Hahaha, I use the bag of wet mice too. Also a fan of “about as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal.”
I also use a variation on this, when calling ahead before going somewhere, explaining that I don’t want to “Land like a rock in a bowl of oatmeal.” The visual is pretty good that people never seem annoyed that I’m calling to ask annoying questions after that.
“Oh yeah? Well, the Jerk Store called, and they’re all out of YOU!”
From Seinfeld, when someone is being a jerk.
More Seinfeldisms include:
“Serenity Now!”
“It’s the summer of George!”, when someone told me this year was going to be a great summer.
From SouthPark:
“Jewbots! Flame On!” said just this week, when someone was exagerating what they did on a job.
The Simpsons:
“Eeexcellent”
“Release the hounds”
“Or what? You’ll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths, and when they bark they shoot bees at you?”
“mmmmmm… forbidden donut”
not a sitcom, but “I don’t think that word means what you think it means” Inigo Montoya of The Princess Bride.
Liz’beth!.. Comin’ to join ya, honey!
Pow! Straight to the moon!
Hellllllo ball!
I got a note.
Bob! B-O-B-E – Bob! Chrisse!
Hardly a catch phrase, but my favorite sit-com lines: “Oh, Andy! You’re not going to punish the boy!?” Snick (as Andy lights a cigarette): “Fraid I may hafto, Aint Bee.”
A great deal of my working stock phrases come from Looney Tunes:
Bugs Bunny
What a maroon
Of course you realize this means war
Yais?
Daffy Duck
I’m not like other people. I don’t like pain. It hurts me.
I would like … I would like a trip to Europe. (when asked which of several options I prefer)
also
“Very in-ter-est-ing” - Laugh-In
when responding this way via email I sometimes paste in a picture of Artie Johnson in costume
P.S. I’m so glad to find a group where people remember Parker Lewis Can’t Lose.
A lot already mentioned, but off the top of my head…
“Eeexcelent!” - (Mr. Burns, The Simpsons)
“Same thing we do every night; plot to take over the world” - (Pinky and the Brain)
“I must have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque” - (Bugs Bunny)
“Hmmm… Isn’t it lovely!” - (Marvin the Martian)
“Where’s the kaboom?” - (Marvin the Martian)
“Yoiks! And away!” - (Daffy Duck, Robin Hood Daffy)
“Missed it by that much!” (Maxwell Smart, Get Smart)
“I see NOTHING!” or “I hear NOTHING!” - (Sgt. Schultz, Hogan’s Heros)
“Humor. It is a difficult concept.” - (Spock, Star Trek) (OK, not a sitcom, but still…)
“Mmmm… Smell that oxygen!” - (From a radio play)