History Catchphrase / RealLife

* BarackObama's "''YES! We can!''"
** Actually this is more a Democratic Party catchphrase, as it has been used by several other campaigns over the years. More often, I see the Spanish version (Sí se puede!!), which has buttons.
** And, by extension, John [=McCain=]'s "My friends..."

** Actually this is more a Democratic Party catchphrase, as it has been used by several other campaigns over the years. More often, I see the Spanish version (Sí se puede!!), which I even have a button for.

* HMTheQueen has "My husband and I..."

RealLife {{catch phrase}}s. But not ones from your life, those go in [[TroperTales/CatchPhrase the troper tales section]] please.

** And, by extension, John [=McCain=]'s "My friends..." At least I think so.

* George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips: no new taxes!"

* Difficult to categorize is {{Andy Kaufmann}}'s [[FunnyForeigner Foreign Man]] character, who didn't understand comedy but was so enthusiastically inept that one couldn't help but feel bad for him. Anyway, his catchphrase was "Tannk You Veddy Much."

* Legendary play-by-play man Keith Jackson has had "Whoa Nelly!" tagged as his catchphrase - despite his own estimation that he's only said it three or four times in his four-decade career.
* Spurred on by Chris "He COULD! GO! ALL! THE! WAY!" Berman, Dan "En Fuego" Patrick, and Keith "He pulled a groin. His own, we hope" Olbermann, catchphrases seem to be a requirement to be Sportcenter anchor - particularly the flagship 11PM EST broadcast.
** Berman spoofed himself with his appearance in Hootie & the Blowfish's music video for "Only Wanna Be With You", where he shouts despairingly "They do not! Go! All! The! Way!"
** Dave Niehaus, "My, oh my!"; and "Swung on and belted...!"
** It seems that most sportscasters have a catchphrase assigned to them by their network or the team that they broadcast for along with the keys to the broadcast booth. Of course, baseball announcers are noted (notorious?) for specific catchphrases they use when a player hits a home run (known in the jargon as "home run calls"). Entire books could be (and probably have been) written about noted broadcasters' home run calls. Subverted/spoofed in a Bud Light commercial when it's suggested to Bud Light pitchman (and broadcaster) Joe Buck that he needs a [[CatchPhrase home run call]]. The one they come up with? "Slam-a-lam-a-ding-dong."
*** [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Olbermann's]] [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann news]] [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann cast]] is awash with catchphrases, from the opener ("Which of ''these'' stories will ''you'' be talking about tomorrow?") to the signoff ("That's Countdown for this the ''xxxx''th day since the previous President declared 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq. Good night, and good luck"), the last in {{Homage}} to Edward R. Murrow. In between there is "Worst Person in the woooorrrllld!!!" (which is another homage, in this case to BobAndRay).
**** It shouldn't be possible for "Sir" to be a catchphrase, [[LargeHam but somehow...]]
** As long as we're on ESPN sportscasters, we have to mention Stuart Scott, and his prolific use of "'''Booyah!'''"
** And Lee Corso's "NOT SO FAST!"
** Brent Musberger has "You are looking live at..." which is finished with the name of whatever stadium Musberger happens to be broadcasting from.
* John Madden: "Boom!"
** ...[[CelebrityEndorsement Tough-Actin' Tinactin]]!
* Harry Carey, the Cubs' announcer: "There's a drive! Waaaay back! It might be ... it could be ... it is! A home run! Holy cow!"
** Also used "Cubs win! Cubs win!" after the final out (assuming they did in fact win, of course).
* The White Sox' Ken "Hawk" Harrelson not only has one of the most [[strike:outlandish]] [[strike:recognizable]] awesome home run calls in the business ("That ball hit way back! You can put it on the booooard...YES!"), he also has one for when a White sox pitcher strikes out an opposing batter: "He gone!"
* Add in Hockey Night in Canada's legendary Foster Hewitt - "He shoots, he scores!"
** "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland, and an extra big hello to Canadian servicemen overseas." From Hewitt's radio opening in the Forties, prior to Newfoundland joining Canada in 1949. Has been replayed on HNIC over the years, and occasionally at least "Hello, Canada", if not more, has been incorporated into the show open.
** Other broadcasters have used "He shoots, he scores" or a slight variation thereof, such as Detroit's Bruce Martyn and his successor Ken Kal (usually going falsetto on "scores"), or Pittsburgh's Mike Lange ("Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee shoots and scores!").

