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  • @bijibadness
    @bijibadness 4 роки тому +354

    _nobody_ can play "Drunk" like Catherine O'Hara. that woman is a queen, and should be honored as such by the combined national governments of Earth.

    • @meredumais4934
      @meredumais4934 4 роки тому +9

      Agreed ! She’s an unparalleled comedic genius. I LOVED her on SCTV and in Christopher Guest films - especially this one - and in all of her other ongoing work. I’ve never, ever seen an actor nail the behavior / thought and speech patterns of a drunk like she does here. And it’s all improvised. Yes, she absolutely deserves a permanent crown for her service to all of us !

    • @rnwks2008
      @rnwks2008 4 роки тому +4

      She was great in Orange County

    • @margaret6839
      @margaret6839 3 роки тому +4

      Agreed! She absolutely nails it -- most people completely overdo "drunk."

    • @matthewdrake9865
      @matthewdrake9865 3 роки тому +1

      Peter O toole plays a good drunk.

    • @TheMt45
      @TheMt45 3 роки тому +6

      When they cut to her drinking the wine I knew magic was about to happen.

  • @BeatlesBowieKrimson
    @BeatlesBowieKrimson 10 років тому +376

    Catherine O'Hara is right up there with Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman.

    • @unclealand
      @unclealand 7 років тому +15

      And even Lily Tomlin. She's that good.

    • @bobfriedman409
      @bobfriedman409 5 років тому +7

      AT LEAST!!!!!

    • @bondfool
      @bondfool 4 роки тому +7

      Add Julia Louis Dreyfus and you have my Mount Rushmore.

    • @jimkilleen9130
      @jimkilleen9130 4 роки тому +7

      She is better than Leachman easily, probably better than Kahn too. Very Underrated.

    • @mediocremaiden8883
      @mediocremaiden8883 4 роки тому +2

      Up there with Meryl Streep, imo. But also comedic genius

  • @mattgelfer
    @mattgelfer 3 роки тому +67

    All four of them are just so good. It’s like watching an incredible jazz quartet move as one.

  • @tlrmcknnn
    @tlrmcknnn 14 років тому +86

    i love the delay when catherine says "eeeeew" after the other guy is already talking about something else.

    • @cierrawecker481
      @cierrawecker481 3 роки тому +3

      Never noticed this! Absolutely brilliant

  • @SirHatchporch
    @SirHatchporch 13 років тому +61

    "Medicine Man not go near Dances With Stumpy" is one of the most brilliant lines I've ever heard. If Eugene really did ad lib that in the moment, he's an absolute genius. (Well, he's a genius anyway...)

    • @srconrad
      @srconrad Рік тому +2

      I almost just coughed up a lung at that throw away comment at the end after I thought the scene was over.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 8 місяців тому +3

      @@srconradI love when they do that. It is one mark of a great comedy vs. a good comedy, when you think a scene is over and they sneak in a line right at the end, or even after the scene has ended.

  • @Kuasm
    @Kuasm 4 роки тому +165

    RIP Fred Willard- he always made me laugh.

    • @meredumais4934
      @meredumais4934 4 роки тому +6

      Me too, from the time I discovered him on “Fernwood 2-Nite” when I snuck out of bed on school nights as a young kid to watch it. He stole the show effortlessly.
      He was never “hit or miss” - always nailed it, and exceeded all expectations of hilarity among even the pickiest of viewers. His improvisation in Guest films (the scene above is a classic example) showcased this amazing gift perfectly. Cannot believe he’s gone.

    • @ctdieselnut
      @ctdieselnut Рік тому

      Something about his delivery makes the lines sound funnier. He had a nice, long career. RIP.

