheffield) as the wife was born.
Unfortunately though I didn’t have the ‘tackle’ to get an interview ;-)