History Funny / TheStand

* The miniseries has considerably more humor than the book, but the funniest moment is Lloyd and Poke's EstablishingCharacterMoment as they speed drunkenly down the freeway, treating one of their guns like a microphone.

* From both the book and the series: Glen Bateman is captured in Las Vegas, sentenced to die by crucifixion. Randall Flagg offers to provide clemency, but only if Glen and the others will [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him]]. [[CoolOldGuy Glen]] promptly [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu laughs in Randall's face]], calling him 'another little cockroach scurrying around, running little roach errands'.

* When Larry becomes successful, a guy calls him and tries to talk him into making a remake of "Hang On, Sloopy". Larry eventually loses his patience, and tells him that given a choice between recording "Hang On, Sloopy" and being tied down and receiving a Coca-Cola enema, he would pick the latter.

* When Stu is about to be killed by Elder in Stovington, he points behind him and exclaims something along the lines of "[[LookBehindYou Holy crap, is that a rat!?]]" to get Elder to turn around so he can escape. ''It works''.

* Most of the scenes with Nick Andros and Tom Cullen, particularly toward the beginning. They're the only two survivors for miles. One of them is deaf and mute, and the other one is developmentally disabled and illiterate. The fact that they manage to survive and work together can also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* From both the book and the series: Glen Bateman is captured in Las Vegas, sentenced to die by crucifixion. Randall Flagg offers to provide clemency, but only if Glen and the others will [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him]]. Glen promptly [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu laughs in Randall's face]], calling him 'another little cockroach scurrying around, running little roach errands'.

* From both the book and the series: Glen Bateman is captured in Las Vegas, sentenced to die by crucifixion. Randall Flagg offers to provide clemency, but only if Glen and the others will [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him]]. Glen promptly laughs in Randall's face, calling him 'another little cockroach scurryng around, running little roach errands'.

-->'''Gen. Starkey:''' ''<calling after Creighton as the latter turns around and is walking out of the room>'' Any means necessary. ''<turns back to staring at the monitor showing one of the superflu victims at Project Blue and puts a pill in his mouth>''

* In the miniseries, of the darkly humorous kind, when General Starkey gives the order to confiscate an incriminating videotape from a news crew by any means necessary. It is Ed Harris' sarcastic tone of voice, expressions and mannerism that sell it,conveying very well that Starkey knows such an errand is a useless gesture in light of the virus being out of control, but he just can't think of anything else to do.

-->'''Gen. Starkey:''' ''<calling after Creighton as the latter turns around and is walking out of the room>'' Any means necessary. ''<turns back to staring at the monitor showing one of superflu victims at Project Blue and puts a pill in his mouth>''

* In the miniseries, of the darkly humorous kind, when General Starkey gives the order to confiscate an incriminating videotape from a news crew by any means necessary. It is Ed Harris' sarcastic tone of voice and expressions that sell it,conveying very well that Starkey knows such an errand is a useless gesture in light of the virus being out of control, but he just can't think of anything else to do.
-->'''Maj. Creighton:''' We have a rather large problem in Wyoming, sir.\\
'''Gen. Starkey:''' ''<looking at the monitor with a thousand-yard stare>'' What ''large'' problem is that, Len?
'''Maj. Creighton:''' News team got out of Pine Bluff with some potentially damaging videotape, sir.
'''Gen. Starkey:''' Flu victims? Body dumps?
'''Maj. Creighton:''' Little of both... And our ops, I'm told.
'''Gen. Starkey:''' Ah, well we can't have ''that''.
'''Maj. Creighton:''' No sir, I know.
'''Gen. Starkey:''' Showing footage like that would not be in the national interest!

* The miniseries has considerably more humor than the book, but the funniest moment is Lloyd and Poke's EstablishingCharacterMoment as they speed drunkenly down the freeway, treating one of their guns like a microphone.

* Observing the enthusiastic crowd at the first meeting of the Boulder Free Zone, Larry thinks that "This crowd would applaud [[RichardNixon Nixon]]’s resignation speech and ask him to encore on the piano".

* From both the book and the series: Glen Bateman is captured in Las Vegas, sentenced to die by crucifixion. Randall Flagg offers to provide clemency, but only if Glen and the others will [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him]]. Glen promptly laughs in Randall's face, calling him 'another little cockroach scurryng around, running little roach errands'.

* Stu, when being quarantined by the government, has all of his questions shot down on the grounds that they were classified. So he launches into a fake coughing fit to freak out the doctor. The doctor nearly has a heart attack and demands to know why he faked it. Stu grins and tells the doctor that it's classified.

* Most of the scenes with Nick Andros and Tom Cullen, particularly toward the beginning. They're the only two survivors for miles. One of them is deaf and mute, and the other one is mentally retarded and illiterate. The fact that they manage to survive and work together can also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* When Stu is about to be killed by Elder he points behind him and exclaims something along the lines of "Holy crap is that a rat!?" to get Elder to turn around so he can escape. ''It works''

* Most of the scenes with Nick Andros and Tom Cullen, particularly toward the beginning. They're the only two survivors for miles. One of them is deaf and mute, and the other one is mentally retarded. The fact that they manage to survive and work together can also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* [[CatchPhrase "M.O.O.N. That spells _____."]]

* Observing the enthusiastic crowd at the first meeting of thee Boulder Free Zone, Larry thinks that "This crowd would applaud [[RichardNixon Nixon]]’s resignation speech and ask him to encore on the piano".

* Observing the enthusiastic crowd at the first meeting of thee Boulder Free Zone, Larry thinks that "This crowd would applaud [[RichardNixon Nixon]]’s resignation speech and ask him to encore on the piano".

* Observing the enthusiastic crowd at the first meeting of thee Boulder Free Zone, Larry thinks that "This crowd would applaud {{Nixon}}’s resignation speech and ask him to encore on the piano".

* It's hilarious that this highly trained soldier fell for the oldest trick in the book.

** This troper found it hilarious that this highly trained soldier fell for the oldest trick in the book.

** This troper found it hilarious that this highly trained soldier fell for the olded trick in the book.

* When Stu is about to be killed by Elder he points behind him and exclaims something along the lines of "Holy crap is that a rat!" to get Elder to turn around so he can escape.''It works''