One caveat: You can do what you want, but I only included phrases that were originated on the show or on a movie they riffed. I did not include any phrases that are actually references to outside sources. Examples: “It is balloon!” “McCloud!!!” “Shakin’ the bushes, boss!” “This is no place for a convertible!” or “This was no boating accident!”
My list, in more or less alphabetical order:
• “Dull surprise!!”–perfect whenever anything completely expected happens.
• “I like coffee…”–and, really, I do.
• “I like it very much!”–Watching an MST3K episode, for example.
• “It stinks!”–the “okay” gesture is required.
• “Join us, won’t we?”–Our official motto, I use it a lot.
• “No dancing. Not allowed.”–whenever you want to be Captain Bringdown.
• “Oh, I hate to shoot a butt like that”–when admiring a certain anatomical part.
• “Rock climbing….”–You’d be surprised how often this comes up.
• “Saaaaaaay!”–The perfect expression when things get late-night and randy.
• “Staaaay!”–It surprises people when I yell it, but I still do.
• “The right people will get it.”–Pretty much the words I live by.
• “Watch out for snakes!”–I live in the country so it’s often appropriate.
• “We’ll just wait here, then, shall we?”–Often used at the mall.
• “Why don’t they look?”–The sad head-shake is required to sell it.
• “Your weapons are useless against me!”–Handy during video games and action movies.
What are yours?
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“But what about Tor-cha?!” or simply “Tor-cha”
“Yew been hittin’ the BOOZE?”
“My name is cornjob: Master of Darkness.”
Most people being morally ambiguous tends to account for the largely random pattern of death.”
“That could’ve gone better”
“I’m a danger to myself and others”
“Roger, this is God, pick up the pace!”
“She’d been eating cubes of mescalin jello”
“When will you realize that when you kill each other you’re only hurting yourselves?”
“You’re weird, which results in creativity”
“If he was planning on showing some emotion now would be the time to do it.”
“But they’re ants man!”
-Cornjob-
“I’m kidding, of course.” I say this about every time I make a joke now.
When ever I see someone doing something stupid, I give them a “He looks drunk to me”.
I’ve been using a few lately from Manos:
“Yeah, here I go, VROOM.”
“Yes, DEAR. I’m doing it, DEAR.”
I’ve also been known to just randomly say, “Y-EEEEEEESSSSSS?” I’ve heard Servo do it so many times, and every time it gets me.
And just one random Joel line, “Aw, you didn’t invent anything.”
“Yes, dear, I’m doing it dear.” is, I belive, a reference pulled from Fawlty Towers. Basil Fawlty being nagged by his wife to do something he never quite gets to do, most famously hanging a picture in one episode.
“Like father, like son, think about it won’t you.” was for an advert to get adults to stop smoking, especially thosw smoking in front of their children, thereby possiblty influencing their kids to do so as well. The ad featured a father and son fishing together, the camera shows the child looking at the pack of cigarettes sitting between them, then the narrator said the famous line used on MST3K so much.
the ‘Y-essssssss?’ riff is a reference to one of the catchphrases of an actor named Frank Nelson. here is a clip with him on the Jack Benny show, in which he delivers his famous catchphrase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls
there’s also a Simpsons character based on him. his catchphrase is so fun to say!
I 37th “sad, really” and “…the hell?”
Ah, MST3K has supplied me so many little things to throw into my daily conversations…
Let’s see, some that I say a lot that I don’t think have been mentioned already:
From The Final Sacrifice:
-“I wonder if there’s beer on the sun…” (whenever my friends and I are just sitting around, being pensive)
-“So ‘________’… umm, is that a ‘stupid’ name?” (whenever I meet someone new, I fill in Rowsdower’s name with theirs…ok, so I don’t use this one too often because it’s a little mean if they don’t get it)
“Knew him? He was delicious!” (if someone is asking me if I know someone…yeah)
From the short Spring Fever:
-“I don’t care, there’s still butter and meatloaf!” (this one seems to fit in almost everywhere…)
And I can’t remember which episode this is actually from, but Joel’s invention was a literal smoking jacket, and his little introduction to it is something I find myself whispering when I see someone with a cigarette:
“Smoking kills, but it’s cool so what are you going to do? Everybody loves tar- sure who doesn’t? But doctors have known for well over a year that it’s bad for you…”
(I think I remembered that right lol)
For me it’s “No springs! (whistle)” all the way.
