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00:00 "Dude, what's all that stuff you have?"
00:02 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most hilarious blunders from beloved TV shows.
00:12 "The hell does that mean?"
00:14 [Laughter]
00:18 "So Leslie and I have come up with the theme for the campaign relaunch rally."
00:28 "The Comeback Kids."
00:30 If you watch the bloopers, you'll see that the making of Parks and Recreation wasn't as clean and innocent as the show itself.
00:36 In one of the more hilarious outtakes, Leslie and Anne are listing some fictional characters and celebrities who made major comebacks.
00:43 Chris Pratt then improvises a killer line, using the term comeback as a crude pun in relation to Kim Kardashian.
00:50 The joke itself is fantastic, as is Pratt's casual delivery of it, but what makes this blooper are the reactions.
00:57 Aubrey Plaza smacks him on the shoulder, Nick Offerman doubles over in laughter, and Rashida Jones simply face palms.
01:04 [Laughter]
01:14 "Oh, they're gonna make the rap part."
01:16 Number 19, Plums, Eastbound and Down.
01:19 Get Will Ferrell on your set and it's bound to be an unproductive workday.
01:23 Clad in sunglasses and a white wig, Ferrell goes on a wild tangent about his juicy "plums."
01:29 Funnily enough, he's the first to break, laughing at his own ridiculous lines.
01:33 "All the while, everyone's saying..."
01:36 Meanwhile, Craig Robinson stands beside him giggling away, clearly unable to keep a straight face.
01:47 But this is just the beginning.
01:49 The actors eventually lose all composure, and Ferrell can barely get through a sentence without smirking or breaking out into laughter.
01:55 The director eventually yells cut, his actors having clearly been taken by a fit of the giggles.
02:01 "I can feel the tension in the air."
02:03 [Laughter]
02:07 Number 18, The One Who Laughs, Breaking Bad.
02:10 "A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks."
02:16 The inverse to Parks and Recreation, the set of Breaking Bad was far lighter and funnier than the show itself.
02:23 The bloopers are full of actors breaking and having the time of their lives, even while filming the darkest of scenes.
02:29 Waltz, the one who knocks speech, is arguably the most iconic scene of the series, but it certainly didn't come through on the first take.
02:36 Anna Gunn gets through her lines perfectly, and Bryan Cranston turns on cue with a suitably surprised look on his face.
02:43 But for some reason, he never says his follow-up lines and simply smirks and hangs his head.
02:47 [Laughter]
02:49 [Music]
02:54 That scene is Emmy-worthy stuff, yet here's Cranston acting like he's on the set of a comedy.
02:59 Number 17, The Douche Zombie, How I Met Your Mother.
03:03 Acting like a zombie has to be pretty embarrassing, and Jason Segel finds that out first-hand.
03:09 In this scene, the gang is ganging up on Ted because he got back in contact with a problematic ex.
03:14 Lily mentions that she turned Ted into a douche zombie, prompting Marshall to do an impression of said douche zombie.
03:20 "Dad, she turned you into one of her douche zombies."
03:24 "I want to eat you."
03:26 In the blooper, Segel gets out five words before laughing.
03:29 Well, more like four. That fifth word came out as more of a squeak.
03:33 Segel and the rest of the cast then get a major case of the giggles,
03:36 with Segel even crying and breaking out in a literal sweat.
03:40 "Jason, you've got tears in your eyes. Help me wipe it off."
03:43 [Sweating]
03:45 "You're sweating."
03:47 [Laughter]
03:49 "Okay, I look normal, right?"
03:52 [Laughter]
03:53 Number 16, Whitney Houston Is Dead, The League.
03:57 While more of a cult classic, this show stars some major names,
04:01 including Mark Duplass, Nick Kroll, and Jason Manzoukas.
04:04 The latter two are at the heart of this darkly comedic blooper,
04:08 which sees Manzoukas grieving the late Whitney Houston.
