Greatest movie/TV insults of all time

Malcolm Tucker, from the BBC show "In the Thick of It," is a treasure trove.


"Jesus Christ, see you… You're a f*cking omnishambles, that's what you are. You're like that coffee machine, you know: from bean to cup, you f*ck up."

"I will tear your f*cking skin off, I will wear it to your mother's birthday party, and rub your nuts up and down her leg whilst whistling Bohemian f*cking Rhapsody. Right?"

"I'd love to stop and chat to you but I'd rather have Type 2 diabetes."

 

Malcolm is the best. Love that show.

Monty Python: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries."

And then there are these:

And yeah there is some language.

 

Now go away before I taunt you a second time.

 

"1632, is that a year or something?"

"No, it's your top score in Pole Position"


Or this one:

"Perhaps you chastised her too vehemently. Good rule of thumb: treat each of these girls as you would treat your mother."

"Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with that little hat on?"

 

Woody Allen's 'The Front' ends with him hauled before HUAC and he sits there for a while, patiently listening to evidence against him. Eventually he gives up and tells them "Fellas... I don't recognize the right of this committee to ask me these kinds of questions. And furthermore, you can all go fuck yourselves."

If only someone had said that to McCarthy in real life.

 

"You're a real prick, you know that?"

"Dammit, Burt! You stole my goodbye."

 

I was so close to going with this one, but chose Glengarry instead. Great call.

 

"You want the truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"

 

You play ball like a GIRL!

 

"Whatever. I'm glad I'm not a Jew."

"So are we. You weren't chosen for a reason."

 

Um, Senator McCarthy wasn't a member of HUAC.

 

Not TV or movie, but Dylan's Positively 4th Street is awesome. Every line is great, but this one is one of the best insults around:

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment, I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you