Anyone see this list yet? They list "Yada, Yada, Yada" as number one.

I hate to break it to the 20-year-olds that are obviously writing for TV GUIDE these days, but "Yada, Yada, Yada" was in the lexicon LONG before Seinfeld put it in his show. For that reason alone, it should not have made it on the list (the majority of the list is made up of phrases that were pretty much created on a TV show).

Maybe, but how often did you actually hear it before Seinfeld? It was there all along, but Seinfeld put it on the map. Hell Seinfeld should have a dozen of the spots alone.

What is on the rest of the list?

Actually, I've heard it a lot in my family - and I'm sure others out there have too...guess it's a regional thing.

Don't have the complete list handy, but others included:

"To The Moon, Alice" - The Honeymooners
"Eat My Shorts!" - The Simpsons
"How YOU Doin'?" - Friends
"Come On Down!" - The Price Is Right
"Sit On It!" - Happy Days
"Live Long & Prosper" - Star Trek
"The Truth Is Out There" - The X Files
"We're Two Wild & Crazy Guys!" - Saturday Night Life
"Stifle, Edith!" - All In The Family
"Dyn-O-Mite!" - Good Times
"Whachoo Talkin' Bout Willis?" - Diff'rent Strokes

If "Hey! HEY! Hey!" from What's Happening! isn't on this list, then I refuse to even acknowledge it.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

It hasn't been on long enough, but Entourage's "Let's hug it out bitch!" deserves to be included.

"We don't have enough time!" Not that it should be included but it's used enough that it should

I hate to break it to you, but no "catchphrase" heard on TV was first heard on TV. "To the moon," "whatchu talkin' about," "eat my shorts" ... they've all just be popularized by TV. Not invented by it.

or any variation of: "There's not enough time!"

Yada Yada Yada #1? That's not even the #1 catchphrase on Seinfeld. Not even close.

No soup for...


...whoever compiled this list.

Well, I'm pretty sure "Live Long and Prosper" and "The Truth Is Out There" are both original to their programs.

"Hey, Hey, Hey" was NOT on the list

"Let's hug it out, Bitch" IS on the list...in fact, I think it's in the top ten.

"Up your nose with a rubber hose" is another one I remember from the list (from Welcome Back Kotter). That's probably original to that show as well.

"Yada yada yada" is not a ctachphrase. A catchphrase is a phrase closely associated with a particular character. "Yada yada yada" is a punchline to a joke on a single episode of Seinfeld.

TV Guide lists suck worse than AFI lists.

The writers for TV Guide should be hunted down likes dogs for the obscene pleasure of wealthy sportsmen.

I don't know what dictionary you use, but mine defines catchphrase as

"A phrase in wide or popular use, especially one serving as a slogan for a group or movement."

I'd say "Yada yada yada" easily meets that definition. It is in wide and popular use, and it was made so by Seinfeld. Undoubtedly, there were some groups or regions where the phrase was spoken prior to its use on Seinfeld, but I would be willing to wager that its usage has become more widespread since Seinfeld by several orders of magnitude.

Also, although the phrase may have originated on Seinfeld as a punchline to a single joke, it was used numerous times on the series after that. The local television station in my area that runs Seinfeld in syndication has a promo spot for the show that features at least a dozen occurrences of the phrase.

Lisa: And now you can go back to just being you, instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catch-phrase.
Homer: (breaking a lamp) D'oh!
Bart: Ay, carumba!
Marge: (groans)
Maggie: (sucks her pacifier)
Flanders: Hi-dilly-ho!
Barney: (belches)
Nelson: Ha, ha!
Burns: Excellent!
(long pause)
Lisa: If anyone wants me, I'll be in my room.

My vote would definitely have to go to Aunt Sassy's "I don't need to see THAT!" from Room and Bored. No doubt about it.

But seriously, I would argue that "...not that there's anything wrong with it!" is a more popular Seinfeld quote.

There should be more Seinfeld quotes on that list... but I guess they didn't want to make the whole list up of just Seinfeld ones heh.

I would have put "How YOU Doin'?" at #1 over "yadda yadda yadda"

or even "are you still master of your domain" as a more popular seinfeld quote.

"No soup for you" is the biggest Seinfeld catchphrase IMO. Everyone was using that phrase in the subsequent months and years.

Just saw the list, and I'm shocked "Da plane, da plane" from Fantasy Island didn't make the cut.

A few other notable omissions off the top of my head:
"I pity the fool" and "I love it when a plan comes together" from the A-Team
"Yabba dabba doo!" from the Flintstones
"Did I do that?" from Family Matters
"Well isn't that special?" from SNL

"Don't make me break my foot off in your ass!"

When I think catch phrase, I just think back to that old Artie Lange sketch on MadTV from oh so long ago. Heh.

A few that would surely be on my list:

"It's..."


"Que?"


"Annyong."


and of course:

"I'm Larry, this is my brother Darrel and this is my other brother Darrel."

I hope "Push the button, Frank" made it.

"Book Him, Dan-O." is another must.