Funny / In & Out

• After Cameron Drake "outs" Howard on live television, Howard, in a stunned silence, promptly tosses the TV remote out the living room window which lands in one of the rose bushes.
• Emily and Howard's conversation afterwards:
  Emily: Howard?
  Howard: Hmm?
  Emily: Howard?
  Howard: Precious.
  Emily: What's he [Cameron Drake] taking about?
  Howard: I have no idea!
• Everyone watching Cameron Drake "out" Howard while accepting his award in stunned silence.
• The "Exploring Your Masculinity" tape recording scene in its entirety. Mere words cannot describe.
• After Howard admits the truth at their wedding Emily goes to a bar to drown her sorrows and ends up hitting on Peter, not even caring if he's married. When he shoots her down because he's gay too she bursts out of the bar and starts screaming in the middle of the street, all while still in her wedding dress.
  "Is everybody gay? Is this The Twilight Zone?"
• "This is my Peter - uh, my *friend* Peter. We just met at the, uh, intersexual... homosection... INTERSECTION!"
• The lead-up to Cameron winning Best Actor: his movie is Anvilicious Oscar Bait, and the other four nominees star in... descriptive movies.
  This is Cameron's first nomination and he's in extremely good company. Tonight he joins fellow best actor nominee Paul Newman for Coot, Clint Eastwood for Codger, Michael Douglas for Primary Urges and Steven Seagal for Snowball in Hell.
  • The montage of To Serve and Protect, Cameron Drake's movie, is absolutely hilarious Oscar Bait parody, culminating in the following dramatic Courtroom Drama scene:
    Attorney: Your sergeant came across the following items in your footlocker. Will you kindly tell the court if they are yours. A letter to another soldier?
    Danny: Yes, sir.
    Attorney: A photograph signed "Danny, San Francisco"?
    Danny: Yes, sir.
    Attorney: An autographed copy of Beaches, starring Bette Midler?
    Danny: GIVE THAT BACK!!
• When Peter and Howard have a talk, Peter reveals that he is gay himself. Howard asks him about his coming out and Peter says he came out to anyone he could. His mother, his father, his boss and his dog. How did they react?
  Peter: Well, my mom cried... for about ten seconds. My boss said, "Who cares?" and my dad said, "But you're so tall".
• The kiss scene between Howard and Peter. It lasts a good 10 seconds and Howard tries, unsuccessfully, to kick Peter's ass during it. ^note Or he's trying to cling to him And then the reaction after.
  Howard: You kissed me!
  Peter: You noticed.
• "Here, I'll give you your headline: 'HOWARD BRACKETT IS A BIG HOMO QUEER MARY SISSY MAN! He just came out at his big church wedding! Martha Stewart is furious!" Afterwards, he punches Peter (who misses the point of his rant) in the face.
• Every single instance of Barbra Streisand as a Running Gag, including Funny Girl and Yentl brought to Howard's bachelor party, and this after the wedding:
  Emily: Does anybody here know how many times I had to watch Funny Lady?!
  Howard: It was a sequel! She was under contract!
  Emily: FUCK! Barbra Streisand! And you! *punch*
• Inspired by Howard, his mom's friends decide to give some confessions of their own. "They are not my recipe. (...) Those are a dead woman's treats", "I hated The Bridges of Madison County", and "My husband has three testicles!" The last one leads to awkward silence, one of the ladies laughing, and everyone joining her.
• In the above scene of Howard's mom and her friends giving confessions, one of the women tries to comfort Howard's mother.
  "You had two sons. You raised them the same, fed them the same, loved them the same, and one's gay and the other is..."
  "Walter..."
• Cameron's girlfriend Sonja saying she has a fashion shoot she needs to vomit for. Her straight face really sells the moment.
• The "I am gay!" scene. Highlights include...
  "I am gay!" *rips toupée off* "And I am bald!"
  "You're not gay! You're a tramp!"
  "We're the fire brigade. Howard was always there when we needed him." *every member of the voluntary fire brigade stands up* "Gay!"
  "Uh-oh... I must be gay!"
• Emily, after Howard has finally come out during their wedding vows.
  Emily: Are you really... are you really gay?
  Howard: Yes.
  Emily: Was there, oh.... (Beat) ANY OTHER TIME YOU MIGHT HAVE TOLD ME THIS?!