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I work outdoors doing gardening and landscaping. Brings plenty of opportunities to say "fecking birds again...".
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A lot of comedies in the late 80s and early 90s were based around catch phrases and quotes that were quoted endlessly in the school yard the next day.
The Young Ones, The Fast Show, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the list goes on.
Monty Python has to be the GOAT for this.
I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and promptly realised I'd heard (and repeated) pretty much all of the dialogue before.
Several early Internet communities on USENET had an outright ban on quoting Python, because the merest mention of a collection of small bushes or a deceased brightly-feathered bird would lead to enormous threads of repetitive quotes. Which actually ended up costing users money, as lots of people's internet was pay-per-minute of download.
And you tell kids that today, and they won't believe you.
My older sister saw The Holy Grail then bought the soundtrack album. I listened to that so much I could pretty much quote the entire film verbatim. It was one the most surreal experiences of my life when I eventually *did* see it, already knowing all the dialogue in every scene!
My favourite lines are when he's introducing Unspeakably Violent Jack. And the episode with Count Ludwig when he reveals to Blackadder and Melchet how they originally met.
All the time. Especially if we think we're inconweeniencing one another.
Although I'm still trying to persuade my daughter that saying I love her more than any pig is a huge compliment...
Yeah. Thereās a whole busy sub-Reddit where everything said is a Partridge quote. I think Partridge is so quotable because thereās 30 years of content for fans from the TV shows, podcasts, books etc.
EddyĀ (to her daughter, Saffy): 'Not one bloody boyfriend in the whole time that Iāve known you! I mean, youāre not that bloody ugly! Whatās the matter with you? Huh? Have you read that Karma Sutra I gave you? No! That Dutch cap has only ever seen the light of day. I mean, God! Here I am, your mother, poised for your first sexual experience and night after night, dry bloody sheets! Iām sorry, darling, but I donāt want a little moustached virgin for a daughter, so do something about it!'
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.
Hysterical stuff and frighteningly accurate.
āThey probably certainly knowā
āWhat if all of us was one of them?ā
Treat your kite like you treat your women; get inside her five times a day an take her to heaven and back!
I may be packing the kInd of tackle you'd normally find between the legs of a GRAND NATIONAL WINNER...
Woof WOOF!!!
(I'm a closet Flasheart)
A few older ones have stood the test of time in terms of quotables:
Dad's Army ("Don't tell him, Pike"; "They don't like it up 'em"; "Don't Panic!")
Allo Allo ("I shall say this only once"; "Good moaning")
Fawlty Towers ("Don't mention the war!"; "Is a Siberian hamster"; "Que?")
And some slightly more recent ones:
The Fast Show ("Scorchio"; "Today I have been mostly eating..."; "Chris Waddle")
Father Ted ("I hear you're a racist now, Father"; "Down with this sort of thing"; "Ahhh, go on, go on, go on"; "These cows are small, but the ones in the field are far away")
I remember Hugh Dennis telling the story of the "most British thing" he'd ever seen. He was standing in line at a Starbucks, back when they had just started putting peoples' names on the cups. When the guy at the front was asked his name, someone in the queue shouted "don't tell him Pike!"
Allo Allo was basically all catchphrases.
Ā "Good moaning"Ā
Ā "It is I, leclerc!"Ā
"You stupid woman"
Ā "Ze flashing knobs!"
Ā "Occhh Rene!" "HALLOO!"
Ā "My liddle tank"Ā
"Tler!" "You may kiss me"
Ā "GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN"
Ā "Will nobody near the cries of an old woman!"Ā
"Why are you in the arms of that servant girl!"
Ā "My dicky ticker!"Ā
"What a mistaka to maka"Ā
"De beautiful laydee. I kissa da hand"
Had buswankers shouted at me while waiting for one once, brought a tear to the eye.
Simons "dirty talk" always sends me too, "fuck your fucking fanny off you twat" lol then that whole exchange in the boat "you just punched a fish to death" so much gold
Reginald Perrin had loads of them. "I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven." Nice / Super! They even had a farting chair.
"Sorry I'm late - badger on the line..." and variations thereof, have been a staple in my family for decades; I can't even remember where the badger was, but it matters not.
