- "I didn't get where I am today by . . . "
- "Ooh, Betty!"
- "Get down Shep!"
- "You're gonna like this - not a lot, but you're gonna like it! "
- "Good game, good game", "Nice to see you, to see you nice", "Didn't they do well?", and when memory fails say "Cuddly toy!"
- "Ooh, you are awful! But I like you!"
- "Boom boom!"
- "Rassen-frassen"
- "Can you tell what it is yet?"
- "What do you think of it so far?"
- "You dancin'?" "You askin'?" "I'm askin''" "I'm dancin'"
- "And now for something completely different..." "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!" "This is an ex-parrot!"
After 31 years in the United States, I find myself more American than I ever expected to be, yet not so American in many ways.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Catchphrases
Some more phrases from my TV watching past.
What about "Will you start the fans, PLEASE?"
ReplyDeleteI can recall them all except 8 and 11.
ReplyDeleteTenon Saw - Google tells me that would be the game show Crystal Maze but I never saw it as I left the UK in the 80's.
ReplyDeleteOK - Got them nearly all. Are we supposed to tell you here or not?
ReplyDeleteSure Expat Mum, if you want. I've got the answers scheduled to post on Wednesday evening.
ReplyDeleteNo I won't spoil it then.
ReplyDeleteGreat lists. I think I know them all apart from 1 & 10. I know them but can't for the life of me remember who said them.
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