# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/41 "2008-07-06T16:02:13Z")
Ren and Stimpy: You eediot! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/42 "2008-07-06T16:03:29Z")
Beavis and Butt-head: Huh huh huh huh huh I Am Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! That was cool…/This sucks! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/43 "2008-07-06T16:25:19Z")
**The Simpsons:** HA ha! D’oh! Howdy diddley do, neighbor! Excellent! Grrr! Hi, ev’rybody! A-HEH-heh-heh-heh-heh! MMmmm… Floor pie! Eat my shorts ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/44 "2008-07-06T16:35:37Z")
Dragnet: Just the facts, ma’am. I Love Lucy: Loooo-cy! You got some ‘splainin’ to do. Waaaah! The Honeymooners: One of these days–Bang! Zoom! To the moon, Alice! Star Trek: He’s dead, Jim. I canna’ change the laws of physics, Cap’n! Tell me, Kirrrk, what is this thing you call— a kiss? Hailing frequencies open. That green ice water you call blood–! Sometimes, the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/45 "2008-07-06T16:44:27Z")
Futurama: **"Good news everybody!"** ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/46 "2008-07-06T17:01:27Z")
[QUOTE=hlanelee] Futurama: **“Good news everybody!”** [/QUOTE] Bite my shiny, metal… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/47 "2008-07-06T18:31:06Z")
Sergeant Phil Esterhaus (_Hill Street Blues_): Hey, let’s be careful out there. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/48 "2008-07-06T18:50:47Z")
_Laverne & Shirley:_ Lenny & Squiggy: “Hello!” Hard to get a laugh out of just “Hello!”, but they positioned it as a running gag. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/49 "2008-07-06T19:29:40Z")
Mr. Bill “Ooooooohhhhh nooooooooooooo!” ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/50 "2008-07-06T20:44:49Z")
Michael Palin: It’s ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/51 "2008-07-06T21:10:06Z")
Kojak: Who loves ya, baby? Aaaand…like that. [QUOTE=Krokodil] Dragnet: Just the facts, ma’am. [/QUOTE] > **[Dragnet (franchise)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(series)#Trivia)** > > Dragnet is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb and owned by his company Mark VII Limited and Universal Pictures. It follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles. Originating as a radio drama on NBC in 1949, Dragnet has been adapted into several successful television shows and films. Its name is derived from the police term "dragnet", a system of coordina... > [@](#): > > While “just the facts, ma’am” has come to be known as its catch phrase, it was a slight misquote. The closest he came was, “All we want are the facts, ma’am” and “All we know are the facts, ma’am”. “Just the facts, ma’am” comes from the Stan Freberg parody “St. George and the Dragonet.” > **[Dragnet: 'Just the Facts. Ma'am'](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/just-the-facts/)** > > Did Dragnet's Sgt. Joe Friday character frequently implore female informants to provide 'Just the facts, ma'am'? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/52 "2008-07-07T12:39:15Z")
Apu: Thank You. Come Again. Hi, my name is Troy McLure. You may remember me from such… Seinfeld: I’m master of my domain. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/53 "2008-07-07T13:06:10Z")
Many characters on _Arrested Development_: “I’ve made a huge mistake.” and “Her?” ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/54 "2008-07-07T13:08:32Z")
“He’s her lobster.” **Phoebe,** \* Friends\*. My circle uses the phrase so it’s popular to us. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/55 "2008-07-07T13:20:00Z")
I don’t know who first did it this way; it may even date back to vaudeville. I remember Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin) doing it on “One Day at a Time” and the ad infinitum on “Friends” and any other number of shows. It’s the way of saying “Oh my God” as if each word were a separate sentence. Oh. My. God. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/56 "2008-07-07T14:39:17Z")
You’re looking lovely today Mrs. Cleaver. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/57 "2008-07-07T17:04:02Z")
**Doctor Who** - Doctor #3 (Jon Pertwee): “I simply reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.” **the Muppet Show** - Miss Piggy: “Hiiiiii-YAAHH!!!” Announcer: “PIGGGGGGSSSSS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEE!!” **Cheers** - everyone: “NORM!” ---
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[QUOTE=labtrash] Sergeant Phil Esterhaus (_Hill Street Blues_): Hey, let’s be careful out there. [/QUOTE] Michael Conrad, R.I.P. I liked Sgt. Jablonski well enough (and the actor who played him, Robert Prosky). But they tried to give him a catch phrase of his own: “Let’s do it to them before they do it to us.” It just didn’t have the same ring to it. Phil’s admonition started off quietly enough at the beginning of each new season. “Let’s roll. And let’s be careful out there.” And with the passage of time, as the tension and frustrations of the season’s events grew, it would become louder and louder until he was yelling it the top of his lungs. “Hey, HEY HEY! LET’S BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/59 "2008-07-07T17:57:09Z")
_Editor Perry White, Daily Planet_, “Great Caesar’s Ghost!” _Clark Kent_, “I’ll be right back, Lois.” _Adrian Monk_, “He’s the guy.” _Mindy_, “Mork, what are you doing?” _Swedish Chef_, “Bork, bork, bork!” _Dick Tracy_, “I’ll get right on it, chief.” _Boris Badenov_, “Allow to intrroduce myself…” _Mr. Peabody_, “Sherman, Set the Wayback Machine for…” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-catchphrases/455260/60 "2008-07-07T20:09:50Z")
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