# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/61 "2013-09-18T15:49:38Z")
And now for something completely different… ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/62 "2013-09-18T15:52:46Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 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. They also failed to popularize “I don’t think we should be talking about this” as the racial equivalent of “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/63 "2013-09-18T16:00:10Z")
Danger, Will Robinson! D’oh! Jane, you ignorant slut. Live long and prosper. You look mahvelous! Eat my shorts! No soup for you! Is that your final answer? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/64 "2013-09-18T16:07:51Z")
::tenting fingers:: _Ex_cellent. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/65 "2013-09-18T16:09:31Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Would you believe – two Girl Scouts in a rowboat? Sorry about that, Chief. Shazbot! You rang? I wanna dip my balls in it. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/66 "2013-09-18T16:16:38Z")
I’ll do the thin’in’ around here, and don’t you for-git it! ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/67 "2013-09-18T16:25:01Z")
One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingy, three ringy-dingy, Oh, hello, am I talking to the party to whom I am speaking? Wanna buy a walnetto? You are the weakest link! Goodbye. Courage. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/68 "2013-09-18T16:29:48Z")
But that’s another show ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/69 "2013-09-18T16:31:44Z")
Don’t be ridiculous ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/70 "2013-09-18T16:36:01Z")
You look fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/71 "2013-09-18T16:42:43Z")
You know what grinds my gears? Eat my shorts! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/72 "2013-09-18T16:46:27Z")
“Open Channel D” [Mad Magazine]“I can’t do that Mr. Polo – if we do, people will switch away from THIS channel!”[/Mad] ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/73 "2013-09-18T16:48:03Z")
Damn it, Jim! I’m a doctor, not a \_\_\_\_\_\_! We can rebuild him- we have the technology. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/74 "2013-09-18T16:51:33Z")
Fantastic! Allons-y! Geronimo! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/75 "2013-09-18T17:10:52Z")
_knock knock knock_ Penny\* _knock knock knock_ Penny\* _knock knock knock_ Penny\* \*Or Leonard ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/76 "2013-09-18T17:15:30Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Did _I_ do that? _It wasn’t termites!_ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/77 "2013-09-18T17:32:51Z")
Zoinks! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/78 "2013-09-18T17:46:31Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > And now for something completely different… … A man with three buttocks. ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/79 "2013-09-18T17:50:05Z")
You’re dethpicable! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124/80 "2013-09-18T18:08:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > You bet your sweet bippy. Say goodnight, Dick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-failed-catch-phrases-from-tv-series/669124.md?page=5)