I started this thread, Favorite single line from television? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board , to gather iconic/favorite lines from television and now this is the thread I said I’d make. The lines chosen below were either uttered several times in their series, thus becoming familiar, or, with a single utterance, were classics. I did not include one word exclamations, like “Dy-no-mite!” or “Duh!” Some series had several “classics”, I chose just one per series. I tried to pick lines that even non-fans of a series would recognize for their source.
Pick your three favorites, or one’s you consider most iconic.
Agree on the Honeymooners and SNL nods (though I would have picked “We are two wild and crazy guys” for the latter show).
My third pick was the Soup Nazi’s line, as Seinfeld is still a fixture on schedules, while WKRP has disappeared from the airwaves (satellite waves?), at least around these parts.
It always amazes me when WKRP’s “Turkeys Away” episode is brought up, that such a memorable moment comes from the show’s 7th episode. How many other American* shows hit a home run so early in the show’s run?
I say American shows because so many of BBC series only have a short run of episodes compared to shows in the US
