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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rir1WzZqwxE The trailer for the movie takes this]] UpToEleven.

* Greg describes his encounter with Jeff Corey. Tommy parks across the street and lets Greg out to visit him, and during the course of their conversation, Corey tells Greg that his across-the-street neighbor is ''Bob Dylan''. Greg's mental response? "[[ARareSentence Tommy Wiseau is blocking Bob Dylan's driveway.]]"

--->'''Graham:''' How do you even light this set?
--->'''Sandy:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Poorly.]]

--> '''Tommy:''' I cannot go on... LINE!
--> '''Tommy:''' ''[later take]'' I cannot... LINE!

--> '''Tommy:''' I hit her!
--> '''Sandy:''' No! Do you want to change the line?

-->'''Tommy:''' I did not hit her, I... ''[{{Beat}}]'' Okay, okay, line?
-->'''Entire crew:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not. Oh hi, Mark.

-->'''Flower Shop Girl:''' "Oh hi Johnny, I didn't know it was you."
-->'''Sandy:''' "How can you not recognize that man?!"

** They actually show bits of The Room compared to the scenes they recreated. ''The recreated scenes are actually better than the originals in terms of everything.''

** The best part: the real Tommy made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gTyF-wLa-E his own analysis]] of the scene and confirmed that, though it was only in the span of a few takes instead of dozens, [[TruthInTelevision this really happened]]. Including the staring into the camera.

** Best part? They actually show bits of The Room compared to the scenes they recreated. ''The recreated scenes are actually better than the originals in terms of everything.''

-->'''Graham:''' How do you even light this set?
-->'''Sandy:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Poorly.]]

* YMMV on this but pretty much anything in the [[NightmareFuel/TheDisasterArtist Nightmare Fuel]] page as it appears on the book can count in here as well, not only is some of the stuff there batshit insane enough to make it a [[BlackComedy comedy]] the way the book is written makes it extremely hilarious as it goes to further and further unbelievable lengths to try describe the sheer craziness unfolded.

* Tommy was so fascinated with the flower shop doggy and its stillness that he asked if it was real.
** The dog was in fact an elderly pug, a dog not exactly known for being greased lightning.
* Tommy's bizarre first draft, with incomprehensible dialogue ("Promotion! Promotion! That's all I hear about. Here is your coffee and English muffin and burn your mouth.") and nonsensical twists (Such as Johnny's car flying off the roof because [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Tommy believed him to be a vampire.]]) Also, there was a part where someone said to Lisa, "Get your pretty little buns in [the kitchen] and help." This line was not said by Johnny or Mark, but rather Claudette, ''[[IncestSubtext her mother]].''

-->'''Tommy:''' I did not hit her, I... [[{{Beat}} (beat)]] Okay, okay, line?

* The opening of the movie where Tommy performs the "Stella!" scene from ''Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire''. MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext doesn't even begin to describe it.
** Especially when he starts climbing a nearby wall King Kong style, then lies on the floor writhing.

--> '''Cast and crew:''' NO!!!

*** "Do you want to change the line?"

* Greg describes his encounter with Jeff Corey. Tommy parks across the street and lets Greg out to visit him, and during the course of their conversation, Corey tells Greg that his across-the-street neighbor is ''Bob Dylan''. Greg's mental response? "Tommy Wiseau is blocking Bob Dylan's driveway."

** The first time Tommy manages to get his line right, he smugly stares straight into the camera the whole time.

* While "Rhythm of The Night" by Corona plays over the credits, you briefly hear [[spoiler:Tommy singing along]].

* After the credits, we get a scene where Tommy is sulking at a party that Greg invited him to. [[spoiler: A stranger played by none other than the actual Tommy Wiseau tries talking to him, with little success.]]

* Tommy belting out "A Whole New World" from Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' in the shower. Even funnier when you remember how Tommy/Johnny pronounced the word "world" in ''Film/TheRoom''.

** Admit it, right now you're picturing Tommy shouting ''"YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, STELLA!"''
* While in San Francisco getting the film's many, many, MANY establishing shots of the city, Wiseau wants to get some shots of Alcatraz prison, so he takes his crew (consisting of his third DP Todd Barron, a techie named Zsolt, and Greg himself) downtown to a large building adorned with two absolutely massive American flags and is home to a number of other businesses leasing the building. Over the course of their time in this choice piece of downtown San Francisco property, it gradually becomes apparent to Greg and the others that Tommy ''owns'' the building, despite never having mentioned it to anyone before, despite the fact that they could have simply used its roof to film the rooftop scenes with much less hassle. It's funny in a rather surreal way.

** Crap, if you're into that kind of comedy the [[NightmareFuel/TheDisasterArtist Nightmare Fuel]] page itself.

** Crap, if you're into that kind of comedy the [[NightmareFuel/TheDisasterArtist Nightmare Fuel]] itself.

* "Why is he having sex with her belly button? He knows where the vagina is, right?"

* When Tommy is told he can get SAG membership by starring in a commercial, he ends up [[LoopholeAbuse directing, writing, producing and starring in a commercial (mostly swiped from Greg's demo reel) for Street Fashions, a company Tommy owns]]. The demo reel, by the way, was from a ''[[Film/PuppetMaster horror movie]].'' Greg imagines the SAG people taking one look at Wiseau's commercial and then frantically combing over their legal fine print to find ''any'' excuse to not let this lunatic join their ranks.
** The commercial can now be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fqAFCb4-ec?t=26 here]].

-->'''Tommy:''' "Greg has some weird friends"

** After more than a dozen takes, Greg, then the entire crew, give a completely deadpan reading of the whole thing back to Tommy. After ''67'' takes, Tommy finally does a reading in which he manages to recite the entire line without looking at the camera. And the crew ''erupts with applause!''

* The filming of the "Oh hi, Mark" scene, with Tommy forgetting his own lines dozens of times, leading to Greg and then the entire crew giving a completely deadpan reading of the whole thing. After ''67'' takes, he finally does a reading in which he manages to recite the entire line without looking at the camera. And the crew ''erupts with applause!''

* Sandy's incredulous reaction to the flower shop scene at the premiere

-->'''Sandy:''' Poorly.

* During the filming of the Chris-R scene, Philip Haldiman keeps glancing over at Dan Janjigian, who is taking [[AxCrazy his character]] ''very seriously''.

* At the opening night Kyle Vogt realises that he's sitting next to Dan Janjigian, who is unrecognisable from his Chris-R character. In fact if you saw the movie without ever checking the cast before, you'd be surprised to notice that the AxCrazy Chris-R was being played by PrettyBoy Creator/ZacEfron!

-->'''Johnny:''' "Greg has some weird friends"

* Instead of renting cameras like studios normally do, Tommy straight-up purchased a 35mm camera and an HD camera for production, and had them placed on a custom mount so they could both film at the same time (disregarding the fact that both need their own special lighting set-ups and crews to run them). In the end, not a single frame of the HD footage was used, which considering we see [[BrainBleach Wiseau's ass]] in the film may be a god-send.
** [[Main/{{Understatement}} Tommy seems to have a rather warped view about how to make a movie]]. When asked why he was green-screening the San Francisco skyline while being able to film on an actual rooftop IN San Francisco, he replied "[[InsaneTrollLogic This no Mickey Mouse production. I want to be professional]]."

* This exchange:
-->'''Graham''': How do you even light this set? [[note]] Referring to the infamous simultaneous 35mm and HD filming, both of which usually require very different lighting rigs. [[/note]]
-->'''Sandy''': Poorly.