The Greatest TV Lines

[Tantalyr]

At least according to TVLand Network . . . .

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalized in television history.
The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious -- Walter Cronkite's nightly signoff "And that's the way it is" -- to the silly: "We are two wild and crazy guys!"
The network will air a countdown special, "The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catch Phrases," over five days starting December 11.
"We have found that television is such a huge part of baby boomers' DNA that it makes sense that so much of America's pop culture jargon has come from TV," said Larry Jones, TV Land president.
The greatest number of moments, 26, come from the 1970s. TV Land identified nine moments from this decade. Ten are from commercials, and 28 from comedies, including six from "Saturday Night Live."
In alphabetical order, TV Land's list:
- "Aaay" (Fonzie, "Happy Days")
- "And that's the way it is" (Walter Cronkite, "CBS Evening News")
- "Ask not what your country can do for you ..." (John F. Kennedy)
- "Baby, you're the greatest" (Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, "The Honeymooners")
- "Bam!" (Emeril Lagasse, "Emeril Live")
- "Book 'em, Danno" (Steve McGarrett, "Hawaii Five-O")
- "Come on down!" (Johnny Olson, "The Price is Right")
- "Danger, Will Robinson" (Robot, "Lost in Space")
- "De plane! De plane!" (Tattoo, "Fantasy Island")
- "Denny Crane" (Denny Crane, "Boston Legal")
- "Do you believe in miracles?" (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
- "D'oh!" (Homer Simpson, "The Simpsons")
- "Don't make me angry ..." (David Banner, "The Incredible Hulk")
- "Dyn-o-mite" (J.J., "Good Times")
- "Elizabeth, I'm coming!" (Fred Sanford, "Sanford and Son")
- "Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ..." (Eddie Haskell, "Leave it to Beaver")
- "God'll get you for that" (Maude, "Maude")
- "Good grief" (Charlie Brown, "Peanuts" specials)
- "Good night, and good luck" (Edward R. Murrow, "See It Now")
- "Good night, John Boy" ("The Waltons")
- "Have you no sense of decency?" (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
- "Heh heh" (Beavis and Butt-head, "Beavis and Butthead")
- "Here it is, your moment of Zen" ("The Daily Show")
- "Here's Johnny!" (Ed McMahon, "The Tonight Show")
- "Hey now!" (Hank Kingsley, "The Larry Sanders Show")
- "Hey HEY hey!" (Dwayne Nelson, "What's Happening!!")
- "Hey hey HEEY!" (Fat Albert, "Fat Albert")
- "Holy (whatever), Batman!" (Robin, "Batman")
- "Holy crap!" (Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond")
- "Homey don't play that!" (Homey the Clown, "In Living Color")
- "How sweet it is!" (Jackie Gleason, "The Jackie Gleason Show")
- "How you doin'?" (Joey Tribbiani, "Friends")
- "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" (Alka Seltzer ad)
- "I know nothing!" (Sgt. Schultz, "Hogan's Heroes")
- "I love it when a plan comes together" (Hannibal, "The A-Team")
- "I want my MTV!" (MTV ad)
- "I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl ..." (Larry, "Newhart")
- "I'm not a crook ..." (Richard Nixon)
- "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" (Vicks Formula 44 ad)
- "I'm Rick James, **********!" (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, "Chappelle's Show")
- "Is that your final answer?" (Regis Philbin, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire")
- "It keeps going and going and going ..." (Energizer Batteries ad)
- "It takes a licking ..." (Timex ad)
- "Jane, you ignorant slut" (Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin, "Saturday Night Live")
- "Just one more thing ..." (Columbo, "Columbo")
- "Let's be careful out there" (Sgt. Esterhaus, "Hill Street Blues")
- "Let's get ready to rumble!" (Michael Buffer, various sports events)
- "Live long and prosper" (Spock, "Star Trek")
- "Makin' whoopie" (Bob Eubanks, "The Newlywed Game")
- "Mom always liked you best" (Tommy Smothers, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour")
- "Never assume ..." (Felix Unger, "The Odd Couple")
- "Nip it!" (Barney Fife, "The Andy Griffith Show")
- "No soup for you!" (The Soup Nazi, "Seinfeld")
- "Norm!" ("Cheers")
- "Now cut that out!" (Jack Benny, "The Jack Benny Program")
- "Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!" (Stan and Kyle, "South Park")
- "Oh, my nose!" (Marcia Brady, "The Brady Bunch")
- "One small step for man ..." (Neil Armstrong)
- "Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?" (Grey Poupon ad)
- "Read my lips: No new taxes!" (George H.W. Bush)
- "Resistance is futile" (Picard as Borg, "Star Trek: The Next Generation")
- "Say good night, Gracie" (George Burns, "The Burns & Allen Show")
- "Schwing!" (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, "Saturday Night Live")
- "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
- "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" (Trix cereal ad)
- "Smile, you're on 'Candid Camera' " ("Candid Camera")
- "Sock it to me" ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
- "Space, the final frontier ..." (Capt. Kirk, "Star Trek")
- "Stifle!" (Archie Bunker, "All in the Family")
- "Suit up!" (Barney Stinson, "How I Met Your Mother")
- "Tastes great! Less filling!" (Miller Lite beer ad)
- "Tell me what you don't like about yourself" (Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy, "Nip/Tuck")
- "That's hot" (Paris Hilton, "The Simple Life")
- "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" (Jim McKay, "ABC's Wide World of Sports")
- "The tribe has spoken" (Jeff Probst, "Survivor")
- "The truth is out there" (Fox Mulder, "The X-Files")
- "This is the city ..." (Sgt. Joe Friday, "Dragnet")
- "Time to make the donuts" ("Dunkin' Donuts" ad)
- "Two thumbs up" (Siskel & Ebert, "Siskel & Ebert")
- "Up your nose with a rubber hose" (Vinnie Barbarino, "Welcome Back, Kotter")
- "We are two wild and crazy guys!" (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys, "Saturday Night Live")
- "Welcome to the O.C., **********" (Luke, "The O.C.")
- "Well, isn't that special?" (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, "Saturday Night Live")
- "We've got a really big show!" (Ed Sullivan, "The Ed Sullivan Show")
- "Whassup?" (Budweiser ad)
- "What you see is what you get!" (Geraldine, "The Flip Wilson Show")
- "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (Arnold Drummond, "Diff'rent Strokes")
- "Where's the beef?" (Wendy's ad)
- "Who loves you, baby?" (Kojak, "Kojak")
- "Would you believe?" (Maxwell Smart, "Get Smart")
- "Yabba dabba do!" (Fred Flintstone, "The Flintstones")
- "Yada, yada, yada" ("Seinfeld")
- "Yeah, that's the ticket" (Jon Lovitz as the pathological liar, "Saturday Night Live")
- "You eeeediot!" (Ren, "Ren & Stimpy")
- "You look mahvelous!" (Billy Crystal as Fernando, "Saturday Night Live")
- "You rang?" (Lurch, "The Addams Family")
- "You're fired!" (Donald Trump, "The Apprentice")
- "You've got spunk ..." (Lou Grant, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show")"


