... not what you think it is, probably. Last night NBC had The 50 Funniest Phrases of All-Time special, and here are the top ten phrases. For the whole list, click here.The top 50 list is pretty good, but this top ten has several lame entries, eh?
1. "Yada, yada, yada" (Seinfeld)
2. "Doh!" (The Simpsons)
3. "How you doin'?" (Friends)
4. "Ayyyyy" (Happy Days)
5. "We are two wild and crazy guys!" (Saturday Night Live)
6. "Burn" (That 70s Show)
7. "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" (South Park)
8. "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin to do" (I Love Lucy)
9. "Excuuuuuuuse Me" (Saturday Night Live)
10. "Homey don't play dat" (In Living Color)
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5-27-2009 @ 7:21PM
Zachary said...
Yada yada yada only really appeared in one episode (minus clip shows) of Seinfeld, right? It's a bit hyped.
Some real clunkers on the list. Was "eat my shorts" ever funny or even supposed to be funny?
I can think of several phrases from 30 Rock and Frisky Dingo that deserve to be on that list.
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5-27-2009 @ 7:55PM
dave said...
BOOSH!
5-27-2009 @ 7:29PM
cecilerudd said...
what you talking about willis?
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5-27-2009 @ 7:53PM
garlick said...
I wish it would have been open to international competition. "and now for something completely different."
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5-27-2009 @ 9:18PM
DapperDan said...
oh c'mon Charo on The Love Boat (regular guest star 8x) on Chico and the Man(cast memeber) on the Facts of Life(guest star) on That 70's Show(guest star) her Cuchi-Cuchi was all over the place
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5-27-2009 @ 9:26PM
Jimmy said...
One word: Weak.
Thank goodness I didn't waste my time watching this show.
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5-27-2009 @ 10:23PM
Jason said...
wow. out of context, these all sound quite lame. you know, someone actually took the time to write out "yadda yadda..." on a piece of paper... f**king writers.
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5-27-2009 @ 10:36PM
Frantic Monkey said...
"oh come on"
or
"I've made a huge mistake"
both from Arrested Development.
"I don't wanna be a ..." from Seinfeld was another one that made me laugh.
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5-27-2009 @ 11:07PM
khamel said...
totally agree with "i've made a huge mistake"
5-27-2009 @ 10:55PM
Cathy said...
Serenity now! from Seinfeld.
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5-27-2009 @ 10:57PM
Cathy said...
Festivus for the rest of us!
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5-28-2009 @ 12:50AM
Darsh said...
As expected, this NBC special featured quotes from NBC shows. I love Seinfeld, but "yada, yada, yada" never did it for me. It's not like they invented the phrase or anything.
I agree, no "Whatchu talkin' about Willis"? I wasn't even around for this quote and I know it's legendary. Props to an Arrested Development quote though. Personally, I like "Her?" or "Come on!".
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5-28-2009 @ 11:03AM
nytheatreguy said...
I agree, Darsh. Instead of doing an authentic list of the best and most popular TV catch-phrases of all time, NBC just decided to engage in self-promotion instead. "Yada yada yada" was hardly the funniest of all time and "How you doin" from "Friends" shouldn't even be on the list, let alone in the top ten. This is a joke.
5-28-2009 @ 1:34AM
Dave said...
No no no, you must include "Dynomiiite", that one word made JJ a household name.
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5-28-2009 @ 2:22AM
Ben said...
How can "d'oh" not be No. 1?? It's so great it's a common English expression now! I can count on one finger the times I've ever heard anyone say "yada yada yada" in conversation and I can count on zero fingers the times it was funny.
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5-28-2009 @ 8:08AM
Cathy said...
"Norm!"
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5-28-2009 @ 9:06AM
John Howard said...
"Yada, yada, yada" sucks. No way it should be number one or even on the list. There are easily 10 better phrases just from the same show, not to mention every other show ever created. Sounds like someone decided Seinfeld was the funniest show, then had someone who had never seen it, and didn't care very much, try to come up with the most memorable phrase from it, and they failed miserably. Seriously, "master of your domain," "I don't want to be a pirate," "...not that there's anything wrong with that," "spongeworthy," "no soup for you," I could go on and on and on just from Seinfeld before getting to something as crappy as "yada, yada, yada." My vote would have been for "...and you want to be my latex salesman."
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5-28-2009 @ 9:08AM
John Howard said...
Also, it seems like the list is misnamed. None of these are particularly funny, it looks like they were actually going for most memorable, which is completely different, and which they still failed miserably at, but it at least fits this list a little better.
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5-28-2009 @ 10:04AM
Jimmy said...
No love for "Hey now?"
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5-28-2009 @ 10:18AM
jasahl said...
If that had been "Top 50 most quoted TV Phrases", I'd buy it, but as a "funniest" list, it's pretty lame.
As another poster mentioned, how can 30 Rock not have a single entry? "I want to go to there" is easily funnier than "yada yada yada" which wasn't really funny at all.
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