Line #17 Funny/ItsAWonderfulLife


1	* Joseph's reaction when Clarence is assigned to save George:
2	-->"Poor George..."
3	* Young George's one interaction with little Violet in the flashback:
4	-->'''Violet:''' Help me down.\
5	'''George:''' Help ya ''down''?
6	** The funniest part is, for someone only playing a child version of Jimmy Stewart's character, that boy managed to perfectly capture Jimmy Stewart's snarky acting and inflection.
7	* Little Mary and Violet in the flashback talking about George:
8	-->'''Violet:''' I like him.\
9	'''Mary:''' You like ''every'' boy.\
10	'''Violet:''' What's wrong with that?
11	* As a young adult, Violet's beauty is considered captivating. When she stops to say hello to George, all of the men stare at her as she walks away...including one guy who is almost hit by a car crossing the street because he was too busy sneaking a peek.
12	* Annie is a wisecrack goldmine. When she's listening in on George and his Dad's conversation and George calls her out on it:
13	-->'''George:''' Why don't you pull up a chair, Annie? You'll be able to hear everything that way.\
14	'''Annie:''' I would if I thought there'd be anything worth listening to.
15	** Earlier in the same scene, when Harry tries to kiss her:
16	--->If you lay a hand on me, I'll hit you with this broom!
17	* George has a heart-to-heart talk with his father and tells him how great he is. [[MoodWhiplash Then]]...
18	-->'''George:''' ''(raising his voice)'' Did ya hear that, Annie?\
19	'''Annie:''' ''(behind kitchen door)'' I ''heard'' it; it's about time one o'ya lunkheads ''said'' it!
20	* The dance scene in the gym with the pool underneath the floor.
21	* The High School principal helplessly trying to regain some order after the floor cover of the gym pool was opened during the dance, until he just gives up with "Oh well" and dives in with the students. The look on his peers' faces at their colleague giving in to the chaos is priceless.
22	* The old man getting utterly fed up with George and Mary's UST, culminating in him ordering them to just kiss already and this immortal line: "Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!"
23	* The scene when Mary is hiding in a bush after accidentally losing her robe. George is about to toss it back to her--but stops and says, [[AllMenArePerverts "Wait a minute...what am I doing?"]] A wicked smirk appears on his face, and he proudly struts around the bush, exploiting the situation for all it's worth.
24	-->'''George:''' This is a very interesting ''situation''!\
25	'''Mary:''' Please get me my robe...?\
26	'''George:''' ''Hmm''.... Man doesn't get ''into'' a situation like this every ''day''...\
27	'''Mary:''' I'd ''like'' to have my ''robe''...?\
28	'''George:''' ...Not in Bedford ''Falls'', anyway....\
29	'''Mary:''' OUCH!--Oh...!\
30	'''George:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Gesundheit.]]\
31	'''Mary:''' George ''Bailey''--?!\
32	'''George:''' Warrants a little ''thought'' here....\
33	'''Mary:''' Give me my ''robe''...?\
34	'''George:''' I mean, I've ''read'' about things like this, but I never...\
35	'''Mary:''' SHAME on you!--I'm gonna tell your ''mother'' on you...!\
36	'''George:''' Oh, my mother's way up in the corner, there....\
37	'''Mary:''' ill--I'LL CALL THE POLICE!\
38	'''George:''' Oh, they're way downtown--they'd be on ''my'' side, too.\
39	'''Mary:''' Then--then--THEN I'M ''GOING TO '''SCREAM'''!!!''\
40	'''George:''' Maybe I could sell tickets!
41	* After imbibing a bit too much at Harry and Ruth's wedding reception, Uncle Billy is a little worse for wear:
42	-->'''Uncle Billy:''' Where's my hat?\
43	''(George takes the hat off Billy's head and hands it to him)''\
44	'''Uncle Billy:''' Oh, thank you, George. ''(confused)'' Which one is mine?\
45	'''George:''' The middle one.
46	** Then, after Uncle Billy has drunkenly staggered offscreen singing "My Wild Irish Rose", a loud crashing sound is heard followed by him bellowing "I'm all right! ''I'm aaaallll right!''", prompting visible laughter from George. (In reality, a stagehand had accidentally knocked over some props, and a quick-thinking Thomas Mitchell [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed his line]] to imply that he'd just crashed into some trash cans in his stupor. George's laughter is Jimmy Stewart {{corpsing}} for real.)
47	* "He's making violent love to me, mother!" Cue George shooting her a look like he's thinking "What are you getting ''me'' involved for?"
