History Memes / GameShow

*** Survey said... [[hottip:Explanation: CatchPhrase heard in every version of ''Family Feud'', when asking how many points an answer scored in the Fast Money BonusRound. May be used in conversation when "revealing" the answer to a question.]]

* [[ThisIsSparta This...]] ''[[ThisIsSparta is]]'''... ''[[ThisIsSparta Jeopardy!]]'' [[hottip:Explanation:TitleScream at the top of the show.]]

** "Top dollar value on the Wheel for the first round is $500. But look out for this black space, Bankrupt, because if you hit it, you lose all your cash, but not your merchandise, because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep." [[hottip:Explanation: Chuck Woolery's rundown of the show's rules from the earliest days.]]
** RSTLN E [[hottip:Explanation: In the early days of the bonus round, contestants were asked for five consonants and a vowel to help solve the bonus puzzle. RSTLN are the most common consonants in the English language, and E is the most common vowel. This achieved AscendedMeme status so that contestant sare now given those letters, in that order, and then asked for three more consonants and another vowel.]]
** The ceramic dalmatian.[[hottip:Explanation: An UndesirablePrize when the show still had contestants shop for prizes after each round. Very few contestants wanted it at first, but it later became famous enough that some deliberately bought it. Although the shopping round were removed in the late 1980s, it has been referenced in several game show parodies in fiction, and repeatedly by the show itself.]]

* [[TheJokersWild Joker...]] ''[[TheJokersWild Joker...]]'' [[TheJokersWild First Ladies!]] [[hottip:Explanation:Jack Barry's over-dramatic read of the giant slot machine on ''[=~The Joker's Wild~=]''.]]

*** Look who's talking, beaverface! [[hottip:Explanation:Center square Paul Lynde's response to a question about teeth. His calling then-host Peter Marshall "beaverface" became somewhat of a RunningGag.]]

*** Survey said... [[hottip:Explanation: CatchPhrase heard in every version of ''Family Feud'', when asking how many points an answer scored in the Fast Money BonusRound.]]

* What? You didn't know any of this? I bet you didn't know that Woolery left ''[[WheelOfFortune Wheel]]''.[[hottip:Explanation: A popular way of saying that a piece of game show news is old. The reference is to former ''WheelOfFortune'' host Chuck Woolery, who left on Christmas Day 1981.]]
* Or that ''TwentyOne'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED! [[hottip:Explanation:Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. While ''Twenty One'' was a big offender, this also applied to ''TicTacDough'', ''The $64,000 Question'', and the smoking gun itself — ''Dotto''.]]

* [[{{Jeopardy}} Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]] [[hottip:Explanation:Reference to the format of ''[=~Jeopardy!~=]'', which inverts the typical question-and-answer format of quiz shows.]]

** "I'll take an E, Bob." [[hottip:Explanation:Cheeky letter request from the British version of ''{{Blockbusters}}'', which involves a board full of letters — each answer begins with the letter selected. "P" of course refers to "taking a pee"; "U" as in "I'll have ''you''" and "E" was a common slang for the drug Ecstacy.]]

*** Famous instances (such as the Rick Roll during the Thanksgiving parade).

** Stop at a FlokatiRug! [[hottip:Often considered the least desirable prize on the board, an opinion even mentioned within the show itself.]]

** "At what month does a woman begin to show she's pregnant?" "Uh, September?" [[hottip:Explanation: During the original Richard Dawson run of ''Family Feud'', this was one of the more infamous outtakes during the Fast Money BonusRound.]]
* But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[TicTacDough Patrick Wayne]] tell you that "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not that's OK, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" [[hottip:Explanation:From the 1990 revival of ''TicTacDough'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, another LargeHam of a host. The latter is from the run's Divorced Couples Week.]]

** Stop at ''$5,000 and a spin''! [[hottip:Explanation:The top dollar of Round 2 in all three versions.]]

** RSTLN E [[hottip:Explanation: In the early days of the bonus round, you would get five consonants and a vowel. RSTLN are the most common consonants in the English language, and E is the most common vowel. This achieved AscendedMeme status so that now you get those letters by default, three more consonants, and an additional vowel.]]

** Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen? [[hottip:Explanation:On an episode of ''{{Cheers}}'' ("What Is... Cliff Clavin?"), KnowNothingKnowItAll postman Cliff Clavin appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' and had a runaway lead. He lost after wagering all of his winnings on the Final Jeopardy! clue and writing that as his response. ''Jeopardy!'' has made countless references to the episode and his response, and "pulling a Clavin" is now ''Jeopardy!'' lexicon for going all-in from an insurmountable lead.]]

* [[HollywoodSquares I'll take [celebrity's name] for the win, please.]] [[hottip:Explanation:The origin of the internet phrase "for the win", originally said by many contestants on the celebrity tic-tac-toe game when three-in-a-row was imminent.]]

