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  • The live version of "Supper's Ready" on the box set has Peter break into his usual pre-song story, which is supposed to be punctuated by Phil's drumming at two points. Phil apparently missed the cue, and the result is hilarious.
    Peter: "Phil, there's people out there!"
    Phil: "I'm really sorry, everyone. I wasn't paying attention to what he was saying."
    • The second time around, Phil gets a massive round of applause when he actually comes in on cue.
    • Speaking of "Supper's Ready", there's the "Willow Farm" section, both in regards to both the music itself and for Peter prancing about as a flower.
      • "There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag, he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, WHAT A DRAG!"
      • "THE FROG WAS A PRINCE! THE PRINCE WAS A BRICK, THE BRICK WAS AN EGG, THE EGG WAS A BIRD!"
      • "Fly away you sweet little thing, they're hard on your tail! They're going to change you to a human being!"
      • Phil's performance the section on Seconds Out is probably the funniest version. He goes with an even hammier delivery than Peter, with him doing a hilarious Mickey Mouse-like falsetto on the "Fly away you sweet little thing" parts.
    • At one point (timestamped here) in this performance of Supper's Ready on French television, Peter does what appears to be an impression of someone eating miniature corn as if it was regular corn.
  • One bootleg features an audience member shouting something that can't quite be made out. Gabriel's very calm, deadpan reply was, "My mother does not suck cocks.".
  • "Jesus He Knows Me" mixes an absolutely hilarious video with a vicious lampooning of televangelism.
  • The video for "I Can't Dance" had many of these, and the video for "Anything She Does" features Benny Hill doing his usual shtick.
  • The video for "Invisible Touch" basically features the band members goofing around with each other and the crew.
  • In Come Rain Or Shine, there is a very This is Spın̈al Tap-esque moment with a rather confused GPS system:
    "You have arrived at your destination." [It's an empty field.]
    "Have you been drinkin', luv?"
  • The Three Sides Live concert video for Who Dunnit?. Highlights include:
    • Phil Collins trying to pull his shirt over his head.
    • Mike Rutherford fooling around on Phil's drum kit, and awkwardly watching Chester Thompson to keep the tempo in check. He's clearly out of his depth playing Collins' (left-handed) kit, and he mostly just slaps the snare drum and one of the toms.
    • Tony Banks, who hated the song more or less from the beginning, staring glumly at his keyboards, wishing he would rather be anywhere else.
  • While some may find the "Land Of Confusion" video creepy, it still has plenty of darkly silly and humorous moments.
    RONALD REAGAN: "...I'm parched..."
    He picks up a glass of water and just tosses it upon himself and Nancy.
    RONALD REAGAN: "That's better. I could use another one of those."
    He proceeds to accidentally press the "Nuke" button instead of the "Nurse" button on his bedside table.
    *NUCLEAR KABOOM!*
    RONALD REAGAN: "That's one heck of a nurse!"
    NANCY REAGAN: *gives Ronald a Dope Slap*
  • While the band was on their Duke tour, Phil would announce the eponymous suite with a short story called "The Story of Albert", about a guy who was "a born loser". Some of the funniest moments of this story include:

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