Jimmy Page’s Trousers

Over on Brilliant But Canceled, they’ve got a list of the top 100 TV catchphrases.

Unfortunately, they’re all from American shows so priceless gems such as the one in the title of this post don’t make it in . That said, there are some humdingers in there. In no particular order then, I’ve noted my top five and also my very, very bottom five.

Top o’ the bunch:

1. “De plane! De plane!” (Tattoo, “Fantasy Island”)
2. “Just one more thing…” (Columbo, “Columbo”)
3. “You eeeediot!” (Ren, “Ren & Stimpy”)
4. “I love it when a plan comes together” (Hannibal, “The A-Team”)
5. “Aaay” (Fonzie, “Happy Days”)

I think those pretty much speak for themselves. Now to the rotters:

1. “How you doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani, “Friends”)
   Jesus, that got old quick. Seems it wasn’t enough to base a spin-off on either.
2. “That’s hot” (Paris Hilton, “The Simple Life”)
   Don’t get me started on this leech.
3. “The truth is out there” (Fox Mulder, “The X-Files”)
   Maybe, but I lost all sense of what was going on, and will to live, by about series five.
4. “You’re fired!” (Donald Trump, “The Apprentice”)
   Annoying, weasely, back-stabbing, lying, cheating, useless bastards. Fire ‘em all I say.
5. “I want my MTV!” (MTV ad)
   Not any more I don’t. Does anyone remember the last time they saw a music video on MTV (assuming that you don’t have some sort of premium satellite package that gives you forty different MTV channels)?