The Next Catchphrase You're Going to Love Before You Hate

Making Fetch Happen -- The Next Catchphrase You’re Going to Love Before You Hate

By Sapphiar | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (39)

I was contemplating last week’s Seriously Random List regarding catch phrases that are deader than dead when a new list came to mind: Catch phrases in their early stages, like when you think eating half a cake once a day isn’t all that bad until you finally contract diabetes, but then say fuck it, you’re 75-years-old and you really love that damn chocolate cake, so why not keep eating the bitch until you make everyone else miserable around you — but it doesn’t matter. You love that sweet cake, holding on to the way it used to make you feel before it sucked the life out of you, no matter how much of a jackass you look like eating it.

Yeah. These are those catchphrases. Scarf them down now, before you choke on them.

5. “I Want to Go To There.” — Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, “30 Rock.”

4. “Claasssic, Peg.” — Kristen Wiig as the Target Lady, “Saturday Night Live”

3. “Throngs of screaming teenagers don’t do it for Josh Groban. No. Josh Groban loves a blousy alcoholic.” — Josh Groban as himself, “Glee”

(near the end of the episode, right after the final commercial break)

2. “Aren’t you darling. You’re going to be gangbusters.” — Christina Hendricks as Joan, “Mad Men”

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1. “Keep fucking that chicken.” — WNYW News Anchor Ernie Anasto.

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My husband will NOT stop saying "Keep fuckin' that chicken." It's becoming pathological.

Posted by: Tammy at September 23, 2009 4:06 PM

"Kanye West is a Gay Fish," that would be it, except I will never get tired of making fun of that cornrowed prick.

Posted by: George at September 23, 2009 4:10 PM

I do loves a blousy alcoholic. Just ask Mrs. Spender.
She has already threatened me with death if I say it again.

Posted by: Spender at September 23, 2009 4:15 PM

Your first and your last are dead on. The rest...eh...

Posted by: superasente at September 23, 2009 4:26 PM

I have this sudden urge to become a blousy alcoholic.

...and watch Glee. I wonder if Josh Groban will watch it with me?

Posted by: Kylie at September 23, 2009 4:28 PM

BLURG!

Posted by: annoyingmouse at September 23, 2009 4:31 PM

I'm too busy trying to ignore Tyra trying to make "smize" happen to fully appreciate this list.

Posted by: Sofía at September 23, 2009 4:34 PM

As long as people aren't taking these things literally...

Posted by: Cindy at September 23, 2009 4:34 PM

"Keep fucking that chicken" makes me laugh every damn time. There is no way that will ever get old. Why? It is completely absurd, even for a catch phrase.

Posted by: katy at September 23, 2009 4:35 PM

I would gladly help any of these catchphrases happen if it makes the "I'mma let you finish" meme go away.

Posted by: branded at September 23, 2009 4:38 PM

I'm torn by my desire to keep saying "I want to go to there" and laugh with myself, and the desire to not be that guy.

Then again, if I'm the guy to laughs at his own jokes while no one else does, then the damage is done.

Posted by: Doric at September 23, 2009 4:42 PM

"I want to go to there" is already part of my geek repertoire. I'm also trying to make the 'over-the-top eye roll' Liz gives Jack in The Bubble ep happen. Too bad the r-tards I know don't appreciate the snarky awkwardness of 30 Rock.

Oh, and don't forget about 'lizzing,' I do that shit all the time.

Posted by: kate at September 23, 2009 4:46 PM

My favorite from that Glee episode was:

"Who's Josh Groban?! KILL YOURSELF!"

Just the way he said it with the complete outrage, it kills me. Plus it's shorter than the one on the list. Bwaha.

Posted by: figgy at September 23, 2009 5:45 PM

I'm too busy trying to ignore Tyra trying to make "smize" happen to fully appreciate this list.

I will NEVER forgive her, Sofi. NEVER.

Posted by: figgy at September 23, 2009 5:49 PM

I've watched the original clip that gave us "Keep fucking that chicken" and I just don't get it. Even in context it makes no sense whatsoever.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 23, 2009 5:56 PM

I'm holding out for "Jeezum Sacksquatch them 'tards are quick with a cheese grater!"

Please. If you or your loved ones find yourselves engaged in social situations, try working this phrase into the dialogue. Not only will it garner a double take from those you're speaking with, it will ultimately turn the atmosphere to an easier, lighthearted one.

Thank you, and remember:
""Jeezum Sacksquatch them 'tards are quick with a cheese grater!"

Posted by: Skitz at September 23, 2009 6:04 PM

Re "keep fucking that chicken", what I heard is that there used to be an old chicken commercial with the line "it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken", and that a running joke was for people who saw this commercial in bars to yell out "keep fucking that chicken!" Also I think the anchorman was drunk.

Posted by: Jesse M. at September 23, 2009 6:08 PM

I think it's "Josh Groban loves a blowsy alcoholic." Like, sloppy, ruddy-faced, etc. Regardless, Groban's facial expressions during that entire exchange, especially after the mother says "I'm afraid I'm not making good choices right now," are solid gold.

And yeah, "Keep fuckin' that chicken" definitely deserves the top spot.

