"Gee, Wilbur!" - On the sitcom MISTER ED/CBS/1961-65, a talking
palomino (voice of Rocky Lane) often said this phrase to his owner
architect Wilbur Post (Alan Young) when he was disappointed or wanted to
persuade his master of something.
"Get Out!" - Cry of Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) when she
thinks something is incredulous on the sitcom SEINFELD/NBC/1990-98.
Accompanying the "Get out!" phrase is a two-handed full body push to the
chest of the person to whom she is speaking. Her enthusiasm sometimes
knocked the person over or across the room. Through eight seasons, Elaine
shouted "Get Out" 13 times.
"Giddyup!" - Interjection spoken by "hipster doofus" Cosmo Kramer
(Michael Richards) when he was enthused on the sitcom
SEINFELD/NBC/1990-98. When shocked he cried "Hoochie Mama!"
"Give that man twenty silver dollars!" - The quiz show DR.
I.Q./ABC/1953-59 featured a character known as "The Doctor" who stood at a
podium and shouted questions into the studio audience. When someone
answered with the correct response he'd cry "Give that man (or
lady)...silver dollars." Winners were actually paid off with cold, hard
silver dollars.
"God'll get you for that" - The comeback of the outspoken Maude
Findlay (Beatrice Arthur) on the sitcom MAUDE/CBS/1972-78 when she was
angry with someone, usually her husband, Walter (Bill Macy), the owner of
an appliance store in Tuckahoe, New York.
"Great Caesar's Ghost!" - Expletive frequently uttered by dyspeptic
Perry White (John Hamilton), editor of the Metropolis Daily Planet
newspaper on THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN/SYN/1951-57 and sequel series.
When cub reporter Jimmy Olsen (Jack Larson) referred to Perry White as
"Chief," he barked "Don't call me, Chief!"
"G-R-R-R-R" - Margie Albright (Gale Storm) from the sitcom MY
LITTLE MARGIE/CBS/NBC/1952-55 often made this sound of exasperation when
she found herself frustrated or in trouble, usually in relationship to her
womanizing 50-year-old widowed father, Vern Albright (Charles Farrell).
