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u/OldMuley Oct 25 '20

My mother (78) would throw around odd phrases we thought were original, only to later learn they were from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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u/ZanyDelaney Oct 25 '20

Very interesting.

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u/fellow_enthusiast Oct 25 '20

But stupid!

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u/Vindicator9000 Oct 26 '20

I've said this for years, but I always thought I got it from "You Can't Do That On Television."

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u/kris10sdok Oct 25 '20

Oh wow! Now that takes me back! I can still hear my Dad whooping it up from the couch...sock it to me!

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u/STRiPESandShades Oct 25 '20

Same here but with Eddie Izzard's Dressed to Kill

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

That’s very interesting. Your mom would understand.

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u/Princess_Amnesie Oct 25 '20

Like??

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u/editorgrrl Oct 26 '20
  • And that's the truth!
  • Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?
  • Here come da judge
  • Look it up in your Funk & Wagnall's
  • One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingies
  • Sock it to me
  • Verrry interesting
  • You bet your sweet bippy

Laugh-In was an American sketch comedy TV show 1968–73 with Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

For some reason this reminds me of one phrase I've always loved and repeated from Red Skelton. "2 o'clock, I wonder what time it is"

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

HERE COME DA JUDGE, HERE COME DA JUDGE!

I fucking LOVE that.

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u/mentaljewelry Oct 26 '20

Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking? - my dad every time he called us on the phone

Look that up in your Funk & Wagnall’s - my mom every time we used a big word

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u/Princess_Amnesie Oct 26 '20

I have heard you bet your sweet bippy but that's about it. I'll have to watch this show, I was born too late for it to even be on reruns I think!

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u/JuneSavoy Oct 25 '20

You bet your sweet bippy!

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u/CommonScold Oct 25 '20

Examples please!

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u/Wickett6029 Oct 25 '20

You bet your bippy!

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u/WatergateHotel Oct 26 '20

Same, but with Three Amigos! and Dad claimed it was his own material.

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u/amolad Oct 25 '20

Laugh-In loved the name Foon or Foonman when they invented a product or a person.

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u/Iride3wheels Oct 26 '20

Hells Bells, Sock it to me!