And the sucky script...and the direction by Shatner...and the forced humor by it's lead actors...IMO...
Funniest Doctor Leonard McCoy lines
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And the sucky script...and the direction by Shatner...and the forced humor by it's lead actors...IMO...
In the Wrath of Khan, Kirk and Saavik are having this little quiet moment, and Kirk has just softly said "We learn by doing" and all of a sudden the lift whooshes open, and McCoy says "Who's been holding up the damn elevator?!?"
Now, perhaps as written not the funniest line ever, but coming as an abrupt moment and with DeForest Kelley's impeccable timing, it always cracks me up...
Now, perhaps as written not the funniest line ever, but coming as an abrupt moment and with DeForest Kelley's impeccable timing, it always cracks me up...
From "The Ultimate Computer". The actual funny line was delivered by Spock.
MCCOY: I was just trying to make conversation, Spock.
SPOCK: It would be most interesting to impress your memory engrams on a computer, Doctor. The resulting torrential flood of illogic would be most entertaining.
MCCOY: I was just trying to make conversation, Spock.
SPOCK: It would be most interesting to impress your memory engrams on a computer, Doctor. The resulting torrential flood of illogic would be most entertaining.
(McCoy is resting under a tree, with a tall glass of mint julep in his hand.)
ELIAS: Well, Doctor, I've been thinking about what sort of work I could assign you to.
MCCOY: What do you mean, what sort of work? I'm a doctor.
ELIAS: Not any more, of course. We don't need you. Not as a doctor.
MCCOY: Oh, no? Would you like to see how fast I can put you in a hospital?
ELIAS: Well, Doctor, I've been thinking about what sort of work I could assign you to.
MCCOY: What do you mean, what sort of work? I'm a doctor.
ELIAS: Not any more, of course. We don't need you. Not as a doctor.
MCCOY: Oh, no? Would you like to see how fast I can put you in a hospital?
From "Bread and Circuses"...
MCCOY: One, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say, Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.
SPOCK: I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor.
MCCOY: Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mister Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork.
MCCOY: One, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say, Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.
SPOCK: I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor.
MCCOY: Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mister Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork.
What I love about that line is how he screws up Spock's name, whether intentionally or not (I lean toward intentionally). It's hysterical.
"Don't just stand there jawin' Spunk!"
Spock: Doctor I think I shall return to my station now.
McCoy: You are at your station Mr.Spock.
Kirk: Dr McCoy I believe your enjoying all this.
Spock: Indead Captain, I've never seen him look so happy
McCoy to Spock: SHUT-UP
McCoy: shusssh, shusssh (just as Kirk is about to say something)
McCoy looking right at the camera with a big smile afterwords: Well, whadya know. I finally got the last word.
Journey to Babel
McCoy: You are at your station Mr.Spock.
Kirk: Dr McCoy I believe your enjoying all this.
Spock: Indead Captain, I've never seen him look so happy
McCoy to Spock: SHUT-UP
McCoy: shusssh, shusssh (just as Kirk is about to say something)
McCoy looking right at the camera with a big smile afterwords: Well, whadya know. I finally got the last word.
Journey to Babel
And the sucky script...and the direction by Shatner...and the forced humor by it's lead actors...IMO...
Honestly, it's the forced humor that was insisted upon by the studio, if I understand correctly, more than anything else that gets in the way.
To get back on topic:
"Angels and ministers of grace, defend us."
"Don't bury yourself in the part."
McCoy: Spock, you haven't changed a bit. Just as warm and sociable as ever.
Spock: Nor have you, doctor, as your continued pretilection for irrelivancy demonstrates.
That's my all time favorite McCoy/Spock exchange.
kkozoriz1
Fleet Captain
Not funny but one of my favorites. It helped really set up the character of McCoy:
"In this galaxy there's a mathimatical probability of three million Earth type planets, and in all the universe three million million galaxies like this, and in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us. Don't destroy the one named Kirk."
"In this galaxy there's a mathimatical probability of three million Earth type planets, and in all the universe three million million galaxies like this, and in all of that, and perhaps more, only one of each of us. Don't destroy the one named Kirk."
Not sure of the exact quote, but I think this is from "The Corbomite Maneuver" -- after McCoy bellow at Kirk, "What am I, a doctor or a moon-shuttle conductor?", he mutters to himself, "If I jumped every time a light went off around here, I'd end up talking to myself!"
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the most misquoted McCoy quote in history, and you got it right! Thank you!
That's a good one! (BTW even though I joined back in Feb, I'm Tea Hi!)
Here's a better one
(From ST: The Motion Picture)
KIRK: Bones, there's a 'thing' out there...
McCOY: Why is any object we don't understand always called a 'thing'?
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My all-time favorite McCoy quote.
And let's not forget: "I know engineers. They LOVE to change things!'
That movie was kind to Bones.
A new classic: "I may throw up on you."
McCoy makes a great straight man too:
McCoy: You realize if you give him that, you're changing the past.
Scotty: Why? Who says he didn't invent the thing?
McCoy: You realize if you give him that, you're changing the past.
Scotty: Why? Who says he didn't invent the thing?
Not a McCoy Line but pretty funny nevertheless.....
Chief DeSalle: "Chekov, recalibrate your sensors. If you need help –"
Chekov: "I can do it, sir. I'm not that green."
Exchange of Chief DeSalle and Chekov from Catspaw.
Chief DeSalle: "Chekov, recalibrate your sensors. If you need help –"
Chekov: "I can do it, sir. I'm not that green."
Exchange of Chief DeSalle and Chekov from Catspaw.
Yeoman Tonia Barrows: [about to change clothes in the bushes] Don't peek.
Doctor Mccoy: My dear girl. I am a doctor. When I peek, it's in the line of duty.
Star Trek Original Series, Episode "Shore Leave"
Nathaniel
Doctor Mccoy: My dear girl. I am a doctor. When I peek, it's in the line of duty.
Star Trek Original Series, Episode "Shore Leave"
Nathaniel
