# Famous catch phrases. "Paul, do we have music for this?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858 "2000-10-22T05:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/1 "2000-10-22T05:24:41Z")
I thought for my 200th post I would do one with a topic besides beer. Have any past or present catch phrases associated with one person or show? For Conan, it’s “We have a great show for you tonight. Not like all the others.” Also, the old ones never seem to die. One of my kids’ current favorites is from the old “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” show, where Maynard G. Crebbs (“Gilligan”) reacts to the word “work” with horror: “WORK!!” ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/2 "2000-10-22T11:38:16Z")
Well, I’ll always associate “I have a bad feeling about this” with Han Solo… And Luke… And Leia… And Chewie (he grunted it). ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/3 "2000-10-22T14:17:31Z")
“And away we go…” Jackie Gleason Jack Benny’s was non verbal, but everyone knew the gesture. in later years Groucho’s: “You bet your life” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/4 "2000-10-22T14:22:14Z")
I love those porn movies where they use the catch phrase “Your pizza’s here.” It’s so nice to know they’re consistent. Though I was always partial to MP’s “And now for something completely different.” ---
**Author:** ![Zoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@Zoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoro)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/5 "2000-10-23T04:06:23Z")
Congrats on 200! Guess you don’t drink much beer, but mind if I have some? Ahhh…smoooth! Now for catch phrases. The old shows always had one. Johny Carson had “Here’s Johnny!” Jack Benny could make a catch phrase out of one word “Well!”, and “Oh, Rochester” Rowan & Martin had “Sock it to me!” Jackie Gleeson had “How Saweeet it is!” and “Awaaay we go!” Of course there were announcers like Walter Cronkite saying “And that’s the way it is.” ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sue)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/6 "2000-10-23T05:16:30Z")
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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/7 "2000-10-23T05:48:36Z")
Well, most people associate David Duchovny with the X-Files. I associate him with “Dear Red Shoes…” There are MANY catchphrases I assoicate with Get Smart, the Original Star Trek, Married with Children, etc. I could probably post one a day for several months. Congrats on your 200th post, annalamerino! ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/8 "2000-10-23T06:22:05Z")
“It’s true, it’s true”–no one can say that anymore without me being reminded of Kurt Angle, the Olympic-now WWF champion. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/9 "2000-10-23T15:10:55Z")
“D’oh!” “How [insert cold, hot, big, small, etc] was it?” “Now cut that out.” “Say the secret word and win $100.” “Sorry about that Chief.” Now, a little bit of trivia - Who said the following catch phrase: “Great Caesar’s ghost!” ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/10 "2000-10-23T15:15:06Z")
Wasn’t that Perry White of the Daily Planet? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/11 "2000-10-23T16:09:45Z")
“Not that there’s anything _wrong_ with that”, from the _Seinfeld_ episode where everyone thinks Jerry’s gay, seems to have passed into common currency, since I’m familiar with it and have never watched the show (not that there’s anything _wrong_ with that . . . ). One that was fairly widespread in my circle in college, and that I still use regularly myself, is “There is that”, but I’m afraid I’m unable to assign any specific cultural (pop or otherwise) source to it. Any notions? I’ve mentioned elsewhere my tendency to throw out “But the cat came back” in conversation. And of course, in the spirit of the OP, “They pelted us with rocks and garbage”. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Re\_Mi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Do\_Re\_Mi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Re_Mi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/12 "2000-10-23T17:02:54Z")
Some of the classic catch phrases from Laugh-in were: “Sock it to me,” “You bet your bippy,” “Look that up in your Funk and Wagnails,” “Here come de judge!,” and “Beautiful Downtown Burbank.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/13 "2000-10-23T17:57:19Z")
Hmmmm…(take your pick) and D’Oh. Grrrr… Ay carembra and Don’t have a cow, man. HA!–HA! Okaly, dokaly. Excellent. You may remember me from such \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_as Hello, everybody; hello, Doctor Nick. _Chuckle_ _Chuckle_. ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/14 "2000-10-23T18:03:02Z")
Well good for you Anna. Glad to see some of the people who came before me still have low counts! "_Not that there’s anything wrong with that._ "🙂 All my references are going to go back a ways. Jack Benny on radio: “Jell-o Again” And his sidekick Cy “Cy, si.” Jackie Gleason “One of these days, POW! right in the kisser!” “To the Moon, Alice!” Bob Hope “But seriously…” “My room was so bad that…” Dinah Shore “See the USA…Goodnight Everybody. MmmWaaah!” Lonesome George Geobel “Do you know why I’m called Lonesome…” ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Me\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/15 "2000-10-23T21:57:06Z")
Wot ‘choo talkin’ 'bout Willis? I’m just a bad widdle boy! Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-meep! Yop yop yop yop! Brrrring a liiiiing! I speak jive! Eh, wot’s up Doc?? th-th-th-that’s all folks! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/16 "2000-10-24T03:48:58Z")
“You knew the job was dan’grous when you tookit!” “Watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat” Congratulations on 200, Anna! Although IIRC, didn’t you start over with a new user name? So it is probably actually congrats on awholebunchMORE than 200! Anyway, have fun! Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/17 "2000-10-24T05:26:13Z")
This sucks! Change it! ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/18 "2000-10-24T05:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\* > Now, a little bit of trivia - > > Who said the following catch phrase: > > “Great Caesar’s ghost!” > > \*\* Um, Al Bundy, right? (He may not have been the only one) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fanny May \* > \*\* > Jackie Gleason “One of these days, POW! right in the kisser!” > “To the Moon, Alice!” > \*\* Thank you, Fanny May–everyone else was coming up with other Gleason quotes. These are the two that _I_ remember most. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/19 "2000-10-24T06:07:16Z")
Uh, what about “I’ll be back…” the standard Schwarzenegger quote? Or “Beam me up, Scotty”? Or for that matter, “He’s dead, Jim”? Or “There can be only one!” (which the movie makers should have taken to heart)? Or “Good Morning, Mr Phelps…” Geez, there’s so many, including my all time favorite… “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash…” ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858/20 "2000-10-24T17:29:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > \*\*Congratulations on 200, Anna! Although IIRC, didn’t you start over with a new user name? So it is probably actually congrats on awholebunchMORE than 200! > > Anyway, have fun! > > Scotti \*\* Yes! I’d totally forgotten. **lamerino** had 25 posts, a nice round number. Thanks for coming everyone 🙂 and do have some more of the special punch. It’s my favorite recipe. As for catch phrases, Johnny Carson had a lot, but I can only come up with these: \*\*“Take the Slawson Cutoff, get out of your car, cut off your slawson, get back in the car” “And then you come to _the fork in the road_” **As Aunt Blabby swats Ed McMahon** “Never say _undertaking_ to an old person!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-catch-phrases-paul-do-we-have-music-for-this/37858.md?page=2)