there’s not a lot of room for
improvisation and scripted television
but when it works it really works
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
hilarious improvised TV moments before
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day so be sure to subscribe to our
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for this list we’re looking at the
funniest moments in television that were
apparently improvised by the actors
we’re ranking our list based on the
brilliance of the joke and how well it
incorporates into the character dynamic
and Story number 10 nice ears the
defenders Marvel shows and movies are
full of hilarious quips and banter and
the defenders is no exception in this
scene
Matt and Jessica work together to take
down a bad guy once he’s seemingly
defeated Jessica complements Matt’s mask
ears and an annoyed Matt responds that
quote their horns nice ears if horns
according to Krysten Ritter who was
responding to a fan on Twitter his brief
exchange was completely improvised by
her and Charlie Cox we think they should
be allowed to improvise more because
they clearly have this quip thing down
scarf looked better number nine I
apologize about my you know thing
Sherlock oh gosh edge oh don’t thank me
is there anything more comfy than a
drunk Sherlock Holmes and John Watson
tell us he wouldn’t want to hang out
with these guys in the third season
episode the sign of three Sherlock and
John go out and get hammered when a
boring client tells them some silly
story about a ghost Sherlock and John
fall asleep on her and when he wakes up
he apologizes on behalf of his sleeping
thing this little exchange showing
Sherlock’s sense of superiority seems
too good to be improvised but it was
according to Steven Moffat Benedict
Cumberbatch forgot the actual line
resulting in Sherlock stumbling of words
and calling John a thing rude rude
number eight pitty frack battlestar
galactica oh so you think I should give
a frak about your mood for those unaware
frak is Battlestar Galactica’s signature
replacement for the f-word
the word reared its hilarious head
during a showdown between felix gaeta
and Starbuck once Starbuck storms out on
Gaeta Gaeta hilariously responds with
the line so I guess a pity for acts out
of the question then the show’s creator
Ronald D Moore revealed on a commentary
podcast but this line was completely
improvised by actor alessandro juliani
who showed surprise when more decided to
keep his improv in the finished product
somebody close that hatch number 7
son-of-a-bitch supernatural who’s forgot
about this stretch tickets in the third
season episode bad day at Black Rock a
woman by the name of Bela Talbot shoots
Sam in the shoulder to get her hands on
a lucky rabbit’s foot and while she
doesn’t walk away with the foot she
steals Dean’s winning lottery tickets
forcing him to blurt out an extremely
exaggerated son-of-a-bitch
so this line was improvised by Jensen
Ackles and while the line itself isn’t
very funny the over-the-top delivery
certainly is Jared Padalecki apparently
found it quite funny as well as he can
be seen turning his head away from the
camera to avoid ruining the take with
laughter number 6 the Thanksgiving song
Bob’s Burgers cranberry sauce we’re
having mashed potatoes we wonder how
much improvisation goes on behind the
scenes of animated shows that doesn’t
make it into the final product the Bob’s
Burgers voice cast is full of talented
people including John Roberts who voices
the character Linda everyone seconds one
second yeah thank you
Roberts apparently loves to freestyle
songs in the recording booth then one of
his on-the-spot creations was the
Thanksgiving song which was later
covered by the acclaimed band the
national
[Music]
and mashed potato the turns the show’s
writers later called the Thanksgiving
song the show’s fourth best song and we
cannot blame them it takes a lot of
talent to create a song on the spot and
even more talent to make it funny
cranberry sauce for having mashed
potatoes oh the turkey looks great
number five animal cracker clothes Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
oh hey animal cracker the scripts of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer are undoubtedly
brilliant but as this moment proved the
cast can be just as funny and work just
as compatibly with that one in this
scene Seth Green’s Oz goes on a mini
rant about clothing on animal crackers
and how all monkeys are French the
episodes writer Marti Noxon later
revealed on the DVD commentary that
everything following Oz is complement to
Willow was improvised by Seth Green and
Alyson Hannigan and you know the monkeys
just I mock you with my mocha pants it’s
both a tender and hilarious moment
between the two characters and it all
came from the minds of the actors
involved who needs writers anyway just
kidding
he loved our writers the monkeys the
only cookie animal that gets to wear
clothes you know that number for science
biatch agents of shield what did you do
Fitz has a great sense of humor and that
is on full display in this scene once
Fitz disables Gordon’s teleportation
powers gordon asks Fitz what he’s done
to which he brilliantly responds science
biatch as fellow actor Clark Gregg
explains the line was simply written as
science but andyc a sticker added the
biatch as a nod to Breaking Bad Greg
also called it quote the best ad-lib in
the history of television on Twitter and
