We all know and use these sitcom lines. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best one-liners from situational comedies that we love to throw into our everyday conversations.
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00:00Picture it. Brooklyn, 1948.
00:03Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best one-liners from
00:08situational comedies that we love to throw into our everyday conversations.
00:13Hey, we won! Whoa, I knew we could make it!
00:17That's it!
00:19Number 10. Bazinga. The Big Bang Theory.
00:22Sheldon Cooper has given us many a quotable moment throughout his time on The Big Bang Theory.
00:27OK, how's that?
00:29You actually had it right in the first place.
00:33Once again, you've fallen for one of my classic pranks.
00:37Bazinga.
00:39His rendition of Soft Kitty, his three knocks on Penny's door, and his insistence on his spot are just a few,
00:45but it's his catchphrase that we can't help but constantly repeat.
00:49Bazinga!
00:52Anytime Sheldon pulls a prank, eggs someone on, or needs to punctuate a joke, we're sure to hear this line on the show.
00:59And when we're doing any of those things in real life, sometimes we can't help but say it as well.
01:04Bazinga, punk! Now we're even.
01:08Considering Sheldon isn't normally good at jokes, and sometimes barely even understands the concept of them,
01:13it's pretty funny that he has a punchline, and we think Bazinga suits him perfectly.
01:19Bazinga!
01:23Bazinga!
01:27Bazinga!
01:29Number 9. Nip It in the Bud, The Andy Griffith Show
01:33Don Knotts was a hilarious comedic actor in his time with multiple memorable lines,
01:37but his utterance of this particular phrase is definitely one of the things he's best known for.
01:42The minute it looks like there's gonna be trouble, we got to nip it!
01:47Nip it in the bud! You hear that? Let's hear it!
01:52On The Andy Griffith Show, he plays Sheriff Barney Fine,
01:55and he utters this phrase as a way to keep the Mayberry residents in line.
01:59Encouraging people to cut something out before it gets too out of hand,
02:03this phrase is something that we definitely hear in everyday life,
02:06even over half a century after it was first heard on this show.
02:09Today's eight-year-olds are tomorrow's teenagers.
02:12I say this calls for action, and now, nip it in the bud!
02:16First sign a youngster's going wrong, you got to nip it in the bud!
02:20Its literal meaning comes from the concept of clipping a plant before it blossoms,
02:24but it applies to so much more in life, and no one delivers the line quite like Sheriff Fife.
02:29Nip it! You go read any book you want on the subject of child discipline,
02:33and you'll find that every one of them is in favor of bud nipping.
02:36Take care of it. Only one way to take care of it. Nip it. In the bud.
02:41Number eight. What you talking about, Willis?
02:43Different strokes. There are very few lines from a child sitcom character
02:47that are more famous than this one.
02:49Spoken by adult actor Gary Coleman portraying the adorable Arnold Jackson,
02:53I never cared much for the school.
02:54Say what?
02:55You know something, it really doesn't matter to me whether you go there or not.
02:59What you talking about?
03:01Whenever Arnold is confused, taken aback, or appalled by anything his older brother says or does,
03:06he utters this line, and it's just as hilarious as it is adorable.
03:09Come off those clouds, little brother.
03:12Huh?
03:13Don't get too used to this place.
03:15What you talking about, Willis?
03:18This show is generally full of funny, emotional, and relatable moments,
03:21and this iconic catchphrase is certainly no exception.
03:24Always said with a cocked eyebrow and a sassy tone,
03:27Arnold's line never fails to make us laugh, and we love emulating it every chance we get.
03:33What you talking about, Willis?
03:35I said ignore her.
03:37If I ignore her, she knows I like her.
03:40That's it.
03:41I got a better idea.
03:42I'll ignore you.
03:44Number seven.
03:45Missed it by that much.
03:46Get Smart.
03:47A classic show from the 60s, Get Smart certainly has a lot of quotable moments,
03:51most of them from the star of the show himself, Mr. Maxwell Smart.
03:55From...
03:56And?
03:57Loving.
03:58To...
03:59Would you believe it?
04:00All the way to even more memeable phrases.
04:02Our favorite bumbling spy has had us in stitches more times than Jaime has hopped to it.
04:07But it's Smart's most famous line that we find ourselves repeating in our own lives time and again.
04:13Missed it by that much.
04:17The line is self-explanatory, and even though Max uses it when he narrowly escapes disaster or even death,
04:23we use missed it by that much when we're on the cusp of something and just fall short.
04:29Missed me by that much.
04:31Missed me by that much.
04:34Number six.
04:35Did I do that?
04:36Family Matters.
04:37Steve Urkel is a classic character who may have started on the sidelines,
04:41but he became arguably the most memorable aspect of Family Matters,
04:45and particularly known for uttering this immortal phrase.
04:49Did I do that?
04:51Urkel is an over-the-top nerd with impeccable physical comedy,
04:54and the antics in which he finds himself are almost as laughable as the sentence he utters when his hijinks ensue.
05:00What a lovely house.
05:09Did I do that?
05:11This is a line we've said many times, particularly whenever something is out of whack or goes wrong,
05:17and it's clearly our fault.
05:19Try as we might, we can't do the line justice the way Urkel can,
05:23but our disasters aren't normally quite as dire as the ones he causes.
05:27Alright, let a rip call.
05:36Did I do that?