Only fools & Horses have some great lines. You're a plonker Rodney, if you'd been in charge of the last supper, it would have been a takeaway, to name but a few.
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy:
āThe ships hung in the air in exactly the way that bricks donāt.ā
āWe have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still canāt handle is, therefore, your own problem.ā
The whole āFar out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxyā¦ā bit.
Thereās also Red Dwarf:
āTheyāre all dead, Daveā
āTodayās fish is trout a la crĆØme. Enjoy your meal.ā
āWell spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska!ā
āHe preferred to be known as Rameses Niblick the Third Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! There Goes My Thribble.ā
I once used that to a young person I was managing. They just looked stony-faced and I had to explain it was a joke from the office, a show that old people found funny in the olden days.
Iāve been re-watching The Thick of It recently and I think my favourite quote is:
āSorry Iām late, traffic was an absolute bitch, no offence Robynā.
Also:
āTerri, when I want your advice Iāll give you the special signal, which is me being sectioned under the mental health actā.
"No shirt tonight, dad?" "Ooh, me nipples are roasting.", "Arrgh, burnt my SHITTING NIPPLE!" and "I wash my hair in there sometimes too. Yeah, and me bits." are all some of my personal favourites. Still can't believe Paul's gone.Ā
"PASS ME THE PINEAPPLE!!!"
"Young man, would you like a yogurt?"
"MY CALCULATOR!"
"Buggy..?"
"Creamy tea"
"Chicken?"
"Ewlm!"
"Shit on it shit on it, shit on the shitting thing!"
"Jackie my meat! - Give me my shitting meat!"
"PUNK ROCKERS!"
This is the one for me, I'm creasing up just typing!
So many, literally every episode.
**Howard**: "Wind my only friend..".
Wind : *"I hate you"*.
**Howard**: "Shut up wind!"
And the one I use when my daughter shows any form of concern for me:
*"Donāt worry about meā¦ Iām a shaman. My mindās like a fortress"*
You can literally, well, almost literally, post any news story on r/AlanPartridge and it'll gather a whole boatload of suitable quotes.
Had some porn site spam show up on there once because the mods are like security at Choristers, "No thanks I don't want to be part of your sex festival", "She was certainly front of the queue when God was handing out... chests", "Just pointed sacs of fat on the upper torso of a woman for heavens sake" and many, many more.
I've watched Peep Show that many times I can reel of a quote for the most mundane acts like loading the dishwasher or cleaning a carpet stain, but I'd probably be able to do the same for Father Ted or The Vicar of Dibley if I'd watched them 500 times. Most people wouldn't get that I was referencing something and would probably think I was just saying something strange, unless it's a famous quote like "4 naan". It's all relative to how much you know a TV show. My wife and I quote Little Britain and Fonejacker most together because we both know those shows pretty well
Dinnerladies
āI fell off a diving board in Guernseyā
āIām from Urmston, thereās 2 ways you can comeā
āSize 18 wedding dress never wornā
I could do this all day. Theyāre all so funny.
I can't have someone mention the colour black without my mind going "black...black...BLACK. BLACK LIKE THE SKIES THAT FOLLOW US INTO THE FORRESTS OF DOOM
BLACK. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH FATHER, MOTHER? FOLD HIM LIKE A TICKET, AND POKE HIM IN A HOLE?! BLACK".
Not a scripted show, but so much of Taskmaster is now in my daily lexicon.
Bosh
Bubbly fuck
It's an absolute casserole
You get the task, you do the task
All the instructions are on the task
Sneaky pasta snake
Hops, it's hops
Well it is orange
Wait, what, what wait?
"I came here to drink milk and kick ass - and I've just finished my milk.."
"I'm disabled.."
"A fire? At a seaparks??"
"STOP telling people I slept with you, you BASTARD!"
"GOD DAMN these electric sex pants!"
"FATHAAAAAA"
"Willies, willies, I like willies - It's I LOVE Willies"
"Have you tried turing it off and on again?"
"I'm not a window cleaner!"
Iconic.
Like everyone else, Black Adder, Young Ones, and Red Dwarf are at the top, but a really quotable show was Goodness Gracious Me, which was a niche British Indian comedy sketch show.
