The Fun in Funeral: Difference between revisions

* In an opening scene of ''[[Mousehunt (film)|Mousehunt]]'', the two protagonists drop ''their father's casket''. It proceeds to slide down the church stairs and bounce their father's body into the air and down an open sewer hole.

* The entirety of the film ''[[Death at a Funeral]]''. As the name would imply.

*** And then said old man {{spoiler|shits on his bathroom assistant's hand when he sat on it. And he meant to do it.}}

* When the Dude and Walter go to scatter {{spoiler|Donny}}'s ashes in the ocean in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', after a fairly-touching - although full of unnecessary references to [[The Vietnam War]] - speech from Walter, he scatters the ashes, but the wind is blowing the wrong way, and the Dude ends up covered. Also a subversion, in that immediately after the humorous moment the Dude explodes with rage, calls Walter out for turning the occasion into "a fuckin' travesty" and breaks down, thus turning a slapstick moment into a [[Tear Jerker]] [[Mood Whiplash|almost instantly]].

* In ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' episode "The 5 Wood", Larry tries to retrieve his golf club from the casket. In the episode "The Special Section", he tries to have his mother moved to a Jewish cemetery despite her being refused a burial.

* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'': Dharma climbs into Greg's grandmother's casket to get her ring.

** Another had Charlie having an [[Imagine Spot]] of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxuhOS3UduY his funeral]. It includes open bar, [[James Earl Jones]] reading his eulogy, and another (sarcastic) eulogy by Alan.

** Charlie's actual funeral in the first episode of season 9. Alan's eulogy was interrupted by Charlie's ex-girlfriends insulting the deceased, and Evelyn used the occasion to remind everyone that Charlie's house is up for sale.

'''The Same Four As Before''': (Start doing the Chicken Dance. Mrs. Raven falls out of her seat laughing) }}

* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' once features a hearse painted all black on one side and black with lots of flower decorations on the other. It also has a funeral where a priest gets shot with [[Failed a Spot Check|a large and very obvious cannon poking out of the grave]].

* ''[[Bones]]'' had "The Double Death of the Dearly Departed" which involved Brennan stealing the body, Booth handcuffing the mortician to the coffin, Hodgins watching Brennan and Booth carrying (and dropping) the body whilst giving a speech to guests who are oblivious to everything happening outside, Cam placing her sunglasses on the corpse, and culminated in tricking the murderer into confessing.

** And ''Booth'' singing! * It's epic and really weird. But... Mostly Epic.)

{{quote|''I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action. I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. ... I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. ... I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag... And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing like Beyoncé’s.''}}

:She got everything but the wind machine, plus hilarious and touching tributes that left the attendees laughing between their tears.

 

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