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or *dons sunglasses
YEAAAAHHHHH!
On the CBS show CSI: Miami, star David Caruso would deliver a one-liner while putting on his sunglasses, followed by Roger Daltrey screaming “YEAAAAHHHHH” from the Who’s Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Not meant to be scientific, just an informal survey. Poll to follow if I don’t screw it up.
I voted no, but I am actually familiar with the first half of the meme, the removing sunglasses after saying something stupidly melodramatic. Also known as David Caruso’s entire acting bag of tricks.
But i was not familiar with the addition of the “yeaaah” afterwards.
I forgot to add, inspired by this ATMB thread
My mother refers to David Caruso as “that redheaded guy who took his glasses off.” For a woman who says things like “I ran into your (classmate/coworker)* the other day” and expects me to know exactly who she’s talking about, that’s a mighty specific description.
For some inexplicable reason, David Caruso follow me on Twitter (even though I have never followed him and still don’t). I liked his first year on NYPD Blue and his slow-burn acting style worked with the character and writing, though as the OP mentions, it has collapsed into parody now from cliche and abuse. Personally, I like his brazen live-wire acting more, from Crime Story or King of New York or Proof of Life. He seems so much more engaged and vibrant in that kind of role so I’m always hoping he’ll pursue something more interesting and energetic than the stuff we mostly see now.
I think your mother and my mother-in-law are related. She also says things like, “I saw that guy today”. Who? “You know, the one who did the thing”.
I thought everyone was familiar with it?
OTOH, it really worked for Robert Stack in Airplane! 
Yup, definitely! Love the joke and make it a lot myself.
Nope, I wasn’t familiar with it when mentioned in those threads. I still don’t know what it is.
I voted I’ve never seen it. Meaning, I’ve never seen it used as it was in the thread that sparked the ATMB thread.
But I’m well aware of the David Caruso dramatically removing his glasses while delivering an awful line going into the theme song.
Not quite sure if the question is do you know the meme itself, or used as it was in the Texas shooting thread.
How about Robert Stack in Airplane!?
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I voted never seen it. Today, in that other thread, was the first time I’ve encountered it. Then I went to youtube and watched a video with about twenty or so CSI Miami intros (Caruso one liner, apply shades, “YEAAAH!!!”), which I thought was actually pretty funny.
I’ve seen the meme more often than the actual show. I didn’t understand it the first time I encountered it.
I remember a My Name is Earl episode where Randy referred to Caruso as “that creamiscle-lookin’ guy.”
At what point were the show and the actor doing the whole thing ironically? Meaning that they recognized it was the subject of parody and they continued to do it anyhow?
I voted ‘yes’ to knowing about the meme, but I only know about it from twitter/message boards, and I’m still not entirely sure when you would use it.
No, I’ve never seen that meme before yesterday and I’ve never seen any version of CSI. Not even a clip or the opening.
It was parodied beautifully on The Simpsons, back when they were funny:
Remember when Caruso was the Irish-American punk on Hill Street Blues? I must have watched umpteen episodes of ***CSI: Miami ***before I realized he and Horatio Caine were one and the same guy.
http://www.nerdface.it/images/Attori/DavidCaruso/appside-david-caruso05-s.jpg