Line #10 Funny/RearWindow


1	* Here's a nice little bit of GallowsHumor for you.
2	-->'''Lisa:''' The last thing Mrs. Thorwald would leave behind would be her wedding ring. Stella, do you ever leave yours at home?\
3	'''Stella:''' The only way somebody would get that would be to chop off my - finger. Let's go down to the garden and find out what's buried there.\
4	'''Lisa:''' Why not? I always wanted to meet Mrs. Thorwald.
5	** Really, Stella is all about the dark/grim humor.
6	-->'''Stella:''' He'd better get that trunk out of there before it starts to leak...\
7	(''Jeff spits out the drink he's just swallowed'')
8	* All of Jeff's nicknames for his neighbors, like calling the lonely lady Miss Lonelyhearts and the lady who dances [[MsFanservice in her bra and panties]] Miss Torso.
9	* "When two people love each other, they come together - WHAM - like two taxis on Broadway." Why thank you, Stella, for that ''charming'' description of what exactly love is.
10	* Jeff twice has to tell Lisa to shut up so he can finish a thought. What could've been rather harsh coming from anyone else is made hilarious by Jimmy Stewart.
11	* There's also something to be said for the tense, dark comedy of Jeff's frantic defense against Thorwald via BlindingCameraFlash.
12	* After Doyle gives Jeff and Lisa his reasons for doubting that Thorwald killed his wife:
13	-->'''Lisa:''' Jeff, you know if someone came in here, they wouldn't believe what they'd see.\
14	'''Jeff:''' What?\
15	'''Lisa:''' You and me with long faces, plunged into despair because we find out a man didn't kill his wife. We're two of the most frightening ghouls I've ever known. You'd think we could be a little bit happier that the poor woman is alive and well. Whatever happened to that old saying: 'Love thy neighbor'?\
16	'''Jeff:''' You know, I think I'll start reviving that tomorrow. I'll begin with Miss Torso.\
17	'''Lisa:''' Not if I have to move into an apartment across the way and do the Dance of the Seven Veils every hour.
18	* The final shot of the film: a reprise of the first, panning across the various apartments and over onto Jeff's face, eyes closed and relaxed. The camera then pans down to [[ShaggyDogStory show]] that ''both'' his legs are broken this time, on the same day he was supposed to get the cast-off.
19	* Jeff trying to eat his breakfast while Stella speculates about the details of the case:
20	-->'''Stella:''' Where do you suppose he cut her up? Of course; the bathtub! That's the only place he could wash away the blood.
21	* Stella telling Lisa it's unlikely a body is actually in the garden:
22	-->'''Stella:''' Unless he puts in standing on end which would be very original and not require the use of either a knife or a saw. My guess is she's scattered all over town. A leg in the East River...\
23	'''Lisa:''' Stella, please!
24	** This becomes something of a BrickJoke in the ending when one of the officers mentions that Thorwald "is ready to take us on a tour of the East River."
25	* Jeff and Doyle's SnarkToSnarkCombat:
26	-->'''Jeff:''' Do you want to solve this case or make me look foolish?\
27	'''Doyle:''' Well, if possible, both.
28	* After Thorwald has been captured, one of the officers mentions that Thorwald stashed part of his wife's corpse in a hatbox. Doyle asks Stella if she wants to go look, but Stella insists that she doesn't "want any part of it," and then realizes that she accidentally made a pun.

Context Funny / RearWindow