Top 20 Best Melissa McCarthy Moments
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00:00Give me a little credit, what do you think I'm gonna do?
00:01Run over there and be like,
00:02Hey, I'm a crazy lady, where's the buffet?
00:04I'm from the Midwest, we're in Blue Man Group.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:10for the most hilarious moments Melissa McCarthy has given us
00:13throughout her illustrious career.
00:15I met a dolphin down there, and I swear to God that dolphin
00:18looked not at me, but into my soul.
00:23Number 20.
00:24Radio Fun.
00:25Identity Thief.
00:26When Melissa McCarthy's character in Identity Thief
00:29starts vibing to music in the car,
00:31Jason Bateman's character doesn't seem too impressed,
00:34but we are.
00:35What's awesome about this scene is McCarthy's voice,
00:38facial expressions, and body movements.
00:40I think we just need a little music.
00:44My music brings all the boys to the lot.
00:46This life is better than yours.
00:48Also, when Bateman's character switches the station
00:51to another music genre, McCarthy continues her singing ways.
00:55It's quite a musical repertoire she displays in this scene.
00:58The juxtaposition of McCarthy's animation
01:00with Bateman's sternness makes this one of the most
01:03unforgettable moments of the entire movie.
01:11Plus, for those who feel embarrassed to sing
01:14with others in the car, perhaps this scene can inspire you.
01:17Number 19.
01:18The Hand Towel.
01:20Spy.
01:20At a five-star restaurant, one can certainly expect
01:24fancy dishes.
01:25For someone who doesn't tend to eat at these kinds of places,
01:28it's even possible that they'll find something
01:30they've never seen before.
01:32Well, that's seemingly what happens
01:33to McCarthy's character in Spy.
01:35When the waiter pours water on a couple
01:37of white circular objects, they rise,
01:40appearing marshmallow-like.
01:41So McCarthy gobbles one up.
01:43Just cleansing my palate.
01:46Geez, you had to take me to such a dump.
01:49Come on, cheapskate.
01:50That's not food, though.
01:52To be fair, they were served on a nice plate.
01:54Her ensuing reaction is hilarious.
01:57At least she tries to be polite.
01:59When Jude Law's character informs her it was a hand towel,
02:02McCarthy delivers another great line.
02:04I don't want to marry you.
02:06I don't want your muscly arms and hands
02:09rubbing my back with Nivea for the rest of my life.
02:13McCarthy's heart-to-heart plane conversation with Raina
02:16also deserves a shout-out as another great scene in Spy.
02:20You may never be as wise as an owl,
02:23but you'll always be a hoot to me.
02:25Number 18.
02:26The Alarm.
02:27Mike and Molly.
02:28After Molly quits her job as an elementary school teacher,
02:31she focuses on a career as a writer.
02:34Her attempt to write her first short story
02:36doesn't quite go as smoothly as one would hope.
02:38Molly's short fuse is on display in this humorous scene
02:42as she repeatedly beats a smoke alarm that won't stop.
02:45She even talks trash to it.
02:47Yeah!
02:51I wish there was blood.
02:52Finally, just when she thinks she's eliminated the sound,
02:55another alarm in a different room goes off.
02:58This is when the scene escalates to even funnier levels
03:01as Molly angrily searches for the source with a broom in her hand
03:05and yells at the inanimate object.
03:07See what you did?
03:08Number 17.
03:10The Marbles Video Blog.
03:12During the mid-2000s, McCarthy unveiled a web persona
03:15by the name of Marbles Hargrove.
03:17This alter ego of sorts exhibited McCarthy's incredible improv skills.
03:22The facial expressions, wardrobe, accent, hand motions,
03:26and generally arbitrary discussion lend themselves
03:29to a silly yet highly entertaining piece of YouTube content.
03:33Lots of questions regarding how can I eat my favorite dishes
03:37and do it safely.
03:38Bottom line, scientifically speaking, you can't.
03:41It might also have generated a good deal of Melissa McCarthy fans
03:44before she began appearing in multiple well-known movies.
