The 100 top TV catchphrases

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The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:58am

"NEW YORK (AP) -- Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalized in television history.

The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious -- Walter Cronkite's nightly signoff "And that's the way it is" -- to the silly: "We are two wild and crazy guys!"

The network will air a countdown special, "The 10
You can find the TV Land list here

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#2

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:02am

Yes...Fonzie is on there!

I was just thinking, "it can't be a TV catchphrase list without the Fonz."

:)

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#3

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:07am

I can't believe they didn't include "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"

#4

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:13am

No "Kiss my grits?" Hmmmm.

#5

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:13am

Or "Ohhhhhh....Mr. Graaaaaaaaant".

#6

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:13pm

There are about a hundred tv commercials that they've missed. That should be a list all by itself.

"No "Kiss my grits?"

I'm surprised they didn't include this one.

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#7

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:36pm

This list made me SO happy! A lot of my favorites were there, and even some that I had forgotten about. My favorite Get Smart quote that didn't get included: "This is KAOS!"

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#8

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:39pm

Wait Emeril's "Bam" but Urkel's "Did I do that?" Didn't make the cut? Kiss my grits, thats a crime.

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:44pm

At least two "Seinfeld" phrases made it. Then again, you'd need a separate list for just "Seinfeld" phrases.

"... not that there's anything wrong with that"

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:51pm

Gotta say, I've heard of nearly all the list except the Dave Chappelle-Rick James one. Didn't watch most, but that just goes to reinforce their point.

Where's "he likes it, hey Mikey!", or "who killed JR?"

#11

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:01pm

I've never even heard of "Kiss my grits!"

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#12

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:03pm

Child.

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#13

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:17pm

I instantly lamented the absence of any quotes from 'Alice' as well.'

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:17pm

Double post -- move on.

Updated On: 11/28/06 at 02:17 PM

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:25pm

Beam me up Scotty (Star Trek)

The story you are about to see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. (Dragnet)

You've just entered the Twilight Zone (Twilight Zone)

Abner! Abner! (Bewitched)

Oh my stars! (Bewitched)

I'm pickin' and I'm grinin' (Hee Haw)

Ah-one and Ah-two (Lawrence Welk)

ETA:
I'd also replace the Brady Bunch with either
"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" or "Mom always said, Don't play ball in the house".

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Updated On: 11/28/06 at 02:25 PM

#16

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:49pm

How did a quote from the OC make it and not "Just Jack" from Emmy winning W&G???


I'm glad Raymond made the list, though I'm not entirely sure if that phrase ("Holy Crap") was the invention of the show.

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:51pm

Raymond made the list????? Um, something is wrong here.

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 2:59pm

I never heard "holy crap" before Raymond, and I say it all the time.

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re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:00pm

As long as they had "How you doin'?" I knew I would be happy

A question--why didn't they pick "One of these days, Alice..." from The Honeymooners? That seems to be the more famous line to me.

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#20

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:00pm

"Holy crap" still doesnt surpass some of the egregiously overlooked.

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#21

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:02pm

SM2, how do you not know "kiss my grits?" I'm a young'n and I know that one!

#22

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:05pm

How can we trust a list that doesn't even include Lucy? As Wanda Spark once said, "Everybody loves Raymond, except me!"

#23

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:07pm

Doesn't "catchphrase" mean a phrase that's made it into the vernacular? You don't go around saying "It tastes just like candy!" on a regular basis.

Oh, wait. Forgot the company I'm keeping.

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#24

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:07pm

justagirl2: I don't know. I've never come across anyone who's uttered it. What show/movie is it from?

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#25

re: The 100 top TV catchphrases

Posted: 11/28/06 at 3:12pm

I just don't understand the criteria for this list. How did Urkel get the shaft? I wasn't around for Lucy's peak, but "Lucy, I'm Home," her "Ewwww," "Lucy you got some splainin' to do" must have made it to the water cooler right?