Posted by: Sycamore at September 23, 2009 6:11 PM

Allfine and good to make "Fetch" happen but the minute you fo trying to make "Felch" happen, there's gonna be a world of trouble, you mark my words.

Posted by: Spender at September 23, 2009 6:47 PM

Nuts, Sycamore beat me to "blowzy" (1. disheveled; slovenly. Funk and Wagnall's Canadian Edition Dictionary). But on the bright side, I found the word "billycock". Can you use it in a sentence? You bet! For example: "Don Draper wears a billycock". Curious? Look it up, you'll be surprised and delighted!

Posted by: kootenay girl at September 23, 2009 7:10 PM

BLERG!

BY THE HAMMER OF THOR!

CROW!

These are my favourite 30 Rockisms. Mainly because they are ALL IN CAPITALS!

Posted by: Anna at September 23, 2009 9:19 PM

"Keep Fucking that Chicken" makes for an interesting & very appropraiate acronym, does it not? Think Col. Sanders.

Reminds me of a novelty T-shirt from the mid to late 80s that featured the phrase "Fixin' Chicken" & a cartoon of rooster "mounting" a hen.

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Posted by: aimee at September 23, 2009 9:48 PM

I have Pajiba to thank for introducing me to Topless Robot and its Fan Fiction Fridays, featuring truly exceptional written works by fans in all areas (comics, LOTR, you name it), and most recently, a charming Pokemon tale. I would tell you to check it out, but I'm afraid of the lawsuits that would ensue. Apparently the esteemed writer did not take kindly to the mocking of his masterpiece and left an outraged comment starting with "WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?" That should give you some idea of his writing skills and level of maturity. The site has taken this meme and run with it, and I've been yelling it at every opportunity, particularly when one of the cats heaves up a furball (so I get to yell "Whose responsible this?" at least three times a day).

I also want to thank the writer for an entirely new original term for boobs--milk junkies. Seriously. Dude, your writing is awful (in content, spelling and grammer, and I don't care if you're "only in high school!", you should KNOW basic writing skills by high school), your threats are childish and pathetic, but "milk junkies" has brought me so much joy that I am glad to have been exposed to your work.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 24, 2009 8:13 AM

Also gotta add that #5 is annoying as hell, not funny, and never has been, either written or spoken aloud.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 24, 2009 8:17 AM

Not sure if it's an actually catch-phrase. more like a term that i'm hearing more and more:

hot mess

I heard someone say that they were a "hot mess" to me, when they were describing how unorganized they were at the moment.

Really? I thought. You are a "steaming pile of shit?" That's what comes to my mind when I hear it.

Posted by: gunnertec at September 24, 2009 8:20 AM

So You Think You Can Dance uses the phrase "hot mess" a lot. I think it's pretty descriptive but yeah, my brain immediately thinks of poo too.

The judges have also been using "disgusting" and "stupid" as complimentary words (along with "sick"), which I can't stand, because there are plenty of positive terms out there, and then they'll still use stupid when they actually mean stupid. Confuses and hurts my brain. Plus it makes them sound retarded--they're too old for that shit.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 24, 2009 8:57 AM

SUPERsmize!!!

Posted by: Jay at September 24, 2009 9:31 AM

Was "I want to go to there" ever anything other than a lame attempt to become the next big catch phrase? It completely skipped the stage 1 love phase. I have cringed evey time Liz has said it from the moment it became clear that it was 'something Liz says'... which was the first time she said it.

Posted by: dg at September 24, 2009 10:11 AM

Tina Fey picked up "I want to go to there" from her 3-year old toddler, Alice. She talked about it in January at the SAG Awards.

Posted by: mick at September 24, 2009 10:21 AM

None of these, with the exception of the last and -maybe, maaaaybe- the first one are "catchphrase" material. They're random quotes from television shows. They can't be worked into conversation. What an awful list. Quit writing.

Posted by: Dave at September 24, 2009 12:25 PM

We have a catchphrase in the Henry household that we picked up
right here on Pajiba. I believe it came from an Afternoon
Comment Diversion on favourite expressions or curse words or some
such. A big thank you to the Pajiban who submitted "Jesus Suffering Fuck".
You have brought us such joy.

Posted by: Henry at September 24, 2009 12:32 PM

Posted by: Dave at September 24, 2009 12:32 PM

Dave is a bit of a dick, but he is right.

Posted by: Henry at September 24, 2009 12:36 PM

About the catchphrases, not the writing. Dustin meets 70% of my
daily allowance scathing and bitchy and I'd be seriously depleted
without him.

Posted by: Henry at September 24, 2009 12:39 PM

Dave is a bit of a dick...

Only a bit? He seems like grade-A, 100% dick to me. He reads a tiny fluff piece on a website and orders the author to cease all writing because the piece didn't measure up to his incredible standards. Get over yourself.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 24, 2009 2:23 PM

It's not part of the TV crowd, but I've been trying to integrate 'SQUIRREL!' into my conversations.

Posted by: Anne Johnson at September 25, 2009 4:59 PM

Who CARES ABOUT any of this crap??? GET a LIFE people!

Posted by: brascat at October 1, 2009 10:34 AM

Even better from Glee: "Yes, we CANE!"

Posted by: colleen at October 6, 2009 1:30 AM

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