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

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at yale.edu
Thu Nov 30 19:21:52 PST 2006


Results of the Great Post-1980 TV Catchphrases Not Already in Yale Book of 
Quotations Vote:


Yada, yada, yada.  (Seinfeld)		19

Well, isn't that special?  (Saturday
Night Live)				17

You look mahvelous!  (Saturday Night
Live)					17

No soup for you!  (Seinfeld)		16.5

Bam! (Emeril Live)  			14

I'm Larry, this is my brother
Darryl...  (Newhart)			14

Norm!  (Cheers)				13

The tribe has spoken.  (Survivor)	12

Yeah, that's the ticket.  (Saturday
Night Live)				9

Homey don't play that!  (In Living
Color)					7

How you doin'?  (Friends)		6

Here it is, your moment of Zen.
(The Daily Show)			5.5

You eeeediot!  (Ren & Stimpy)		5

Holy crap!  (Everybody Loves Raymond)	3

Heh heh.  (Beavis and Butthead)		2

Hey now!  (The Larry Sanders Show)	2

Denny Crane.  (Boston Legal)		1

I'm Rick James, bitch!  (Chappelle's
Show)					1

Suit up!  (How I Met Your Mother)	1

That's hot  (The Simple Life)		1

Tell me what you don't like about
yourself.  (Nip/Tuck)			0

Welcome to the O.C., bitch.
(The O.C.)				0


Fred Shapiro


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