Funny / The Hudsucker Proxy

• In a bit of Gallows Humor, the fat lady screaming at the splattered body of Hudsucker, then Mussburger calmly grabbing Hudsucker's lit cigar and not wanting to waste "a good Montecristo".
• Norville pitching his idea to a tired old mail sorter:
  Norville: "See, I don't think I'll be working in this mail room for very long!"
  Old Timer: "Nope, don't s'pose you will."
• An executive who decides to follow Hudsucker's example mid-way through the movie learns that the high-rise office building's Soft Glass has been replaced with a new type of safety-glass... when he smacks face-first into it at a full sprint and gets stopped cold.
• Amy's reaction to Norville insulting the writer of a hatchet piece on him, unaware that it was actually her:
  Norville: "Say, Amy, how about you and I grab a little dinner and a show after work? I was thinking maybe The King and I."
  *smack!*
  Norville:"...Uh, how about Oklahoma!?"
• Never has the invention of the hulahoop been so hilarious.
• The Dreaded Blue Letter. Achieves Brick Joke status when late in the film Angelic Hudsucker bemusedly tells Norville failure to deliver a Blue Letter is cause for dismissal — this while Norville is about to get himself "squished."
• Buzz's over-the-top reaction to getting fired. It's tough not to feel bad for the poor guy, but actor Jim True-Frost is Chewing the Scenery so hard that you can't help laughing, either.
• The Greek Chorus cabbies commenting on Norville and Amy.
  Lou: There's illness in the family.
  Bennie: Her mother needs an operation...
  Lou: Urgently.
  Bennie: Adenoids?
  Both: (with Amy) Lumbago!
  Bennie: Oh, that gag's got whiskers on it!
  • After she turns on "the waterworks" and makes a show of crying in despair for a long moment, Amy eventually has to elbow Norville in the side to get his attention.

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