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Best written sketch\scene comedy

Joe Exotic · 2013-09-20 10:10:06

Was reading another thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057043986 and someone mentioned the romans go home Quote from the Life Of Brian. And i thought what a brilliant scene it was that got me thinking - whats the best written scene or sketch with (preferably) two people in it. My vote would be the…

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Was reading another thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057043986

and someone mentioned the romans go home Quote from the Life Of Brian.

And i thought what a brilliant scene it was that got me thinking - whats the best written scene or sketch with (preferably) two people in it.

My vote would be the battle of wits from The Princess Bride

Any other Sugestions

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#2 20-09-2013 11:12AM

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a different monthy python sketch for me .... and I've only recently re-watched it and its not so great now.

but the scene where on the quest for the holy grail they have to answer three questions to cross a bridge !!

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#3 20-09-2013 11:16AM

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I dont know who these guys are but very well written and performed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ

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#4 20-09-2013 11:29AM

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Some of the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister scenes were brilliant.

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#5 20-09-2013 11:31AM

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Four candles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGpaj2nHIo

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#6 20-09-2013 11:35AM

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does the thick of it count?

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#7 20-09-2013 11:35AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ZNX1jqbOk

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#8 20-09-2013 11:37AM

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Big Train.

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#9 20-09-2013 11:39AM

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Not everyone's cup of tea, but I still lvoe it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgEPlr6LIek

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#10 20-09-2013 11:40AM

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Big Train is a show, not a sketch or a scene. It's right there in the title.

A second here for Four Candles, cleverest sketch I've seen.

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#11 20-09-2013 11:41AM

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Can ye stop posting Youtube clips? It's taking an age for the page to loa

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#12 20-09-2013 11:42AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtSw3daGoo

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#13 20-09-2013 11:45AM

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Big Train.

So many brilliant sketches in Big Train, hard to choose between them

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#14 20-09-2013 11:46AM

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Dumb and dumber would surely have to be one of the best comedies ever?

That film gets quotations all over the place.

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#15 20-09-2013 11:49AM

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Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

does the thick of it count?

Malcolm Tucker telling an American to 'lick his sweaty ballbag' in the movie version was one of the funniest things I've seen in quite a while.

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#16 20-09-2013 11:52AM

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Norwegian Blue Parrot.

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#17 20-09-2013 11:53AM

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For me the Fawlty Towers scene where Basil is speaking with the Germans.

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#18 20-09-2013 11:59AM

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the court scenes in My Cousin Vinny

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#19 20-09-2013 11:59AM

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joeguevara wrote: »

For me the Fawlty Towers scene where Basil is speaking with the Germans.

"Why is she crying?"
"You keep mentioning the war!"
"Well, you started it..."
"We did not start it!"
"Yes you did! You invaded Poland"

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#20 20-09-2013 11:59AM

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joeguevara wrote: »

For me the Fawlty Towers scene where Basil is speaking with the Germans.

Or when he asked Manuel to fetch him a hammer.

My hamster

Oh si, a hamma sandwich.

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#21 20-09-2013 12:01PM

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rovoagho wrote: »

Big Train is a show, not a sketch or a scene. It's right there in the title.

You're a show.

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#22 20-09-2013 12:02PM

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#23 20-09-2013 12:07PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNgmdGMpuY

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#24 20-09-2013 12:21PM

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John Cleese should get plenty of mentions here.

"come on, come on, start you vicious bastard, I'm warning you"

Well, may I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...

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#25 20-09-2013 12:31PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUvKIubY6OY

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#26 20-09-2013 12:32PM

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Has to be the scene from only fools and horses where del and Rodney are dressed as batman and Robin

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#27 20-09-2013 12:35PM

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Outstanding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbGk_7y-wFY

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#29 20-09-2013 12:38PM

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#30 20-09-2013 12:40PM

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Morcombe and Wise : The Kitchen Sketch is brilliantly done.

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#31 20-09-2013 12:46PM

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I love this scene with Liam Neeson from life's Too Short

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