[PW] Re: ? TV Catchphrases (Quotation Query #635)

[Shari Haber]

How about:

"Move that bus!"--Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
"How's that working for you?"--Dr. Phil

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: [PW] ? TV Catchphrases (Quotation Query #635)


>
> This is a query that by its nature could clog up the list with 
> irrelevant
> postings, so please send responses to me offlist at 
> fred.shapiro at yale.edu.
> If I get any kind of significant responses, I can summarize for the 
> list.
>
> TV Land has just issued a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV
> history.  Many of these do not appear on the list of Television
> Catchphrases in The Yale Book of Quotations.  I am interested 
> particularly
> in considering adding catchphrases from recent decades to the second
> edition of the YBQ.  Many of these I did not consider because, 
> frankly, I
> haven't watched as much television in recent decades as I did in the 
> 1960s
> and 1970s.  I would therefore welcome suggestions as to which of the
> following catchphrases are truly famous enough to be included among 
> the
> 100 most famous catchphrases of TV history:
>
>
> Bam!  -- Emeril Live
>
> Denny Crane.  -- Boston Legal
>
> Here it is, your moment of Zen.  -- The Daily Show
>
> Hey now!  -- The Larry Sanders Show
>
> Holy crap!  -- Everybody Loves Raymond
>
> Homey don't play that!  -- In Living Color
>
> How you doin'?  -- Friends
>
> I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl...  -- Newhart
>
> I'm Rick James, bitch!  -- Chappelle's Show
>
> No soup for you!  -- Seinfeld
>
> Norm!  -- Cheers
>
> Suit up!  -- How I Met Your Mother
>
> Tell me what you don't like about yourself.  -- Nip/Tuck
>
> That's hot.  -- The Simple Life
>
> The tribe has spoken.  -- Survivor
>
> Welcome to the O.C., bitch.  -- The O.C.
>
> Well, isn't that special?  -- Saturday Night Live
>
> Yada, yada, yada.  -- Seinfeld
>
> Yeah, that's the ticket.  -- Saturday Night Live
>
> You eeeediot!  -- Ren & Stimpy
>
> You look mahvelous!  -- Saturday Night Live
>
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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