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funniest parts in this movie...


some funny parts in this movie...

she's in the little store and she randomly starts like a really loud cough/clear of the throat thing and then asks for bread...omg its so funny...

jc to helga: can i have ur sisters name in visvon(:S ?) and a prison record if any?!
helga: excuusee mee?
jc: o i mean her ADRESS if u HAVE IT
that part makes me laugh so hard bc it doesn't even sound the same omg its so funny

i can't think right now bc its late...past my bad time lol...i'll come back with more later...

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I like when she's interviewing all of those unstable bizarro nannies
("I don't need a bed, I prefer to sleep on the floor"),
and when she throws the hysterical fit in the snow, driven over the
edge by a string of expensive household repairs.("I'm sick of plaid,
whiskers and being 'yupped and noped'!")

Also the scene where she tells the vet that she doesn't fancy him or find
him the slightest bit attractive or charming. He then pins her against
the car and kisses her so thoroughly that she goes completely limp.

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ya when she's yelling in the snow and she's like "I USED TO BE CUTE!!!" and then she's like "I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT HAS WORKING WATER! I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'A COMING FROM! ANOTHER 6000AHHHHH" and then she faints and that poor guy is stunned lol...i love this movie...it's a good one

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It's very funny when she tells the plumber that they can just fill
up her well from the backyard hose. Would a Harvard MBA be that dim?

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I do live in Vermont and have met plenty of nice well educated people who move here without any basic understanding of such things.

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u live in vermont!? is it nice there...nice and peaceful like in the movie?

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Like anyplace, it's a mixed bag. After seeing most of the country as a military brat and touring, I decided to settle here 20 years ago and never looked back. It's not paradise but you can see it from here.

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nice

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I liked the part when she was on the side of the road with the flat tire and the vet kisses her and when he walks away she just says "wow."

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Just saw it again today- wow what a kiss!

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I'm from New York (and have an MA, though not from Harvard ;)) and if I were that crazy flustered and the well looked like the one he was checking, I might say that. I know about wells and well water, but that thing looked more like a wishing well, as though it were some kind of reservoir for the house or something. Okay, so maybe I don't know that much about wells! :D I'm certainly confused as to how hers could suddenly run dry, especially when it seems like there's lot of precipitation there to sink into the water table. So it's actually likely I'd ask "can't you make the well deeper?' rather than expect him to be able to fill it up, but still, she's very close to her nervous breakdown there, so it's likely she was just spouting nonsense, like when people demand CPR on someone who is already long gone.

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The well going dry didn't make any sense to me either. They didn't seem to be in the middle of a drought.

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It's very funny when she tells the plumber that they can just fill
up her well from the backyard hose. Would a Harvard MBA be that dim?



Yes, Harvard doesn't teach common sense.

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I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT HAS WORKING WATER! I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM! ANOTHER 6000AHHHHH" and then she faints.



That is hilarious! And here's another:

J.C.: I need people, I need work, I NEED SEX!

Plumber: Lady, I'm a married man!


I just bought this movie on DVD and had forgotten how funny it is. I've watched it at least 10 times in the past week.

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When she wakes up in the vet's office and she thinks he's a "real" doctor. She starts telling him her most personal secrets - "I haven't had sex in a year" and "I'm so lonely doctor." Then you hear a horse ninny in the backgroud, and she asks "What's that?" and he replies "That's my next patient." Then she says "You're a VET??? I'm lying on a vet's table talking about my SEX LIFE!!" He says "I thought you knew" and she says "Based on WHAT??? You're wearing a white coat, you have diplomas and a stethescope! You look just like a real doctor."

When she gets the flat tire, and he stops to help. He tells her "You remind me of a bull terrier." She responds "I bet you say that to all the girls!" Then she gives him that speech "Listen Dr. CHARM..I can't wait to get out of this moth-eaten town. I have nothing in common with a veterinarian from Hadleyville. You and this town hold absolutely no interest for me whatsoever. What do think about THAT??!!" and he just grabs her and gives her that very long kiss. He gives her a little salute, says "See ya around" and walks away She just leans against the car and says "wow!!!"

I love this movie. It always cheers me up.

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I love it too! And there are sooooooooo many funny parts. Some of my favorites include the ones you mentioned along with her standing in the grocery store eyeing the kerosene cans for the "project" she's working on at home, losing the oars in the lake and coming home to find the baby sitter naked in the living room. Putting comedy aside, I think all her aggravation pays off when she comes back from the meeting with the suits in New York, walks in the living room and Elizabeth sees her and says "Mama!" I just love this movie for so many reasons.

