History Funny / BoardwalkEmpire

** Benny's stirring rendition of "My Girl's Pussy" is a hilariously poignant highlight. Perpetual irritant Mickey Doyle's reaction is brilliantly ironic:
"Will somebody shut him the fuck up?!?"

* When Eddie Cantor is being intimidated by Chalky and Purnsley, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isWVb0mbhmY he only makes his case worse by referring to Chalky as "Milky"]].

* Richard makes an attempt to tell Tommy about [[spoiler:his dead mother]] when Gillian intrudes and asks what he was talking about. After a few seconds of muttering, Richard replies with "The war" in a manner where even he isn't convinced that Gillian would believe him. It's almost hilarious that despite his times with Jimmy, [[CannotTellALie Richard]] is still unable to tell a lie.

* Richard makes an attempt to tell Tommy about [[spoiler:his dead mother]] when Gillan intrudes and asks what he was talking about. After a few seconds of muttering, Richard replies with "The war" in a manner where even he isn't convinced that Gillan would believe him. It's almost hilarious that despite his times with Jimmy, [[CannotTellALie Richard]] is still unable to tell a lie.

* In addition to being a MomentOfAwesome, Van Alden coming into O'Banion's to sell irons and finding himself accidentally becoming a temporary mob enforcer is brilliant, as is O'Banion's "I can't believe that worked" reaction after the situation gets defused. The funniest thing is that Van Alden doesn't actually do anything except stand still, look impassively intimidating, and say as little as possible [[TheStoic (ie exactly what he always does)]].
* Rosetti's BlatantLies at Tabor Heights during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS8lbfHUI3Q "no fuel here" scene]]. Rosetti is lying so blatantly that Owen can't keep a straight face.
-->'''Gyp:''' I'm D.L. Collingsworth. Proprietor. Yeah, we go way back. Slept with UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and everything!

* The exchange between [[ComicallySerious J. Edgar Hoover]] and [[ThirdPersonPerson George Remus]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxTvrrFN12Y Richard marching Mickey Doyle out of his apartment at gunpoint, in his underwear]], gets even funnier when Richard takes him to Nucky:
-->'''Mickey''': I didn't kill [[spoiler:Manny Horvitz]]!

* Van Alden [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwl_2y3qc8Q turning into]] the IncredibleHulk during his unstoppable rage.

* Just when Sigrid reveals that she and Eli had sex, the police arrive and take Van Alden and Eli into custody. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6-uHmdK81Y&t=192s In custody, Eli tries to explain himself]]:

* Gyp Rosetti's Easter dinner, where the violent psychopath is completely cowed by his female relatives. What ices the cake is when Tonino attempts to leave Rosetti alone with them and he throws him a terrified look, [[FacialDialogue both threatening and supplicating]].

* When Eddie Cantor is being intimidated by Chalky and Purnsley, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isWVb0mbhmY he only makes it worse by referring to Chalky as "Milky"]].

* Just when Sigrid reveals that she and Eli had sex, the police arrive and take Van Alden and Eli into custody. Eli tries to explain himself:

-->'''D'Angelo:''' How did you geniuses get that idea?

-->'''D'Angelo:''' Your wife told you to rob Al Capone?

* When Eddie Cantor is visited and intimidated by Chalky and Purnsley, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isWVb0mbhmY he only makes it worse by referring to Chalky as "Milky"]].

* Richard marching Mickey Doyle out of his apartment at gunpoint, in his underwear, gets even funnier when Richard takes him to Nucky:

* Owen attempting to write the Italian phrase for "good luck".

-->'''Roland''': Lon Chaney.
-->'''Owen''': (punches him)
-->'''Roland''': Norma Talmadge.
-->'''Owen:''' (punches him again)
-->'''Roland''': Creator/BabyPeggy.
-->'''Owen''': (punches him a third time) Roland Smith.

* Part II when Mickey calls him again much later

-->'''A.R.''': [[BrutalHonesty Yes]].
* This exchange when a deadly serious A.R calls Nucky out on his cavalierness

* Nucky's juggling act.
* When Eddie Cantor is visited by Nucky's thugs, the poor guy worsens it by referring to Chalky as "Milky".