04:10 Raffi doesn't know that Houston has died,
04:13 and acts surprised when he learns the truth from Rodney.
04:16 "R.I.P."
04:16 "What?"
04:18 [Laughter]
04:20 "Come on, everybody hates us. Come on."
04:22 "I know, I know. I'm sorry."
04:23 "We're so sorry, anyway."
04:24 Kroll continuously breaks for Manzoukas' exaggerated reaction,
04:28 and the latter hilariously scolds him for it.
04:30 Kroll eventually leaves his chair and goes to stand by the bookcase,
04:34 mostly so he doesn't have to look at Manzoukas.
04:36 But this does not help, and the results are comedic gold.
04:40 "What? Oh, no! Oh, my God! Whitney's dead? Oh! Oh!"
04:46 "How's my-? Come here, you laughing ass-"
04:48 Number 15, Hitting the Egg, M*A*S*H
04:51 A revolutionary bit of television,
04:53 M*A*S*H is a hilarious medical comedy about surgeons in the Korean War.
04:57 Alan Alda stars as protagonist Hawkeye Pierce,
05:00 who in this scene is tasked with squashing an egg.
05:03 In the completed scene, Alda simply smacks the egg inside the food tray.
05:06 "All right, that does it. The irresistible force is about to polish off the immovable object."
05:11 It doesn't go as smoothly in this blooper.
05:16 No, it's actually a complete mess.
05:18 Alda accidentally hits the tray while moving to smack the egg,
05:22 sending its contents flying everywhere.
05:24 This causes Mike Farrell to fall to the ground in laughter,
05:27 and he ends up taking the whole table with him.
05:30 "The irresistible force is about to polish off the immovable object."
05:33 The poor set decorator who had to clean that up.
05:42 Number 14, Riffing on Batman, Community
05:45 "Since you're a big bat, can you turn into a tiny vampire?"
05:49 "Anytime, anyplace."
05:50 One of the sitcom's big draws is the friendship between Troy and Abed.
05:54 And as this blooper proves,
05:56 Danny Pudi and Donald Glover had just as much chemistry as their fictional counterparts.
06:01 Pudi, dressed in a ridiculous Batman costume,
06:03 is asked various personal questions by Glover.
06:06 This entire bit was clearly improvised,
06:08 as both the questions and answers are different every time.
06:11 The two actors are having the time of their lives,
06:14 and the camera just stands there and rolls as they riff on the bit.
06:17 We're glad it did, because it resulted in blooper magic.
06:21 "Hey, can I- can I ask you something I always wanted to ask the real Batman?"
06:24 "Yeah."
06:26 "Why are your movies so good?"
06:27 "Don't- it's not funny!"
06:31 Number 13, Caught in the Act, Extras
06:34 To be honest, we don't know how Ricky Gervais gets through a scene.
06:38 As fans of his work will know, he's always laughing and acting the goof on set,
06:42 especially with his creative partner, Stephen Merchant.
06:45 In this scene from Extras, Andy Millman catches his agent in the act,
06:50 resulting in a terribly awkward silence and a rather uncomfortable conversation.
06:55 Gervais and Merchant had a heck of a time getting through this one,
06:58 resulting in a brilliant string of bloopers.
07:00 Gervais' sets always seem like a good time,
07:09 and we would have given anything to be there on that day.
07:21 Number 12, Blair Underwood, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
07:25 In the second season of this acclaimed cop comedy,
07:27 Boyle takes everyone for a fun weekend at his ex-wife's beach house.
07:31 Much to everyone's chagrin, Jake brings along the uncharismatic Holt.
07:36 "Ain't no party like a Captain Holt party,
07:37 'cause a Captain Holt party is a total surprise to everyone!"
07:40 Sensing a lucrative business opportunity,
07:45 goofballs Scully and Hitchcock try to rope Holt into an offshore casino.
07:49 Hitchcock asks Holt if Blair Underwood would be interested in being a spokesperson for the casino,
07:54 causing Andre Brouwer to break and curse him out.