03:47In this video, Marbles analyzes the safety hazards of food
03:51as she holds a soft-shell taco.
03:54Her ensuing life and eating advice comically counters her previous explanation.
03:58I'm loaded with the E. coli virus.
04:02So keep that in mind, choose wisely, and good eating.
04:06Don't live your life by fear.
04:08Number 16.
04:10Drunk Sookie.
04:11Gilmore Girls.
04:12McCarthy's first major television role came in the early 2000s
04:16as a cast member of Gilmore Girls.
04:18Her character, Sookie St. James, is a chef and best friend of Lorelai Gilmore.
04:23Her bubbly and somewhat eccentric personality shines on many occasions,
04:28including in this Thanksgiving scene.
04:30Hi there!
04:31You okay?
04:32This tastes good.
04:33Yeah.
04:34It looks like they're deep frying...
04:35Everything.
04:35Huh.
04:36Vegetables, mashed potatoes, butter, pickles, salt.
04:40I'm an applicant.
04:41Being the gourmet chef that she is,
04:43she gets so irritated by Jackson's undesired turkey preparation demands
04:48that she turns to drinking and ends up getting wasted.
04:51The way she enunciates her words and laughs during this conversation with Lorelai and Rory
04:56makes it hard for us viewers not to laugh.
04:59McCarthy absolutely nails this scene.
05:01We should get going.
05:02You gonna be okay?
05:03I'm Sookie.
05:04Yeah, I know.
05:05But you're gonna be okay, right?
05:06You'll go to bed soon.
05:07Unless they deep fried it.
05:08I'm sure they haven't.
05:09Number 15.
05:11Cassie Meets Alan.
05:12The Hangover Part 3.
05:13When Alan and his wolfpack buddies enter a pawn shop in Vegas,
05:17standing at the counter is Melissa McCarthy's character Cassie.
05:21This sets up a funny and rather peculiar flirtation.
05:24First, Alan and Cassie connect by disrespectfully yet hilariously teaming up on Cassie's mom.
05:30If you don't reverse that right now, there's gonna be hell to pay.
05:34She's rude.
05:37Then things get more provocative after Alan reaches into the lollipop jar.
05:42Look at that intense reciprocated stare between Alan and Cassie
05:45as he removes the lollipop from his mouth and extends it into hers.
05:49While this is a minor role for McCarthy,
05:52it takes nothing away from the fact that she crushes it.
05:56I'll get it.
05:56I'll get it.
05:57I'll get it.
05:58Number 14.
05:59Hidden Valley Ranch.
06:01Saturday Night Live.
06:02Who knew someone could be such a massive fan of a salad dressing brand?
06:06Well, that's what McCarthy shows us in this hysterical SNL skit.
06:09From the get-go, you can tell just how pumped her character Linda is
06:13for this Hidden Valley Ranch taste test.
06:15We love your enthusiasm.
06:16I love your product, man.
06:18I love your product.
06:24Linda.
06:25Her excessively enthusiastic reaction to the fact that she's in the middle of a
06:28taste test is one thing, but her excessively enthusiastic and ridiculous comments
06:33cause the others in the room to become more and more uncomfortable as the taste tests continue.
06:38Linda really wants to win that cash.
06:40The tipping point of this amazing comedic performance is when she goes for the entire bottle.
06:45Do do do do do!
06:47Let's get to the whole thing.
06:49This is a live rap.
06:51Okay.
06:53There you go. This is awesome.
06:56From another moment on our list.
06:58Number 13.
06:59The Fast Food Restaurant Robbery.
07:01Tammy.
07:02It might be a silly scene, but when Melissa McCarthy's character robs a burger place in
07:06Tammy, the way she does it is in line with her character's persona.
07:10It's not just any burger joint either.
07:12It's the same fast food chain she used to work for.
07:15I only need $1,600, really.
07:17You don't want all of it?
07:18No, just $1,600.
07:20My grandma still got $1,400.
07:22Just make it $1,650.
