20 Funny Quotes & Famous Catchphrases From The Best, Most Nostalgic Sitcoms Of All Time
One-liners that make us laugh every time we re-watch our favorite TV programs.
Television is a big part of society. Our parents, our parent’s parents, and for some of us our parent’s parent’s parents, have tuned in to watch the news, games, shows, dramas and my personal favorite, the comedy.
Television comedies take many forms. There is sketch comedy, like Saturday Night Live or The Carrol Burnett Show, where they think of funny ideas and play them in vignettes, where there is no through story line from episode to episode, season to season.
There is also the comedy-drama or "dramedy" as it is sometimes nicknamed. The dramedy follows a format more like things are in real life. The story is driving to a dramatic finish, but sometimes funny things will happen as they do in day to day life. Think one of the most famous of these... F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
But my personal favorite is the sitcom. Everyone loves a good sitcom. Sitcom (short for situational comedy, if you didn't already know), are shows where first they develop the characters and their relationships, and those characters get themselves in and out of zany predicaments week in and week out. Sometimes its centered around a family, or a group of friends, or a workplace. Sometimes its centered around a place that strangers come to and find commonality and understanding.
From I Love Lucy, all the way to The Big Bang Theory and beyond, sitcoms have had us laughing for years. Here are some of the greatest funny quotes and most famous catchphrases from some of the best sitcoms of all time.
1. That 70’s Show
“I said good day.” — Fez
2. Full House
“Cut. It. Out.” —Joey Gladstone
“You got it dude” —Michelle Tanner
3. Honeymooners
“Bang Zoom to the moon, Alice!” —Ralph Kramden
4. Will and Grace
“Just Jack!”- Jack McFarlan
5. How I Met Your Mother
“Legend wait for it dary” —Barney Simpson
6. 30 Rock
“I want to go to there” —Liz Lemon
7. Frasier
“Sherry, Niles?” —Frasier
8. Parks and Rec
“Treat Your Self” —Donna Meagle and Tom Haverford
9. Cheers
“Norm!” —Cast
10. Big Bang Theory
“Bazinga!” —Sheldon Cooper
11. F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
“How You Doin’?” —Joey Tribiani
12. Arrested Development
“There’s always money in the banana stand.” —George Bluth
13. I Love Lucy
“Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splainin to do!” —Ricky Ricardo
14. Saturday Night Live
“I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not.” —Chevy Chase
15. The Simpsons
“Eat my shorts” —Bart Simpson
16. Family Matters
“Did I do that?” —Steve Urkel
17. Seinfeld
“No soup for you!” —Soup Nazi
18. Brady Bunch
“Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!” —Jan Brady
19. The Office
“That’s what she said” —Michael Scott
20. Family Guy
“What the deuce?” —Stewie Griffin
Kaitlin Kaiser is a writer who covers Bible and astrology, pop culture and relationship topics.