48	** That whole scene, where Mary is doing her best to make George's visit as romantic as possible, and George keeps shooting her down.
49	** After Mary invites George in, he tries to open the gate only to find the latch jammed. After messing with it a few times he just gives up and kicks the gate in.
50	** They then have a huge blow-up fight and he storms out. A minute later, Mary goes to answer the phone and George suddenly comes back in:
51	--->'''George:''' ''(shouting)'' Forgot my hat!
52	** Sam Wainwright, on the phone with George, tells George to have Mary to get on her other phone so he can talk to both of them.
53	--->'''Mary:''' Mother's on the extension, we can...\
54	'''Mrs. Hatch:''' ''(hanging up the phone upstairs)'' [[BlatantLies I AM NOT!]]
55	** If you listen ''very'' carefully during the phone conversation, Sam has a brief aside argument with someone on his end who thinks it should be ''chili'' beans to make plastic rather than soy beans. He then nearly says chili beans himself when he resumes talking to George and Mary.
56	** George and Mary's dramatic and emotional kiss is made somewhat funny by Mrs. Hatch's reaction, as she blubbers over the prospect that her only daughter will ''not'' be marrying the rich and well-off Sam Wainwright after all.
57	* George's mother shares this conversation with her maid during George's wedding:
58	-->'''Ma Bailey:''' First Harry, now George. Annie, we're just two old maids now.\
59	'''Annie:''' You speak for ''yourself'', Mrs. B.
60	* During the bank run scene, a lady asks George for the precise sum of $17.50, which befuddles George before he gives her a grateful kiss. This was not scripted. Frank Capra encouraged Ellen Corby to improvise a random number. Jimmy Stewart's reaction is genuine and was left in.
61	** The build-up is, during this crisis, everybody is trying to ask for relatively high numbers for their loan, some needing to be haggled to only take what will hold them over. Comically, this woman and her frugal $17.50 were unexpectedly inexpensive. Also doubles as heartwarming, as her humble $17.50 must've been like a breath of fresh air.
62	* After George, Uncle Billy, Eustace, and Tilly are able to keep the Building and Loan open until the end of business (after Potter had threatened what would happen if they didn't), even though they're down to their last two dollars:
63	-->'''George:''' A toast! To Mama dollar and to Papa dollar, and if you want to keep this old Building and Loan in business, you better have a family real quick.\
64	'''Tilly:''' I wish they were rabbits.\
65	'''George:''' I wish they were too. (''everyone drinks'') [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Okay, let's put them in the safe and see what happens!]] (''the four of them start marching towards the safe and singing'')
66	* After the bank run, when George realizes that Mary has left:
67	-->'''Tilly:''' George, there's a call for you.\
68	'''George:''' Look, will you get my wife on the phone? She's probably over at her mother's.\
69	'''Tilly:''' ''Mrs.'' Bailey is on the phone!\
70	'''George:''' I don't want ''Mrs.'' Bailey, I want my wife!... ''Mrs.'' Bailey! ''(muttering)'' That's all, that's my wife...
71	** Most newlywed husbands who knew "Mrs. so-and-so" as their mothers' title alone can relate to what it's like when their newlywed wives start sharing their surname.
72	* After serenading George and Mary on their wedding night, Bert the cop and Ernie the cab driver [[HeterosexualLifePartners share a tender moment]]...and then Bert smacks Ernie upside the head.
73	* After the scene of Mary telling George she's pregnant:
74	-->'''Joseph:''' Now, you're probably already guessed that George never leaves Bedford Falls.\
75	'''Clarence:''' No!
76	* When George is on the phone with Harry on Christmas Eve:
77	-->'''George:''' Harry, you should see what they're cooking up in town for you... Oh, are they? ''(to Eustace)'' The Navy's going to fly Mother home this afternoon.\
78	'''Eustace:''' On a plane?\
79	'''George:''' ''(gives him a withering look)''
80	* Every time the wooden ball on the staircase falls off. After 15 years George hasn't fixed it. Upon returning home during his HeroicBSOD, there's a moment where the wooden balls pops off in his hands as usual. He clutches it as if he were on the verge of throwing it across all of Bedford Falls with all his pent-up anger. He decides against it.
81	** And then at the very end it turns Heartwarming when George actually kisses the thing, he's so happy that he has his life back.