* Nucky finally paying the price for his boozing... a 5$ fine he just shrugs off pulling out a wad of bills and asking the bailiff if he can break a 100.

* In addition to being a MomentOfAwesome, Van Alden coming into a florist to sell irons and finding himself accidentally becoming a temporary mob enforcer is brilliant, as is the mobster's "I can't believe that worked" reaction after the situation gets defused. The funniest thing is that Van Alden doesn't actually do anything except stand still, look impassively intimidating, and say as little as possible [[TheStoic (ie exactly what he always does)]].

** Another place just lost a member of the family. Van Alden delivers flowers and tells the man answering the door: "Mr. O’Banion offers his condolences."
** At the third place, a man opens the door. Van Alden punches him and says (at the same, monotone tone he was using previously): "Mr. O’Banion wants his money."

*** Plus his "What the fuck?" when Angela's girlfriend rather than Jimmy falls out of the bathroom dead. It's like he's wondering if he got the wrong house.

* After Chalky's and Capone's men spend an episode fighting each other, they work together to slaughter the men Masseria sent to Gyp, and Capone simply says "Glad I got that out of my system" and they part on good terms.
* "That guy with the mask. Who the fuck was that?" It's a little amusing when you consider that most of Gyp Rosetti's men killed by Richard had no idea who he was or why he attacked them.
* After being bombarded with questions concerning the gang wars and Nucky Thompson's involvement, Mayor Bader replies: "Let's get something straight. [[BlatantLies Nucky Thompson doesn't run this city! I do!]]" Cue reporters bursting into laughter.
* Masseria's losing his sardonic grin and showing his annoyance about Rothstein "still taking ''dinner'' in Times Square", and his condescending dominance over Rosetti in general, e.g. casually patting Gyp on the cheek and setting his clock to remind Gyp his time is running out.
* The circumstances of [[spoiler:Gyp's death]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKpA4Ge5Ldc He's on the beach, relieving himself]], and singing horribly, when one of his associates stabs him in the back.
** As one YouTube commenter put it: "Before ''Series/AmericanIdol'', this is how you got cut for lousy singing!!!!"

* There is something disturbingly funny about Margaret's face when Nucky accidentally slips that he "[[TooSoon wouldn't put something]] [[SayingTooMuch alive in a box]]".

-->'''Eli:''' The event you're thinking about that was an accident. Plain and simple.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umPGuxRg70&t=136s Eli's speech at the St. Patrick's Day Celtic dinner]], which almost provokes a war between the Americans and the native Irish.

* Mickey Kozik turning into Mickey Doyle in the pilot episode:
-->'''Nucky''': "A rose by any other name".\\
'''Doyle''': What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Nucky''': Read a fucking book!

* Eli's speech at the St. Patrick's Day Celtic dinner, which almost provokes a war between the Americans and the native Irish.

* The look on Lucky Luciano's face when Arnold Rothstein tells him that he's sleeping with Jimmy's mother, not his wife.

* When Agent Van Alden is interrogating a wounded Jewish gangster in a dentist's office, the man replies in Yiddish. The middle-aged woman nearby reacts to it, and Van Alden demands she translate:

-->'''Van Alden:''' Word for word. This is a federal invastigation.

** The fact that he [[spoiler: bluffed his way into getting the guy out of Atlantic city by making up a non-existent type of warrant and paying some homeless guys to pose as his backup]], and then when it looks like the guy's going to die he just bursts into a dentist's office and demands the dentist give him a double-shot of cocaine in the mouth to wake him up.

* "That imbecile is going to be the next President of the United States!"