-Proving once again that slightly unattractive people are evil!
-their hearts going to explode like an old tire/like a rabbit being chansed by a motorbike!(iterchangable. when seeing a large person walk quickly or run)
-its time to see if youre going to be one of our team players
– see this butt? kick this butt…
– …then they pants you and drag you around the track
– NO SPRINGS! (WHISTLE)
– Servo kill?!???
– Starring no one and featuring nothing (from track of the moon beast btw)
– Out of nowhere going to a deep Minnesotan accent (stands out here in AR)
Cheers!
Out of nowhere going to a deep Minnesotan accent
:mrgreen: I do that too, and I definitely got it from MST3K. I always find myself doing Trace’s Midwestern housefrau voice, doncha know.
I often use, “Car that cool, you gotta drive it” (ring of terror? i think) whenever I find something too good to pass up.
Whenever I hurt myself I have to scream
“HOTCHKEE”!
Ooh, I forgot! Whenever I see a duck, or ducks, or a photo/painting/whatever of a duck, I quack ala Crow in I Accuse My Parents. I live near a river, so this is actually quite often. And I never did before I saw that episode, though, of course I mooed at cows. Because they know what you’re saying.
I don’t think anyone mentioned this one, but my whole family uses it:
“I need a butt and a belt, I’m sweating through the damn babushka!”
My wife and I have several that we use with each other fairly often. I am sure other people have no clue when we say things like this to each other but I am sure that is common in this group.
One of our favorites- With enough L-Tryptophan
to knock you on your sorry Thanksgiving ass- Crow no. From one of the Turkey day promos in the Comedy central days.
2. I want to decide who lives and who dies- Oh I don’t no.
3. This was already mentioned but we use crow@biteme.com alot.
“I pretty much live out of my car”
“This simplifies everything”
“That’s absolutely fascinating.”
“Woah!” (Bill’s Crow)
“It stinks!”
“The Mount Rushmore of ugly.”
“Oh, it’s true…” (Krasker in The Dead Talk Back)
“Watch Out For Snakes” (Eegah, of course)
“This is where the fish lives” (Touch Of Satan)
“Sam, my patent papers are at a slight angle!” (said by Mike during Riding With Death)
“You ARE the Puma Man” (Puma Man)
“Sting, Debbie Reynolds & God!” (said by Crow during Space Mutiny)
“BLAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!” (the famous Ryder scream at the end of Space Mutiny)
“I Open My Mouth at You!” (said by Crow during Future War)
“You do it, I’m bitter.”
There’s a line from Wild Rebels… I don’t know if I remember it right, but I say it anyway when appropriate because it amuses me: “Thank you brother squirrel, for the horn!”
From the “Catching Trouble” host segment, the line “And then, it’s hammer time.” No one knows what I mean.
And of course “Why… don’t they look?”
I say “sum up” a lot (from Hamlet)
I also use “Yepper!” instead of saying yes.
“How’s the pretending you’re not old going?” from Track of the Moon Beast comes in handy a lot (of course I never say it to the person’s face :wink: )
I also have taken to calling sandwiches, “sammiches”.
I use “I knoooooooow!” all the time (I’ve already used it once today in an email)
Everytime I see one of the Central Freight 18-wheelers (which is nearly every day) I always say “Death rides comfortably with Central Moving and Storage” and “Trust all your top secret government projects to Central Moving and Storage.”
I have Fats Domino’s “I’m Walking” on my mp3 player and every time it comes up I sing “I’m walking, yes indeed, I’m talking, I accuse my parents.”
