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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:40 PM
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Phrases from the Simpsons now ingrained in American Pop Culture:
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 02:54 PM by Dr Fate
"Duh-Oh!"

"Oky-li-doke-ily!"

"Woo-Hoo!"

"Don't have a cow man!"

"Worst(insert noun)EVER."

"EGG-see-lent!"

Any others?

What other TV shows besides SNL have started so many catch-phrases?
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:41 PM
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1. "Don't have a cow" was around for a long time. We were fond of it
in junior high school.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:43 PM
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5. True- but Bart made it popular. AYE CA RUMBA!!!
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 02:43 PM by Dr Fate
n/t
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM
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18. No, it was really popular decades ago. He just "repopularized" it.
We used to call people "dudes", too.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:41 PM
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2. Mmmmm.....(insert food or beverage here)
Beer being the most obvious one.

Sid
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:42 PM
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4. Duh-oh! How could I forget that one?
MMMMM...Pooork Faaat.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:41 PM
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3. I always click my fingers together and say "Excellent" .
Just like Burns.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:43 PM
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6. Isn't it "D'oh!"
"Duh-Oh!" makes it look like two syllables.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:45 PM
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8. In the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "D'oh"
And yes, it was added to the venerable OED a couple of years ago, IIRC.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:46 PM
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12. Neat-o!
n/t
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:53 PM
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28. "duh-oh" makes me think of when Mr. Burs hired actors to play the family
As a way to convince Bart that they didn't care about him, but the guy playing Homer could never get it right.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:54 PM
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31. "Simpson doesn't say 'B-oh', he says...(flips script pages)...'D-oh'"
Best. Line. EVER!
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:44 PM
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7. "EGG-see-lent!"????
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:45 PM
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10. Burns : "Egg-see-lent, Smithers."
:)
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:14 PM
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41. You mean EX-cellent!
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:45 PM
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9. Laugh-In started a few
Sock it to me!

You bet your bippy

Here come the judge!

Verrrrry Interesting
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM
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22. The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:51 PM
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24. "Here come th'Judge" was so popular
Pontiac sold a special-edition GTO called "The Judge"
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:46 PM
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11. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Had a Few
including:

"Sock it to me"

"Veddddy interesting...." and

"Look THAT up in your Funk & Wagnalls"
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM
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20. You bet your sweet bippy they did
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM
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21. Best record EVER.
I love "The Brown Album" by The Band too.

have you seen "Festival Express"- The Band blows them all away.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:10 PM
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40. Thanks, and I Have NOT Seen "Festival Express"
Just looked at it and will have to rent it. Looks great.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:46 PM
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13. Won't someone think about the
CHIIIILLLLREEEEEEN?!
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:47 PM
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17. Get Smart
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM by MindPilot
"Would you believe...?"

"Sorry about that Chief."

"Missed it by THAT much!"
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:48 PM
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19. "That's the *second* biggest..."
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:47 PM
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14. "Cheese eating surrender monkeys"
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 02:47 PM by underpants
I believe that is a Homerism.

BTW- Homer is not a satire of the fat lazy stupid American male, he is the conveyor of instructions.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:51 PM
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25. Homer exibits a type of hyper-genius, actually.
He is SUCH a genius that he comes across as stupid.

Just my opinion.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:56 PM
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33. Groundskeeper Willie said that, I'm pretty sure...
"What do ye mean there's no such thing as Scotchtoberfest? Ye USED me Skinner!"
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:57 PM
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35. That's a Groundskeeper Willie-ism.
IIRC.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:47 PM
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15. Family Guy and South Park are both well on the way
"Victory is mine!"
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:47 PM
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16. HA-ha!
Nelson Muntz.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:51 PM
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26. Good one- I forgot that one too.
n/t
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:49 PM
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I don't think the Simpsons actually invented any of them
Maybe "D'oh!" and "mmm....donuts", but the rest were in use long before Bart came on the scene.

I remember my brother being fond of Duh-Oh in elementary school, and my grandfather used Okydokily as far back as I can remember. Woohoo has been around absolutely forever, and "Don't have a cow, man" sprung up sometime in the 1980's, and I remember Egg-see-lent from the Cosby Show.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:53 PM
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29. Sure- but the show popularized them. n/t
n/t
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:04 PM
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37. I met Nancy Cartwright's father...
...shared a table with him at a banquet thing a couple times. Nancy is the voice of Bart, and he said that she picked up a number of "old timey" sayings from him (the Dad) and they'd find their way into Simpsons scripts. For sure, one was when Bart says "Ninny on yer tintype" and also some of the inexplicable Cockney stuff Bart does... I specifically recall him mentioning those to me.

Too bad Nancy is a Scientologist...

I really love some of the stuff they write for Grampa (Abe) Simpson... "...of course, back then, nickles had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. You'd say "Gimme five bees for a quarter..."

"Respect mah authoritah!" ...oh wait. That's the other kid. ;)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:25 PM
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47. Don't have a cow was around when I was in high school..in the
'60s ...
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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:49 PM
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23. "Oh Homey, you'll think of another get-rich-quick scheme."
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:52 PM
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27. "Why , you little....*#*%#!!!!"
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:54 PM
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30. "Smithers, release the hounds."
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:55 PM
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32. Probably did not catch on as much b/c you have to choke the person.
:)
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:57 PM
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34. All in the Family gave us a few too.
dingbat
stifle
meathead
Edith's realization: "Ohhhhhoh..."
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:00 PM
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36. Sanford & Son: "'Lizbeth- I'm coming to join ya!" n/t
n/t
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:20 PM
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43. "Lemont you dummy!"
I loved that show. Funkiest theme song ever! (to use a Simpsonism)
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 11:31 PM
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51. "It's the big one!"
;-)
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:06 PM
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38. my husband and i watch re-runs of All in the Family...as good today
as it was when it first came out...

"those were the days"
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:09 PM
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39. Boo-urns! Boo-urns! Boo-urns!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:18 PM
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42. "Hi I'm ____, you may remember me from such films as ____ and ____"
"You sank my battleship"
"That's a paddlin'"

and my favorite Burns rip off of Pink Floyd, "Shine on you crazy diamond!"
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 04:10 PM
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45. Troy McClure complete credits
Check them out here: http://www.snpp.com/guides/troy.mcclure.html

I think my favorite is "I'm Troy McClure, you may remember me from such self-help films as "Smoke Yourself Thin" and "Get Confident, Stupid!"

Boy, do I miss Phil Hartman sometimes...

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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 03:22 PM
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44. It's fairly new but I really like
GOSH! or IDIOT!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 04:14 PM
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46. Five words: I am Rick James, Bitch!
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 11:37 PM
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52. Um, er...
that's from Dave Chapelle, not the Simpsons...
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:47 PM
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48. Eat my shorts!
:D
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hallc Donating Member (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:54 PM
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49. damn you beat me too it
I couldn't believe that wasn't in the OP
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 11:15 PM
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50. This is probably the most recent one
Commander Cuckoobananas!
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