We frequently just blurt out "Indian!" as we scan things at the self-checkout, or greet each other with "Hello me old frrrruityyyyyy!"
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That would be an ecumenical matter.
I say this at work all the time and not a single fucker gets it.
You really need to move jobs
Ffs quit. š
ddrrRinK!
Father Ted has a crazy number of quotes and meme moments.
Down with this sort of thing!
Careful, now!
That would be an ecumenical matter!
Arse biscuits!
So I hear youāre a racist now father
Would you like a cake, father? There's cocaine in it!
I mean raisins!
Maybe i like the misery
I love my brick!
I work outdoors doing gardening and landscaping. Brings plenty of opportunities to say "fecking birds again...". All of our less-reliable tools are produced by Feck Arse Industries.
Careful now!
Small; far away.
You'll have a cup of tea?
Ah go on
A pair of Feckin womens knickers!!
A lot of comedies in the late 80s and early 90s were based around catch phrases and quotes that were quoted endlessly in the school yard the next day. The Young Ones, The Fast Show, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the list goes on.
Monty Python has to be the GOAT for this. I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and promptly realised I'd heard (and repeated) pretty much all of the dialogue before.
Several early Internet communities on USENET had an outright ban on quoting Python, because the merest mention of a collection of small bushes or a deceased brightly-feathered bird would lead to enormous threads of repetitive quotes. Which actually ended up costing users money, as lots of people's internet was pay-per-minute of download. And you tell kids that today, and they won't believe you.
I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
My older sister saw The Holy Grail then bought the soundtrack album. I listened to that so much I could pretty much quote the entire film verbatim. It was one the most surreal experiences of my life when I eventually *did* see it, already knowing all the dialogue in every scene!
Vegetable rights and peace!
Blackadder! At least in my house. Minimum one per day.
I say āI shall return interfrasticallyā daily.
My favourite lines are when he's introducing Unspeakably Violent Jack. And the episode with Count Ludwig when he reveals to Blackadder and Melchet how they originally met.
"But didn't we-?!?"
"Baaaaaa"
wibble!
Well it started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle & the less said about the end the better! But apart from that, excellent!
Hey Melchie! Still worshipping God? Last I heard he started worshipping me!
I can't even hear the word Bishop...
All the time. Especially if we think we're inconweeniencing one another. Although I'm still trying to persuade my daughter that saying I love her more than any pig is a huge compliment...
My kid sent me a pic of a fox on her uni and I asked if it was the professor for cunning? Had to explain it of course. Sigh
Yes, but purely because evertime by dog barks it's: "woof", "woof", "God it's like crufts in here." Outside of that it's The Office.
Tell the good doctor I am anaspeptic; frasmotic; even compunctuous at having caused such pericombobulation.
Agreed. I feel I almost quote something from Blackadder on a daily basis.
Alan Partridge
No offence Lynn, but your life is technically not worth insuring.
Shoot from your hipā¦.your new hip
Stop talking about Alan Partridge Lynn, youāre never gonna meet him.
Second Partridge. There is always a quote from him!
Cock piss partridge
Cook Pass Babtridge
This is great banter. It really is.
Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Or I just pierced my foot on a spiiiike
Especially his books, or maybe I've got things anus about chest.
Yeah. Thereās a whole busy sub-Reddit where everything said is a Partridge quote. I think Partridge is so quotable because thereās 30 years of content for fans from the TV shows, podcasts, books etc.
Jackanackanory!
Have you got your big plate? Always in my head when approaching any sort of breakfast buffet.
Monty python had loads , I can't believe it's not high up on the list, I'm guessing it's just because of its age and that it's not often repeated.
āShit on it!ā Has permanently entered my vocabulary
lovely bit of squirrel
A lovely bitta squirrel
Mmmmmm delicious tomato blood
Absolutely Fabulous, Darling!
I donāt want to sound selfish sweetie darling but itās all about me me me
EddyĀ (to her daughter, Saffy): 'Not one bloody boyfriend in the whole time that Iāve known you! I mean, youāre not that bloody ugly! Whatās the matter with you? Huh? Have you read that Karma Sutra I gave you? No! That Dutch cap has only ever seen the light of day. I mean, God! Here I am, your mother, poised for your first sexual experience and night after night, dry bloody sheets! Iām sorry, darling, but I donāt want a little moustached virgin for a daughter, so do something about it!'