SERPENTINE !
McCloud !
Chief ?
Both from Werewolf anytime a group of us are sitting around doing nothing and all goes quiet “So you wanna fight or…?”
And whenever something unexpected should happen I use Yuri’s “huh” (after werewolf goes flying through upstairs window)
I always find plenty of opportunity to use “later on” and “sure” from Parts:the clonus horror.
Also Merlin’s “You’re welcome” has plenty of use as well.
From Riding With Death:
“It’s so funny when a girl tries to DO something…”
The usual for me as others, “Time for go to bed” and “Watch out for snakes” as often as I can.
“doing the Butt” & “merging action” sends me to giggling.
“When he likes it rough”, “O No! Pleasure” and “What’s that down there?” are not really useful anywhere I’d talk about here, but I like saying them.
Gypsy’s “you, the white mail, are my personal oppressor” is good to use.
I like to variations of “lemon zester of death” to describe kitchen items.
Sorry, I can spell most days..
“you, the white MALE, are my personal oppressor”
So many…
When we’re getting ready to watch a movie I ask my wife if she “scrolled up a cinema”.
After a delicious fish dinner I point at her stomach and say “this is where the fish lives.”
When something breaks: “Solid balsawood, baby!”
She also tends to yell at the sun when it’s hot out, to which I reply: “(beeeeep) This is the Sun. Your call is very important to us, but due to unusually high call volume…”
When asked what time it is: “It lacks of twelve.”
I hope I don’t bungle or bobble the Fingal Dopple.
Boxes of air, shipped anywhere…overnight!
After reciting an historical fact: “I’m Peter Graves and this is Biography.”
When asked what movie we’re going to see: “Earth vs. Soup.”
When an injured person is being moved: “Make sure you move his spine around a lot.”
Flat, drab passion explodes across the screen!
Did I say ___________? I meant doorknob.
Water…..thirsty….sick man.
Don’t talk with Steve in your mouth.
Mannix! (Also: Double Mannix!) – to be used interchangeably with “Mitchell!”
When asked about my weekend: “I went out riding, but the horse tripped over a potato and broke its leg. So I shot the horse and ate the potato.” From the Star Trek Generations Riff (Cheating?)
Football practice!
No ________. (whistle)
Kalgon, blow me away!
Aaaaaaaaand……..action!
After a vote in which everyone agrees: “It’s anonymous!”
Leave the Bronx!
Me help! Attacked I am being!
At a dark screen: “Actually filmed inside the thumbhole of a bowling ball.”
What happened to the day-ball?
Look at that big, buttery moon up there.
When a scene drags on: “Film it all, (name of director)!”
Master Ninja Theme Song! (sung)
Yes, Satan! Speak to me through this song!
Can I borrow a cup of shirt?
We shall some potatoes bake!
Jam Handy, reminding you to keep your preserves in a convenient place.
Upon seeing someone with a blank stare: “Brain has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.”
And my all-time favorite:
What do you intend doing? (Cave Dwellers)
I just remembered another one I use a lot when someone on TV is being a tad too vague in a specific way:
“(GASP) NO! Not ‘THINGS’!!!!”
If Shout Factory does release War-Willf soon, high school English teachers should play that scene to show the perils of overusing “thing” in one’s writing.
Number one on my list: Buffalo Shot.
What better way to describe unwanted groin exposure?
Telling people to stop splaying (I forget which episode that’s from, Tom said it.) and phrases about ones “area” (Like “Why do you hate my area?”) are always winners in my book.
And just so people don’t think I have some sort of crotch fixation, I also say “You’re Welcome” like Merlin from Merlin’s Shop, say “That’s what they call it when I take a bath” whenever somebody mentions the Bay of Pigs, advise people to watch out for snakes, and refer to big chunk heads as “Brick Boldflank” and “Punch McRunfast”
There are probably a million others I forget that I use as well.
Is THIS your card?!
(Italian accent) Boy, we sure are from Florida!
