History Funny / MaryPoppins

** The story of how Creator/GlynisJohns was hired: she would only do it if she got her own song, so the Sherman Brothers quickly changed the lyrics of a Mary song that they'd discarded. The song, of course, was "Sister Suffragette", and Glynis sang the hell out of it, despite her limited vocal range. She would later go on to originate the role of Desiree in Music/StephenSondheim's ''A Little Night Music'', where she sang "Send in the Clowns" to great acclaim.

* Mr. Dawes Sr. [[spoiler:(Creator/DickVanDyke)]] muddles over Bank's joke and really starts to get into it. It's awesome watching him shoot up into the air like a rocket laughing only for Jr. to cry, "FATHER! COME BACK! DADDY!!!"
** He even carries it on a little farther than that. His next line? Wailing like a toddler, "Daddy! Daddy, come ba-ha-ha-haaaack!"

* Mr. Banks' reaction upon seeing Miss Andrew, his old nanny

--> '''Katie Nana:''' I wouldn't stay in this house if you heaped me with all the jewels in Christendom.

--> '''Katie Nana''': I wouldn't stay in this house if you heaped me with all the jewels in Christendom.

---> '''Mrs. Brill''': Well hip hip hooray. And don't stumble on the way out, dearie.

-->'''Mr. Banks:''' ''[on the phone]'' "Operator, I'd like the office of the Times. No, I do not know the number!"

-->'''Ellen''': [[OhCrap It's the master!]]
-->'''Chimney Sweepers''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's the master! Step in time!]] It's the master! Step in time!
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' [[TheComicallySerious What's all this?]]
-->'''Chimney Sweepers''': What's all this! What's all this! What's all this! What's all this!

* Mr. Dawes Sr. [[spoiler:(Creator/DickVanDyke)]] muddles over Bank's joke and really starts to get into it. It's awesome watching him shoot up into the air like a rocket laughing only for Jr. to cry, "FATHER! COME BACK! DADDY!!!"
** He even carries it on a little farther than that. His next line? Wailing like a toddler, "Daddy! Daddy, come ba-ha-ha-haaaack!"
* "Sister Suffragette":
** The story of how Creator/GlynisJohns was hired: she would only do it if she got her own song, so the Sherman Brothers quickly changed the lyrics of a Mary song that they'd discarded. The song, of course, was "Sister Suffragette", and Glynis sang the hell out of it, despite her limited vocal range. She would later go on to originate the role of Desiree in Music/StephenSondheim's ''A Little Night Music'', where she sang "Send in the Clowns" to great acclaim.
** During the song itself, while Mrs. Banks and her servants are singing about this noble cause, Katie Nana is trying to get their attention, to no avail. When the three start parading around the room, she's forced to chase after them.
** There's also the high-pitched squeal from the other ladies as Winifred lifts up her skirt to reveal her bloomers.
** And Mrs Banks gets a taste of what that's like quickly after. As George comes home and starts singing "The Life I Lead", Winifred is trying to tell him the children are missing. But he's too busy singing to pay attention.
* Admiral Boom, especially when he orders the attack on the "Hottentots"
** Anytime the cannon is fired and what happens in the household before and after it happens.
** Whenever he's about to fire the canon, someone will usually shout, "'''[[OhCrap POSTS EVERYONE!]]'''", prompting everyone to hold something down.
** Even funnier is Mr. Banks' [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight utter lack of reaction to the cannon firing. Doesn't even blink.]]
--->"Ellen, it is ''now'' 8 o'clock."
*** Not even when he arguing with his wife about Mary Poppins.
** When Admiral Boom breaks up the rooftop "Step In Time" with fireworks, Bert sends one back by using his sweeper like a cricket bat. The pipes Michael stands behind look like wickets, making him the wicket keeper. Boom yells, "Well hit, sir! Very well hit!" then [[DelayedOhCrap realizes what's happening and ducks frantically]].
** When he's introduced, Bert says he likes his house "shipshape". Then, the camera pans over to his house and it's revealed to be literally shaped like a ship.
** His name is Admiral ''[[PunnyName Boom]]'' and he makes explosions.
* When Bert is dancing with the penguins, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after he pulls his pants back up,]] the face he makes is ''hilarious.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWjGMetU0E It's at 1:20 in this video.]] It's even funnier because he makes that demented face for literally '''no reason'''.
* This exchange:
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' And one more thing, when I sit down to play the piano, I expect it to be in tune!
-->'''Mrs. Banks:''' But George...you don't play.
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' Madam, that is entirely beside the point!

