Laughing to Myself, Oh Oh

Pay no attention to the cackling woman alone at her desk.  She is merely replaying old movies in her head….

You ever get something funny stuck in your head and you feel yourself starting to laugh, but you’re afraid of embarrassing yourself so you try to stifle it, which only causes you to giggle harder.  Or worse, the thing you’re laughing at is so random and esoteric if you tried to explain it to someone they would just think you’re nuts.

No?  Well, I have, and on numerous occasions.

Sometimes it’s the same thing I’ve laughed at before, but sometimes the deep recesses of my brain dredges up some old television or movie clip that I have long forgotten about.  And sometimes it’s something that is not even funny at all really, which makes me laugh even more.

In the past few weeks, my lack of sleep has resulted in my being especially delirious and slap-happy during the day, which gives way for my over saturated pop-culture-riddled brain to conjure up all sorts of things that make me laugh like a madwoman.

To give you an idea of what's going on in my brain, here are the latest clips that have surfaced and caused me such pain- and joy. 

(And in case you’re already guessing- yes.  It’s a slow news day here in Wittie Cooper Studios.)

1.)  “Whooo’s the BIRTHDAY GUUUURL!”

I can’t explain it, but that scene in “Inside Out” when Joy and Sadness wake-up Jangles the Clown and he makes a break out of Riley’s subconscious always makes me breakout- in hysterics!  Just the ridiculous look on his face and crazy way he talks- it kills me every time. 

2.)  “Have yerrrself a verrrry merrrry Christmaaaas”

In a Muppets Christmas special with John Denver from the 70s, Rowlf the Dog takes to the piano and sings “Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas”.  For whatever reason, this popped into my head one late afternoon at work.  Remembering his low guttural voice growling out the hard R’s of the words just sent me into a verrry merrrry fit of giggles, much to the confusion of my co-workers.

3.)  “That is…cor-rect!”

Chris Farley has made me laugh more times than I can count, and some of his biggest hits for me were in the most forgotten places.  One of these hidden gems is when he played the bus driver in Billy Madison, and in particular the scene when he is helping Billy cram by playing strip-answer.  He slips off his shirt, revealing his massive belly, and gives a mischievous grin while biting his finger.  I’m. Dying.

4.)  Dr. Evil and his chair.

There was a moment in one of the Austin Powers' movies (I think it was the first, “International Man of Mystery”) where Doctor Evil simply goes to sit in his big chair, and as he sits down he slowly drifts away from the table.  He is forced to clutch the sides and scoot back to his place at the head of the table of his fellow villains.  That action and the look on his face as he composes himself had me guffawing even as I typed this.  (The GIF I used isn't from the scene I described but it made me laugh pretty hard too)

Now it’s your turn.  Let's all have a good laugh together!

Have you ever laughed so hard to yourself that you got some odd looks and questions? What was it that made you unhinge your jaw?  How did you explain/defend yourself?