# Special TV trivia: Identify the show from the recurring line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676 "2002-03-11T20:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/1 "2002-03-11T20:34:40Z")
…the show, the character, and the actor, if you can. 🙂 1. “Wotta revoltin’ development _this_ is!” 2. “Oh, my GOD…” (rather annoyued expression, not necessarily shocked) 3. “Now, Chet…!” 4. “Stifle yourself!” 5. “I’m a-comin’, Elizabeth!” 6. “All right! That does it! Pow! Zoom! Right to the moon!” 7. “We were working the day watch out of homicide…” 8. “After the tone, leave your name and message, and I’ll get back to you.” 9. “Good night and good news.” 10. “The mail’s in.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/2 "2002-03-11T20:45:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*…the show, the character, and the actor, if you can. 🙂 > > 1. “Wotta revoltin’ development _this_ is!” > > Life of Riley > > 1. “Oh, my GOD…” (rather annoyued expression, not necessarily shocked) > > Janice, on Friends > > 1. “Now, Chet…!” > > The Cosby Show > > 1. “Stifle yourself!” > > All in the Family > > 1. “I’m a-comin’, Elizabeth!” > > Sanford and Son > > 1. “All right! That does it! Pow! Zoom! Right to the moon!” > > Honeymooners > > 1. “We were working the day watch out of homicide…” > > Dragnet > > 1. “After the tone, leave your name and message, and I’ll get back to you.” > > Rockford Files > > 1. “Good night and good news.” > > Ted, on Mary Tyler Moore > > 1. “The mail’s in.” > > Adams Family > \*\* How about this one… “Hold it. I think you’re going to like this picture.” ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/3 "2002-03-11T21:14:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\* > > How about this one… > > “Hold it. I think you’re going to like this picture.” \*\* Love That Bob (aka The Bob Cummings Show) Here’s mine: 1. “Oooooooooh! Dat’s scary, keeeeds!” 2. “Ohhhh boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/4 "2002-03-11T21:26:49Z")
Ohhh that’s scary keeeds… Count Floyd on SCTV and mine: dirtbag ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/5 "2002-03-11T21:37:59Z")
“Ohhhh boy.” Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) Quantum Leap. “dirtbag” Buntz (Dennis Franz) Hill Street Blues try these: “Thank you kindly.” “I’ve got a cunning plan…” ---
**Author:** ![Hecubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ec9cab/32.png) [@Hecubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hecubis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/6 "2002-03-11T21:45:14Z")
“I’ve got a cunning plan…” is Black Adder - Baldrick (sp?) How about 1. "sweetie darling " ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/7 "2002-03-11T22:17:35Z")
1. “Sorry about that, Chief.” 2. “There yuh go!” 3. “Up your nose with a rubber hose!” 4. “Wah wah wah!” 5. “Eez no MY job.” 6. “Let’s be careful out there.” ---
**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:** [March 11, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/8 "2002-03-11T22:54:21Z")
1. “Sorry about that, Chief.” Get Smart 1. “There yuh go!” Ronald Reagan 😉 1. “Up your nose with a rubber hose!” Welcome Back Kotter 1. “Let’s be careful out there.” Hill Street Blues ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/9 "2002-03-11T23:58:54Z")
Ezz no me job. Chico and the Man sweetie darling Absolutley Fabulous I’ve got two 1. Hey HEY hey 2. Hey, hey, hey ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/10 "2002-03-12T00:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\* > I’ve got two > > 1. Hey HEY hey > > 2. Hey, hey, hey \*\* 1. = What’s Happening! 2. = Fat Albert Now my turn: How about, “Gilligan!!!” No wait. That’s way too easy. Let’s go with: ``` "Who IS this???" ``` ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/11 "2002-03-12T00:51:10Z")
For the record, I’m pretty sure Fred Sanford’s catchphrase was “I’m comin’ to join you, Elizabeth!” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/12 "2002-03-12T01:50:54Z")
Here’s one, may be a trick question. " just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! " ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/13 "2002-03-12T05:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > “Thank you kindly.” **DUE SOUTH!!!** (Another Due South fan! Yay!) Here’s mine: “Oh Crap.” ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/14 "2002-03-12T05:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*Here’s one, may be a trick question. > " just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in! " \*\* Hold up… That’s not from TV (at least not the one that comes to my mind first), it’s Al Pacino in Godfather Part II. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/15 "2002-03-12T06:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > > 1. “Oh, my GOD…” (rather annoyued expression, not necessarily shocked) This reminds me more of John Hillerman playing Higgins on _Magnum P.I._, predating _Friends_ by quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/16 "2002-03-12T07:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yosemitebabe \* > \*\*Here’s mine: > “Oh Crap.” \*\* Invisible Man And in the same vein, “Oh Boy!” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/17 "2002-03-12T14:27:48Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by astorian \* \*\* > 2. “There yuh go!”_\* That would be _McCloud_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/18 "2002-03-12T14:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Miss Attitude \* > That’s not from TV (at least not the one that comes to my mind first), it’s Al Pacino in Godfather Part II. Indeed it was, but it serves as a repeated line in _The Sopranos_. It’s Silvio Dante’s impression of Pacino. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/19 "2002-03-12T14:58:02Z")
I’ll be impressed if any non-brits get this one… In fact, I’ll be fairly impressed if anyone gets it at all… ‘Anybody there?’ \ “There’s nobody here but us Chickens!!!” ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676/20 "2002-03-12T15:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lok \* > \*\*“Oh Boy!” \*\* Quantum Leap Posted by: minlokwat “Who IS this???” Seinfeld Here’s mine- “I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling kids” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-tv-trivia-identify-the-show-from-the-recurring-line/97676.md?page=2)