* When Jane and Michael gape upon seeing Mary Poppins slide up the bannister:
-->'''Mary:''' Close your mouth, Michael, we are not a codfish.
* After Mr. Banks hires Mary Poppins, he tells Ellen to tell the other nannies that the position has been filled. Ellen is understandably confused, because Mary Poppins was the only one at the door after blowing the other nannies away, but she goes to the door and tells the dog she finds standing there, "The position has been filled." The dog (who happens to be Ms. Lark's dog, Andrew) looks disappointed and leaves.
* During Jane and Michael's letter of the perfect nanny, one of the requirements is "never smell of barley water"[[note]]Whiskey[[/note]]. Michael enthusiastically says he thought of that and George has a very disapproving look on his face. But Winifred is trying [[ActuallyPrettyFunny to restrain herself]].
** Also during their letter, they promise not to give the nanny "cause to hate [them]." Then, they go on to specify the things they won't do: hide her glasses, put toads in her bed, or [[SlippingAMickey pepper in her tea]].
* When Mary Poppins arrives and begins reading the ''children's'' advertisement, Mr Banks goes over to peer into the fireplace where he'd thrown it. [[ForgotToMindTheirHead He then bumps his head on the fireplace,]] splutters, and mimes tearing up the letter. Mary Poppin's reaction - "I beg your pardon, are you ill?" Then Mrs Banks comes in a few moments later and calls "George!" Mr Banks bumps his head on the fireplace again.
* The expression on Ellen's face when she witnesses Mary and the children sliding down the railing is priceless.
* The OverlyLongGag of Mr Banks getting summarily fired is pretty funny overall, but the best part is probably the moment when Mr Dawes Jr goes to turn [[ItMakesSenseInContext his umbrella inside out]] and some of the bankers [[AnythingButThat gasp in horror]].
--> '''Banker 1''': ''[starts to get up]'' No! Not that!
--> '''Banker 2''': ''[holds him back]'' Steady on.
** Dawes Jr. punching out Mr. Banks' hat.
* After Mary Poppins measures Michael, Jane is giggling at what she says. Then she says about Jane "rather inclined to ''giggle''" and she abruptly stops and looks furious.
** The pun about the tape measure determining how people "measure up".
* George tells Ellen to shut the window because the singing robin is giving him a headache. Ellen obliges but she scolds the robin, saying, "Quiet! You're giving the master an 'eadache!" What's funnier is that the robin actually obeys her. ''[[NearlyNormalAnimal And chirps an apology.]]''
* Jane's little squeal when Mary Poppins pours the medicine. Made even better by the fact that the bottle was a working prop and it was Karen Dotrice's genuine reaction.
* The chalk drawing segment:
** When Bert attempts to take the children into his chalk drawing, they just land on top of it. There's a beat before Jane asks quite innocently "is something supposed to happen?"
** Then after that, Mary's completely ''irritated'' attitude about magicking them all into the chalk drawing. She treats transporting four people to a magical world like it's a chore that she doesn't like doing, but has to because no one else does it properly.
** After they enter the chalk drawing, Mary matter-of-factly admonishes the children, "Don't fall and smudge the drawing!"
** While Mary, Bert and the children ride the carousel horses across the countryside, Bert has the audacity to ''[[SeenItAll look bored]]'' with their little adventure, sitting on the horse and idly twirling his cane.
** When Mary thanks the turtles for helping her across the river, they say, "Our pleasure, Mary Popp--" but the last syllable of her surname is garbled because they sink under the water.
** The scene that precedes the fox being saved from the hunters.
--->'''Man''': "View haloo!"
--->'''Horse''': "Oh, yes, definitely: a view haloo!"
--->'''Fox''': "View haloo?!"
* The sheer fact that Winifred sings an entire song about the suffragette movement and then as soon as she hears her husband coming home, she hisses at the servants to put them away [[HypocriticalHumour "You know how the cause infuriates Mr Banks]]"
* Katie Nana is a OneSceneWonder, refusing to let Ellen talk her out of staying.
--> '''Katie Nana''': I wouldn't stay in this house if you heaped me with all the jewels in Christendom.
** Mrs. Brill's reaction?
---> '''Mrs. Brill''': Well hip hip hooray. And don't stumble on the way out, dearie.
* Mr. Dawes Sr.'s reasoning why Michael shouldn't spend his tuppence on the Bird Woman is just glorious:
--> "Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds!"