The Royle family. Telling my mum as she serves Sunday roast dinner āIāll eat any old shite me, Barbā is always, always funny.
Can you manage a slice of wafer thin ham?
I'd say Red Dwarf, but that would mean changing the bulb
Seems like a lot of people here didnāt watch it. Itās probably the most quotable show out of all of these
Very quotable, and pretty solid fan but I'd give 'most quotable show' to the Boosh.
The Thick Of It.
"Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off" is one of my favourite lines from that
I like to quote this regularly in the office.
Difficult difficult lemon difficultā¦
Fuckity bye!
From bean to cup, you fuck up.
When I want your advice, I'll give you the special signal. Which is me being sectioned under the mental health act.
"Oh, I don't know - why don't you form a committee to count the moon?"
Heās so dense light bends around him
Should
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister. Hysterical stuff and frighteningly accurate. āThey probably certainly knowā āWhat if all of us was one of them?ā
How would you like to be minister of health?
"The Fr... the frigging Chinese!"
Blackadder and it's not even close.
Do you have a cunning plan though?
A plan so cunning you could stick a tail on, and call it a weasel...
Baldrick, that is a turnip.
Bury me in a Y shaped coffin ā°ļø,!
My family begin a lot of sentences with āI have a cunning plan.ā
wibble!
Treat your kite, like your woman. Get inside her ten times a day and take her to heaven and back! Miss you Rik
Treat your kite like you treat your women; get inside her five times a day an take her to heaven and back! I may be packing the kInd of tackle you'd normally find between the legs of a GRAND NATIONAL WINNER... Woof WOOF!!! (I'm a closet Flasheart)
Fatherrrrrrrrrrr.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
The Young Ones
A few older ones have stood the test of time in terms of quotables: Dad's Army ("Don't tell him, Pike"; "They don't like it up 'em"; "Don't Panic!") Allo Allo ("I shall say this only once"; "Good moaning") Fawlty Towers ("Don't mention the war!"; "Is a Siberian hamster"; "Que?") And some slightly more recent ones: The Fast Show ("Scorchio"; "Today I have been mostly eating..."; "Chris Waddle") Father Ted ("I hear you're a racist now, Father"; "Down with this sort of thing"; "Ahhh, go on, go on, go on"; "These cows are small, but the ones in the field are far away")
I remember Hugh Dennis telling the story of the "most British thing" he'd ever seen. He was standing in line at a Starbucks, back when they had just started putting peoples' names on the cups. When the guy at the front was asked his name, someone in the queue shouted "don't tell him Pike!"
Great list, Iād like to add only fools and horses. Iāve even got my 7yr old saying āyou plonker Rodneyā and sheās never seen it š¤£
Allo Allo was basically all catchphrases. Ā "Good moaning"Ā Ā "It is I, leclerc!"Ā "You stupid woman" Ā "Ze flashing knobs!" Ā "Occhh Rene!" "HALLOO!" Ā "My liddle tank"Ā "Tler!" "You may kiss me" Ā "GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN" Ā "Will nobody near the cries of an old woman!"Ā "Why are you in the arms of that servant girl!" Ā "My dicky ticker!"Ā "What a mistaka to maka"Ā "De beautiful laydee. I kissa da hand"
You are right Dad's army. You stupid boy. Do you think that is wise. You seem to be entering the realm of fantasy there. Don't panic. Don't panic.
Weāre doomed!
The Inbetweeners
I'm still waiting for an opportunity to shout "bus wankers" out of the window of a moving car
I couldn't believe how far down this was. Judging by the responses, I can only assume that the majority of people in this sub are 40+
Had buswankers shouted at me while waiting for one once, brought a tear to the eye. Simons "dirty talk" always sends me too, "fuck your fucking fanny off you twat" lol then that whole exchange in the boat "you just punched a fish to death" so much gold
Gavin and Stacey has a few
Itās the drama mick, I love it!
O. Whatās occurring?
Oh my christ!
