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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When ever someone says anything boastful I love to throw out Trace’s “Oh, do you?” in that highly pretentious voice.
“Bad Touch!” is one of my favorites as well, Robo.
Oh, I forgot…I get to say “Leave the Bronx!” everytime I drive through and, um, leave the bronx.
I forgot to mention “This will fool them unless they look at it!” “I call no way” is another favorite of mine.
(As Torgo): Don’t patronize me, sir.
You think he likes ham? Wait ’til you see ME like ham!
Paint my muscle car PRUNE colored, please!
Trumpy! You can do stupid things!
I managed to cram my ass into these shorts!
Oops, forgot a couple.
It’s befuddlin’ my dumb cracker mind!
And, somberly, go Packers.
Two that I use quite often:
“Would you gimme my hamburger!” from I Accuse My Parents
and “You’re welcome!” from Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders
…The Hell?! (of course)
Anything that is terribly bad for you is prepared “Texas Style!” like “deep fried and rolled in bacon – Texas Style!”
I’M INTERFACED!! (working in IT i get to say that a lot..)
“Paul, is you being here?” or some variation whenever I’m calling for someone.
I call people “Loads” frequently, and ask them to tell me about times when they were a load.
“We rented a pneumatic catapult and dammit, we’re gonna use it!”
“Booze is good food”
Mitchell! (i see Mitchell’s everywhere.. it’s scary)
and finally – “Manosssssssssssssssss” whenever i’m really bored watching something.
Oh yeah…MOVIE SIGN!!
RAM Chips !! ( especially tasty or yummy )
( I just watched a season 1 ;)
Q, #192: Right on. Great list.
Most days I feel like I’ve got a terracotta bowling pin lamp.
On being quickly stirred awake from a nap nothing beats:
“Uh, Football Pratice!!”
I don’t think anyone has mentioned “WHERE’S YOUR FILTH?” from Time Chasers. I use this in random situations alot.
Over at the Joe Bob Briggs Trailer Park discussion group it has become a running joke to refer to any sequel as “Electric Boogaloo”, like “Hostel 2: Electric Boogaloo” or Godfather 2: Electric Boogaloo”
Don’t believe these have been mentioned yet:
“He hit Big Jake!”
“Chili peppers burn my gut.”
Guess what episode I just watched. :shock:
“Put on your helmets we’ll be reaching speeds of THREE!!!” – Space Mutiny. I like to say this when I’m driving people somewhere. I get strange looks.
“When you cheat, you make an Eat out of C and H. I’m sorry.” – Crow (Wild World of Batwoman). Everyone tells me, “that doesn’t make sense?!” to which I reply, “I know!!!” and they get even more confused…
I love singing the Pants song randomly – again…funny looks…
Thanks for straightening me out, C.L. and Rob. For forty years I thought Jack Bruce was singing, “dull surprise.”
Sid-Knee (193): the “I thought you were Dale” bit comes from an old Grape-Nuts commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UnJSTpHsXc
As for me, I like Mike’s “The answer, my friend, is blow it out your ass” from “San Francisco International.”
“The helpless cough of a squirrel with a crushed face – that’s what life’s all about…” (Pod People) I use this line whenever I witness the injustices of the world; which is to say I use it quite frequently…
I just watched Shorts Vol. 2 again today, and I’ve found a great line in Last Clear Chance that I’m going to be using a LOT.
When the traffic cop finishes his crazed “Just speeding a little! Just breaking the law a little!” rant, Mike ends the short with “Now I’m going to get a little bit of lunch!” That one’s definitely going to get everyday use. :mrgreen:
“Alright, get in…!”
Don’t remember the various episodes they used it.
but I find myself using that phrase much to my friends dismay at the most inappropriate situations.
Dave
I may as well chime in here. It was a tough question for me because I feel that all of the movie lines and riffs are at my disposal. I have used myriad of those for whatever situation seems to call for it.
I don’t lean heavily on any one exact line or riff, but I can say that I will keep using lines until the day I day…(and probably in the midst of dying).
I think the ones I use most usually come from Coleman Francis movies. Red Zone Cuba has provided many.
Manos has given me quite a few, and from the sci-fi years I have used Riding with Death lines and riffs more than any other.
Probably my most overused line comes when setting out on a project. I often say –
“I’ll do little pinch hit, pop in some Deep Purple, and get this secret government project on the road!”
Another one I use alot is when completing a particular task, I will proclaim – “Welll, got the skull thrown so thats done, anyway”. (from The Screaming Skull)
“Grandpa was using the _____ again”- whenever something blows up or makes a mess
The touch of Death- another name for jinx
“don’t ‘ya know”- common northern saying which I use to tease my cheesehead sister now that I’m living in Texas.
“City limits–(bang)Austin city limits”-
When I see something that just looks stupid, I say “Extruded plastic dingus”, from Industrial Arts.
My son usually does a very convincing “This potatoe has ears.” from Pod People. He does it randomly. And when he starts to loose an argument, he will end it by saying, “you’re not my real father.”
Love the Screaming Skull line from Manny (#221) — I’ve used that a few times, too.
Also, my husband and I refer to watching movies as “scrolling up a cinema.” If the movie’s bad, we’ll say, “I bet no one ever scrolls up this cinema!”
When something loud happens, I’ll often use a Minnesota accent and say, “Ohhhh geez, that’s going to put the panfish down for a couple hours, dontyaknow.”
From Space Children, “so you’re saying I’m bald” to any pronoucements.
:twisted: sleep!
&
don’t just do something, stand there!
What’s “Scroll up a cinema from?” Which episode? I don’t remember that offhand.
