NBC: TV’s 50 funniest phrases | “Yada, Yada, Yada” is no. 1 TV’s Funniest Phrase
NBC had list down TV’s 50 funniest phrases in a two-hour special last Tuesday night. The listing was put together by the Paley Center from viewer votes. The “TV’s 50 funniest phrases” was hosted by Jane Krakowski of “30 Rock”.
Three entries from “Seinfeld” made into the list “Hello, Newman’ at No. 50, “No soup for You” at No. 21 and unsurprisingly “Yada, Yada, Yada” at No. 1. “Yada, Yada, Yada” from Seinfeld was followed by “D’oh” from The Simpsons and “How you doin’” from Friends.
Top 50 Comedy Catchphrases:
50. “Hello, Newman” from “Seinfeld”
49. “Missed it by that much” from “Get Smart”
48. “Yeah, that’s the ticket” from “Saturday Night Live”
47. “God’ll get you for that” from “Maude”
46. “Hey, Hey, Hey” from “What’s Happening”
45. “Holy crap” from “Everybody Loves Raymond”
44. “Let me show you something” from “In Living Color”
43. “Nip it” from “The Andy Griffith Show”
42. “Thank you beddy much” from “Taxi”
41. “Do you wanna hug it out” from “Entourage”
40. “Watch it sucka” from “Sanford and Son”
39. “Jane you ignorant slut” from “Saturday Night Live”
38. “Mom liked you best” from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
37. “Sit on it” from “Happy Days”
36. “Now cut that out” from “The Jack Benny Comedy Program”
35. “I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl…” from “Newhart”
34. “What you see is what you get” from “The Flip Wilson Show”
33. “I’ve made a huge mistake” from “Arrested Development”
32. “I know nothing” from “Hogan’s Heroes”
31. “Here come de judge” from “Laugh In”
30. “You look marvelous” from “Saturday Night Live”
29. “I’m comin’ to join ya, Elizabeth!” from “Sanford and Son”
28. “Would you believe?” from “Get Smart”
27. “Up your nose with a rubber hose” from “Welcome Back Kotter”
26. “Ohhhh Rob!” from “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
25. “Kiss my grits,” from “Alice:
24. “Nanu, Nanu,” from “Mork and Mindy”
23. “Don’t be ridiculous,” from “Perfect Strangers”
22. “I’m Gumby, damn it!” from “Saturday Night Live”
21. “No soup for you!” from “Seinfeld”
20. “One of these days, pow! right in the kisser” from “The Honeymooners”
19. “Did I do that?” from “Family Matters”
18. “Will you stifle?” from “All in the Family”
17. “Eat my shorts,” from “The Simpsons”
16. “Hated it!” from “In Living Color”
15. “Well, isn’t that special?” from “Saturday Night Live”
14. “Sock it to me,” from “Laugh In”
13. “We were on a break,” from “Friends”
12. “That’s what she said,” from “The Office”
11. “It’s going to be legendary.” from “How I Met Your Mother”
10. “Homey don’t play dat,” from “In Living Color”
9. “Excuuse me!” from “Saturday Night Live”
8. “Lucy, you’ve got some splainin’ to do!” from “I Love Lucy”
7. “Oh my god, they killed Kenny!” from “South Park”
6. “Burn,” from “That ’70s Show”
5. “We are two wild and crazy guys!” from “Saturday Night Live”
4. “Ayyyy,” from “Happy Days”
3. “How you doin’?” from “Friends”
2. “D’oh!” from “The Simpsons”
1. “Yada, yada, yada,” from “Seinfeld”
