"He's been shot! Lee Oswald has been shot!" - Broadcast from Dallas City
Jail at 12:20 PM on 11/24/63 NBC newsman Tom Pettit cried on the air "He's
been shot..." as he witnessed the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack
Ruby, a local nightclub owner. This phrase has become popular culture
catchphrase.
"Here I come to save the day" - Operatic proclamation of rodent superhero
Mighty Mouse (voice of Tom Morrison) as he rushed to help those in
distress on the animated cartoon THE MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE/CBS/1955.
"Here comes da' judge!" - Hookline used by Sammy Davis, Jr. and Flip
Wilson in the revival of the old Pigmeat Markham routine as seen on the
comedy variety show ROWAN AND MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN/NBC/1968-73. During the
sketch, Sammy Davis, Jr. who dressed in a baggy black robe and a powdered
wig exclaimed "Here comes da' Judge." In the 1960s Pontiac Motor Division
debuted an automobile called the "Da' Judge" and a pop song of the same
name surfaced on the music charts. See also -
AUTOMOBILES: "The Coyote"
"Heeere's...Johnny!" - Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's second banana co-host,
opened THE TONIGHT SHOW with "and now ladies and gentlemen, heeeeeeres...Johnny!"
from October 2, 1962 to the final show in May of 1992. Ed McMahon's
elongated nightly introduction originated from his days as a carnival
pitchman where he'd call the races with "And Theeeeeere THEY GO! Trivia
Note: The TONIGHT SHOW theme song was written by Paul Anka. The phrase "Heeere's...Johnny!"
was raised to cult status when Jack Nicholson starred in the horror motion
picture The Shining (1980). Possessed by an evil force, Jack Nicholson
chased after his wife with a fireman's ax. When she locked herself in the
bathroom, Jack chopped a hole in the door, stuck in his head and
maniacally cried "Heeeeeeres...Johnny!" When Johnny Carson left the show
his replacement Jay Leno opened each program by approaching the audience
members in the front row and exchanging handshakes and high-fives. But
soon after September 11, 2001, Jay's handshakes stopped for a time. As he
told Parade Magazine "They were still digging bodies out of the World
Trade Center and we didn't want to look like we were having too much
fun...Some thought I stopped shaking hands for security reasons. No. The
audience is searched when they enter. We were just trying to say, 'We'll
be silly but also respectful'."
"Hi Bob!" - Frequently spoken greeting heard on the sitcom THE BOB NEWHART
SHOW/1972-1978. One each episode of the show as Chicago psychiatrist
Robert "Bob" Hartley (Bob Newhart) entered a scene someone casually
greeted his character with "Hi Bob!" This short and simple greeting later
inspired a beer drinking game. The rules to the game are simple. When
anybody on the show says "Hi, Bob!", everybody calls out "HI BOB!" and
takes a drink of their beer. The show's scripts have the characters on the
program say "Hi, Bob!" so often, that anyone playing the game is sure to
get a huge beer buzz. So TV Land and Nick and Night viewers be forewarned.
If your still standing, and you need another Bob Newhart inspired
catchphrase, check out the sitcom NEWHART/CBS/1982-1990 and listen for
"Hi, Dick!" as in Dick Loudon, the writer of how-to-books who lives at the
Stratford Inn in Vermont. For those fascinated with Bob Newhart's Bob
Hartley character you can purchase a boxed set video collection of
episodes from the show entitled "Bob Newhart Show - The Very Best of : Hi
Bob!" (1972-78)" or the book Hi Bob!: A Self-Help Guide to the Bob Newhart
Show by Joey Green (St. Martin's Press, 1996). TRIVIA NOTE: On May 17,
1997 Bob Newhart gave a speech at the
108th
commencement of the Catholic
University of America in Washington, DC. He opened his speech saying
"Thank you very much" for the applause he had just received. Suddenly, the
audience in unison shouted "Hi Bob!" to which Bob Newhart replied "'Hi,
Bob,' I know. I'm going to go down in history for that. With all I've
accomplished and I'm going to go down in history for 'Hi, Bob.' "
"Hi-Yo Silver, Aw-a-a-a-a-y!" - Rousing command giving to Silver the white
horse during each episode of the western adventure THE LONE
RANGER/ABC/1949-57. When the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) finished helping
settlers in the Old West, he mounted his horse and rode away but not
before mouthing the classic signature signoff "Hi-Yo Silver Away!"
According to the book Who Was That Masked Man? by David Rothel, the phrase
"Hi-Yo, Silver Away!" went through a series of revision before its
original debut on radio on January 30, 1933. Examples of earlier versions
written by Fran Striker included "Hi-Yi, Yippy, Silver away," and "Come
along, Silver! that's the boy...Hi-Yi (hearty laugh)...Now cut loose and
awa-a-y." According to director Jim Jewell, the actor George Seaton who
was playing the role of the Lone Ranger in the original episodes didn't
make a convincing laugh as scripted. So, in an effort to help the actor
out, the writer's experimented with other phrase like "Hi-Yi!" and
"Yippee" among others. Finally according to Jewell he recommended the
English saying "Heigh-Ho" and with a slight change "Hi-Yo, Silver Away!"
was born. A whistle originally followed the "Hi-Yo, Silver Away" phrase
but was later deleted from the script when Jim Jewell left radio station
WXYZ (he was the whistle). Two songs entitled "Hi-Yo Silver" were produced
for the Lone Ranger films. The first was produced for the 1938 Lone Ranger
movie serial; and the second one (written by Les Baxter and Lenny Adelson)
appeared during the opening credits of the feature film The Lone Ranger
and the Lost City of Gold (1958) starring Clayton Moore and Jay
Silverheels. TRIVIA NOTE: According to historian Irving Settel, the phrase
"Hi-Yo Silver" was used as a password by American troops entering Algiers
during World War II.
