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American TV Catchphrases #1

Guess the shows that featured these famous catchphrases.
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Last updated: September 11, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2010
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Catchphrase
Show
Live long and prosper
Star Trek
How YOU doin'?
Friends
No soup for you!
Seinfeld
Save the cheerleader,
save the world
Heroes
Book 'em Danno!
Hawaii Five-O
Now you know, and knowing
is half the battle
G.I. Joe
Eat my shorts
The Simpsons
They killed Kenny!
South Park
The tribe has spoken
Survivor
The truth is out there
The X Files
Catchphrase
Show
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis
Diff'rent Strokes
Big bucks, no whammies
Press Your Luck
This tape will self-destruct in
five seconds
Mission Impossible
Suit up!
How I Met Your Mother
Homey don't play dat!
In Living Color
That's what she said
The Office
Is that your final answer?
Who Wants to Be
a Millionaire
Circle gets the square
Hollywood Squares
Winter is coming
Game of Thrones
Dyn-o-mite!
Good Times
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Level 59
Mar 7, 2013
I still use the phrase "double whammy" when two bad things happen at once. "I tripped over the sidewalk then fell into a puddle!" "Oh, man, double whammy!"
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Level 41
Nov 22, 2017
except that I think "double whammy" has nothing to do with TV. I think the game show got the word "whammy" from the general usage in the language including, but not specifically from, "double whammy"
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Level 59
Nov 5, 2018
Cool story, bro. No one is saying the show INVENTED the word. It's a catchphrase. South Park didn't create the name Kenny. Heroes didn't create cheerleaders. Who cares if Press Your Luck used a word that already existed?
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Level 65
Jan 13, 2022
I use "Big Bucks, No whammies" when I use my phone number at the supermarket for a discount. My whole life is like that. People always wonder what the hell I am talking about. Know what I mean Vern? Parts is Parts.
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Level 90
Mar 7, 2013
Woohoo! Got em all, first try! Oh... actually, I watch way too much TV, don't I?
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Level 83
Feb 26, 2014
HAHAHA! I first thought "Okily dokily neighborino" was a reference to Wilson, from Home Improvement. I retyped it 3 times before I realized I had the wrong show!
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Level 56
May 24, 2023
no that's hi-de-ho neighbor(ette)
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Level 58
Mar 13, 2014
Sorry to be pedantic here, but the "Now you know..." phrase was on a bunch of PSAs featuring characters from G.I. Joe. It wasn't on the show itself.
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Level 37
Apr 25, 2014
The PSA's were originally aired at the end of each show, making it difficult to distinguish that they were not part of the show.
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Level 51
May 9, 2014
It's "stop being polite", not "stop being nice"
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Level 38
Jul 31, 2014
anyone remember the Press Your Luck guy that learned the pattern of the lights and COULDN'T lose?
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Level 89
Sep 15, 2018
Yeah, then they changed the pattern on him and you could see his face was still smiling as he was watching the lights "Oh %#&$@ they got me on national TV".
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Level 76
Nov 5, 2018
You might be thinking of someone else, because that didn't happen with this guy.
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Level 72
Nov 5, 2018
Oh, yeah! They even had a story about that guy on This American Life!
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Level 75
Nov 5, 2018
I saw that show. They let the guy continue on even after the broadcast ended, and they taped it and played it on air the next day. At one point he passed his remaining spins to the next contestant who whammied, then the other contestant whammied and passed the spins back to him, and he won more before passing the spins again and the game finally ended.
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Level 62
Jan 3, 2020
His name was Michael Larson. There’s an epic YouTube video of his performance
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Level 58
Nov 4, 2016
I have never seen a single episode of any of the seven shows I missed.
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Level 12
Jul 9, 2017
Am I the only one who thought of Luke from the tv show Jessie when I read the "they killed Kenny" quote?
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Level 89
Sep 15, 2018
Literally yes.
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Level 75
Nov 5, 2018
All I could think of for "eat my shorts" was the movie, Grumpy Old Men." I barely got it in time. (Never seen an episode of the Simpsons, but eventually remembered hearing that phrase attributed to Bart.)
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Level 80
Nov 5, 2018
Limitless paper in a paperless world.
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Level 66
Apr 6, 2019
Not inspector gadget for this message will selfdestruct ? ( I thought the problem might be that it wasnt american, but i looked it up afterwards and it is)
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Level 66
Apr 6, 2019
Ok, i think i see it now, your clue has the word tape, i think it was usually message on inspector gadget.
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Level 66
May 20, 2022
When will I learn to just guess Seinfeld for any TV quiz? I might have to check out that show given its raved about so much!