07:23Round up.
07:24Her first couple of attempts at hopping over the counter don't quite go as planned.
07:28With a brown bag over her head and a bag that's a pretend weapon over her arm,
07:32Tammy is insistent that her demands be met.
07:34That's your finger though.
07:36Is it? Is that just my finger?
07:39I'm not sure.
07:40Is it?
07:41Shut up!
07:42I would, for your own sake, don't, don't get sassy.
07:45What really makes the humor sizzle in this scene is her failed attempt to be intimidating.
07:50After Larry offers Tammy apple pies and they exchange salutes,
07:54she struggles to lock the door to cap off her not-so-terrifying robbery.
07:59Number 12.
08:00Ordering at the Diner.
08:01Identity thief.
08:02Not only is the diner scene in this movie an exemplary display of McCarthy's acting abilities,
08:07but it's also extremely funny.
08:09As she gets into an argument with her fake husband,
08:12Sandy, about what she can and can't eat, the waitress gets caught in the middle.
08:16Wouldn't want to be her at that moment.
08:18I asked you to eat less food.
08:21What is wrong with you?
08:23This is a beautiful woman.
08:25You let her eat.
08:26Diana, McCarthy's character, delivers several awesome lines during this interaction.
08:31This includes fabricating an accident that Sandy supposedly suffered,
08:35and insinuating that she eats a lot because of what's happened to Sandy.
08:39Diana pours out her emotions as she tells this arbitrary lie.
08:43He wants to be standing up.
08:44Don't you want to be standing up?
08:46I know you do, but he can't.
08:49Just bring two soups.
08:50Can't lay with me like a husband should.
08:54Knowing the character's actual relationship at this point in the movie makes this a classic moment.
08:59Number 11.
09:00Outside the Lines.
09:01Saturday Night Live.
09:03In 2013, former Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice Jr.
09:08was fired for his inexcusable behavior toward his players.
09:11Not too long after, in 2014,
09:14Melissa McCarthy played a similarly cruel basketball coach named Sheila Kelly in an SNL skit.
09:20Unsurprisingly, she absolutely killed it.
09:22Put it through that hole and I won't hit you with the bat.
09:25While they were on roller skates.
09:28Even forcing her players to serve her meals.
09:31Where's the bread?
09:32Throughout this skit, she's shown cussing at her players,
09:35threatening them, and throwing things at them, including a toaster.
09:39All this practice footage on the court is funny in and of itself,
09:42but her rather blunt and insolent interview explanations make the skit even better.
09:47As you might have guessed, it doesn't end well for the interviewer.
09:50Why do you have a basketball in your lap?
09:52Once you keep asking me that question, you're gonna find out.
09:55I did keep asking questions, and what I found out was that I had provoked her.
10:00Number 10.
10:01Her Chris Farley impression.
10:03Saturday Night Live.
10:05Chris Farley is a legend we lost far too soon.
10:08If only for a brief moment though,
10:10McCarthy managed to channel Farley's most iconic character.
10:13As part of the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special,
10:17she donned the persona of Matt Foley and dropped by Weekend Update.
10:21I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river!
10:27From the costume to the aggressive voice inflection,
10:30McCarthy embodied everyone's favorite motivational speaker.
10:33In the same vein as Farley, McCarthy turned into a comedic wrecking ball,
10:38leaving the Weekend Update desk in shambles.
10:40And I am definitely dancing with you!
10:43As McCarthy motivated Amy Poehler and Jane Curtin,
10:46we like to think that Chris was smiling from his van down by the river up in the sky.
10:51Number 9.
10:52Sookie's clumsiness.
10:54Gilmore Girls.
10:55Having become one of the silver screen's most bankable leading ladies,
10:59it's easy to forget that McCarthy rose to popularity playing Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls.
11:04As Lorelai Gilmore's bestie,
11:06McCarthy displayed the makings of an up-and-coming talent with loads of potential.
11:10While Sookie is a great pal and even better chef,
11:13she's also a bit of a klutz.