* Mr. Banks relates a summary of the English perspective of the Boston Tea Party, and tries to toss in a joke to lighten the mood. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm0hSAgFhZo&t=0m46s Video]].
--> "As the ship lay in Boston Harbor, a party of the colonists, dressed as Red Indians, boarded the vessel, behaved very rudely, and threw all the tea overboard. This made the tea unsuitable for drinking, [[TakeThat even for Americans]]." (George smiles awkwardly at his joke, but everyone else glares at him)
** Made funnier by the fact that the movie was produced and mostly done by [[SelfDeprecation Americans.]]
* Michael trying repeatedly to snap his fingers during the "Spoonful of Sugar" sequence, through the entire thing. Then he finally succeeds...and Jane promptly sends a wagon after him that knocks him over and wheels him into the closet. The closet then proceeds to repeatedly open and close while Michael tries ''in vain'' to get out. All while Mary looks completely unamused by the whole situation of everything reaching beyond her control. All the other little details like the Jack-in-the-Box going haywire and the ball bouncing on the dresser drawers adds to the silliness.
** And then when she tries to settle things down, as she says, "Well that was very..." but the commotion keeps going. She tries again saying, "Thank you, now..." but it still keeps going. At this, she has enough and shouts, "WHEN YOU'VE QUITE FINISHED!" ''That's'' when it finally stops. When it stops, she says, "Thank you" again, but this time it's sincere.
** Also during "Spoonful of Sugar", Mary's reflection starts crooning. Mary's response is to sternly exclaim, "Cheeky!".
* This exchange, after the "Step In Time" sequence, in which Mary Poppins would make [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny proud:
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' Would you be good enough to explain all this!
-->'''Mary:''' ''[in a stern tone]'' First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear.
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' Yes?
-->'''Mary:''' ''[{{beat}}, then smiles]'': I never explain anything.
* After Mr. Banks sings the 'British Nanny' song, outlining his qualifications for a nanny in musical form, Mrs. Banks replies "Splendid, George! Inspirational! The 'Times' will be so pleased!" Apparently, she transcribed ''the whole song'' as a newspaper ad!
** Followed by his attempt to call the paper:
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' ''[on the phone]'' "Operator, I'd like the office of the Times. No, I do not know the number!"
* Mary and Bert's mildly-concerned reaction when Michael goes shooting up the chimney:
-->'''Mary:''' ''[blandly]'' "Oh, bother."
-->'''Bert:''' "Well, that's a bit awkward, I must say."
** And then immediately afterwards Jane shoots up the chimney:
--->'''Mary''': And there goes the other one!
--->'''Bert''': Shouldn't we go after them?
--->'''Mary''': Well, we can't have them up there gallivanting like kangaroos, now can we?
* During "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," this bit of dialogue:
-->'''Mary''': You'd better use it carefully, or it could change your life!
-->'''Musician''': For example?
-->'''Mary''': Yes?
-->'''Musician''': One night, I said it to me girl, and now me girl's me wife!
-->([[{{Beat}} She hits him over the head with a cymbal]])
-->'''Musician''': Ow! And a lovely thing she is, too!
* There's also this bit of dialogue, also from "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious":
--> '''Mary:''' ''[mock-serious]'' You know, you can say it backwards, which is "[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness dociousaliexpiisticfragicalirupes]]", but that's going a bit ''too'' far, don't you think?\\
'''Bert:''' In''dubitably''.
* When Mr. Banks speaks to Mary Poppins regarding his concerns about the activities the children have been telling him about.
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' I am disturbed to hear my children talking about popping in and out of chalk pavement pictures, consorting with racehorse persons, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers fox hunting]]! ''(beat)'' Yes, well I don't mind ''that'' quite so much. At any rate, it's traditional.
** The running gag of Mr. Banks berating Mary for doing things such as "popping through pictures" and "having tea parties on the ceiling"... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint without even]] questioning ''how'' she did them.
* When Michael tries to tell Mr. Banks the "wooden leg named Smith" joke, he replies, "Smith?! We don't know anyone called Smith!".