82	* The first few minutes before Bedford Falls is changed to Pottersville, with the bridge warden and George having a particularly chill conversation with Clarence. The icing on the entire scene is the last lines of dialogue between them, which, paraphrased, goes like this:
83	-->'''Clarence:''' ''(to George)'' Clarence Oddbody, AS-2.\
84	'''George:''' What's that, AS-2?\
85	'''Clarence:''' Angel, Second Class.\
86	''(Bridge warden falls out of his chair in shock and disbelief, then backs slowly out of the shack)''
87	* Something about alternate universe Nick is oddly funny with how [[ComicallySerious humorless and no-nonsense]] he is. After getting fed up with Clarence's eccentricity:
88	-->'''Nick:''' All right, that does it. Out you two pixies go, out the door or through the winda!
89	** Before that, George tries to warn Clarence off from saying that he's an angel while they're in the bar:
90	--->'''Clarence:''' Why? Don't they believe in angels?\
91	'''George:''' Uh... (eyes Nick's [[DeathGlare glowering face]]) [[BlatantLies ...yeah, they believe in them...]]
92	** And after they have been evicted:
93	--->'''Nick:''' Get me, I'm givin' out wings!
94	* At one point during George's nightmare vision, after being thrown out of the bar, Clarence looks heavenward:
95	-->'''Clarence:''' How am I doing, Joseph? ''(beat)'' Thanks. ''(beat)'' No, I ''didn't'' have a drink!
96	* In the alternate universe, the alternate Bert attempts to handcuff George and take him to a mental hospital. Clarence intervenes however, and Bert decides to arrest him instead...only for Clarence to ''disappear'' while Bert is trying to cuff him. Bert's frantic motions in the snow and Ernie's reaction to the whole thing are pretty funny.
97	* The entire sequence after George realizes Bedford Falls is back to normal again and lets the whole town know about it. Both funny AND heartwarming due to how insane with relief and happiness George is now.
98	** One of the very few occasions on film when a man sees his own car smashed against a tree and [[MakesSenseInContext celebrates it]].
99	** There's something both heartwarming and surreal about George, wishing ''[[BigBad Mr. Potter]]'' of all people a merry Christmas. Naturally, [[{{Jerkass}} true to form]], Mr. Potter's response is a grousing "[[SarcasmMode And a Happy New Year! ...in JAIL]]!"
100	** When he finds the bank examiner and the police commissioner waiting at his house:
101	--->'''Commissioner:''' Mr. Bailey, I have some papers here...\
102	'''George:''' ''(happily)'' I'll bet it's a warrant for my arrest. Isn't it wonderful? I'm going to jail!
103	** Later in that same scene, as George is hugging his children, the men at the bottom of the stairs look at each other in disbelief, then one of them shrugs and prepares to take a picture.
104	* During the final scene where Annie adds her money to the pile, she adds the line,
105	--> "I saved this money for a divorce in case I ever got a husband!"
106	* It's not meant to be funny, but (at least up until his [[MoodWhiplash destroying the models]] bit) the scene where George comes home and terrorizes his family is filled with one [[CrossingTheLineTwice sobering-slash-hilarious]] moment after another. But the crown jewel has to be when he goes off on Zuzu's teacher, all the while Mary's trying to wrestle the phone away from him.
107	-->'''George:''' Hello. Hello, Mrs. Welch? This is George Bailey. I'm Zuzu's father. Say, what kind of a teacher are you, anyway? What do you mean sending her home like that, half naked? Do you realize she'll probably end up with pneumonia on account of you? Is this the sort of thing we pay taxes for to have teachers like you? Stupid, silly, careless people who send our kids home without any clothes on? You know, maybe my kids aren't the best-dressed kids. And maybe they don't have any decent clothes... That stupid... Hello? Who is this? Oh, ''Mr.'' Welch? Okay, that's fine, Mr. Welch. Gives me a chance to tell you what I ''really'' think of your wife.
108	* Mr. Potter's assistant who's always pushing his wheelchair can get a laugh when you notice how [[TheStoic he keeps the same cold look on his face]] throughout the many years covered in this film, [[TheVoiceless all without speaking a word]]. He's likely contending for the largest role in a motion picture that [[LivingProp says and does absolutely nothing throughout all his screentime]].
109	* A bit of Fridge Humor (if you don't take the cut scene into account): picture what Mr. Potter's face is going to look like when he wakes up on Christmas morning to the news of how George's night turned out.
110	* In the post-production photo of all cast and crew, James Stewart and Frank Capra appear twice, once on the far left and another time on the far right. The photo was taken by slowly panning from one side to the other, giving time to run from one end of the group to the other other before the camera did.

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