* Perhaps one of the darkest funnies in recent television, near the end of the first season when Chalky has taken [[spoiler: two of the D'Alessio brothers]] prisoner. One starts getting lippy to Nucky and Jimmy...
-->'''D'Alessio''': Fuckin tough guy huh, gonna shoot me for mouthing off?
-->'''Jimmy''': Well, I wasn't ''going'' to, but now you kinda talked me into it. ''[shoots him in the head]''

* Capone [[BoomHeadshot shoots a D'Alessio brother in the head]], and then casually eats an apple [[VillainsOutShopping no longer needed by the deceased]].
* Rothstein's lawyer, impressed by his client's skill at lying, tells Arnold it's not too late to go to law school. A.R. retorts he [[EvilLawyerJoke picked an honest profession]].
* [[ItMakesSenseInContext Midget boxing]].

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** The fact that Nucky apparently was smart enough to memorize the exact date he parted with Lucy, so [[TheBabyTrap in case she showed up with a child she claimed was his]], he would be able to rebut the accusation.

* The Commodore, abed after suffering a recent stroke, labors to speak to Eli, who leans in closer only for the old man--who can barely form words--to loudly call him a “cockfuck.”
** [[CrossesTheLineTwice Repeatedly.]]

-->'''Mook''': Fuckin tough guy huh, gonna shoot me for mouthing off?
-->'''Jimmy''': Well, I wasn't ''going'' to but now you kinda talked me into it. '''''[BANG]'''''

* Capone delivering a BoomHeadshot and then casually eating an apple [[VillainsOutShopping no longer needed by the deceased]].

* Capone's nonplussed reaction to [[ThirdPersonPerson George Remus]].

* Capone's nonplussed reaction to ThirdPersonPerson George Remus.

* The arrest of George Remus. Remus is chased around his house by the Feds, until Remus slips and falls on his ass. And then Randolph indulges herself in some [[ThirdPersonPerson Remus-speak]].

-->'''Randolph''': Then Randolph would like to see them.

* The exchange between the ComicallySerious J Edgar Hoover and ThirdPersonPerson George Remus.

* After Eli's temper causes a robbery to be rather more violent than necessary, Van Alden shouts "Why must it always be ''pandemonium''?"

* Rosetti's BlatantLies at Tabor Heights during the "no fuel here" scene, Owen can't keep a straight face.
-->'''Gyp:''' I'm D.L. Collingsworth. Proprietor. Yeah, we go way back. Slept with UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and everything.

* The [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse polite and reassuring]] NewEraSpeech [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSPPxhYxF8k delivered]] by sociopath extraordinaire Rosetti when he buys the town, "sheriffs will keep on sheriffing, librarians will keep checking out books... because ''it's very important to read.''.." ''([[ThinkOfTheChildren winks jovially]])''

* After being bombarded with questions concerning the gang wars and Nucky Thompson's involvement, Mayor Bader replies: "Let's get something straight. Nucky Thompson doesn't run this city! I do!" Cue reporters bursting into laughter.

* Van Alden is going door to door, working for Dean O'Banion who is a gangster and a florist. At one place, the female resident just had a baby. Van Alden delivers flowers, and he tells her: "Mr. O’Banion sends his congratulations." Another place just lost a member of the family. Van Alden delivers flowers and tells the man answering the door: "Mr. O’Banion offers his condolences." At the third place, a man opens the door. Van Alden punches him and says (at the same, monotone tone he was using previously): "Mr. O’Banion wants his money."

-->'''Roland''': Baby Peggy.

** The fact that Nucky apparently was GenreSavvy enough to memorize the exact date he parted with Lucy, so [[TheBabyTrap in case she showed up with a child she claimed was his]], he would be able to rebut the accusation.

-->(to Jimmy) "[[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother That's your mother?!]] I thought she was . . . well, let's just say your life is pretty [[OedipusComplex Jacobean]] all on its own."

* Gyp Rosetti's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7eTJlX1PA showing up]] wearing a stolen NiceHat from the Revolutionary War, a precious window to [[CloudCuckoolander his mental process]]. His men briefly look at him with a mild bewilderment before savvily continuing about their business in a [[BadBoss wise silence]].

* Gyp Rosetti's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7eTJlX1PA showing up]] wearing a stolen NiceHat from the Revolutionary War, a precious window to [[CloudCuckoolander his mental process]].

-->'''Capone:''' That shit, with the irons...?