    • @jjphank
      @jjphank 10 місяців тому

      RIP roasting in phosphorus, which is brimstone;;;
      You cannot out psychologize the Bible for God not to throw you into hell for all eternity. In other words, you cannot come up with a good enough excuse here and now, so you will not be able to on judgment day. If you say you did not want to be born, God is going to say you should’ve been born again, that means become a Christian so that’s not gonna work. And there are no other excuses try to think of one. So now you know for the first time in your life, that the Bible is smarter than you and it is a steel trap, smarter than all of mankind, What should you do then? So at least investigate and look to see that these things are true, because right now you just learned the Bible is smarter than you, and you will be accountable for your life on judgment day before God!
      Prophecy, the Bible is 27% prophecy, that’s future history written in advance. God‘s really sticking his neck out to get it cut off if he’s wrong, but he hasn’t been wrong about the thousands of prophecies that were fulfilled, so he’ll be right about the end of the world prophecies as well and you’ll have no excuse on judgment day for not looking for truth!
      Caveat: you cannot look for God in times of chaos says Isaiah 45:19, so you better do it now. In other words,You’ll be too worried about your own survival when chaos hits, than your eternal destiny!
      Statistic probability of 40 writers writing the Bible with zero margin of deviation, proves God wrote the Bible through the 40 writers!
      God authored the Bible!
      DNA does not auto encrypt, the code writer is outside of the code of the 3300000,000,000 lines of computer code in the human genome of our DNA! So who wrote the code to such sophistication?
      1,000,000 seconds is 12 days, 1,000,000,000 seconds is 32 years! That’s the difference between 1 million and 1 billion!
      One person’s DNA could fill the Grand Canyon up to 50 times full of books. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did, the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books telling of it.“ this verse would be fulfilled!
      Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“!
      Psalm 139 is about the human body!

  • @rickyiglesias5384
    @rickyiglesias5384 6 місяців тому +6

    All four of them nailed it. and it's even better that this was all just improv. LEGENDS.

  • @logancody05
    @logancody05 13 років тому +159

    Let's not forget Linda Kash as the wonderfully deadpanning, embarrased wife of Doctor Pearl. Her re-actions greatly enriched the comedy of the scene.

    • @ownpetard8379
      @ownpetard8379 4 роки тому +10

      and has the luscious melon breasts.

    • @billslocum9819
      @billslocum9819 4 роки тому +3

      There's so much going on in her eyes when Fred talks about getting penis reduction surgery.

    • @typazon
      @typazon 3 роки тому +7

      Her face at 2:11...priceless

    • @FreshSpecimens
      @FreshSpecimens 2 роки тому +2

      She is so good! 🤣 She is obviously not famous like the others in these movies but she is so great with her reactions in this and Best In Show. I love her.

    • @sashek8451
      @sashek8451 Рік тому

      it really did 😂😂😂

  • @scopophilia79
    @scopophilia79 14 років тому +43

    "Have you tried the egg rolls? Unbelievable."
    "Medicine Man not go near Dances With Stumpy."
    Brilliant deadpan and improvisation by Eugene Levy.

    • @oneleafaday348
      @oneleafaday348 2 роки тому +1

      The second line is one of the best lines I've ever heard 👌

  • @YourJellyFishAteMyTV
    @YourJellyFishAteMyTV 9 років тому +84

    Best impression of a drunk. just love Catherine

    • @timothy790110
      @timothy790110 5 років тому

      Nope, it's Richard e grant in Withnail and I.

    • @chudyrobert4788
      @chudyrobert4788 5 років тому +1

      @@timothy790110 nope jim lahey, TPB

    • @timothy790110
      @timothy790110 5 років тому

      @szs voc what film?

    • @timothy790110
      @timothy790110 5 років тому

      @szs voc Hehe, its in my top 5 movies of all time! And yes, Richard griffith is excellent as uncle monty! Different strokes for different folks, ehh?

    • @hunterazure9988
      @hunterazure9988 4 роки тому

      @Constance Keller her sugggestion to a fellow actor on how to play drunk was, "go ugly" haha she's a master!

  • @bijibadness
    @bijibadness 4 роки тому +42

    Rest In Peace, you beautiful man. Fred Willard is one of my favorite people, ever.

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 4 роки тому +1

      All of his work with Christopher Guest was always super laugh out loud funny.

    • @90sNickfan91
      @90sNickfan91 3 роки тому

      I met him at a Meet and Greet screening of Best in Show at the Redford Theatre in Redford Michigan. He was the most down to earth person i've ever met.

