Tuesday, November 28, 2006

this is going to be fun

TV Land has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases on TV. Being a fan of pop culture trivia, I am hoping to catch the countdown special that begins airing on December 11.

Here are some of my favorites that made the list:

"Come on down!" (Johnny Olson, "The Price is Right")

"De plane! De plane!" (Tattoo, "Fantasy Island")

"Hey hey hey!" (Dwayne Nelson, "What's Happening!!")

not to be confused with

"Hey hey hey!" (Fat Albert, "Fat Albert")

"How you doin'?" (Joey Tribbiani, "Friends")

"I know nothing!" (Sgt. Schultz, "Hogan's Heroes")

"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" (Trix cereal ad)

"Up your nose with a rubber hose" (Vinnie Barbarino, "Welcome Back, Kotter")

"Well, isn't that special?" (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, "Saturday Night Live")
"You rang?" (Lurch, "The Addams Family")

And my all-time favorite…
"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (Arnold Drummond, "Diff'rent Strokes")

So I came up with a few TrueNorth catchphrases:

"This ain't yo mama's church" (The core group)

"We ain't skeered" (The staff while preparing to move services to the gym)

"Hear me this morning" (Steve Davis...we had to break him of this one)

"You've just been slammed!" (Walt Tanner, closing out announcement videos)

This is just an abbreviated list. If anyone has more to add, please feel free to leave a post!

1 comment:

kevin said...

what about the greatest TNC phrase of all??? "Samson killed a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey's a**" (Steve Davis)