while we wouldn’t go that far
it certainly is a hilarious quip and we
will never pass up a reference to one of
the greatest shows of all time of course
when I think of that that’s okay number
three you look ridiculous The Walking
Dead punch the clock and make the
casseroles The Walking Dead isn’t
exactly full of humor it concerns the
end of civilization and it’s characters
are usually more concerned with
surviving than sharing
quippy banter Darrell is perhaps the
most stoic character of all cuz he
doesn’t seem to have a single funny bone
in his body
which makes this improvised line all the
more hilarious once the group
assimilates into Alexandria the usually
hardened and dirty Carol begins dressing
like a grandma prompting the equally
tough Daryl to call her appearance
ridiculous you look ridiculous the line
is funny but it also adds a further
dimension to the relationship between
Carol and Daryl
it is simply an all-around great ad-lib
number two network connectivity problems
Parks and Recreation Leslie go home no I
can’t I can’t go home and get ready for
the Chamber of Secrets you just can’t
write jokes like this in the season
three episode flu season Leslie gets
sick prompting Andy to Google her
symptoms and find that she has network
connectivity problems it’s one of the
funniest lines of the entire show and it
was all completely improvised by the
master Chris Pratt let’s say I typed
your symptoms into the thing up here and
it says you could have network
connectivity problems the show’s creator
Michael Shore later showed respect for
Pratt’s ad-lib calling it quote the
funniest joke that’s ever been on our
show the cast of Parks and Rec wasn’t
given much room to improvise
aside from Patton Oswalt’s rambling Star
Wars speech but Pratt clearly saw his
opportunity and took it resulting in a
joke that was completely unexpected and
gut-busting ly hilarious the funniest
line ever spoken on our show was
improvised by Chris Pratt number one
Michael kisses Oscar the office you
ready what do you say I’m going to
embrace Oscar when Steve Carell sees a
joke he takes it in the season three
premiere gay witch hunt
Michael accidentally outs Oscar and to
show his support he kisses him on the
lips
it’s an incredibly inappropriate thing
to do and it proves that Steve Carell
knew his character perfectly because the
entire sequence was improvised by Carell
and Oscar Nunez Nunez simply rolled with
Corrales improv but the other cast
members were laughing behind the camera
luckily the camera was planted firmly on
Carell and Nunez which allowed this now
classic footage to make it into
episode because this is an image then I
want you people to remember for a long
time to come do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
improvisation and scripted television
but when it works it really works
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
hilarious improvised TV moments before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at the
funniest moments in television that were
apparently improvised by the actors
we’re ranking our list based on the
brilliance of the joke and how well it
incorporates into the character dynamic
and Story number 10 nice ears the
defenders Marvel shows and movies are
full of hilarious quips and banter and
the defenders is no exception in this
scene
Matt and Jessica work together to take
down a bad guy once he’s seemingly
defeated Jessica complements Matt’s mask
ears and an annoyed Matt responds that
quote their horns nice ears if horns
according to Krysten Ritter who was
responding to a fan on Twitter his brief
exchange was completely improvised by
her and Charlie Cox we think they should
be allowed to improvise more because
they clearly have this quip thing down
scarf looked better number nine I
apologize about my you know thing
Sherlock oh gosh edge oh don’t thank me
is there anything more comfy than a
drunk Sherlock Holmes and John Watson
tell us he wouldn’t want to hang out
with these guys in the third season
episode the sign of three Sherlock and
John go out and get hammered when a
boring client tells them some silly
story about a ghost Sherlock and John
fall asleep on her and when he wakes up
he apologizes on behalf of his sleeping
thing this little exchange showing
Sherlock’s sense of superiority seems
too good to be improvised but it was
according to Steven Moffat Benedict
Cumberbatch forgot the actual line
resulting in Sherlock stumbling of words
and calling John a thing rude rude
number eight pitty frack battlestar
galactica oh so you think I should give
a frak about your mood for those unaware
frak is Battlestar Galactica’s signature
replacement for the f-word
the word reared its hilarious head
during a showdown between felix gaeta
and Starbuck once Starbuck storms out on
Gaeta Gaeta hilariously responds with
the line so I guess a pity for acts out
of the question then the show’s creator
Ronald D Moore revealed on a commentary
podcast but this line was completely
improvised by actor alessandro juliani
who showed surprise when more decided to
keep his improv in the finished product
somebody close that hatch number 7
son-of-a-bitch supernatural who’s forgot
about this stretch tickets in the third
season episode bad day at Black Rock a
woman by the name of Bela Talbot shoots
Sam in the shoulder to get her hands on
a lucky rabbit’s foot and while she
doesn’t walk away with the foot she