* Pittsburgh Penguins color-commentator Mike Lange is thought to have coined the phrase "Elvis has left the building!" Other catchphrases include:
** "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"
** "Buy Sam a drink and his dog one, too!"
** "Get in the fast lane, grandma: The bingo game's ready to roll!"
** "Beat him like a rented mule!"
* Toronto Maple Leafs announcer Joe Bowen is known just for: "Holy mackinaw!"

* GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!

* How the heck did we get this far without Michael Buffer's "Let's get ready to RUMBLE!"
** Which he alters for the finals of the World Series of Poker, where he traditionally kicks off the final table with "Let's get ready to SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!"--the latter part alone being the usual starting phrase.

* Ian Darke has "CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?" after a particularly amazing goal. See Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach at the 2010 Men's and 2011 Women's WorldCup, respectively.

* Horse racing: "..And they're off!" (or "off and running")
** "And down the stretch they come!"
* Auto racing's Dale Jarrett: "Boogity boogity boogity! Let's go racin' boys!" and "One more time!"
* And of course the universal race starter "Gentlemen, start your engines!" (changed to "Drivers" when there are women in the field)

* Horse racing: "..And they're off!" (or "off and running"
** "And down the stretch they come!"

* "And now you know.... the REST of the story." - Paul Harvey.

* Lloyd Robertson of CTV ended his lead anchoring days [1984-2011] with "And that's the kind of day it's been".

* Ian Darke has "CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?" after a particularly amazing goal. See Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach at the 2010 Men's and 2011 Women's WorldCup, respectively.

** And, by extension, John McCain's "My friends..." At least I think so.

* P.T Barnum's catchphrase was often said to be "There's a sucker born every minute" when it was really "There's a customer born every minute".

*** [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Olbermann's]] [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann news]] [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann cast]] is awash with catchphrases, from the opener ("Which of ''these'' stories will ''you'' be talking about tomorrow?") to the signoff ("That's Countdown for this the ''xxxx''th day since the previous President declared 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq. Good night, and good luck"), the last in {{Homage}} to Edward R. Murrow. In between there is "Worst Person in the woooorrrllld!!!"

* Did somebody say Geroge Takei? Oh Myyy!

* Chick-fil-a (a fast-food restaurant that specializes in chicken and is closed on Sundays) employees are required to say "My pleasure" any time a customer says "Thank you."

** "Now we go to TV's Andy Levy for the pre-game report. Andy, what's coming up on tonight's show?"

*** [[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Olbermann's]] ''[[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann news]]''[[CountdownWithKeithOlbermann cast]] is awash with catchphrases, from the opener ("Which of ''these'' stories will ''you'' be talking about tomorrow?") to the signoff ("That's Countdown for this the ''xxxx''th day since the previous President declared 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq. Good night, and good luck"), the last in {{Homage}} to Edward R. Murrow. In between there is "Worst Person in the woooorrrllld!!!"

* Walter Cronkite [CBS Evening News, 1962 - 1981] ended almost every broadcast with "...And that's the way it is". He even carried it over to when he voiced a character in ''We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story''.

* Nathan Fillion's "Bam, said the lady."

** Ishikwa Rika: Happy~♥!

* The great radio broadcaster (1897-1972) began every radio broadcast with "Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press." He would then proceed to talk at 197 words PER MINUTE.

** "Hello, you sick, twisted freak."

* Garrison Keillor ends every broadcast of NPR's Writer's Almanac with "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch."