What is the best TV catchphrase of all time?
Two words, three syllables, or one strangled grunt. The shortest lines on television turned out to be the stickiest.
1D'oh!Homer Simpson's grunt of self-inflicted disaster, now an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
2How you doin'?Joey Tribbiani's pickup line on Friends, delivered with one raised eyebrow.
3Heeeere's Johnny!Ed McMahon's nightly introduction of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show for thirty years.
4Ayyyy!The Fonz's thumbs-up approval on Happy Days, 1970s shorthand for cool.
5Yada yada yadaSeinfeld's way of skipping the boring middle of any story, and sometimes the important part.
6No soup for you!The Soup Nazi's verdict on anyone who orders incorrectly in his Seinfeld kitchen.
7Dyn-o-mite!J.J. Evans' full-body exclamation on Good Times, usable in any situation.
8Live long and prosperSpock's Vulcan farewell from Star Trek, complete with the split-finger salute.
9Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?Arnold Jackson's baffled reply to his brother on Diff'rent Strokes.
10That's what she saidMichael Scott's compulsive innuendo, the most quoted line from The Office.
11Legen—wait for it—daryBarney Stinson's stretched superlative on How I Met Your Mother.
12Winter is comingHouse Stark's words on Game of Thrones, and a warning repeated for eight seasons.
13Nanu NanuMork's alien greeting from Mork & Mindy, delivered by Robin Williams with a hand twist.
14Book 'em, DannoSteve McGarrett's order at the end of every Hawaii Five-O case.
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Comments
Oxford English Dictionary added "doh" in 2001, without the apostrophe, and noted 1950s use. Every other entry here is a written line rather than a grunt: https://youpick.best/articles/the-simpsons-ranked-many-ways
