History Funny / GuysAndDolls

* "These dice ain't got no spots on them--they're blank!" "I had the spots removed for good luck, but I remember where the spots formerly were."

* Meta example: in the film, right from the start Creator/FrankSinatra had been hostile towards Creator/MarlonBrando, resenting him for getting his coveted role as Nathan. In revenge, during the "cheesecake or strudel" scene, Brando kept deliberately ruining it so that Sinatra ultimately became stuffed with cheesecake and filming had to be delayed until the following day, when things went right the first time.

* Meta example; in the film, right from the start Creator/FrankSinatra had been hostile towards Creator/MarlonBrando, resenting him for getting his coveted role as Nathan. In revenge, during the "cheesecake or strudel" scene, Brando kept deliberately so that Sinatra ultimately became stuffed with cheesecake and filming had to be delayed until the following day, when things went right first time.

--> Even funnier if you consider that at the time the story is set, the slang word for "galoshes" was "rubbers." Which was also the slang word for condoms. (Sarah doesn't seem to share Adelaide's enthusiasm for big families.)

--> Even funnier if you consider that at the time the story is set, the slang word for "galoshes" was "rubbers." Which was also the slang word for condoms. (Sarah doesn't seem to share Adelaide's enthusiasm for big families.) So it might be a very oblique example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

--> Even funnier if you consider that at the time the story is set, the slang word for "galoshes" was "rubbers." Which was also the slang word for condoms. (Sarah doesn't seem to share Adelaide's enthusiasm for big families.)

* Sarah getting drunk in Havana, not thinking that the drink she was ordered had alcohol in it and is told it 'has milk'
-->'''Sarah:''' *on her 3rd or 4th drink* You know, this would be a good way to get kids to drink milk!

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** "These dice ain't got no spots on them--they're blank!" "I had the spots removed for good luck, but I remember where the spots formerly were."
** "I'm REALLY sorry."
** "I will add nothin' to what Sky said, except to say that there are many here, upon who, if they get outta line, I would squeal with pleasure."
** "Adelaide's Lament" is an example of Crowning Music of Funny.
** The following sequence:

** And later:

** EVERYTHING dealing with Nathan, Nicely-Nicely, and Benny Southstreet trying to persuade Joey Biltmore to let them use the garage for the game without paying the $1,000.
** Adelaide and Nathan discussing their relationship, and the lies Adelaide's been telling her mother about it:

** Nathan and his buddies are listing possible places to hold the craps game:

** After Adelaide and the Hot Box girls sing "A Bushel and a Peck," Nathan, who's just had an argument over the phone with Joey Biltmore, sings absently to himself under his breath.

** Benny's response to being asked to testify at the prayer meeting.

** "Still you must admit that Mindy's cheesecake is the greatest cheesecake [[AnthropomorphicFood alive]]."
** Sky's CallBack to his story about his father: ''"Daddy, I got cider in my ear."''
** Sarah getting drunk in Havana, not thinking that the drink she was ordered had alchohol in it and is told it 'has milk'

** Sarah's drunken song ''If I were a Bell'' is pretty funny. In some productions, the girl can be a little tipsy to drunk off her ass.

** Sky's CallBack to his story about his father: ''"Daddy, I got cider in my ear."''

* After Adelaide and the Hot Box girls sing "A Bushel and a Peck," Nathan, who's just had an argument over the phone with Joey Biltmore, sings absently to himself under his breath.

* Benny's response to being asked to testify at the prayer meeting.
--> "I ain't no stool pigeon!"

* Benny's response to being asked to testify in the mission.

--> ''"I love you, a bushel and a peck / That lousy Joey Biltmore, gonna break his little neck."''