History Funny / DrStrangelove

* Major Kong [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTaSJk0n_Y becoming]] the trope originator for RidingTheBomb.

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** Notice Ambassador de Sadesky's face during the conversation. It never changes; like he's entirely used to this sort of thing.

* Mandrake incredulous reaction upon hearing Bat Guano's name, he hesitantly pronounces it and adds "... if that is your real name"

* Mandrake needs some change for the phone...

'''Guano''': That's private property.\\\

* An unflinching Turgidson picking himself up and after tripping. A seamless ThrowItIn at that.

* "Mein Fuhrer! I can ''walk''!"

* Dr. Strangelove's attempt to describe how humanity will survive AfterTheEnd, frequently interrupted by his EvilHand.

* Major Kong becoming the trope originator for RidingTheBomb.

* "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! [[HypocriticalHumor This is the war room]]!"

* The hotline telephone conversation. What makes all the better is that Peter Sellers ad-libbed the whole thing:

* Meta-example in Kubrick's deception of GeorgeCScott. Turning a subtle (but presumably dull) role into a LargeHam with over-the-top takes "for practice" and "amusement of the crew". Scott had reasons to be very upset but the sneaky move is hilarious too, very in line with the absurdism of the whole film. The movie benefits inmensely from his exaggerated performance.

* Meta-example in Kubrick's deception of GeorgeCScott. Turning a subtle role into a LargeHam with over-the-top takes "for practice" and "amusement of the crew". Scott had reasons to be very upset but the sneaky move is hilarious too, very in line with the absurdism of the while film. The movie benefits inmensely from his exaggerated performance.

* Meta-example in Kubrick deception of GeorgeCScott's. Turning a subtle role into a LargeHam with over-the-top takes "for practice" and "amusement of the crew". Scott had reasons to be very upset but the sneaky move is hilarious too, very in line with the absurdism of the while film. The movie benefits inmensely from his exaggerated performance.

-->'''President Muffley:''' Hello?... Er, hello, Di--er, hello, Dimitri?...Listen, er, I can't hear too well, do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?...Oh, that's much better!...yeah--yeah--Fine, I can hear you now, Dimitri--Clear and plain and coming through fine--I'm coming fine, too, eh? Good--then--Well, then, as you say we're both coming through fine--Good--Well, it's good that you're fine and, and I'm fine--I agree with you, it's great to be fine--hah hah hah hah--Now then, Dimitri--you know about how--we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb--the bomb, Dimitri--the HYDROGEN bomb--well, now, what happened is--um--one of our base commanders, he had a sort of--well, he went a little funny in the head--you know, just a little--funny, and uh, he went and did a silly thing--Well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes--to attack your country. Ah--well let me finish, Dimitri--let me finish, Dimitri--well, listen, how do you think I feel about it?...Can you imagine how I feel about it, Dimitri?...Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?...Of course I like to speak to you! Of course I like to say hello!...Not now, but any time, Dimitri. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened--It's a friendly call, of course, it's a friendly call--listen if it wasn't friendly--you probably wouldn't have even got it--They will not reach their targets for at least another hour--I am--I am positive, Dimitri--listen, I've been all over this with your ambassador, it is not a trick--Well I'll tell you--We'd like to give your Air Staff a complete rundown on the targets, the flight plans, and the defensive systems of the planes--Yes, I mean if we're unable to recall the planes and--I'd say that, uh-- well, uh--we're just gonna have to help you destroy them, Dimitri--I know they're our boys--Alright, well, listen, now who should we call?...Who should we call Dimitri, What "The People"?-- what? Sorry, you faded away there--"The People's Central Air Defense Headquarters"--where is that, Dimitri?...Im Omsk. Right?...Yes--Oh, you'll call them first, will you?...uh-huh--Listen do you happen to have the phone number on you, Dimitri?...What? I see, just ask for Omsk Information--How, ah, um, hmmm--. I'm sorry too, Dimitri. I'm very sorry--Alright, you're sorrier than I am, but I am sorry as well--I am as sorry as you are, Dimitri. Don't say that you're more sorry than I am because I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are--So we're both sorry, alright?...Alright--Yes, he's right here. He wants to talk to you, just a second--

-->'''Ambassador de Sadesky:''' Our source was the ''NewYorkTimes''!

* The "OhCrap" look on General Turgidson's face when he realizes that the bombers might succeed in ending the world.

-->'''Dr. Strangelove''': Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you ''keep'' it a ''secret''! Why didn't you tell the world, ''eh''?\\

-->'''Dr. Strangelove''': Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?\\

* "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"

* "You're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company."
* Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?
-->Ambassador de Sadesky:[Sheepishly] It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.