Originally Posted by zekeburger1979 (Post 11293913)

How I Met Your Mother tried making "Where's the poop?" a thing a few seasons ago.

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11292099)

Most of the replies in this thread are "full of fail"

Originally Posted by whoopdido (Post 11292690)

I've been trying to think of some attempts made by Seinfeld and this was the only one I can think of. Most of the popular sayings from Seinfeld caught on after only one episode. Numerous times one episode would feature pretty much the same line numerous times, but would never pop up again. For example, "George is getting upset, or George is getting thirsty" or whatever. Or the Heeeeelllllllllo bit when Jerry was making fun of his girlfriend's stomach.

I suppose, "Hello Newman" might count, but I don't think that was every meant to become a catchphrase. Unless I'm missing some, basically the only lines that made it into numerous episodes were "Get out" and "Hello Newman"

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11294373)

That is pretty interesting to think about. They probably had dozens upon dozens of phrases that are memorable, but were never used outside of that particular episode. "Yada, Yada" and "Serenity now!" should have lasted longer than a single episode.

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11294373)

I think it stems from confusion of what constitutes"catching on."

A. a catch phrase becomes popular and X character uses it to the bitter end.
B. a catch phrase that becomes a part of the pop culture lexicon and used outside of a television show.

Most of the answers don't apply to A, but could to B.



That is pretty interesting to think about. They probably had dozens upon dozens of phrases that are memorable, but were never used outside of that particular episode. "Yada, Yada" and "Serenity now!" should have lasted longer than a single episode.

Originally Posted by kefrank (Post 11294399)

I think this is one of the great things about the show. There was very little "recycling" of material that was a sure thing. They continually took risks and kept it fresh. Sometimes there were failures, but it sure did work a lot of the time.

In terms of phraseology, it was really the inverse of the standard formula. Instead of a show where one or more characters have a frequently-used catch phrase, it seemed like nearly every week we'd get a new memorable phrase that lived on around the water cooler but was likely to never return in the show itself.

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11294373)

That is pretty interesting to think about. They probably had dozens upon dozens of phrases that are memorable, but were never used outside of that particular episode. "Yada, Yada" and "Serenity now!" should have lasted longer than a single episode.

Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Jabroni (Post 11292782)

A show itself has to catch on before catchphrases from it can catch on. ;)

Originally Posted by whoopdido (Post 11292690)

Or the Heeeeelllllllllo bit when Jerry was making fun of his girlfriend's stomach.

Originally Posted by zekeburger1979 (Post 11293913)

How I Met Your Mother tried making "Where's the poop?" a thing a few seasons ago. Lily said it everytime Robin would lie about something.

Originally Posted by GuessWho (Post 11292041)

I understand very well--I was correcting the phrase.