    • @mplsmark222
      @mplsmark222 3 роки тому

      @@90sNickfan91
      The kind of work he got I would imagine requires a easy going, nice personality. Saw an interview with Christopher Guest, he said something to the effect when making these films, if any player starts to be egotistical, they are done, it would not work.

  • @AleisterMeowley
    @AleisterMeowley 4 роки тому +109

    Nobody delivers a horrifying line with quite the same dumb innocence as Fred. Much love and respect

    • @thomasconrad2729
      @thomasconrad2729 3 роки тому +2

      He was a great one. RIP Mr. Willard

    • @hankkingsley2976
      @hankkingsley2976 3 роки тому +2

      That whole scene was uncomfortably funny

    • @DS-bi3fz
      @DS-bi3fz Рік тому

      NAILED IT!

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie Рік тому +2

      That's basically his stock-in-trade and you never know when the next one is coming. Martin Mull said it was like trying to follow someone to a party at night without turn-signals.

    • @caseycat
      @caseycat 4 місяці тому

      Hahaha ​@@TheKitchenerLeslie

  • @rhythmdroid
    @rhythmdroid 3 роки тому +18

    We need to also give it up for Linda Kash, playing Mrs. Allan Pearl. Her stunned discomfort is spot on and it makes this scene all the more realistic feeling.

    • @alladreamwedreamed
      @alladreamwedreamed 9 місяців тому +2

      I love it later in the movie when she says she needed to nurse Joshy bc she was about to bust 😂😂

  • @CrappleSaucey
    @CrappleSaucey 12 років тому +32

    She plays THE BEST DRUNK! I even wondered if she got hammered for this part! ITS TRULY BRILLIANT!

  • @The.woman.in.the.high.castle
    @The.woman.in.the.high.castle 4 роки тому +36

    I can't get enough of Eugene and Catherine. I watched Best In Show last night and my face still hurts from laughing.

  • @cackermuffin
    @cackermuffin 13 років тому +57

    "...have you tried the egg rolls? Unbelievable..."

    • @boblewin7099
      @boblewin7099 3 роки тому +4

      best "change of subject" line

  • @flyingneedle
    @flyingneedle 13 років тому +88

    He went to Peking, you know, where they make the ducks?

  • @Holymakinaw
    @Holymakinaw 4 роки тому +23

    Toronto pumped out a LOT of great comedians over the years. O'Hara and Levy are amazing.

    • @robertcool5216
      @robertcool5216 2 роки тому +2

      SCTV was so funny.

    • @AndrewSmith-vr8kd
      @AndrewSmith-vr8kd 21 день тому

      Levy's from Hamilton. Don't say close enough if a Hamiltonian is close.

  • @thegorn68
    @thegorn68 15 років тому +19

    Catherine O'Hara is possibly my favorite comedic performer of all-time.

  • @Argonaut121
    @Argonaut121 4 роки тому +8

    Catherine O'Hara should win a Nobel Prize for Comedy. If there isn't such a thing, they need to make one just for her.

  • @ChildofBrando
    @ChildofBrando 12 років тому +37

    "We're talking about China now, Miami, we're talking about Miami."

  • @FreshSpecimens
    @FreshSpecimens 5 років тому +51

    “What’s it-SSSHH! Girl talk.” 🤣

  • @Mobee211
    @Mobee211 14 років тому +22

    Catherine O'Hara is brilliant. Best drunk impersonation EVER!

  • @Jugglable
    @Jugglable 15 років тому +25

    lol I love that, with the neon sign at the beginning, "How'd you find this place?"

  • @beezusanne
    @beezusanne 4 роки тому +16

    Best reenactment if a drunk woman I have ever seen. Hilarious. Catherine is a genius.

  • @HunterMann
    @HunterMann 10 років тому +13

    As brilliant the umpteenth time as it was the first time I saw this at the cinema. Bravo to Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and their superb ensemble cast!!

  • @lauradixon4181
    @lauradixon4181 11 років тому +65

    I agree Catherine O'Hara is freaking hysterical - I almost peed my pants!!!