05:39Number five.
05:40You got it, dude.
05:41Full House.
05:42The youngest Tanner sister has amazing comedic timing,
05:45and when she combines that with being cute as a button,
05:48she proves herself as an iconic sitcom character.
05:51Now go back in your crib and go to...
05:54Who let you out of your crib?
05:55Get out of your crib.
05:56I let me out.
05:58You mean you climbed over the bars and jumped down all by yourself?
06:01You got it, dude.
06:02Even from the early seasons of Full House, when she was a literal baby,
06:06she's hilarious, and every time she says her catchphrase, we laugh and are all at once.
06:12She's confident and full of attitude in her delivery,
06:15and she normally utters her phrase to her father, uncle, or Joey,
06:19who, along with us, can't help but melt.
06:22Hey, you, wake up.
06:25I think maybe that one's a wallflower.
06:28Dad, go crazy.
06:34You got it, dude.
06:36We love to say this when anyone asks us to complete a task,
06:39and of course, you've got to chuck a thumbs up in the air as you say it,
06:43just the way Michelle does.
06:45Number four.
06:46Yadda, yadda, yadda.
06:47Seinfeld.
06:48Is there a show out there that spawned more classic phrases than Seinfeld?
06:52I noticed you speak on the phrase yadda, yadda.
06:54Is yadda, yadda bad?
06:55No, yadda, yadda's good. She's very succinct.
06:57Lines like double dipping, spongeworthy, and hello, Newman have entered the zeitgeist,
07:03but it's the yadda, yadda, yadda that we can't help but use pretty much on a daily basis.
07:08It's a way of breezing over unimportant parts of a story,
07:11and we love using it when we just want to get to our point.
07:15I gotta tell you, I am loving this yadda, yadda thing.
07:17You know, I can gloss over my whole life story.
07:19The way yadda, yadda, yadda is used in the episode, in which it's primarily featured,
07:24is totally hilarious.
07:26If you haven't seen it, there's a dentist, a shoplifter, Elaine has the bisque,
07:30and yadda, yadda, yadda, you've simply got to check it out.
07:33You want to say goodbye? I was just getting out of the shower, and yadda, yadda, yadda.
07:37Alright, enough! Enough!
07:39From now on, no more yadda, yaddas. Just give me the full story.
07:44Number three.
07:45Legendary.
07:46How I Met Your Mother.
07:47Barney Stinson practically speaks only in catchphrases,
07:51which is pointed out by his friends as one of his annoying habits,
07:54so it makes sense that his most famous one would make the list.
07:58Barney tries to make every day legendary,
08:01and he has a catchphrase to go along with that sentiment.
08:04He also sometimes partially interrupts himself in the middle of normal speech
08:08to draw out the suspense, which is legendary in and of itself.
08:13Yes! Yes! We're back!
08:17We are back!
08:19And Ted, my boy, it's gonna be legend!
08:22Wait for it.
08:23We just love saying legendary with the same enthusiasm and optimism as he does.
08:28We also love telling people to suit up when it's time to don our best attire.
08:33But finding a better line than legendary?
08:35Challenge accepted.
08:38Number two.
08:39That's What She Said.
08:40The Office.
08:41There are few shows with as many memorable moments, characters, and phrases as this one,
08:46but there is one line that stands out above the rest.
08:49Everything out of these files and into the open where it can be resolved.
08:53All right, how about the Phyllis-Angela dispute?
08:57You already did me.
08:58That's what she said.
08:59This phrase has roots in Saturday Night Live,
09:02as it's used frequently in Wayne's world sketches,
09:04but it gained serious popularity after becoming a signature phrase of Michael Scott.
09:09How long have you known Ms. Levinson?
09:11Six years and two months.
09:12And you were directly under her the entire time?
09:14That's what she said.
09:16Excuse me?
09:17That's what she said.
09:18He uses it as a laughable double entendre after any of his employees say something that could be interpreted as sexual.
09:25And even though this might not be the most workplace-appropriate phrase, we crack up every time.
09:30We use it in the same types of scenarios in our lives,
09:33and we're grateful The Office brought this line back into the mainstream.
09:40Michael, I can't believe you came.
09:46That's what she said.
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10:09Number 1. How you doin'?
10:11Friends, it only makes sense that the most memorable and easily reusable sitcom line comes from one of the greatest sitcoms and sitcom characters of all time.
10:22This is Chandler, and you know Monica and Ross, and that's Phoebe, and that's Joey.
10:28Hey, how you doin'?
10:29Don't!
10:31Joey Tribbiani is one of the more well-known ladies' men on any TV series,
10:36and it's only fitting that he has a pickup line to go along with this persona.
10:40It's his opening line when he's talking to women, and most of the time, the ladies melt.
10:44I look a woman up and down and I say, hey, how you doin'?
10:52Oh, please.
10:54Hey, how you doin'?
10:58Is it really so simple, asking someone how they're doing, but in a sultry, even suggestive tone?
11:03No wonder we jokingly recreate this every chance we get.
11:06We just wonder if anyone would actually fall for this as a pickup line decades after it was originally heard on Friends.
11:15Hi, Joey.
11:16Hey, how you doin'?
11:18Which one of these lines do you find yourself using on the daily? Let us know in the comments.
11:23Challenge accepted. In the next 24 hours, I'm going to do every single thing on this list.
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