Other comedy quotes, like “smelly pirate hooker,” are funny no matter what – no context required. For example, “Don’t call my Shirley” is hysterical to people who have seen the movie, but not if you haven’t gotten the “Surely you can’t be serious” setup that came before it.

Some comedy movie quotes aren’t funny unless you’ve seen the movie. The movies are filled with jokes and the best ones become quotable and iconic and those are the ones that you will have to identify in this quiz. But generally speaking, the most beloved and best remembered quotes come from comedy movies, because comedy movie dialogue is constructed of jokes. Sure, there are plenty of iconic quotes from non-comedy movies, like “You talkin’ to me?” from Martin Scorsese’s brilliant Taxi Driver or “Get away from her, you bitch!” immortalized by Sigourney Weaver, of course, in James Cameron’s Aliens.

Hinton when she was only 16 years old.Comedy has to be the most quotable genre in film. This movie was based on a novel of the same title written by S.E. 'The Outsiders' was released in 1983, and starred Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. When the church catches on fire and small children are inside, the two boys show us what being true heros means. With help from their friend Dally, (Dillon) the boys hide out in an abandoned church. Johnny kills Bob (the leader) in self defense, but the boys are afraid of going to jail and getting split up. Ponyboy (Howell) and Johnny Cade (Macchio) are in the wrong place at the wrong time, when a group of Socs spot them alone in the park. You ought to see my house.' The Greasers (the tough poor kids) and the Socs (the angry rich kids) are from two different sides of town.

Ponyboy Curtis tells this to his buddy Keith 'Two-Bit' Mathews in reply to Two-Bit's previous statement, 'Shoot, this house ain't dirty.

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