steals Dean’s winning lottery tickets
forcing him to blurt out an extremely
exaggerated son-of-a-bitch
so this line was improvised by Jensen
Ackles and while the line itself isn’t
very funny the over-the-top delivery
certainly is Jared Padalecki apparently
found it quite funny as well as he can
be seen turning his head away from the
camera to avoid ruining the take with
laughter number 6 the Thanksgiving song
Bob’s Burgers cranberry sauce we’re
having mashed potatoes we wonder how
much improvisation goes on behind the
scenes of animated shows that doesn’t
make it into the final product the Bob’s
Burgers voice cast is full of talented
people including John Roberts who voices
the character Linda everyone seconds one
second yeah thank you
Roberts apparently loves to freestyle
songs in the recording booth then one of
his on-the-spot creations was the
Thanksgiving song which was later
covered by the acclaimed band the
national
[Music]
and mashed potato the turns the show’s
writers later called the Thanksgiving
song the show’s fourth best song and we
cannot blame them it takes a lot of
talent to create a song on the spot and
even more talent to make it funny
cranberry sauce for having mashed
potatoes oh the turkey looks great
number five animal cracker clothes Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
oh hey animal cracker the scripts of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer are undoubtedly
brilliant but as this moment proved the
cast can be just as funny and work just
as compatibly with that one in this
scene Seth Green’s Oz goes on a mini
rant about clothing on animal crackers
and how all monkeys are French the
episodes writer Marti Noxon later
revealed on the DVD commentary that
everything following Oz is complement to
Willow was improvised by Seth Green and
Alyson Hannigan and you know the monkeys
just I mock you with my mocha pants it’s
both a tender and hilarious moment
between the two characters and it all
came from the minds of the actors
involved who needs writers anyway just
kidding
he loved our writers the monkeys the
only cookie animal that gets to wear
clothes you know that number for science
biatch agents of shield what did you do
Fitz has a great sense of humor and that
is on full display in this scene once
Fitz disables Gordon’s teleportation
powers gordon asks Fitz what he’s done
to which he brilliantly responds science
biatch as fellow actor Clark Gregg
explains the line was simply written as
science but andyc a sticker added the
biatch as a nod to Breaking Bad Greg
also called it quote the best ad-lib in
the history of television on Twitter and
while we wouldn’t go that far
it certainly is a hilarious quip and we
will never pass up a reference to one of
the greatest shows of all time of course
when I think of that that’s okay number
three you look ridiculous The Walking
Dead punch the clock and make the
casseroles The Walking Dead isn’t
exactly full of humor it concerns the
end of civilization and it’s characters
are usually more concerned with
surviving than sharing
quippy banter Darrell is perhaps the
most stoic character of all cuz he
doesn’t seem to have a single funny bone
in his body
which makes this improvised line all the
more hilarious once the group
assimilates into Alexandria the usually
hardened and dirty Carol begins dressing
like a grandma prompting the equally
tough Daryl to call her appearance
ridiculous you look ridiculous the line
is funny but it also adds a further
dimension to the relationship between
Carol and Daryl
it is simply an all-around great ad-lib
number two network connectivity problems
Parks and Recreation Leslie go home no I
can’t I can’t go home and get ready for
the Chamber of Secrets you just can’t
write jokes like this in the season
three episode flu season Leslie gets
sick prompting Andy to Google her
symptoms and find that she has network
connectivity problems it’s one of the
funniest lines of the entire show and it
was all completely improvised by the
master Chris Pratt let’s say I typed
your symptoms into the thing up here and
it says you could have network
connectivity problems the show’s creator
Michael Shore later showed respect for
Pratt’s ad-lib calling it quote the
funniest joke that’s ever been on our
show the cast of Parks and Rec wasn’t
given much room to improvise
aside from Patton Oswalt’s rambling Star
Wars speech but Pratt clearly saw his
opportunity and took it resulting in a
joke that was completely unexpected and
gut-busting ly hilarious the funniest
line ever spoken on our show was
improvised by Chris Pratt number one
Michael kisses Oscar the office you
ready what do you say I’m going to
embrace Oscar when Steve Carell sees a
joke he takes it in the season three
premiere gay witch hunt
Michael accidentally outs Oscar and to
show his support he kisses him on the
lips
it’s an incredibly inappropriate thing
to do and it proves that Steve Carell
knew his character perfectly because the
entire sequence was improvised by Carell
and Oscar Nunez Nunez simply rolled with
Corrales improv but the other cast
members were laughing behind the camera
luckily the camera was planted firmly on
Carell and Nunez which allowed this now
classic footage to make it into
episode because this is an image then I
want you people to remember for a long
time to come do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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