# Are you familiar with this television meme? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994 "2017-11-07T19:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/1 "2017-11-07T19:49:12Z")
( •_•) ( •_•)\>⌐■-■ (⌐■\_■) 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. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/2 "2017-11-07T20:08:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/3 "2017-11-07T20:09:41Z")
I forgot to add, inspired by this ATMB thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841111](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841111) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/4 "2017-11-07T20:14:20Z")
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. - Same word in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/5 "2017-11-07T20:41:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/6 "2017-11-07T20:44:26Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 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. > > - Same word in Spanish. 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”. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/7 "2017-11-07T20:44:30Z")
I thought everyone was familiar with it? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSqkwyL1Zo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/8 "2017-11-07T20:45:17Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > 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. OTOH, it really worked for Robert Stack in _ **Airplane!** _🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/9 "2017-11-07T20:47:05Z")
Yup, definitely! Love the joke and make it a lot myself. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/10 "2017-11-07T21:00:26Z")
Nope, I wasn’t familiar with it when mentioned in those threads. I still don’t know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/11 "2017-11-07T21:01:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/12 "2017-11-07T21:05:06Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > 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. How about Robert Stack in _Airplane!_? (⌐■\_■)\>⌐■-■ ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/13 "2017-11-07T21:54:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/14 "2017-11-07T22:38:40Z")
I’ve seen the meme more often than the actual show. I didn’t understand it the first time I encountered it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/15 "2017-11-07T23:00:47Z")
I remember a _My Name is Earl_ episode where Randy referred to Caruso as “that creamiscle-lookin’ guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/16 "2017-11-07T23:28:22Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/17 "2017-11-08T01:18:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/18 "2017-11-08T01:23:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/19 "2017-11-08T06:18:07Z")
It was parodied beautifully on _ **The Simpsons** _, back when they were funny: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPxUHdQfhQ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994/20 "2017-11-08T06:24:17Z")
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](http://www.nerdface.it/images/Attori/DavidCaruso/appside-david-caruso05-s.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994.md?page=2)