Here is a list of the top 100 greatest quotes and catchphrases from the TV, some of them I agree with and others just make me cringe. Here is the top 15 in photos, the rest of the list will be after the jump below.
#14 — “Space, the final frontier …” (Capt. Kirk, “Star Trek”)
#13 — “We are two wild and crazy guys!” (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys, “Saturday Night Live”)
#5 — “Ask not what your country can do for you …” (John F. Kennedy)
I thought “the truth is out there” from the The X-Files should have been higher up on the list, instead it is down the bottom end just before a quote from Paris Hilton.
#100 — “Nip it!” (Barney Fife, “The Andy Griffith Show”)
#99 — “Yeah, that’s the ticket” (Jon Lovitz as the pathological liar, “Saturday Night Live”)
#98 — “I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl …” (Larry, “Newhart”)
#97 — “God’ll get you for that” (Maude, “Maude”)
#96 — “I love it when a plan comes together” (Hannibal, “The A-Team”)
#95 — “This is the city …” (Sgt. Joe Friday, “Dragnet”)
#94 — “Time to make the donuts” (“Dunkin’ Donuts” ad)
#93 — “Resistance is futile” (Picard as Borg, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)
#92 — “Oh, my nose!” (Marcia Brady, “The Brady Bunch”)
#91 — “Suit up!” (Barney Stinson, “How I Met Your Mother”)
#90 — “Mom always liked you best” (Tommy Smothers, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”)
#89 — “Here it is, your moment of Zen” (“The Daily Show”)
#88 — “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV” (Vicks Formula 44 ad)
#87 — “Hey now!” (Hank Kingsley, “The Larry Sanders Show”)
#86 — “That’s hot” (Paris Hilton, “The Simple Life”)
#85 — “Just one more thing …” (Columbo, “Columbo”)
#84 — “The truth is out there” (Fox Mulder, “The X-Files”)
#83 — “Welcome to the O.C., bitch” (Luke, “The O.C.”)
#82 — “You eeeediot!” (Ren, “Ren & Stimpy”)
#81 — “Now cut that out!” (Jack Benny, “The Jack Benny Program”)
#80 — “The tribe has spoken” (Jeff Probst, “Survivor”)
#79 — “Holy crap!” (Frank Barone, “Everybody Loves Raymond”)
#78 — “Bam!” (Emeril Lagasse, “Emeril Live”)
#77 — “I’m Rick James, bitch!” (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, “Chappelle’s Show”)
#76 — “Denny Crane” (Denny Crane, “Boston Legal”)
#75 — “I know nothing!” (Sgt. Schultz, “Hogan’s Heroes”)
#74 – “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!†(Jan, “The Brady Bunchâ€)
#73 — “Good night, John Boy” (“The Waltons”)
#72 — “Let’s be careful out there” (Sgt. Esterhaus, “Hill Street Blues”)
#71 — “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy” (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
#70 — “Schwing!” (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, “Saturday Night Live”)
#69 — “Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?” (Grey Poupon ad)
#68 — “Tell me what you don’t like about yourself” (Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy, “Nip/Tuck”)
#67 — “Up your nose with a rubber hose” (Vinnie Barbarino, “Welcome Back, Kotter”)
#66 — “Heh heh” (Beavis and Butt-head, “Beavis and Butthead”)
#65 — “Makin’ whoopie” (Bob Eubanks, “The Newlywed Game”)
#64 — “Who loves you, baby?” (Kojak, “Kojak”)
#63 — “Gee, Mrs. Cleaver …” (Eddie Haskell, “Leave it to Beaver”)
#62 — “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” (Alka Seltzer ad)
#61 — “Say good night, Gracie” (George Burns, “The Burns & Allen Show”)
#60 — “We’ve got a really big show!” (Ed Sullivan, “The Ed Sullivan Show”)
#59 — “Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids” (Trix cereal ad)
#58 — “Elizabeth, I’m coming!” (Fred Sanford, “Sanford and Son”)
#57 — “Do you believe in miracles?” (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
#56 — “Don’t make me angry …” (David Banner, “The Incredible Hulk”)
#55 — “Hey HEY hey!” (Dwayne Nelson, “What’s Happening!!”)
#54 — “Have you no sense of decency?” (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
#53 — “Holy ____________, Batman!” (Robin, “Batman”)
#52 — “What you see is what you get!” (Geraldine, “The Flip Wilson Show”)
#51 — “Never assume …” (Felix Unger, “The Odd Couple”)
#50 — “Tastes great! Less filling!” (Miller Lite beer ad)
#49 — “You rang?” (Lurch, “The Addams Family”)
#48 — “Danger, Will Robinson” (Robot, “Lost in Space”)
#47 — “How YOU doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani, “Friends”)
#46 — “Is that your final answer?” (Regis Philbin, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”)
#45 — “Read my lips: No new taxes!” (George H.W. Bush)
#44 — “Two thumbs up” (Siskel & Ebert, “Siskel & Ebert”)
#43 — “You look mahvelous!” (Billy Crystal as Fernando, “Saturday Night Live”)
#42 — “I want my MTV!” (MTV ad)
#41 — “Good night, and good luck” (Edward R. Murrow, “See It Now”)
#40 — “Stifle!” (Archie Bunker, “All in the Family”)
#39 — “Would you believe?” (Maxwell Smart, “Get Smart”)
#38 — “Sock it to me” (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”)
#37 — “…if it weren’t for you meddling kids! (The bad guy, “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?â€)
#36 — “Well, isn’t that special?” (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, “Saturday Night Live”)
#35 — “Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!” (Stan and Kyle, “South Park”)
#34 — “You’ve got spunk …” (Lou Grant, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”)
#33 — “Homey don’t play that!” (Homey the Clown, “In Living Color”)
#32 — “No soup for you!” (The Soup Nazi, “Seinfeld”)
#31 — “It keeps going and going and going …” (Energizer Batteries ad)
#30 — “It takes a licking …” (Timex ad)
#29 — “Norm!” (“Cheers”)Go to Player
#28 — “How sweet it is!” (Jackie Gleason, “The Jackie Gleason Show”)
#27 — “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat” (Jim McKay, “ABC’s Wide World of Sports”)
#26 — “Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera’ ” (“Candid Camera”)
#25 — “Whassup?” (Budweiser ad)
#24 — “De plane! De plane!” (Tattoo, “Fantasy Island”)
#23 — “Jane, you ignorant slut” (Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin, “Saturday Night Live”)
#22 — “Live long and prosper” (Spock, “Star Trek”)Go to Player
#21 — “And that’s the way it is” (Walter Cronkite, “CBS Evening News”)
#20 — “Come on down!” (Johnny Olson, “The Price is Right”)
#19 — “Let’s get ready to rumble!” (Michael Buffer, various sports events)
#18 — “Good grief” (Charlie Brown, “Peanuts” specials)
#17 — “Hey hey HEEY!” (Fat Albert, “Fat Albert”)
#16 — “Yada, yada, yada” (“Seinfeld”)
source: 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases [TV Land]
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