History Funny / Hairspray

!!The 1988 film
* When Tracy says on ''live TV in TheSixties'' that if she were president, "I'd make every day Negro Day!"
* This one line from Edna:
-->'''Edna''': Could you turn that racket down?! I'm trying to IRON in here!
* The scene where Prudy tries to follow Tracy, Link, and Penny is a laugh riot because she freaks out as soon as she realizes she's in ''the Black community part of the city.'' She thinks they're all out to get her, and freaks out after finding a police officer, only to find out he's Black too!
* When Tracy, Penny, and Link arrive at Motor Mouth Mabel's shop, Nadine, who competed against both of them for the open spot on the Council sees them and storms off.
* When Prudy finally comes to take her daughter away, Motormouth even knows that Prudy is totally paranoid.
-->'''Maybelle''': Oh papa toony, we've got a loony!
* Tracy making out with Link in the alleyway, and right as she comments on how perfect the moment is, she has to kick a rat off her shoes.
* Edna tries to get Tracy to calm down when she starts loudly protesting for integration. As Edna's trying to placate Tracy, Velma goes up to her and says "Can I ask you a question" which causes Edna to bluntly respond "No you can't!" in a way that screams "Do you not see I'm busy right now?!"
* Another funny bit when Tracy is at the reformatory. While watching the news, after Link is mentioned and shows up on screen, she's making funny faces, licking, and kissing the TV screen, complete with showing her looking through the inside of the TV! She gasps in horror after Amber shows up on screen, recoiling in disgust.

* "Good morning, Baltimore! There's the flasher who lives next door!" And Tracy smiles cordially at a beaming Creator/JohnWaters, [[MoodWhiplash who promptly flashes the neighbors.]]

* The scene where Prudy tries to follow Tracy, Link and Penny is one laugh riot because she freaks out once she gets to ''the Black community part of the city''- She thinks they're all out to get her and freaks out after finding an officer, only to find out he's Black too!

** Also when she puts Penny's hand on her chest; prompting stares from others around and an awkward look from Penny.
** Plus, when Tracy gets hit by a dodge ball while singing the song. Made especially funny since Amber did this in the Broadway show and Tracy is in the midst of the line "Amber, much to your surprise" when the ball hits her, implying she was singing directly to Amber who threw the ball at her to shut her up.

* When Penny is on TV and while she kisses Seaweed, her mother is watching and screams "Penny!!" and trips over a table.

* Another funny bit when Tracy is at the reformatory, while watching the news, after Link is mentioned and shows up on screen, she's making funny faces and lick and kisses the TV screen, complete with showing her look through the inside of the TV! And she gasps in horror after Amber shows up on screen.
* "The Big Dollhouse," where ''all'' the women of the cast are arrested following the riot outside the tv station, and they sing about how much they hate prison.

* The entirety of the song "It's Hairspray". It's the theme to the Miss Hairspray pageant and as such paints hairspray as the key to eternal happiness.

* "I Can Hear the Bells."
** The part where Tracy pins a random guy to a locker and continues singing as Penny visibly struggles to get her to release him in the background.
** Also when she puts Penny's hand on her chest; prompting stares from others around and an awkward look from Penny.
** Plus, when Tracy gets hit by a dodge ball while singing the song. Made especially funny since Amber did this in the Broadway show and Tracy is in the midst of the line "Amber, much to your surprise" when the ball hits her, implying she was singing directly to Amber who threw the ball at her to shut her up.
** In the Broadway show and Hairspray Live, during basically the entire song Penny can be seen wandering around out of the spotlight in the background, constantly putting her ear to random places and trying to pinpoint the sound of the bells Tracy keeps insisting she can hear.
** In the film, by the time Tracy emerges from a restroom stall wearing a toilet paper bridal veil (yes, really), Penny's pretty much stopped questioning it and spends the rest of the song wearing a face that says "Welp, I guess Tracy's insane now. Oh well."

** A lot of the stuff Tracy says and does is hilarious, really.
* Link finally growing a spine and telling his history teacher to "kiss my ass" in the film version.
** What makes the line even funnier is that it's said, dead serious, as an answer to the question "What were the immortal words of Patrick Henry?"
* Link's utterly sincere line when he shows up at the Turnblad residence.
-->'''Link:''' I can't believe Tracy savagely bludgeoned an Eagle Scout! That's just not ''like'' her.

* In the 1988 movie, The scene where Prudy tries to follow Tracy, Link and Penny is one laugh riot because she freaks out once she gets to ''the Black community part of the city''- She thinks they're all out to get her and freaks out after finding an officer, only to find out he's Black too!
** When Prudy finally comes to take her daughter away, Motormouth even knows that Prudy is totally paranoid.
-->'''Maybelle''': Oh papa toony, we've got a loony!

* Some ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' fans watching Creator/{{NBC}}'s telecast got a chuckle out of Link telling Tracy, "I'm not throwin' away my shot."[[note]]As opposed to the play's "I'm not gonna throw it away," or the 2007 movie's "That's my shot, Trace. I can't jeopardize that."[[/note]] Possibly an ActorAllusion to Ephraim Sykes (Seaweed), part of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton.
* The brilliant way Allison Janney's Prudy goes over the coffee table to get to the television in the 2007 film.
* From the stage musical, "The Big Dollhouse," where ''all'' the women of the cast are arrested following the riot outside the tv station, and they sing about how much they hate prison.

** Alot of the stuff Tracy says and does is hilarious, really.

* Some ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' fans watching Creator/{{NBC}}'s telecast got a chuckle out of Link telling Tracy, "I'm not throwin' away my shot."[[note]]As opposed to the play's "I'm not gonna throw it away," or the 2007 movie's "That's my shot, Trace. I can't jeopardize that."[[/note]]

-->'''Edna:''' (Deep male voice) And it's just us girls in the big dollhouse...(Depending on the production, Edna either starts pawing Velma seductively or is ready to beat her ass)

-->'''Edna:''' (Puts her hand on Velma's shoulder and sings in a deep male voice) And it's just us girls in the big dollhouse...

-->'''Velma''': They do it all the time on "Lassie"!

** In the Broadway show, during basically the entire song Penny can be seen wandering around out of the spotlight in the background, constantly putting her ear to random places and trying to pinpoint the sound of the bells Tracy keeps insisting she can hear.

** When Prudy finally comes to take her daughter away, Motormouth even says that she knows Prudy is totally paranoid.

* Some ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' fans watching Creator/{{NBC}}'s telecast got a chuckle out of Link telling Tracy, "I'm not throwin' away my shot."[[note]]As opposed to the play's "I'm not gonna throw it away," or the 2007 movie's "That's my shot, Trace. I'm can't jeopardize that."[[/note]]