  • @christopherthorkon3997
    @christopherthorkon3997 7 років тому +5

    I have seen this scene so many times and with every viewing I am more and more impressed with its comic brilliance.

  • @deletebilderberg
    @deletebilderberg 4 роки тому +5

    Every second of this movie is genius.
    RIP Fred! There will never be another like you

  • @wseabuck
    @wseabuck 9 років тому +27

    I've seen this a hundred times and still almost choke laughing.

    • @joescott8877
      @joescott8877 2 роки тому

      Why don't you get one of those "Throat Enlargements." I'm replying to a comment that's almost a decade old, so it might not immediately click, but I figure you won't mind re-watching this gem one hundred and ONE times to "get" my advice, lol!

  • @tacky187
    @tacky187 8 років тому +78

    medicine man not go near dances with stumpy

  • @beachstreet101
    @beachstreet101 3 роки тому +13

    “Can we have some coffee at this table please?” 😂 Because his wife is so drunk.

    • @calisongbird
      @calisongbird 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, we got it, Captain Obvious.

  • @greengenes-is9ht
    @greengenes-is9ht 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for so many years of amazing laughs Fred! There will never be another.

  • @SureFeelsGood
    @SureFeelsGood 9 років тому +20

    Love O'Hara here..and that great Gleason/Carson impression at the end

  • @dancewomyn1
    @dancewomyn1 14 років тому +10

    Catherine O'hara is extraordinary in this!!

  • @FilmCars
    @FilmCars 3 місяці тому +1

    Love how at 0:18 I could swear Linda's hiding her grin suppressing a laugh waiting for Catherine to go, 'Eeeuuuww'.

  • @ErinDeNis
    @ErinDeNis Рік тому +1

    This was the best drunk performance I ever 😆😆 She played the hell out if this scene

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Рік тому +1

    this will forever be one of my favorite movie scenes of all time, and my favorite movie

  • @erinmalone2669
    @erinmalone2669 11 місяців тому

    So few people know this movie exists, but it’s an absolute gem. Such an incredibly talented cast.

  • @bartcolen
    @bartcolen 4 роки тому +22

    My mother is like that when she's drunk.
    Oddly, it doesn't seem quite so funny then.

  • @stutzbearcat5624
    @stutzbearcat5624 3 роки тому +3

    Catherine O'hara and Andrea Martin - the two funniest women on EARTH - PERIOD!
    I STILL watch those SCTV shows - and laugh my azz off!

  • @elshiple
    @elshiple 4 роки тому +4

    RIP Fred Willard - amazing stuff. - coffee @ this table PLEASE

  • @Nightsky107
    @Nightsky107 15 років тому +3

    I have never seen a better actor acting drunk. Ever! Catherine O'Hara you are amazing!

  • @HunterMann
    @HunterMann 12 років тому +3

    Truly a brilliant film! Cheers to Christopher Guest and his impressive ensemble cast!

  • @The_Timinator
    @The_Timinator 2 роки тому +1

    LOL there's so much subtle comedy going on here, "Chop Suey" 0:05 "we've been coming here for many, many years" Wife says "Every Thursday" and still can't work Chop Sticks ...

  • @vivnoname
    @vivnoname Рік тому

    The best comedic lot of actors ever I think. All of their movies are so original and hysterically funny.

  • @companerger9416
    @companerger9416 4 роки тому +3

    This is the funniest scene in any movie. It's magnificent.

  • @drewbenditt9460
    @drewbenditt9460 4 роки тому +5

    RIP Fred Willard. Legendary scene

  • @bingefeller
    @bingefeller 15 днів тому

    11 years later and i'm revisting this clip!

  • @logancody05
    @logancody05 11 років тому +3

    On man I love trivia, and did not know that. Linda is a real cutie! I love this scene, it is so natural, not as though they're acting at all. The "it's not you, it's me," from Seinfeld breaks me up every time. Thanks for the info.

  • @logancody05
    @logancody05 13 років тому +12

    Simply stated, it's just four brilliant actors turning in one of the funniest senes in cinema history. Every word, every gesture goes right to the mark.

  • @vibes7144
    @vibes7144 3 роки тому +2

    God, these four are talented. So hilarious!

