- Everyone (except Chloe) snarking on Sam's show "J.T. Lancer" when it comes on.Sarah: (in deep voice) Say, baby, let's eat.
- The whole scene of Nick interviewing himself.Nick: (pretending to be interviewer) Then, in 1972, you returned to the University of Michigan to enter the doctoral program in psychology, but you just couldn't finish that dissertation?Nick: (as himself) I could have, I chose not to. I'm not hung up on this completion thing.
- Even better when Harold walks in on it:
Nick: Harold, we're on the air!Harold: Oh! Sorry. - This conversation between Harold and Karen while they're stoned:Karen: I know that Richard (her husband) will always be faithful to me.Harold: That's nice. A little trust.Karen: (shakes her head) Fear of herpes.
- Sam walks in on Nick watching a movie on TV in the middle of the night:Sam: What's this?Nick: I'm not sure.Sam: What's it about?Nick: I don't know.Sam: Who's that?Nick: I think the guy in the hat did something terrible.(shot of TV shows a man being thrown through the glass window of a door; all the people on the TV screen are wearing hats)
- Sam, Harold, Meg, Michael and Karen are sitting around talking.Sam: In Hollywood, I don't know who to trust. I don't know who likes me or why they even do like me.Harold: Well you don't have that problem here. (Sam smiles) You know I don't like you.Michael: Me neither.Meg: Ditto.Harold: So relax.Sam: Assholes!
- Sam trying and failing to leap into his car like he does on his TV show
- Michael's summation of funerals and wakes:Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.
- After the bat is discovered in the attic:Meg: I'm going to wash my hair and puke.Michael: Puke first.
- A meta example, but seeing 6'2" William Hurt, who is normally easily the tallest man in any film he is in standing next to 6'4" Jeff Goldblum is always shockingly funny.
- When getting everyone's shoe sizes to get them shoes from his store:Harold: Feet grow as you get older.Michael: I wish everything did.
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