h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And it's a good night from him - Morecombe and Wise

Nice to see you, to see you nice! Bruce Forsythe

BBFN - Bye Bye for now - David Hamelton?

Starter for 10 - Bamba Gascoigne

Its the muppet show!!! Kermit the Frog.

"And it's a good night from him." That would be The Two Ronnies, lad.


"What do you think of it so far?"
"Rubbish." Would be one Morecombe and Wise's many lines.

I stand corrected -- it's been a few years without re-runs!! Thanks

Hello Good Evening and welcome - David Frost

"Mister Grimsdale!" Norman Wisdom, now in care home on the Isle of Mann.

Not sure if its actually been used but for a gameshow

"What have we got for them Johnny?"

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein was bit of wit.

"AND ITS GO GO GO!" Murray Walker on any F1 race.

Define famous, I´ve only heard one of the lines mentioned so far. Do you mean worldwide or just in little Britain.

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TRANSLATION: Ohhh... why don't you go salute yourself! Margaret Houlihan *M*A*S*H* tv series

"That's another fine mess you've got us into"

"The name's Bond... James Bond"

"Don't tell him Pike"

"That's one small step for man. A giant leap for mankind"

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"

Talking of politicians:

I'll be back.

"Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you." -- Dave Allen

Hello Xanatic,

you are absolutely correct and very ethnocentric of me. Being English, and being on a BBC forum, I naturally assumed that all people would know the same catch phrases.

I've just seen the Bond and another universal catch phrase - please tell me any from your country, I realise that every country has its own.

Bel and Sho, any from German?

Psychocandy, any from the US?

2Legs - any from your planet??

A German one:
"Wir sind das Volk!" - We are the people!
These words were repeated over and over again by the peaceful protestors in East Germany that brought down the system (and the Berlin Wall, and brought about, in the long run, the German unification).

Incidentally, there was a shift from "Wir sind das Volk" to "Wir sind ein Volk!" (We are one people), thus signalling a shift from action to change the system to action to abolish the system (by uniting with West Germany).

Y.

I saw a t-shirt recently with the old "ATOMKRAFT? NEIN DANKE!" image. I'd love one of them.

I've started so I'll finish - Magnus Magnusson
Crisis, what crisis? - James Callaghan
You've never had it so good - Harold Macmillan
This will not affect the pound in your pocket - Harold Wilson

The last 3 weren't actually said but were frequently quoted all the same.

Same would go for "Beam me up, Scotty!"

Often quoted, never said.

Y.

As is 'Elementary, dear Watson'.

Veni Vidi Vici - Julius Caesar
(I came I saw I conquered)

We are not amused. - Queen Victoria

England Expects Every Man to Do His Duty - Admiral Nelson (although done with flags


Noone's stopping you doing Danish ones Xanatic. Being british, these are famous to me - I don't know many from other countries.

England is a nation of Shopkeepers - Napoleon Bonaparte