Funny / Inherit the Wind

• In the film version, Hornbeck, even when he's being an ass. For example:
  Woman in crowd: (to Hornbeck) Sir, are you looking for a nice, clean place to stay?
  Hornbeck: (overly polite) Madam, I had a nice, clean place to stay, and I left it to come here.
• This exchange between Drummond and Brady.
  Drummond: But was it (ie. the first day of creation) a normal day, a literal day? A 24-hour day?
  Brady: ...I don't know.
  Drummond: What do you think?
  Brady: I do not think about things that I...do not think about.
  Drummond: Do you ever think about things that you DO think about?
• Another one:
  Drummond: Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? [...] even the sponge is more durable. Or does a sponge think?
  Brady: I don't know. I'm a man, not a sponge! (audience laughs, Brady is pleased)
• Drummond's suspenders, even in black and white.
• Drummond's objection to Brady's honorary rank of "colonel" and the judges subsequent question to what to do about it.
  Drummond: Break him. Make him a private. I have no serious objection to the title "private Brady".
• And right after that, when the Mayor makes him temporary honorary colonel to appease him.
  Drummond: (With heavy sarcasm) Well gentlemen, I am honored. It is not every day one becomes a 'temporary honorary colonel'.
• When Brady objects to Drummond dismissing someone from a jury seat without asking him any questions (Brady's questions had already established him as a highly religious fanboy of Brady), the following conversation ensues:
  Drummond: All right, I'll ask him a question. (To the man) How are ya?
  Man: Pretty hot. (the courtroom was over 90° Fahrenheit)
  Drummond: Me too. Dismissed.
• "Darwin was wrong. Man's still an ape."
• When a monkey accepts a penny from a little girl.
  Hornbeck: How could you ask for better proof than that? There's the father of the human race!
• On the day the verdict is read, a technician is setting up a direct radio feed from the courtoom to WGN in Chicago. Drummond's awe at the possibilities doesn't last long:
  Drummond: Doing a broadcast?
  Technician: We've got a direct wire to WGN Chicago. As soon as the jury returns, we'll broadcast the verdict.
  Drummond: [impressed] Mmm... radio. God, that's gonna break down a lot of walls.
  Technician: [covering the microphone in shock] You're not supposed to say "God" on the radio!
  Drummond: Why the hell not?
  Technician: [covering the microphone again] You're not supposed to say "hell" either!
  Drummond: [frowns] This is going to be a barren source of amusement.

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