“On the ground” - as in “that’s what’s happening now in Afghanistan, on the ground.”
Well, no, that one isn’t showing any sign of fading with time.
But isn’t it wonderful to think that some day, that stupid phrase will vanish forever and later generations will wonder how people could have been effing moronic enough to use it?
You ever seen a grown man naked?
“Is that your final answer?” - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
“Beam me up, Scotty.” - Star Trek, although never actually used in the show or movies
“Danger, Will Robinson!” - Lost in Space
“What you see is what you get.” - Flip Wilson as Geraldine, first on Laugh-In, then on his own show
“The devil made me do it.” - Also Flip Wilson as Geraldine
“Sorry, Charlie!” - StarKist Tuna commercials
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather
“Go ahead, make my day!” - Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry in Sudden Impact
“Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into.” - Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel
BTW, Pigmeat Markham was also responsible for “Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls.”
I never read Mad Magazine
I only know “What me worry” because it was on The Simpsons
but I guess that episode is old enough now that the kids these days might not even know it
I was introducing my three-year-old to the 1974 album Free to Be You and Me and found that most of it holds up well in 2013, musically and thematically, but there was a moment where Marlo Thomas, reading a story, quotes a lion: “FAR OUT!” – and that brought the scene right back to 1974.
Why this was the Number One show in the US for, what, five years (?) is beyond me… :rolleyes:
They still show Smokey the Bear ads on TV. Only now he says, “Only you can prevent wildfires.”
Here are my contributions.
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.”
“Don’t make me angry, Mr. McGee. You wouldn’t like me when I get angry.”
“Da plane! Da plane!”
I suspect this one might last as a self-reinforcing meme in the tech community. I’m tempted to use it myself any time an upgrade or “plan b” is available due to increasing technology, and so are my peers.
A friend of mine was a teacher at a technical school in the mid-1980s. He told me of an incident when the class was having trouble working out a problem, and one of his students said “Oh, wow, beam me up, Scotty!” and everyone laughed. Assuming that this meant he had a class full of Trekkies, my friend said, in his best bad Scottish accent, “Well, if ye hadn’t been nippin’ at the Saurian brandy, ye might understand this.” Dead silence. He explained his admittedly weak attempt at humor, and the student who made the original comment said, “‘Beam me up, Scotty, there’s no intelligent life here.’ It’s from a bumper sticker. What does that have to do with *Star Trek *?”
Actually, IIRC, after the line you mention became a stock catchphrase on Laugh-In, the makers of Walnettos reintroduced the candy. Arte played the character in the commercials, naturally, and my line was from the commercial.
I’m a little clove of garlic. (ha ha my ex and I used to say that and laugh all the time!)
A probably obscure one from the Ken Berry Wow Show.
Not now! Not ever! NEVER! (cute skit about a bear trying to sell girl scout cookies to a ranger? IIRC). The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (TV Series 1972) - IMDb
Keep your stick on the ice!
Red Green
Since Millionaire airs daily in syndication, I think it’ll be a long time before that one starts to fade.
Actually, wasn’t that from the Andy Williams Show? It was a bear (Janos Prohaska, who also played the Horta in the Star Trek episode “The Devil in the Dark”) who constantly knocked on Andy’s door asking for cookies.
Yeah, as I recall the analogous running gag on the Wow Show was someone trying to give Steve Martin an award, and him not accepting it, and being chased over hill and dale by the would-be-giver.
Remember the Maine!
But he’s back! He’s got a talk show again.
Yes, TBG told us. 
Well excuuu-UUUUUUUU-uuuuuse me!
Looks like I missed that one.
It *IS *important right now. And don’t call me Shirley.
Argh, you’re right it was…Hey, I was like 9…whatdya want? 