I go a little deeper, whenever someone says “number nine” my instinctual reply is “turn me on dead man”.
More recently, whenever I hear “first things first” my mind completes the line with “I’m the realest”
George Strait’s song is from 1993, when I was 56 years old and past my formative years—so much so that yes, I did need to Google the answer to your query. More up my tin pan alley are
four short phrases that immediately trigger in my mind both the movie “Casablanca” and the song “As Time Goes By:”
gin joints…usual suspects…beautiful friendship…looking at you, kid…
The song is a frequent earworm for me, not needing an exogenous trigger.
Whenever I hear plethora or veranda, I think of Thiree Amigos:
Rosita: Well, we could take a walk and you could kiss me on the veranda.
Dusty Bottoms: Lips would be fine.
How could I not have mentioned the one word, “Sam?”
Ha, silly me. My ignorance has been fought that there’s a George Straith song called “Easy Come, Easy Go”.
(I was actually referring to a lyric from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”.) 
Really? George comes to your mind before Freddie on that one?
I can’t say “frugal” or “mind you” any more. Rusk in Frenzy completely destroyed and annihilated those words. Sullied them.
Very often a crossword puzzle clue has to do with one or both the two stars of Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. In the film they are Rick and Ilsa, and some might think that those two names are more common than Sam in connction with the movie. But Sam is the name repeated often in the flick and has everything to do with the song “As Time Goes By.” In popular culture, “Play It Again, Sam” is a meme way beyond viral, even though the actual command from Ilsa was “Play it, Sam.”
As for George Straith’s “Easy Come, Easy Go,” I had never heard of it until yesterday when it came up as the first Google hit on the song title. Also had not heard of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a fact which I guess betrays my North Dakota origins.
Which I’m betting wouldn’t have been a thing had there been no Woody Allen film.
The way you’ve worded that - is that in opposition to something I mentioned?
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
(I keed, I keed:p)
The last time I had a bologna (baloney?) sandwich was perhaps four decades ago. Back then I’d try to console myself when trying down the shit by thinking of Al Yankovic’s “My Balogna”.
The word “delight” has been ruined by the Starland Vocal Band. Not that it was a go-to word in the first place.
So it’s not the Bobby Sherman hit? That’s actually the one that popped into my head!
Delighted to share the earworm!
For me it was The Decemberists.
Well then oh falderol is what I say to all you rascally rascals, then.
If you tell me to do my best, I’ll reiterate with a kindly “your best” with a slight “sh” sound on the second word, coming in handy when under that crazy Scots influence of Mr. Connery in The Rock.
Just missed edit:
nm - timeout madness again
The opposition was to my earlier query on this thread, “How could I not have mentioned Sam?”
^ Ah, I see - pardon my mis-read. :smack:
I was going to mention that I can’t hear “game ball” without thinking of Capt Kenauer rubbing that phrase in the face of evil Buddy Ebsen prison warden in The Longest Yard ('74), and then I realised - ok, wait - I know I’ve mentioned that exact same thing in a post in the not-too-distant past, but even googling this before I post it bears nada. My memory, or lack of it, is doing awful, tormenting things to me.
Or, from the same flick: if someone (IRL) mentions “X is history” I’ll follow the lead of Ebsen’s meek assitant with a scathing “hi - STO - reeee”. (again - deja vu…whatevs)
No way can I hear “theory” being said without immediately invoking the hallowed spirit of Brontosaurus expert (brackets) Miss (brackets) Anne Elk.
Glad I exhumed this zombie thread -
I egregiously stand corrected - it’s “aaa, aaa, a-a-a-a, aaa, aaa, aaa, aaa, aaa, aaa, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, afternoon” is the word that was ruined.
Just heard Judy Woodruff mention Africa tonight, so of course I’m gonna go “in Aaaaaaa-fri-caaaaaa”.
‘Plaaaaaathooor-eh’
If Matt Damon is mentioned, I immediately think of Team America: World Police, where his simulacrum awkardly mouths his name.
There’s really no other way to say his name now.
Fragile
(Think “A Christmas Story”)