S. Mc.: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
Forgot a family favorite (sorry, guys!):
“Fish bites, Mother!” from Blood Waters of Dr. Z.
There, are you happy now?
I also find myself doing the chicken-alien’s ridiculous laugh a lot. (from Prince of Space)
Ha Ha Ha How are ya?!
Man, there’s just too many to name. It all depends on the situation. But some of the main ones I say a lot that are because of the show (Whether they originated from the show or elsewhere doesnt matter because it’s thanks to the show that I say them.) are “Go to bed , old man!”, “Watch out for snakes!”, “Youre stuck here!”, “I dont care!” and “Turn it OFF!”. These are just in everyday life. The ones that always come up in plain riffing situations would be Hikeeba and Kitty! and the like. Kitty just in general really, being a Cat person. Oh and of course “ACT-ing!” comes up a lot as a riff. How could it not? With the Mike Nelson delivery of course, much like other riffs of his in the similar voice. Although my friend always does it in the Jon Lovitz style, as long as I can remember.
Also, it’s amazing how many times somebody on TV or radio says Mitchell. :neutral: What Mstie doesn’t repeat “MITCHELL” of some sort when they hear it? I usually just mutter or whisper “Mitchell” without even thinking. It’s just reflex I’ve had almost ever since Mitchell first aired. :mad: And other Msties too I’m sure. :razz:
On my most recent visiting trips to Vegas, I went out drinking with my sister and would say “Mmmm that’s good Booze!” after shots. The bartender was the only one who didn’t think I was on crack. The young people these days, I tell ya. With their MySpace’s and their 8-track tapes….Aaaaaaahhhh. :???:
I know there’s SO many more including some already mentioned and it constantly changes up over the years. But these are all universal ones that stay pretty constant in life. :)
Just in time. I was one of those who suggested this thread and almost missed out on it. :neutral: :razz:
My roommate just reminded me of some we always say that I cant believe I didn’t think of. Which reminded me of a couple I mentioned in a previous thread.
“No” as done in the voice of Servo when he was imitating Kay shooting down Nick over the phone in What to Do on a Date. *exhales*
“Time for go to bed.”
“Hey, it’s not my birthday.” In the Frank delivery after receiving something or such.
Saying “Sammich”. Although I’ve always pretty much referred to sandwiches as such anyways. My dad would say it. Though he also called World’s of Fun (the amusement park) “World’s of Hate” and called Superman “SuperSuds”…Don’t ask. I only have theories. He was weird.
And really obscure ones used for nonsensical purposes, both from Chicken of Tommorow –
“Hey, CLEAN your fingers!” Which I’ve gotten my young brother to say all the time now to the point of annoying everybody around him. A win in my book since I’m here in KC.
And finally the really obscure one I use a lot for some reason (My being strange most likely as well as the annoyance of others.) is “SOME eggs don’t even exist.” It’s all in the delivery. Of course maybe you gotta be insane like I apparently am to find these funny in the first place. :?:
“I don’t care, I don’t care” From Time of The Apes.
“You kids with your hula hoops and your loud rock music” although I always say “You kids with your Hula hoops and your wacky taterness”I work with kids and refer to them as wacky taters all the time(it makes them laugh).
“It stinks” ok sign is required.
“So I began kicking them repeatedly” From Jungle godess.
“Oh that’s extra BOLD” from Mike’s Barb-Q sauce skit
“Puma, Puuuuma” from Ring of Terror(you must really draw out the “u” in the second Puma.
There are so many more that just sneak out I laugh when they come I just can’t think of them right now.
Whenever I am in a dark room and I hear someone comig in, i always do the “Mmmmmmaaarrrrrrrrr{sp?)!!” and wave my arm trying to swat the light.
ala Frankenstein’s monster used a lot in my favorite mst eps.
Dave
It is always fun when you are walking with a friend at night in a park or a nieghborhood and you start calling out, “Puma? Puuuuuumaaaaa!!”
dave
I remember at least a couple of times where someone made a pronouncement about something and their response was the tagline: “… at first…”. Love it. So useful.
oh, i forgot HI-KEEBA!!
DICKWEED!!!!
Thank you Trashman for the ‘I thought you were Dale’ clarification (217). I NEVER would have figured that out. I thought it referred to Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Peace at last.
An all time favorite of mine is from The Screaming Skull in reference to the groundskeeper Mickey:
‘Time to rotate the hostages…’
I never fail to get laughs on that one.
This thread has made me realize just how much I refer to MST3K on a daily basis.
“It’s either rodents in feety pajamas or straining alcohol through toast, there’s no in-between.”
You ____s, with your hula hoops and your fax machines!
How could I have omitted Zap Rowsdower? “Eh then,eh?” and “My DRINKING arm’s healed!” are faves at our house, covering everything from daily greetings to actual physical recovery.
“This band has more lineup changes than Menudo”
“Watch out for snakes”
“I take care of the place while the master is away”
and my most used one..whenever I hear a person doing a country accent on a commercial I add in “smothered in gravy, texas-style” from Junior Rodeo Daredevils
probably my most used is a non-hearty ‘tequila’ whenever i hear a lame song. ‘football practice’ is one that always confuses my wife. ‘turkey volume guessing man’ is a good one too.
Deep Hurting…. Deeeep Hurting!
Sandstorm…!
TV’s Frank, attacking one of the Renaissance Faire punching bags: “Sample THIS, you community theater reject!”
I almost forgot, the single phrase I use the most:
“the HELL?”
From Clonus ..
I think you’re keen.
I like how neat you are.
sometimes when i walk into an empty room i will yell, “Katoooo?!” in trace-voice.
Dave