Supernatural’s Top Ten Funniest Scenes – #5
#5 – The Impala “Upgrade” – “Lazarus Rising”
I usually find I’m more stricken by humorous moments when they come from nowhere in the middle of intense episodes. “Lazarus Rising” up to this point was pretty damned intense. Actually, what happened after this bit was as well. This scene wasn’t something we were expecting when Dean is finally reunited with his baby after his long time in Hell. Sam throws him the keys, his eyes widen, and he’s all smiles as he approaches his beloved Impala. “Hey sweetheart, you miss me?” He gets in to the trademark creak of the door opening and rubs his hand along the steering wheel. Everything about him is pure joy.
So, we should all be weepy, right? No, because one glance right and suddenly Dean’s mood changes. Apparently, while Sam has taken ownership of the car, he’s installed an “upgrade.” One that we know is pure sacrilege to Dean. She’s been fitted with an ipod jack, complete with ipod, which plays Sam’s wimpy and contemporary music upon the start of the engine. Both Dean’s reaction of pure disgust and Sam’s “sorry for living my life” semi-apologetic looks are exactly what’s needed to catapult a humorous bit into something absolutely freaking uproarious. We probably laughed harder too since we had been reaching the kleenexes prior to this.
I apologize, but this is one of the very few episodes that I do not have available to me for creating clips. So, here’s two screen shots, and a link to the clip on YouTube.
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And if you are Jason Manns fan (like I am) you were also hootin and hollering at the TV since it’s his song (Reminders) that comes out of the speakers. (and for anyone who reads this and asks – who is Jason Manns? – he is a friend of Jensen’s and a darned good singer.)
I thought it was very interesting in this scene, that Dean showed Sam a small courtesy of only tossing the iPod in the back seat. In What Is And What Should Never Be, he tossed Sam’s phone out the window. GRIN
I loved that scene! I was really looking forward to the Dean-Imapla reunion and it was well worth the wait! The look on his face and Sam’s shrug was priceless.
I positively howled when this scene played; it was that good. And it got recognized for the brilliance of its product placement, too!
This scene is all that more intense and memorable when I go back and see it now after learning that Dean spent 40 years in hell. All of a sudden his: “Hey, I almost forgot.” has so much more punch.
Actually, the bits that really made me giggle in this one were Deans face when he scoops up the porn mag and when Bobby gives him a massive hug and then sloshes holy water over his head just to be on the safe side …