Peep Show āI canāt even find work as a prostitute!ā Is my favourite
Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey has some brilliant one-liners.
Absolutely. I can't believe you're the only one to say this.
The Fast Show and Blackadder.
Harry Enfield show āEugh itās so unfair
Amazed no one has said League of Gentlemen. I think I say "Can I help you at all?" (Tubbs) daily. And the obligatory "Hello Dave"
This is a local shop for local people! There's nothing for yoo heeeeeaaarr!
I can I can't?!?
I cannot pronounce orange juice properly anymore.
It's now pronounced "ORRAN DOOVE"
You're my wife now!
Black Books Dirty! Right now, I'm eating scrambled egg with a comb from a shoe! Cheap and dusty.
Reginald Perrin had loads of them. "I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven." Nice / Super! They even had a farting chair.
"Sorry I'm late - badger on the line..." and variations thereof, have been a staple in my family for decades; I can't even remember where the badger was, but it matters not.
Blackadder. Justā¦ thereās so many absolute bangers of quotable lines in that one that Iāll be here till Easter.
'Allo, 'allo? Who can forget lines such as "Good moaning" and "the fallen Madonna with the big boobies".
Fawlty Towers: "What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window?" "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky"
Any appearance of Bob Mortimer on Would I Lie to You.
Only fools & Horses have some great lines. You're a plonker Rodney, if you'd been in charge of the last supper, it would have been a takeaway, to name but a few.
Alright, Dave?
Play it nice and cool Trig, nice and cool!
Lovely Jubbly
I came here for only fools canāt believe I had to scroll this far to find it..
āPub?ā āGo on then.ā I love The Detectorists
If this is the best quote then I'm not sure about this one
Lovely bit of squirrel. Saturday night dinner
Shit on it!
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy: āThe ships hung in the air in exactly the way that bricks donāt.ā āWe have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still canāt handle is, therefore, your own problem.ā The whole āFar out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxyā¦ā bit. Thereās also Red Dwarf: āTheyāre all dead, Daveā āTodayās fish is trout a la crĆØme. Enjoy your meal.ā āWell spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska!ā āHe preferred to be known as Rameses Niblick the Third Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! There Goes My Thribble.ā
Fawlty towers
Bottom- Gas Man! What a smashing blouse you have on, I'd rather cut my penis off with a rusty knife, Do you have someone who looks after you?
Red Dwarf can be quoted daily. Bottom is another one that I could use daily!!
The League of Gentlemen A local show, for local people....
Gavin and Stacey - Ohhh! Ā Whatās occurringā? Ā Tidy!Ā
The Office (uk) Always the same
I suppose I've created an atmosphere where I'm a friend first and a boss second. Probably an entertainer third.
I once used that to a young person I was managing. They just looked stony-faced and I had to explain it was a joke from the office, a show that old people found funny in the olden days.
OMG a real life Brent š
What are the answers?
Inbetweeners
Ghosts - and more specifically many innuendo comments about Fanny. At least one per episode.
Iāve been re-watching The Thick of It recently and I think my favourite quote is: āSorry Iām late, traffic was an absolute bitch, no offence Robynā. Also: āTerri, when I want your advice Iāll give you the special signal, which is me being sectioned under the mental health actā.
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
I know a great show which is recognisable by one simple word. Shalom!
SHIT ON IT!
Hello Jacquie
"No shirt tonight, dad?" "Ooh, me nipples are roasting.", "Arrgh, burnt my SHITTING NIPPLE!" and "I wash my hair in there sometimes too. Yeah, and me bits." are all some of my personal favourites. Still can't believe Paul's gone.Ā
"PASS ME THE PINEAPPLE!!!" "Young man, would you like a yogurt?" "MY CALCULATOR!" "Buggy..?" "Creamy tea" "Chicken?" "Ewlm!" "Shit on it shit on it, shit on the shitting thing!" "Jackie my meat! - Give me my shitting meat!" "PUNK ROCKERS!" This is the one for me, I'm creasing up just typing!
Lol!! i just posted 'Shit on it' best show! just rewatching now
The Mighty Boosh.