07:56 Brouwer's reaction makes the blooper,
08:06 and Dirk Blocker can't help but laugh at his own silly suggestion.
08:09 Number 11, Loco Lines, Modern Family
08:13 While this long-running sitcom was full of great Emmy-winning actors,
08:17 it was Sofia Vergara who stole the show as Gloria Delgado Pritchett.
08:20 In this scene from Hayley's 21st Birthday,
08:23 Vergara is tasked with saying the line, "Plus she was loco for loco puffs."
08:27 It's a tongue twister, and one made even more difficult for the bilingual Vergara.
08:38 The Colombian actress attempts to say the line, but it comes out as a string of gibberish.
08:43 The blunder is funny, but what makes this blooper are the hilarious reactions from everybody else.
08:48 No one can believe what they just heard, and they all react in complete befuddlement.
09:03 Even the crew can be heard laughing.
09:05 Number 10, The Ballad of Roberta Bondar, Letterkenny
09:09 A beloved Canadian comedy, Letterkenny has drawn acclaim for its colorful characters
09:14 and fantastic scripts that keep the wordplay coming at a rapid clip.
09:17 One of the show's best scenes is a seven-minute story about Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar.
09:22 By the looks of the bloopers, this scene was almost impossible for Jared Kiso and
09:34 Nathan Dales to get through. The two keep cracking up throughout the story,
09:38 with Dales laughing off to the side and Kiso ruining his speech with fits of giggles.
09:42 It was all too much for the director, who eventually called for a cut and a break. Good idea.
09:48 Number 9, Betty White's Dating Profile, Hot in Cleveland
09:54 Working with Betty White must have been a real treat.
10:04 Not just for her professionalism, resulting in five Primetime Emmys,
10:08 but because she was so stinkin' funny. Hot in Cleveland was a late career surge for the
10:12 iconic actress, in which she played a caretaker named Elka. In Season 2's Bad Bromance, Elka
10:18 reveals that she's on a dating website under the name Bender Over. So named, of course,
10:22 because she signed up after her bender was over. Duh! This line really tickled White,
10:28 and it took her multiple takes to get right. At one point, she even starts slapping herself in
10:33 a desperate attempt to knock the giggles out. It didn't work.
10:36 Number 8, Spanking, The Big Bang Theory
10:48 In The Fish Guts Displacement, Amy lies about being sick and earns the ire of her boyfriend
10:58 Sheldon. To punish Amy, Sheldon decides to spank her. Amy loves the idea, and she even plays some
11:04 music to help get her in the mood. Of course, Sheldon doesn't understand. By all accounts,
11:09 this was a horribly awkward scene to film, and you can tell by the reactions of Jim Parsons
11:14 and Mayim Bialik. It seems especially hard for Parsons, who appears rather uncomfortable having
11:19 to actually spank Bialik, who is draped across his lap. The poor guy keeps awkwardly laughing,
11:25 and the time between spank and laugh gets hilariously shorter as the takes pile up.
11:29 Number 7, Ashton Kutcher Bangs His Shins, That '70s Show
11:38 Ashton Kutcher got his big break playing Michael Kelso, a lovable stoner doofus who is more than
11:43 a little clumsy. It didn't take Kutcher long to prove himself a master of physical comedy.
11:54 The show's 12th episode is a Christmas special, and Eric's older sister Lori comes to visit.
11:59 She attracts the attention of Kelso, who excitedly leaps over the basement couch in
12:03 order to speak with her. Kutcher did this stunt for real and ended up slipping on the blanket,
12:08 sending his shins directly into the hard table.
12:10 Lisa Robin Kelly clearly laughs at the real incident but remains in character,
12:20 allowing the scene to continue as planned.