"Highly illogical" - Frequent response of Mr. Spock, (Leonard Nimoy) the
Vulcan First Officer serving with the Federation Starship USS Enterprise
on the sci-fi adventure STAR TREK/NBC/1966-69. Spock's race prized logic
over emotion and Spock often commented that his human crew members were
"highly Illogical" in their reasoning of situations. When something
intrigued Spock he said "Fascinating!" or in Spock's words: "'Fascinating'
is a word I use for the unexpected. 'Interesting' shall suffice here."
Spock's father Sarek (Mark Lenard) was once asked why he married his
earthling human wife, Amanda (Jane Wyatt). He responded "It was the
logical thing to do." TRIVIA NOTE: Leonard Nimoy recorded an album of
novelty songs in 1967 entitled "Mr.
Spock's Music from Outer Space" that
reached No. 83 on the Billboard Charts. It featured such gems as "Twinkle
Twinkle Little Earth," "Music to Watch Space Girls By," "A Visit to a Sad
Planet" and the now classic "Highly Illogical." The lyrics follow:
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HIGHLY ILLOGICAL
(Composed by Grean & Hertz, 1967)
From far beyond the galaxies I've journeyed to this place
To study the behavior patterns of the human race
And I find them highly illogical
Girl meets boy they fall in love
She says he's everything she's dreamed of
But when they get married before he's aware
She changes his habits the way he combs his hair
She changes him to someone he's never been
And then complains he's not like other men
Now really I find this most illogical
Take the case of your automobiles
Greatest invention since man discovered wheels
Hydromatic overdrive four-on-the-floor
Pushbutton windows pushbutton doors
Double barreled carburetors rush you anyplace
But you never can find a parking space
Highly illogical
Take the case of modern man
He works all his life gives it all he can
Saves all his money works overtime
Pinches every penny banks every dime
All he can think about is money but you know
That he can't take it with him where he's going to go
Now I find that fascinatingly illogical
Now is the time to journey home to tell of what I've learned
My people I believe have every right to be concerned
For in spite of computers and advanced psychology
Behavior patterns are still a mystery
I predict the future of this earthly human race
Is that having made a mess of Earth They'll move to outer space
Well there goes the neighborhood
Totally, completely, absolutely, irrevocably, highly illogical |
"Holy Guacamole, Batman!" - One of the silly exclamations spoken by the
Boy Wonder (Burt Ward), a Gotham City crimefighter on the fantasy
adventure BATMAN/ABC/1966-68. The following is a list of a few more of his
silly syllables: Holy Armadillos!, Holy Chutzpah!, Holy Contributing to
the Delinquency of Minors!, Holy Dental Hygiene!, Holy Fate Worse Than
Death!, Holy Guadalcanal!, Holy Hieroglyphics!, Holy Hole-In-A-Doughnut!,
Holy Human Surfboards!, Holy Hydraulics!, Holy Hypnotism!, Holy
Interplanetary Yardstick!, Holy Kilowatts!, Holy Luther Burbank!, Holy
Mashed Potatoes!, Holy Molars!, Holy Priceless Collection of Etruscan
Snoods!, Holy Purple Cannibals!, Holy Ravioli!, Holy Rising Hemlines!,
Holy Trolls and Goblins!, and Holy Uncanny Photographic Mental Processes!
Holy Moley!, aren't you glad that's over?
"Holy, mackerel!" - Favorite saying of George "Kingfish" Stevens (Tim
Moore), the conniving head of the Mystic Knights of the Seas, a local
fraternal lodge in Harlem, New York City on the first all-black sitcom
AMOS AND ANDY/CBS/1951-53.
"Holy smokin' rockets, commander!" - Hardy exclamation of space cadet
Happy (Lyn Osborn), assistant to Commander Buzz Corey (Ed Kemmer) on the
sci-fi adventure SPACE PATROL/ABC/1951-52.
"Holy Toledo!" - Exclamation often used by Skipper (Martin Huston), the
son of jungle adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weismuller) on the action
adventure JUNGLE JIM/SYN/1955.
"Homey don't play that" See -
CLOWNS:"Homey the Clown"
"Horse Hockey!" - When the veteran military career officer Colonel Sherman
Potter (Harry Morgan) got angry at his troops on the military comedy
M*A*S*H/CBS/1972-83 he shouted phrases like "Horse Hockey!" But the power
of his putdowns came mostly from his "bark" rather than his bite. The
following is a select list of some of his best blusters and bravado:
Buffalo Bagels!, Buffalo Chips!, Beaver Biscuits!, Bull Cookies!, Cow
Cookies!, Geeze Louise!, Great Ceasar's Ghost!, Great Horse Hockey!,
Mother McCree!, Mule Fritters!, Pigeon Pellets!, Pony Pucks!, Road
Apples!, Sufferin' Sheepdip!, Sweet Limburger!, and What in the Name of
Sam Hill!
"How sweet it is!" - Sugary sentiment of rotund comedian Jackie Gleason
exclaimed during the opening of his comedy variety program THE JACKIE
GLEASON SHOW/CBS/1952-70 as he talked with his studio audience (at which
time he drank a cup of coffee suspected to be of an alcoholic nature).
When he played wealthy Reggie Van Gleason, he coined the phrase "Mmmmmboy,
that's good booze!" See also -
SIGNOFFS -
CELEBRITIES: "And Aw-a-a-a-a-ay
we go!"
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