I really can't think of any great ones they missed on this list. Can you?

[FleshRoast]

"Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night." (Mrs. Cleaver, "Leave it to Beaver")

[snickel]

"He's dead, Jim!" (Dr. Leonard ' Bones' McKoy to James Tiberius Kirk) - this is almost as important as Spocks 'Live long and prosper' in my opinion.

[awdz]

Not to forget Picard's "Make it so" while we're at it :-)

[Kulamata]

The same thing we always do Pinky...

[Silenos]

Oh, I've always liked:

"Are you ready for some football!" (Hank Williams Jr on Monday Night Football)
"There you go again." (Ronald Reagan's quip when a questioner gets carried away)
"Hokey smokes!" (Rocky's exclamation on Rocky and Bullwinkle)
"(sarcastically) "What a shame." (Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld when something blows up in one of his friends face.)
"Giddy up!" (Michael Richards on Seinfeld, before his N word out bursts)
"Shut your [Expletive Deleted] mouth you fat [Expletive Deleted]" (Kyle Broflovsky cussing out Cartman on South Park)
and finally
"I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman, Ms Lewinsky, not a single time, never!" (Bill Clinton's response over Monicagate)

[C`gan]

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a..." Dr. McCoy (examples include bricklayer, forklift, engineer, etc.)

[Imayo]

One of my hubby's favorites: "Hellooooo Nurse!!!" from Animaniacs

[C`gan]

"Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"So, what're we going to do tonight?"
"Same thing we do every night." (Pinky and the Brain)

[Dohin Bleris]

"Oh, Mr. Sheffield" - Fran from the Nanny. As annoying as it was - we all know it, and I bet you are saying it HER way in your head right now.

"Shhhh. Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm huntin' wabbits" - Elmer Fudd

"I'm going to blow up the earth (with my r232 space mod-u-lat-or) Marvin Martain

And last: "Hello, mother. I come bearing a gift. I'll give you a hint. It's in my diaper and it's not a toaster." Stewie Griffin

[Kwinn]

"DON'T SNEEZE YA IDJIT DRAGON. YOU'LL BLOW US TO SMITHEREENIES!" Yosimite Sam to the Dragon

"Ah ah ah ah CHOOBOOOOOM!" The Dragon to Yosimite Sam

"Dragons is sooo stupid" Yosimite Sam to everyone watching



I can't believe ya'll missed this one

[Silenos]

Oh, kinda disqualified the Looney Tunes, since they were originally made for the theater.

[FleshRoast]

Do jingles count as memorable phrases? If so, some of the old cigarette/beer ads are missing, too...

I'd walk a mile for a camel..(Camel Cigarette Ad)
Me and my Winston, we got a real good thing..(Winston Cigarette Ad)
A silly millimeter longer, 101..(? Cigarette Ad)
Taste me! Taste me!... (Doral Cigarette Ad)

Mabel! Black Label! (Beer Ad)


and speaking of Yosemite Sam....

GREAT HORNY TOADS!!!!!!
Eye hates rabbits! (or whatever other thing you'd like to put in)

[Kwinn]

"And they give you cash, which is just as good as money"...Yogi Berra Aflac commercial

[Aria]

Truthiness ~ The Colbert Report

[Aria]

dbl post :/

(I hate this character minimum)