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When she gets the flat tire, and he stops to help. He tells her "You remind me of a bull terrier." She responds "I bet you say that to all the girls!" Then she gives him that speech "Listen Dr. CHARM..I can't wait to get out of this moth-eaten town. I have nothing in common with a veterinarian from Hadleyville. You and this town hold absolutely no interest for me whatsoever. What do think about THAT??!!" and he just grabs her and gives her that very long kiss. He gives her a little salute, says "See ya around" and walks away She just leans against the car and says "


'Listen, Dr. Charm...' I love that.

He kisses her so thoroughly that her arms flop against the car, and her legs buckle, and you can see there's literally nothing left to her-- no sarcastic comment, no more arrogance, no smart mouth. He simply walks away, saying, 'see you around.'

Where is THAT today? Movies feel they need to put X amount of nudity and sex, and totally forgot how to make something sexy. That scene was sexy.

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I love this line, when JC is at the airport and has just learned she's inherited Elizabeth: "I can't have a baby, I have a 12:30 lunch meeting..."

Also, the woman at the airport tells JC that Elizabeth is an "agreeable" child...then a few minutes later when JC is at the restaurant, understandably flustered, she copies the airport lady and tells the coat checker "She's very agreeable."

There are so many great lines in this movie!

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When she weighs the baby at the supermarket.

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When she and the vet are arguing w/ each other near the end and Elizabeth keeps looking back and forth. That made me laugh so hard!

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- When J.C. gets upset with the plumber after buying the cottage in the country, and complains she hasn't had sex for months, and than faints in the snow. I loved that part! lol she does such a great job panicking!

Also the liked the parts when:

- She's buying diapers for the baby and weights her. "How much do you weigh anyway?"

- When J.C. hands the baby over to the restaurant host before an interview and the baby doesn't stop crying until she gives the baby back to her.

- At the beginning when the baby's watching tv in the bedroom with them. So funny and cute!! She starts crying and J.C.'s boyfriend tries to quiet her down with telling her to stop crying and than bites his nose!! LOL

- When J.C. feeds the baby spaghetti for dinner and gets it all over the walls!! So funny!!

- When J.C. moves into the cottage (in the country) and starts her own baby apple sauce business. She begins to love it there and love the business she created herself. (That's one of my other favorite parts.)

I can go on... lol.. I love watching this movie every time its on! It happens to be on right now!!



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JC and Steven have sex. You see the clock before and after and I believe about 2 minutes passed.

"I just couldn't hand her over to a woman who calls her husband sir".

Taping the diaper on.

Taking Elizabeth's temperature.





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I like it at the beginning when Steven comes home, sits in the chair to read the paper and has the $hit scared out of him by Elizabeth when she grabs the paper!

I'd beg for some forgiveness but begging's not my business.

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Some funny parts others have not covered-

The whole scene with the yuppies. LOVED them! Chris Noth's character picks up a plaid shirt and asks his wife what she thinks,it's $12, and would it look good on him (anything would look great on Mr. Big IMO). She goes "What look are you going for?" all serious. He says "Turtleneck underneath, reading the paper on Sunday, crossword puzzles". She says "You don't need a $12 shirt (which ironically is still a great deal today)get a Ralph Lauren"

They enter the country store and the one yuppie wife says "Oh, this place is so cute!" and the husband says "This whole state is cut" True!

I liked when she was invited back to the office and Fritz asks where the baby is, says too bad she didn't bring her and had a teddy bear. So much for the guy who asked her to be available 48 hours a day, 7 days a week!So fake, I found it funny.

I also noticed in the beginning, Harold Ramis' character suggests they get a dog and she says "You know I don't do well with living things" yikes- a harbinger to come! I'm surprised he even suggested it seeing how he wasn't into babies.

I loved that he wore a bright green face mask, then asked her for sex.

Funny just cuz it was so 80's- they thought she was going to accept the offer and the old guys start asking each other if they should get the champagne. Some things from the 80's should be bought back- like champagne to celebrate at the office!

When she's at her lunch meeting and the baby is crying- the businessman asks her what is going on and she is like -"WHO would bring a baby in here??" so something I would say as well to deflect.

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I also laugh so hard at how she carries Elizabeth in the restaurant scene - when getting out of the cab for instance. As if carrying luggage. And when entering the restaurant, Elizabeth is totally upside down and not even complaining. It's really funny.

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“We heard from Dalton. Crosby didn’t get in.”

The entire sequence of the ambitious mothers by the sandbox was hysterical.

“BMW!!”

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