# Good and failed catch phrases from TV series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124 "2013-09-18T03:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/41 "2013-09-18T11:27:07Z")
One of these days, Alice, one of these days…! _ **BANG, ZOOM!** _ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/42 "2013-09-18T11:36:11Z")
Yada, yada, yada ---
**Author:** ![one\_red\_shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/54ee81/32.png) [@one\_red\_shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/one_red_shoe)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/43 "2013-09-18T11:37:23Z")
That’s a dirty job Mike Rowe wouldn’t do! ---
**Author:** ![prodicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@prodicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prodicus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/44 "2013-09-18T11:38:15Z")
Danger Zone! Sploosh Yuuup! ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/45 "2013-09-18T11:39:41Z")
Danger, Will Robinson, danger! Oh, the pain, the pain! ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/46 "2013-09-18T11:40:49Z")
Thunderbirds are _Go_! ---
**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:** [September 18, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/47 "2013-09-18T11:41:49Z")
So sorry; he’s from Barcelona! It’d be easier to train a monkey! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/48 "2013-09-18T12:00:15Z")
This, no really, this thread is a great thread… FOR ME TO POOP ON! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/49 "2013-09-18T12:06:01Z")
You bet your sweet bippy. Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do! Allons-y! This looks like a job… for Superman! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/50 "2013-09-18T12:16:37Z")
Hello, Newman. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/51 "2013-09-18T12:22:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I’d buy that for a dollar.” Except that catchphrase comes from 1951 (adjusted for inflation) and was taken without credit. Most of these are actually very successful catchphrases; it’s just that, like all other catchphrases, they died out. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/52 "2013-09-18T12:34:35Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hello, Newman. Not that there’s anything wrong with it. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/53 "2013-09-18T12:40:51Z")
“Are you pondering what I’m pondering?” “Narf!” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/54 "2013-09-18T14:23:17Z")
Kiss my grits! Stow it! What you talkin’ bout, Willis? Big Money, No Whammies! I’m so con-fused! ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/55 "2013-09-18T14:39:48Z")
“Mrs. Peel, we’re needed” I think it was only used in the show once, and never caught on with the masses, but whenever I was trying to fix something and someone would ask “what are you doing”, I would often reply “cross circuiting to channel B”. “Duh-Oh” and of course… “ruh-roh” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/56 "2013-09-18T14:45:43Z")
How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/57 "2013-09-18T15:21:39Z")
“Arse! Girls! Feck! Drink!” (Father Ted) “Geronimo!”, “Molto bene!” and “Fantastic!” (Doctor Who) (also “Allons-y!” but that was mentioned) I’ve never watched Firefly, but isn’t “Shiny!” a catchphrase? “I’m…listening.” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/58 "2013-09-18T15:24:34Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > This thread is pretty good. Pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty, pretty good. Veddy interestink. But also veddy stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/59 "2013-09-18T15:27:33Z")
Seinfeld had a lot of hits but I still remember their last ditch, ham-handed effort to get “cell phone face-off” into the public lexicon via their final episode. Didn’t take. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/60 "2013-09-18T15:36:35Z")
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