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Famous catch phrases.

Monty Python, A now for something completely different. also Spike Milligan in the Q series What are we going to do now ?( repeated while shuffling off to the side)
 
Give her the money mabel

I think it was 'Mabel at the table' and, after she retired, Barney Colehan took over the payout. Then the catchphrase was 'Give 'em the money, Barney'.

Al Read had a few catchphrases in the 50's .... 'That's the wife from the kitchen'; 'Right Monkey'; 'You'll be lucky, I say you'll be lucky'; 'Ju-ju-ju-just a minute'.

Itma was riddled with catchphrases .... 'This is Funf speaking'; 'I go - I come back'; 'T.T.F.N'; 'After you, Claude'; 'Don't Forget the Diver'; 'Don't Mind if I do, sir'; 'Wanna buy some dirty postcards?' and many others, some already noted.
 
Daisy May's dog used to say ''drop-dead'' in a very posh accent; and Lord Charles' famous ''you silly a**e!''

Jimmy Clitheroe as the 'Clitheroe Kid': Ooo flippin' heck!'' & ''Don't some mothers 'ave 'em! '' Archie Andrews: ''I say Brough!''
 
Hello, good evening and welcome - David Frost
Who lives in a house like this - Lloyd Grossman
You are the weakest link, goodbye - Anne Robinson

and my favourite....

HO HO HO - Father Christmas
 
THIS ISN'T STRICTLY A CATCH PHRASE, ITS THAT FAMILY FORTUNES SHOW, AMUSING :)
Something made of wool: "A sheep"
An animal with horns: "A bee..."
A medieval weapon: "Hand-grenade.."
Someone who works early hours: "A burglar.."
Something made to be wheeled around: "A hammer.."
A nickname for a slim person: "Slimmy.."
A measurement of liquid: "Paint.."
Something associated with rain: "Water.."
A fast animal: "A hippo.."
A part of your body you only have one of: "Your big toe.."
An occupation where you need a torch: "A burglar..
A dangerous race: "The Arabs.."
Something you find on a fire engine: "Coal.."
A famous royal: "Mail.."
Something you do before going to bed: "Sleep.."
A famous Arthur: "Shakespeare.."
Something taken from a hotel as a souvenir: "The lamps.."
Something you keep in a garden shed: "A gardener.."
Something you open other than a door: "Your bowels.."
A part of the body beginning with N: "Knee.."
Something you put on walls: "Roofs.."
A mode of transport that you can walk in: "Your shoes.."
HOPE YOU LIKE IT :)
 
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I dont know if these would be classed as famous catch phrases, or just great lines from films.
Top of the world ma - James Cagney
He truly was the son of God - John Wayne
In all the bars in all the world.. Humphrey Bogart
Can you build a torpedo - Kathrine Hepburn
 
Bernard Mathews the turkey tycoon, whose catchphrase was its bootiful, has sadly passed away
 
IMG_1775.jpg Ay thang yew.
Before your very eyes.
Hello playmates.
Move along the bus please.
Doesn't it make you want to spit.

June 1939
 
Have a go Joe, mabel is at the table
sunday lunc times on the radio
by wilf pickles
Lary Grayson shut that door ,weekly television shows
Larry grew up in a miners village in Nuneaton many years ago
called burmuda village
Wakey wakey billy cotton radio show sunday mornings
 
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