12:23 Number 6, Danny Boy, Schitt's Creek The little Canadian show that could,
12:28 Schitt's Creek earned wide acclaim throughout its run, with Catherine O'Hara winning the Emmy for
12:32 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In this wickedly awkward scene, O'Hara's Moira Schitt
12:44 is asked to sing Danny Boy at Carl's funeral. It's a hilarious moment and we don't know how anyone
12:49 kept a straight face throughout it. Indeed, the entire cast laughs in the middle of O'Hara's tune,
12:54 with John Hemphill being the first actor to break.
12:56 We suppose Moira's extended intro was just too much to bear.
13:11 Number 5, The Elephant Story, The Carol Burnett Show
13:16 Her name may be on the marquee, but it's Tim Conway who steals the spotlight in this classic blooper.
13:20 A wonderful variety show, this comedy had a little bit of everything,
13:29 including outlandish stories about Siamese elephants. While filming a sketch called
13:33 "Mama's Family," Conway regales his castmates with an absurd tale that gets more and more
13:38 farcical as it continues. The story leaves everyone in complete hysterics, both cast
13:43 and audience members alike. Burnett was a consummate pro and was adamant that no one
13:48 break during the tapings, but on this occasion, they just couldn't help themselves. We do not
13:53 blame them one bit. Number 4, The Tools in Dennis' Trunk, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
14:05 Dennis Reynolds has become increasingly creepy throughout the years and is now
14:09 in full-blown serial killer territory. There is strong evidence of this in season 7's The High
14:23 School Reunion, which shows Dennis keeping the likes of duct tape, zip ties, and plastic gloves
14:28 in his trunk. It's always hilarious when Glenn Howardton goes full rage mode, so we can only
14:33 imagine how difficult it is to film these scenes. He keeps the other four shuckling throughout these
14:37 bloopers, as they can't watch him get angry without cracking up. Their giggles eventually
14:42 infect Howarton, and it's not long before even he can't keep his cool.
14:46 Number 3, David Schwimmer Plays the Bagpipes, Friends
14:58 This sitcom is chock-full of iconic moments, like Ross playing the bagpipes for his buddies.
15:04 David Schwimmer plays the bagpipes himself - well, "plays" is a strong word - and his
15:08 castmates can barely hold it together. Everyone breaks once Lisa Kudrow starts screeching along,
15:22 with Jennifer Aniston putting her head back and Schwimmer being unable to continue. In fact,
15:27 this scene was so much fun to shoot that even the finished version is not without flaws.
15:31 In the episode itself, Aniston can be seen covering her face and giggling once Kudrow joins in,
15:36 and at one point, she even glances directly into the camera.
15:40 It's probably a miracle they got the scene done at all, so we'll take it.
15:44 Number 2, Michael's Plasma TV, The Office
15:53 Dinner Party is often regarded as a classic Office episode, chock-full of awkward humor
15:59 and uncomfortable situations. In one scene, Michael proudly shows off his plasma TV and
16:04 how it folds into the wall. This being Michael, the TV is the size of a tablet,
16:14 folds maybe an inch into the wall and is so small that he has to stand in front of it.
16:20 It's a string of hilarious circumstances that had everyone in hysterics. This was the first
16:25 episode filmed after the 2007 writer's strike, resulting in a giddy atmosphere on set. Carell
16:30 says they're never going to finish this episode, and while they did, we don't exactly know how.
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16:59 Number 1, Elaine vs. Frank, Seinfeld
17:04 This sitcom is packed with classic bloopers, most of them involving Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
17:09 She clearly enjoyed working on the show, and it's often her who breaks first,
17:14 usually at something that Michael Richards does or says. But it wasn't Richards who sent her off
17:18 the deep end here. It was Jerry Stiller. Stiller himself never breaks, aside from the odd smirk,
17:32 but Louis-Dreyfus could not get through the scene if her life depended on it.
17:36 She continuously chuckles at Stiller, finding his line delivery just about the funniest thing ever,
17:41 and frankly, so do we.
17:42 How Seinfeld managed to get made is just beyond us.
17:55 Which of these did you find the funniest? Let us know in the comments below.
17:59 "I thought it was so laughable at the time."
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