“They took my thumbs, Charlie,” is from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Unrated Version. ;)
I don’t remember which episode it’s from, but I like to say “What the heck..tor Elizondo?” when someone does something stupid. (It helps that I work in a profession that makes this line/question useful on a daily basis. :grin:)
Space Mutiny has given me the most lines. “She’s a sexy senior citizen” or “She’s one hot mama…make that grandmama” both work perfectly when dealing with an old person who wants to look/act young. I’ve actually thought “She’s got an armadillo down her trousers” when coming up against some manly-looking women. (I wouldn’t dare say it because I don’t fancy the idea of bodily injury.)
Only one or two people have mentioned my big one: You’ve Got Mail…Pattern Baldness.
And like many have said, I love to do the “No Springs” whistle from Coily. Boy I get some strange looks on that one.
I realized I’ve assimilated “Whatever, white people” as a useful phrase when everyone around me is getting worked up about something which seems to me to not be nearly so important or interesting. I forget which movie it’s from; undoubtedly one of those mid-50s ones where the black guy was left out of the plot because being eaten by giant leeches or an equivalent fate is a job for the white male reality.
While I do mutter this phrase to myself as a way of reassuring myself that it’s everyone else who’s the problem, I am nevertheless a white person.
From Devil Doll, and whenever we’re about to eat:
If you think he likes ham, wait till you see me like ham.
“Dark carnival of the soul.”
Everday usage: “Poopie” of course.
And when needed:
“Look Polish!”
“Toy boat, toy boat”
And: “Not dead the way you know it”
and
“The wife, yes. The child, no.”
“Yeah, like they even have a toilet” – Giant Spider Invasion
WHAT are you doing Mitchell?
Booze is good food
HE WAS MY PARTNER FOR 7 YEARS!
A Little peak into Mitchell’s life
Wanna beer? Some of ’em got cigarettes in ’em
Our hero, ladies and gentlemen
MITCHELL! pardon me MITCHELL!
I’ll give him about a block and a half and then I’ll mow him over
HEY IT’S MITCHELL
Honey, Mitchell’s here
Uh, shouldn’t we exchange information?
He pulled out right in front of me!
Zero tolerance is so funny
I wanted a super soaker
Gangsters laughin’, really smilin’, a man sellin’ heroin
Perhaps our brief but bitter affair
Word on the street is you’re a jerk
And she’s an acrobat Ted!
Johnny Mathis? alright, get my gun
MITCHELL PUT A HANDKERCHIEF ON THE BACK OF HIS CAR, RUN!
And many more…but mostly from Mitchell
I often say: ‘I guess he thought he was Dale’ even though I have NO idea what it refers to.
One more, although this might not be an exact quote:
“You know, Hal Needham once said ‘Give me an abandoned warehouse and a Camero and I’ll give you drama!'”
How could I forget, the immortal, “Oh well, sure, I can see how – HUH?!”
Also, Joel’s “Do what I do!”
“Filmed in bald-spot-vision!” (more applicable than you might think)
“I’m Bob Jackass.” (mostly when the obvious villain shows up in some other movie I’m watching)
“Dunnuh DUNNUUUUH!” (after performing some minor action)
My most used is “Danger, ______” from Danger Death Ray. As in Danger, small talk or Danger, cat food.
Hmm, no many to think about, not enough time to think.
“Sentenced to TORCHA!” – Teens from Outer Space. I say that to my fiancee when I tickle her.
“Whisper quiet high-speed spinning spike railing.” – Space Mutiny. Best death-trap ever. Added it to dome D&D scenarios I’ve created.
“You’re the laziest man on Mars.” – Santa Conquers the Martians. Good for anyone.
“It’s… DRUGGED!” – Sidehackers. I say this during any similar fadeout in a movie.
“NO!” – Cave Dwellers. Useful anywhere.
“Bad touch!” – from the short Mr. B Natural.
whenever someone is boasting about their own material possessions….”i’ve got a this, and that, and this, and that, “…….i like to throw in “IN MY BEARD!”