  • @joescott8877
    @joescott8877 2 роки тому

    OMFG, I began looking for a fav clip from a half-remembered "For Your Consideration" and am now going to finally commit to my once halfhearted goal of watching watching ALL of this guy's (the director) movies!! I love Catherine O'Hara so much, for one thing.

  • @ftbailey773
    @ftbailey773 3 роки тому +10

    This scene is a masterclass in comedic acting.

  • @pegleg747
    @pegleg747 14 років тому +5

    O'Hara is a brilliant comedic actor.

  • @Czelonka
    @Czelonka 4 роки тому +2

    I saw Catherine O'Hara a few years ago, in a CB2 store on Sunset. I regret not getting a pic, but we both looked rough (no makeup, dressed in sweats); I wasn't feeling photogenic and I guessed maybe neither was she. But it was really cool. I'm a huge fan.

  • @kevin15776
    @kevin15776 4 роки тому +3

    Those egg rolls do look unbelievable.

  • @KRKBAB
    @KRKBAB 15 років тому +3

    "They went to Peking- where they make the ducks", and "...they say, the food is not as good over there- you can't get a sauce as thick and sweet like here". brilliant

  • @softshoes
    @softshoes 3 роки тому +2

    Travel agents who never left Blaine. Brilliant. "Dances with Stumpy" simply amazing.

  • @Argonaut121
    @Argonaut121 5 років тому +4

    O”Hara is just brilliant.

  • @mediocremaiden8883
    @mediocremaiden8883 4 роки тому +1

    Catgerine O'Hara plays drunk so good LOL "Shhhh Girl Talk...THE WHOLE JEW THING SHHHH"

  • @Gaudiamusigitur
    @Gaudiamusigitur 15 років тому +3

    Eugene Levy: "Have you tried the egg rolls? ... Unbelievable" Cracks me up!

  • @theorangegoodness
    @theorangegoodness Рік тому

    Geniuses all of them!

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Рік тому +1

    when she puts up the shhh girl talk hand and proceeds to talk at the same volume 😂😂😂

  • @Chrille5782
    @Chrille5782 10 років тому +5

    Happy 60s Catherine O'Hara

  • @janknuckey
    @janknuckey 14 років тому

    Have just discovered these crazy films and adore everyone, but especially Catherine and Jennifer Coolidge!

  • @peter359
    @peter359 7 років тому +4

    '....have you tried the dumplings?...' LOL

  • @davidmarquez4342
    @davidmarquez4342 4 роки тому +1

    Comedy gold, comedy genius. Ohara and Levy is the gold standard comedy duet.

  • @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627
    @francinefrenskymuffycrossw8627 4 роки тому +2

    It was released on August 23, 1996.

  • @12121149
    @12121149 5 років тому +1

    Catherine O'Hara plays the best drunk ever, as well as being a fantastic actress,in everything she has ever done,name one bad one??

  • @BonnChnd
    @BonnChnd 2 місяці тому

    Give a quick search and watch Catherine O’Hara’s eulogy for John Candy. Very emotional, very sweet from one friend to another.

  • @ragtimerye
    @ragtimerye 15 років тому +3

    one of the top 10 funniest movie moments of all time!

  • @johnbowman1076
    @johnbowman1076 4 роки тому +3

    Fred Willard.... funniest guy esp. in the Mock-umentaries. "How about if we just splash the whole group with water. and every body goes WOT HOPPENED?" or... give the bloodhound a Sherlock Holmes hat and pipe. Priceless stuff.

  • @TheKitchenerLeslie
    @TheKitchenerLeslie Рік тому +2

    This almost went wrong because Catherine went in a different direction at first by suggesting he had an enlargement ("it's not minor anymore") but who else but Fred would invent a penis reduction premise? She plays along because it's ridiculous and a better "Yes, and..." and we get comedy gold.

  • @wseabuck
    @wseabuck 15 років тому +4

    I can barely watch this due to the tears running down my face...