11:15During Richard's birthday dinner,
11:17Trix is quick to point out a tear in Sookie's uniform.
11:20While we never see exactly what caused the rip,
11:23Sookie does her best to recreate the incident through miming.
11:26Oh, well, I... and the chop flew, so I lunged.
11:30And then the floor slipped, and then...
11:32And I just... with a flip.
11:35Her over-the-top explanation only raises more questions,
11:38but it also showcases McCarthy's knack for physical humor.
11:42Number 8.
11:43Her Spanx Incident.
11:44The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
11:46From one wardrobe malfunction to another,
11:48McCarthy got into a tight situation after putting on a pair of Spanx.
11:52Never afraid to poke fun at herself,
11:54she had no qualms about sharing the embarrassing story with Ellen DeGeneres.
11:58Heading to work while carrying several bags,
12:01McCarthy received raised eyebrows aplenty upon encountering a couple of fence builders.
12:06And so I come down the stairs, and I see the guys. I'm like,
12:08hey, good morning, guys. And they're just like...
12:10At first, she wasn't sure why they had such shocked faces.
12:14The fact that they wouldn't look at her from the forehead down caused further confusion.
12:19McCarthy eventually realized that her sweater was riding up and her pants were down,
12:24revealing the flesh-colored Spanx.
12:26And I've been, like, shifting back and forth. I'm like, you know what I mean?
12:29And I'm turning around, like, as if this wasn't enough.
12:32I was like, you better check this out.
12:35It's a real-life moment worthy of a Paul Feig movie.
12:38Speaking of which...
12:39Number 7. Drunken Dancing.
12:42The Heat.
12:42The success of a buddy cop movie all stems from the chemistry between the leads.
12:46In The Heat, Melissa McCarthy's hard-hitting mullins and Sandra Bullock's by-the-book Ashburn
12:52make for a winning combination.
12:54Your breast is invading my space.
12:56While these two law enforcers get off to a rocky start,
12:58they begin to bond after sharing one too many drinks.
13:01Their drunken escapade includes taping their faces and covering a barfly with nudes.
13:07You're covered in nudes. You're having a bad dream. You're covered in nudes.
13:12Of course, the highlight is a dance sequence,
13:15which sparks a strip tease and a conga line.
13:17In the midst of the frenzy, however, there's still a little room for slow dancing.
13:22And what better way to cap off their wild night than with a toast?
13:25Like this place.
13:26You're the only woman in the world to me.
13:30Ah. Ah.
13:32You're my best friend.
13:34Number 6. Lip Syncing.
13:36Lip Sync Battle.
13:37The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
13:40If you thought McCarthy's dancing was hilarious, get a load of her singing chops.
13:44Well, her lip syncing chops.
13:45Jimmy Fallon was given a run for his money when he went head-to-head with McCarthy in
13:49the ultimate lip sync battle.
13:51Fallon got off to a strong start with his brand new pair of roller skates.
13:55However, McCarthy came firing back with a rambunctious rap routine,
13:59leaving The Tonight Show host practically speechless.
14:07Jimmy stepped it up in round two as he got passionate with a pillow.
14:11Yet nothing could top McCarthy's Colors of the Wind finale,
14:15complete with a forest background and a series of props flying at her.
14:25Good thing she was wearing goggles.
14:27Number 5. Emmy Training Day.
14:3063rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
14:32On the heels of Bridesmaids and Mike and Molly,
14:352011 was a breakout year for Melissa McCarthy.
14:38This made her a natural choice to announce the 63rd Primetime Emmy nominations.
14:43To prep for the event, McCarthy tracked down Joel McHale for advice.
14:47While initially reluctant, the community star would teach McCarthy all about being
14:51emotionless on stage, boxing with the teleprompter, and doing his demeaning chores.
14:57It made for an unforgettable training montage,
15:06even if McHale couldn't remember any of McCarthy's previous screen credits.
15:10Coincidentally, McCarthy's own name was announced on Emmy nominations morning,
15:14which would translate into a win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
15:20Number 4. The Principal's Office.