--->'''Mary''': Well, we can't have them hopping around like kangaroos.
* During Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, this bit of dialogue:
-->'''Mary''': Better use it carefully, or it could change your life!

-->'''Musician''': And a lovely thing she is, too!

*** "I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith. What's the name of his other leg?"

** Mrs. Brill: she sees an army of chimney sweepers and screams, "[[NoodleIncident THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN!]]" Then tries to fight them with a frying pan, to which they respond "They're at it again! Step in time!" What's not to love?
** Or when Ellen the maid screams, and they respond? "Aaah! Step in time!" Although Ellen tries to run, the sweeps flip her onto her feet, and she needs very little persuasion to start dancing with them afterwards.
** Or when the maid sees the dad walk in... and is horrified.

---> '''Constable Jones:''' (on the phone to the Inspector) That's what I said, sir. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Go fly a kite!]] No.. sir, I don't mean you ''personally''.

-->I'm a most unfortunate man," he went on, putting his hands into his pockets. "Here am I slaving day in and day out to bring you up properly, and how do you repay me? By being rude to Miss Andrew! It's shameful! It's outrageous. I don't know that I shall ever be able to forgive you. But——" he continued, taking two sixpences out of his pocket and solemnly offering one to each of them, "I shall do my best to forget!"

* Mary Poppins pretending to be confused about Mr. Banks small crisis on how she got the children's advertisement.
--> '''Mary Poppins:''' are you ill?

** However, Mrs. Banks really takes away the gold for that scene. She walks into the room, acting as if everything is normal. Then gets grabbed by the sweepers and all she can say is, "Oh no really, not at the moment." But the best part is right after, when the men cry out, "VOTES FOR WOMEN" at the top of their lungs. What does she do? Naturally, she joins in, and the tune switches over to "Sister Suffragette" without missing a beat.

* Admiral Boom, especially when he orders the attack on the 'hot-n-tots'.

** When Admiral Boom breaks up the rooftop "Step In Time" with fireworks, Bert sends one back by using his sweeper like a cricket bat. The pipes Michael stands behind look like wickets, making him the wicket keeper. Boom yells, "Well hit, sir! Well hit!" then [[DelayedOhCrap realizes what's happening and ducks frantically]].

* After Mr. Banks hires Mary Poppins, he tells the maid to tell the other nannies that the position has been filled. The maid is understandably confused, because Mary Poppins was the only one at the door after blowing the other nannies away, but she goes to the door and tells the dog she finds standing there, "The position has been filled." The dog looks disappointed and leaves.

-->'''Bert:''' I always say there's nothing like a good joke.
-->'''Uncle Albert:''' ''[sobbing]'' No, and that was nothing like a good joke.

** However, Mrs. Banks really takes away the gold for that scene. She walks into the room, acting as if everything is normal. Then gets grabbed by the sweepers and all she can say is, "Oh no really, not at the moment." But the best part is right after, when the men cry out "VOTES FOR WOMEN" at the top of their lungs. What does she do? Naturally, she joins in, and the tune switches over to "Sister Suffragette" without missing a beat.
** The fact Mrs Banks's reaction to her house being invaded by chimney sweeps is to yell "Votes for Women" at them.

** Michael tries to sneak out dressed as a sweeper ("[[ItMakesSenseInContext Good luck, guvna]].") It almost works! The look on Mr. Banks' face is priceless.

** "'''[[OhCrap POSTS EVERYONE!]]'''"

--> '''Constable Jones:''' (on the phone to the Inspector) That's what I said, sir. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Go fly a kite!]] No.. sir, I don't mean you ''personally''.

* George tells Ellen to shut the window because the singing robin is giving him a headache. Ellen obliges but she scolds the robin, saying "Quiet! You're giving the master an 'eadache!" What's funnier is that the robin actually obeys her. ''And chirps an apology.''
* Jane's little squeal when Mary Poppins pours the medicine. Made even better by the fact that the bottle was a working prop and it was Karen Dotrice's genuine reaction.

--> '''Mrs. Brill''': Well hip hip hooray. And don't stumble on the way out, dearie.

** And then when she tries to settle things down, as she says, "Well that was very..." but the commotion keeps going. She tries again saying, "Thank you, now..." but it still keeps going. At this, she has enough and shouts "WHEN YOU'VE QUITE FINISHED!" ''That's'' when it finally stops.

