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Favourite sitcom phrase

I was wondering what people's favourite phrases from sitcoms were. By this I don't mean catch phrases just one-off odd funny little phrases.

I have had a Peep Show series 3 morning and my favourites are Jez saying 'welcome to big school' to the Big Suze's monk boyfriend and in the episode where he is on a jury and the other jurters find out he's been talking to the defenedent and he says 'go crying to Daddy.' Also Sunperhanz's 'I'm going to cut my tongue off with an old rusty razor.'

Mighty Boosh S1. Tundra. Bainbridge's "Icy Bastard" Never fails.

Black Books S1. Episode with the alarm system locking Bernard out and Manny in. The last line spluttered out by Manny " I ate all your bees"

Not so much a sitcom phrase, but three of my favourite sitcom scenes of all time -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmgeWImSA1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWLEbNwjCI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSw11duvfUQ

Every time I'm a bit stuck, I look at these three clips and feel even more depressed as they're perfection in terms of comedy writing.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ January 5 2010, 12:59 PM GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmgeWImSA1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWLEbNwjCI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSw11duvfUQ

Good choices there, old bean. :)

"You big bollocks Ted."

I find myself saying that alot. :)

IT Crowd - "Are you from the past?"

I've used that more than once.

I use 'He's a mentalist' quite a lot.

I may have used 'not that there's anything wrong with that' on certain occasions. In fact, I'm pretty, pretty, pretty sure.

Quote: Gerry McDonnell @ January 5 2010, 1:28 PM GMT

I may have used 'not that there's anything wrong with that' on certain occasions. In fact, I'm pretty, pretty, pretty sure.

I often use 'I heard something . . .' which must be about as obscure a Seinfled quote as you can get. :D

Not a sitcom line but I have taken to using 'how'd you like that gumbo!' as my phrase de jour, which was not how it was intended in The Big Easy, but that's the nature of inspiration.

'Yeah I'm stupid! Stupid like a fox!!' (Homer Simpson)

'Here's what one idiot did-in America!' (Partridge)

'Look at banner Michael!' (Arrested Development)

'Don't tell him Pike' (often so crudely repeated as 'Don't Tell him your name Pike')
'A Pint! That's very nearly an armful'
'I preferred our Rover Charles'

'I've got something on my mind grapes.' (Tracy Jordon)

'He looks like a horse in a man suit!' (Bernard Black)

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 5 2010, 1:44 PM GMT

'Yeah I'm stupid! Stupid like a fox!!' (Homer Simpson)

"You shouldn't discourage the boy from weaselling out of things. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel."

The Day Today - "Peter! You've lost the news!"

Used that quite a lot in the office when I was a reporter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKQliH1awY

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