# TV Catchphrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260 "2008-07-04T03:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/21 "2008-07-04T18:47:17Z")
Also from Jackie Gleason, “One of these days, Alice!” and “To the moon!” Ed Sullivan: “A really big shew”. Johnny Carson: “I did not know that.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/22 "2008-07-04T18:54:23Z")
Chandler from _Friends_ - “I am SO not interested in that.” and “Could I BE any less interested in that?” Additional point for these - it is one of my least favourite anachronisms to see in period pieces - the writers of _Friends_ invented these in the 90’s - people **were not** saying them previous to that. Monica from _Friends_ - “I KNOW!” (I can’t really reproduce the somewhat shrieky tone she says it in, but if you’ve watched the show, you know what I mean.) Phoebe from _Friends_ - “Oh no.” - sort of tailing off and disappointed/realizing something bad sounding - again, hard to describe the tone, but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/23 "2008-07-04T19:19:59Z")
Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/24 "2008-07-04T19:22:21Z")
\*\*Rhoda: \*\* “Hello, this is Carlton, your doorman” \*\*The Brady Bunch: \*\* “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” **F Troop:** “I’m warning you, Dobbs!”, “WHO SAYS I’M DUMB?”, “Please, Jane, not in front of the men!” **Abbott and Costello** : “HEY ABBOTT!” From the world of cartoons: **Rocky and Bullwinkle** : “Hokey Smoke!”, “Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!” **Beany and Cecil:** “What The Heck!”, “DJ, you Dirty Guy!”, “Nyah-ah-ah!” **Tennessee Tuxedo:** “Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!”, “Duh, sorry, Tennessee” **Underdog:** “There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here!”, “When Polly’s in trouble, I am not slow, it’s hip-hip-hip and awaaaaay I go!”, “Simon says…” **Super Chicken (& Fred):** “Roger Wilcox!”, “You knew the job was dangerous when you took it!” **Looney Tunes:** “What’s up, Doc?”, “You’re despicable”, many others. And, for now, “Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/25 "2008-07-04T19:25:20Z")
Brain: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/26 "2008-07-04T19:27:18Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Brain: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” [/QUOTE] NARF! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/27 "2008-07-04T20:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Brain: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” [/QUOTE] Psst! Are you _pondering_ what I’m _pondering_? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/28 "2008-07-04T20:53:49Z")
Well, by gosh. You’re right! There go my plans to take over the world. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/29 "2008-07-04T21:45:19Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Michael Scott: “That’s what \*she \* said.” [/QUOTE] Anyone know the origin of “That’s what _she_ said?” Was it just the punch line of some old joke or something? Or did it originate with this character? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/30 "2008-07-04T21:53:20Z")
Sledge Hammer: “Trust me. I know what I’m doing.” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/31 "2008-07-04T22:38:22Z")
**Columbo** …“One more thing…” **Scrubs** …it’s the musical cue they play when the plot it about to get preachy. They even spoofed it in one of the episodes. ---
**Author:** ![notlikely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@notlikely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notlikely)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/32 "2008-07-05T00:30:26Z")
I thought of the robot from “Lost in Space,” “Warning, Warning, Warning” But didn’t most of the othe characters say “Up your nose with a rubber hose?” That wasn’t just limited to Vinnie was it? Even Kotter said it didn’t he? Or am I remembering it wrong? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/33 "2008-07-05T00:45:09Z")
I got a couple more: South Park: (Stan) I learned something today You killed Kenny (Loch Ness Monster) That’ll be tree fitty Happy Days: Sit on it Hogan’s Hero’s: (SGT Schultz): I know nothing SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/34 "2008-07-05T01:03:41Z")
Tattoo: De plane! De plane! LaughIn was full of them: Dan Rowan: Look _that_ up in your Funk and Wagnalls Dick Martin: You bet your sweet bippy. Arte Johnson (as a German soldier): Very intershtink, but shtupid. Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the telephone operator: One ringy-dingy. Two ringy-dingies. . . Lily Tomlin as Edith Ann: And that’s the twuth, pfththththth! Flip Wilson as Geraldine: What you see is what you get! Electric Company: HEEEEEEEY YOU GUUUUUUUUYS!!! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/35 "2008-07-05T01:12:14Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Full House: (Dave Coulter) Cut! It! Out! Stephanie: Pin a rose on your nose D.J.: You’re such a nerdbomber [/QUOTE] Also Stephanie: “How rude!” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/36 "2008-07-05T01:26:02Z")
Oh, another Flip Wilson one: The Devil made me do it. The Waltons: Goodnight, Johnboy And how could we leave out Ed McMahon: Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny! ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/37 "2008-07-05T04:15:47Z")
Uncle Walter " And thats the way it is" ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/38 "2008-07-05T21:34:20Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Can we count [“I’d buy that for a dollar!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daoV-LsINiA) from RoboCop? [/QUOTE] That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread!! Here’s another show-in-a-show catchphrase that’s a bit obscure from the short-lived **Ben Stiller Show** : Skank: “Shut your stinkin’ trap!!” (uproarious laughter from studio audience) * * * Jerry Seinfeld: “Oh…that’s a shame…” Kramer: “Giddyap!” Steve Urkel: “Did I do that??” Fonzie: “Heeeyyyyy” Ralph Malph: “Sit on it, Potsie” The Cheers Bar: “NORM!!!” Captain Jean-Luc Picard: “Engage” or “Make it so” ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/39 "2008-07-05T21:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=notlikely] But didn’t most of the othe characters say “Up your nose with a rubber hose?” That wasn’t just limited to Vinnie was it? Even Kotter said it didn’t he? Or am I remembering it wrong? [/QUOTE] Yeah, pretty much all of the characters said this…one time Mr. Woodman said it and it brought down the house! ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/40 "2008-07-06T07:12:43Z")
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