15:22This is 40.
15:23When young Sadie is tormented online, her mother tells off the boy who has been upsetting her
15:28daughter. Her father only makes matters worse after confronting the boy's mother,
15:33Catherine, played by McCarthy. As Debbie and Pete plead innocent to the principal,
15:38Catherine is unable to hold back a tirade of insults, threats, and foul language,
15:42dissing the principal in the process.
15:45This is why everybody hates you, Jill.
15:47McCarthy ad-libbed so many classic lines that they couldn't fit it all into one scene.
15:52Fortunately, that's what we have credit scenes for.
15:55Probably, I'm gonna start with Karen Carpenter's head. I'm gonna rip her head off,
15:59and I'm gonna drink her blood. And then I'm gonna come back and light you on fire.
16:05I'm gonna light you all on fire, but I'm gonna start with you, Jill.
16:08Leaving her co-stars in stitches, McCarthy somehow remained in character without breaking
16:13until the very end. Even when reduced to a cameo, she still stands out above the rest.
16:19Number 3. McCarthy vs. Statham. Spy.
16:22Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham are perhaps the strangest action duo since
16:27John Travolta and Nicolas Cage faced off.
16:30Take out the Luka.
16:33It totally works, however, as McCarthy becomes an unlikely super-spy,
16:38and Statham satirizes his tough-guy image. McCarthy plays Susan Cooper,
16:42a CIA analyst who goes from a comfy desk job to the line of duty.
16:46Statham's Rick Ford feels that Susan isn't well-suited for this mission,
16:51prompting him to list off his laundry list of badass credentials.
16:54I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while I was on fire.
16:59Although Ford talks big, Susan isn't afraid to call him out and stand up for herself.
17:04Aside from being equally hysterical,
17:07both characters prove themselves to be gifted in the field and in bed.
17:11Stop screaming. You loved it.
17:17Number 2. Sean Spicer. Saturday Night Live.
17:21During his time as White House press secretary,
17:23Sean Spicer was frequently criticized for making false statements
17:27and maintaining an all-around hostile attitude.
17:30So Melissa McCarthy pulled no punches when she impersonated the political aide on SNL.
17:35Begin today by apologizing on behalf of you to me.
17:40Arguably even more brutal than Alec Baldwin's take on President Trump,
17:45McCarthy portrayed Spicer as hot-headed and impulsive,
17:48never afraid to break out a fire extinguisher or super soaker.
17:53McCarthy's version of Spicer even managed to be intimidating while wearing a bunny suit.
17:57It would be really great if the nitpickers could try to see the big picture
18:02and didn't solely focus on every little slur and lie I say.
18:07Many Americans were relieved when Spicer resigned from his position,
18:11but we hope McCarthy brings back her uproarious impression of him.
18:15Are you okay?
18:15Don't come near me.
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18:40Number 1. The Dolphin Story – Bridesmaids
18:43McCarthy reached another level of fame with her Oscar-nominated performance in Bridesmaids.
18:48As the outrageous Megan, McCarthy stole several scenes,
18:52all of which could have easily topped this list.
18:54I guess we're undecided.
18:56We just had to single out her introduction at Lillian's engagement party though.
18:59Breaking the ice, Megan tells Annie about how she busted her legs falling off a cruise ship.
19:05Took a hard, hard, violent fall. Kind of pinballed down.
19:08Down in the deep blue sea, Megan apparently had a telepathic
19:12encounter with a dolphin that stared into her soul.
19:14We had a connection that I don't even know if I can explain.
19:18Oh, geez.
19:20Hey, shut my mouth.
19:22Then, just when it seems like this exchange can't possibly get any more awkward,
19:26Megan swears to climb an old man like a tree, solidifying her status as our favorite character.
19:32Let us know in the comments what your favorite Melissa McCarthy movie is.
19:36Not an air marshal. I'm gonna take a nap.
19:38Awesome. I'll take the first watch.
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