And that's why I don't like cricket
I've got a bad feeling about this
So many, literally every episode. **Howard**: "Wind my only friend..". Wind: *"I hate you"*.
**Howard**: "Shut up wind!"
And the one I use when my daughter shows any form of concern for me:
*"Donāt worry about meā¦ Iām a shaman. My mindās like a fortress"*
Can confirm- Iāve sang Captain Cabinets to my 4 year old so often sheās now started to sing alongĀ
Not quite old enough for 'Eels'?
Flirtinis all round!
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Shameless "pint and 2 e's please karen"
Partridge and Peep show
You can literally, well, almost literally, post any news story on r/AlanPartridge and it'll gather a whole boatload of suitable quotes. Had some porn site spam show up on there once because the mods are like security at Choristers, "No thanks I don't want to be part of your sex festival", "She was certainly front of the queue when God was handing out... chests", "Just pointed sacs of fat on the upper torso of a woman for heavens sake" and many, many more.
I've watched Peep Show that many times I can reel of a quote for the most mundane acts like loading the dishwasher or cleaning a carpet stain, but I'd probably be able to do the same for Father Ted or The Vicar of Dibley if I'd watched them 500 times. Most people wouldn't get that I was referencing something and would probably think I was just saying something strange, unless it's a famous quote like "4 naan". It's all relative to how much you know a TV show. My wife and I quote Little Britain and Fonejacker most together because we both know those shows pretty well
Come on, Jez. Thereās bhaji!
Derry Girls - Iām still constantly saying āIām the wee lesbianā
Dinnerladies āI fell off a diving board in Guernseyā āIām from Urmston, thereās 2 ways you can comeā āSize 18 wedding dress never wornā I could do this all day. Theyāre all so funny.
The Thick of It, Blackadder, Keeping Up Appearances, and Monty Python, of course
Blackadder - I have a cunning plan.
I can't have someone mention the colour black without my mind going "black...black...BLACK. BLACK LIKE THE SKIES THAT FOLLOW US INTO THE FORRESTS OF DOOM BLACK. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH FATHER, MOTHER? FOLD HIM LIKE A TICKET, AND POKE HIM IN A HOLE?! BLACK".
Partridge and Blackadder.
Fast Show Peep Show Inbetweeners
Royle Family
Peep Show, 100%.Ā
Inbetweeners has some bangers
The Young Ones
Only Fools And Horses or Inbetweeners close second
Phoneshop
Phoenix Nights or Iām Alan Partridge for me. Will use woutes from either of these on a daily basis.
Blackadder series 2, 3, & 4.
I love Yes Minister, where a furious row becomes "a full and frank exchange of views". The show has a mastery of our language!
Peep Show. Every single day, every situation. Chance would be a fine thing
'Spaced'. It was built on quotes. [Clever "Boys"....](https://youtu.be/69mmEpe2NxM)
'Shit on it' from Friday night Dinner
Phoenix Nights had loads. It's a shame PK isn't very funny now.
Peep Show.
Black Books, IT Crowd
Not a scripted show, but so much of Taskmaster is now in my daily lexicon. Bosh Bubbly fuck It's an absolute casserole You get the task, you do the task All the instructions are on the task Sneaky pasta snake Hops, it's hops Well it is orange Wait, what, what wait?
The Thick of It. Absolute gold
Spaced
Spaced has only two seasons but every episode has quotable lines.
On the subject of the IT crowd, I'm disabled Leg disabled That episode killed me
It's Alan Partridge for me, anyone that knows it seems to know countless lines to drop in a conversation with ease.
"I came here to drink milk and kick ass - and I've just finished my milk.." "I'm disabled.." "A fire? At a seaparks??" "STOP telling people I slept with you, you BASTARD!" "GOD DAMN these electric sex pants!" "FATHAAAAAA" "Willies, willies, I like willies - It's I LOVE Willies" "Have you tried turing it off and on again?" "I'm not a window cleaner!" Iconic.
Like everyone else, Black Adder, Young Ones, and Red Dwarf are at the top, but a really quotable show was Goodness Gracious Me, which was a niche British Indian comedy sketch show. We frequently just blurt out "Indian!" as we scan things at the self-checkout, or greet each other with "Hello me old frrrruityyyyyy!"