[[caption-width-right:350:''We love to laugh''\\''Loud and long and clear'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ We love to laugh''\\''Loud and long and clear
♫'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ We love to laugh''\\ ''Loud and long and clear

[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ We love to laugh''\\
''Loud and long and clear

--> '''Mary Poppins''' are you ill?

''Loud and long and clear ♫'']]

--->'''Mary''': Better use it carefully, or it could change your life!
--->'''Musician''': For example?
--->'''Mary''': Yes?
--->'''Musician''': One night, I said it to me girl, and now me girl's me wife!
--->([[{{Beat}} She hits him over the head with a cymbal]])
--->'''Musician''': And a lovely thing she is, too!

* Mr. Dawes Sr.[[spoiler:(Creator/DickVanDyke)]] muddles over Bank's joke and really starts to get into it. It's awesome watching him shoot up into the air like a rocket laughing only for Jr. to cry, "FATHER! COME BACK! DADDY!!!"

** Made funnier by the fact that the movie was produced and mostly done by [[SelfDeprication Americans.]]

-->'''Chimney Sweepers''': "What's all this! Step in time!

** During the song itself, while Mrs. Banks and her servants are signing about this noble cause, Katie Nana is trying to get their attention, to no avail. When the three start parading around the room, she's forced to chase after them.

-->'''Uncle Albert:''' (''sobbing'') No, and that was nothing like a good joke.

** The ending where Bert makes what Van Dyke referred to as his Creator/StanLaurel face. (Van Dyke was a huge fan of Laurel.)
* Mrs. Brill in 'Step In Time'; she sees an army of chimney sweepers and screams, "[[NoodleIncident THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN!]]" Then tries to fight them with a frying pan, to which they respond "They're at it again! Step in time!" What's not to love?
** Or when the maid screams, and they respond? "Aaah! Step in time!"
** And although Ellen tries to run, the sweeps flip her onto her feet, and she needs very little persuasion to start dancing with them afterwards.
*** Or when the maid sees the dad walk in... and is horrified.

*** The fact Mrs Banks's reaction to her house being invaded by chimney sweeps is to yell "Votes for Women" at them.

* The story of how Creator/GlynisJohns was hired: she would only do it if she got her own song, so the Sherman Brothers quickly changed the lyrics of a Mary song that they'd discarded. The song, of course, was "Sister Suffragette", and Glynis sang the hell out of it, despite her limited vocal range. She would later go on to originate the role of Desiree in Music/StephenSondheim's ''A Little Night Music'', where she sang "Send in the Clowns" to great acclaim.

** When Admiral Boom breaks up the rooftop Step In Time with fireworks, Bert sends one back by using his sweeper like a cricket bat. The pipes Michael stands behind look like wickets, making him the wicket keeper. Boom yells, "Well hit, sir! Well hit!" then [[OhCrap realizes what's happening and ducks frantically]].
* When Bert is dancing with the penguins, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after he pulls his pants back up,]] the face he makes is ''hilarious.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWjGMetU0E It's at 1:20 in this video.]]
** It's even funnier because he makes that demented face for literally '''no reason'''.

* When Mary Poppins arrives and begins reading the ''children's'' advertisement, Mr Banks goes over to peer into the fireplace where he'd thrown it. [[ForgotToMindTheirHead He then bumps his head on the fireplace,]] splutters, and mimes tearing up the letter. Mary Poppin's reaction - "I beg your pardon, are you ill?"
** Then Mrs Banks comes in a few moments later and calls "George!" Mr Banks bumps his head on the fireplace again.

--> '''Banker 1''': ''(starts to get up)'' No! Not that!
--> '''Banker 2''': ''(holds him back)'' Steady on.

* When Bert attempts to take the children into his chalk drawing, they just land on top of it. There's a beat before Jane asks quite innocently "is something supposed to happen?"

* After they enter the chalk drawing, Mary matter-of-factly admonishes the children, "Don't fall and smudge the drawing!"
* While Mary, Bert and the children ride the carousel horses across the countryside, Bert has the audacity to ''[[SeenItAll look bored]]'' with their little adventure, sitting on the horse and idly twirling his cane.

-->'''Mary:''' (in a stern tone) First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear.

-->'''Mary:''' ({{beat}}, then smiles): I never explain anything.

-->'''Mr. Banks:''' (on the phone) "Operator, I'd like the office of the Times. No, I do not know the number!"

-->'''Mary:''' (blandly) "Oh, bother."

-->'''Chimney Sweepers''': "What's all this! What's all this!"