  • @BlueMHart
    @BlueMHart 3 роки тому +6

    Catherine O'Hara is fantastic and all, but I just can't get over how Eugene Levy pulled that hysterical last line out of his pocket. "Medicine man not go near 'Dances With Stumpy!'" Where did he come up with that??

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 Рік тому

      It must be the punch line to a joke we’ve never heard … I’m guessing. Maybe one of those “Canadian jokes”, eh?

  • @deanpd3402
    @deanpd3402 10 років тому +14

    I'd like to go through life like Fred Willard.

  • @thepianocoach
    @thepianocoach 3 роки тому +1

    Great scene.

  • @fudgicle1086
    @fudgicle1086 3 роки тому +1

    Catherine O"Hara does the best drunk scenes in the business. Her other one is in "For Your Consideration". It may have been in the DVD extras, don't remember but it was unbelievable.

  • @StanleyKewbeb1
    @StanleyKewbeb1 5 років тому +1

    The bit about the operation, she's doing it like Fred would. So he gets to be the restrained one, but only for a minute. It's brilliant.

  • @tomhill6047
    @tomhill6047 2 роки тому +9

    I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't catch this detail until Roger Ebert pointed it out: the way you hear one character ask, "How did you find this place?" -- as the camera is panning down the enormous neon sign on the outside of the restaurant.

    • @caseycat
      @caseycat 4 місяці тому

      The subtlety in this movie is gold

  • @milanetc4865
    @milanetc4865 Рік тому +1

    Catherine's acting drunk is so great.

  • @joeyadesantis
    @joeyadesantis 13 років тому +2

    so brilliant i want to cry instead of laugh

  • @jockcooper8888
    @jockcooper8888 Рік тому +1

    one of those vagina enlargments .... this is one of of the funniest scenes in movie history

  • @dazedandconfusd
    @dazedandconfusd 3 роки тому +2

    We’re talking about Miami now

  • @wurble
    @wurble 11 років тому +4

    I know that's a 3 year old comment, but search "well pissed father". It's from an 80's British film. The drunk acting blows my mind every time I see it. You are right though, Catherine O'hara is fantastic.

  • @U3X6785
    @U3X6785 4 роки тому +4

    RIP - Fred Willard. Always hilariously awkward.

  • @Trig242
    @Trig242 4 роки тому +2

    Alan's "I'm sorry?" kills me every time.

  • @victoriavinson8401
    @victoriavinson8401 4 роки тому +3

    RIP Fred Willard..he was so funny..

  • @satcher2001
    @satcher2001 4 роки тому +9

    I LOVED this scene. After it's revealed Fred had pen-- .. reduction surgery, Eugene Levy's wife is speechless. For the rest of the scene.

  • @marzilyas
    @marzilyas 11 років тому +5

    love the allusion to the Faces of Death

  • @davez9890
    @davez9890 5 років тому +10

    "Ron said the whole Jew thing's out"

  • @bobfriedman409
    @bobfriedman409 5 років тому +1

    O'Hara is fantastic! and in my humble opinion...should have gotten OSCAR for best actress in " For Your Consideration " !

  • @tomh.2405
    @tomh.2405 Місяць тому

    One of the brilliant (though dark) little touches in this movie is the way we keep seeing flashes of the control freak hiding behind Ron's goofy, affable veneer.

  • @whirlpoolzend
    @whirlpoolzend 15 років тому

    This is great!
    Shall have to see the film now :)

  • @jaolin6042
    @jaolin6042 7 років тому +8

    I'm not sure I would like to bite into a saucy egg roll at that point of the conversation.

    • @KP-ej7gc
      @KP-ej7gc 5 років тому +2

      That egg roll looked delicious though not gonna lie

  • @uptone12111
    @uptone12111 4 роки тому +1

    I forgot about that scene.So freaking funny

  • @sultrysnow
    @sultrysnow 15 років тому +1

    I TOTALLY agree! shes SO GOOD AT BEING A DRUNK!

  • @DDCrp
    @DDCrp 6 років тому +2

    I haven't busted out laughing like this since watching Monty Python when I was 7. ROFL

  • @Turnabout
    @Turnabout 10 років тому +5

    7 people are near Dances-With-Stumpy