** Let's rotate the board! [[hottip:Explanation:These come from a game show parody sketch on ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' called "Numberwang", the premise being a complete NonSequitur number-guessing game. References to Numberwang have bled over into the game show fandom.]]

* "$1, Bob/Drew!" [[hottip:Explanation:Often said in the "One Bid" round, ostensibly when the fourth contestant thinks that the other three have overbid on the item up for bids. Others seem to say "$1" just for the sake of saying it.]]

* '''[[WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]''' [[hottip:CatchPhrase in reference to the a cappella group Rockapella, who provided the music for Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]
* Is it behind door #1, door #2 or door #3? [[hottip:Reference to the three numbered doors on ''LetsMakeADeal'', which may conceal a {{zonk}} or a prize.]]

* '''[[WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]''' [[hottip:CatchPhrase in reference to the a cappella group Rockapella, who provided the music for ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?''.]]
* Is it behind door #1, door #2 or door #3? [[*:hottip:Reference to the three numbered doors on ''LetsMakeADeal'', which may conceal a {{zonk}} or a prize.]]

* "Dumb Dora was ''so dumb...''" "HOW DUMB WAS SHE?" [[hottip:Explanation:Although the "X was so Y..." "How Y was X?" construct originated with JohnnyCarson, ''MatchGame'' help popularize it whenever the show had a question about "Dumb Dora" or any other personality made up for the show's humorous fill-in-the-blank questions. The "How Y was X?" portion was usually asked by both the celebrity panel and audience, and host Gene Rayburn would typically rate their performance (i.e., "You blew it").]]

* '''[[WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]''' [[hottip:CatchPhrase in reference to the a cappella group Rockapella, who provided the music for ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego''.]]
* Is it behind door #1, door #2 or door #3? [[hottip:Reference to the three numbered doors on ''LetsMakeADeal'', which may conceal a {{zonk}} or prize.]]

* '''[[WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]'''

** Or, when Rich Fields was the announcer, "IT'S A NEW CAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

*** '''''This is WHEEL OF FORTUNE, Joe!''''' [[hottip:Explanation:Pat's reaction to the above.]]

* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no [[{{Whammy}} Whammies]]...STOP! [[hottip:Explanation:The mantra of many a contestant on ''Series/SecondChance'', ''PressYourLuck'', and ''Series/{{Whammy}}!'' — hitting a Devil/Whammy on the game board wiped out one's score.]]

* Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Series/FamilyFeud DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!![[hottip:Explanation:Karn's LargeHam explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled. He did the same thing with "triple the points" in the Triple round.]]
** But not before you've DRAWN FIRST BLOOD.[[hottip:Explanation:Also from Karn; his way of saying which family will score the points first.]]
*** Survey said...[[hottip:Explanation: CatchPhrase heard in every version of ''Family Feud'', when asking how many points an answer scored in the Fast Money BonusRound.]]
* But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[TicTacDough Patrick Wayne]] tell you that, "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not that's OK, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" [[hottip:Explanation:From the 1990 revival of ''TicTacDough'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, another LargeHam of a host.]]
** Oh yeah, and Jim Caldwell wants to add that those red boxes are special categories, he'll be sure to explain them when we get to them. [[hottip:Explanation:From the 1970s-1980s version of the same show; when Jim Caldwell took over from Wink Martindale as host, Caldwell became obsessed with the red box {{Bonus Space}}s.]]
* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no {{Whammy}}s… STOP![[hottip:Explanation:The mantra of many a contestant on ''PressYourLuck'' — hitting a Whammy on the game board wipes out one's score.]]
** Stop at ''$5,000 and a spin''!
* What? You didn't know any of this? I bet you didn't know that Woolery left [[WheelOfFortune Wheel]].[[hottip:Explanation: A popular way of saying that a piece of game show news is old. The reference is to former ''WheelOfFortune'' host Chuck Woolery, who left in 1981.]]
* Or that ''TwentyOne'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED.[[hottip:Explanation:Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the game show rigging scandals on the 1950s quiz show ''Twenty One''.]]
* [[ThisIsSparta WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!!!!!]][[hottip:Explanation: TitleScream at the top of each show.]]
** A group of pill-pushers?[[hottip:Explanation: A humorous missolve from 1999 that has shown up in countless blooper specials. The actual answer was A GROUP OF WELL-WISHERS.]]
*** '''''This is WHEEL OF FORTUNE, Joe!'''''[[hottip:Explanation:Pat's reaction to the above.]]
** Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel.[[hottip:Explanation:CatchPhrase from contestants. Another is "I'd like to solve the puzzle."]]
** "Top dollar value on the Wheel for the first round is $500. But look out for this black space, Bankrupt, because if you hit it, you lose all your cash, but not your merchandise, because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep." [[hottip:Explanation: Chuck Woolery's rundown of the show's rules from the earliest days.]]
* Good internet game show forum etiquette: DON'T ask how ''Series/HotPotato'' was played.[[hottip:Explanation:Refers to a {{troll}} on the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, who would make nonsensical posts asking how "hat putato" was played.]]
** ...or ask what game shows [dead celebrity's] corpse will host.[[hottip:Explanation: Another recurring troll post on the same newsgroup.]]
* [[WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire "Is that your final answer?"]][[hottip:Explanation: CatchPhrase from ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' to ensure that the contestant is actually going for the answer he or she has said.]]
** "Can I phone a friend?"[[hottip:Explanation:One of the {{Lifelines}} originally available to contestants to aid in picking the right answer. This Lifeline was eliminated after too many Phone-a-Friends began Googling the answer.]]
* That dating show from the '90s is actually called FREAKIN' STUDS.[[hottip:Explanation: In reference to a "50 greatest game shows" poll conducted by {{GSN}}. This was one fan's reaction to the fact that ''Studs'' was on the list, as it was not a well-remembered series.]]
* [[{{Jeopardy}} Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]][[hottip:Explanation: Reference to the format of ''[=~Jeopardy!~=]'', which inverts the typical question-and-answer format of quiz shows.]]
** Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen?[[hottip:Explanation: On an episode of ''{{Cheers}}'' ("What Is... Cliff Clavin?"), KnowNothingKnowItAll postman Cliff Clavin appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' and had a runaway lead. He lost after wagering all of his winnings on the Final Jeopardy! clue and writing that as his response. ''Jeopardy!'' has made countless references to the episode and his response, and "pulling a Clavin" is now ''Jeopardy!'' lexicon for going all-in from an insurmountable lead.]]
** I'll take over-used memes for $800, Alex.[[hottip:Explanation:Common method of requesting the next clue to be revealed.]]
* [[TheJokersWild Joker...]] ''[[TheJokersWild Joker...]]'' [[TheJokersWild First ladies!]][[hottip:Explanation:Jack Barry's over-dramatic read of the giant slot machine on ''[=~The Joker's Wild~=]''.]]
** Jack, I'll go off the board and take Baseball.[[hottip:Explanation:A rarely used tactic; anyone with at least one Joker showing could go "off the board" and ask for a category not shown on the slot machine.]]
* [[HollywoodSquares I'll take (celebrity's name here) for the win, please.]][[hottip:Explanation:The origin of the Internet phrase "for the win", originally said by many contestants on the celebrity tic-tac-toe game when three-in-a-row was imminent.]]
** [[YouFool YOU FOOL!]][[hottip:Explanation: From an episode where Gilbert Gottfried was the only star left on the board, but the contestants kept whiffing the increasingly easy questions and falling for Gottfried's obvious bluffs. Every time they whiffed, he would scream "YOU FOOL!"]]
*** Look who's talking, beaverface![[hottip:Explanation: Center square Paul Lynde's response to a question about teeth. His calling then-host Peter Marshall "beaverface" became somewhat of a RunningGag.]]
* "The {{password}} is..."[[hottip:Explanation: Whispered by TheAnnouncer in most versions of the word-association game.]]
* DealOrNoDeal?[[hottip:Explanation:{{Title Drop}}ping question asked by any host of the show, when asking if the contestant wants to take the Banker's deal or keep eliminating suitcases in hopes of finding one with the top money prize in it.]]
* [[Series/WhatsMyLine Is it bigger than a breadbox?]][[hottip:Explanation: In reference to the PanelGame where a celebrity panel would ask yes-or-no questions in attempt to determine a contestant's job. "Bigger than a breadbox" existed well before that, but the show helped popularize it.]]
* [[{{Blockbusters}} I'll take a P, Bob.]]
** Saucy female students: "I'll have U, Bob."
** "I'll take an E, Bob." [[hottip:Explanation: Cheeky letter request from the British game show ''{{Blockbusters}}'' (based on the American one of the same name), which involves a board full of letters — each answer begins with the letter selected. "P" of course refers to "taking a pee"; "U" as in "I'll have ''you''" and "E" was a common slang for the drug Ecstacy.]]
* BRING ON THE WALL! [[hottip:Explanation:CatchPhrase on ''HoleInTheWall'', where contestants must contort their bodies to fit through holes made in an AdvancingWallOfDoom.]]
* In Ireland, "Stop the lights!", from game show ''Quicksilver'', is used as an expression of surprise; impressive as the show was cancelled decades ago.
* "You are {{the weakest link}}... goodbye."[[hottip:Explanation: Spoken by the host of the show in question, when the "weakest link" player has been voted off by the others.]]
* [[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook That's Numberwang!]]
** Let's rotate the board![[hottip:Explanation: These come from a game show parody sketch on ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' called "Numberwang", the premise being a complete NonSequitur number-guessing game. References to Numberwang have bled over into the game show fandom.]]
* [[TheDatingGame I have a question for bachelor #2...]][[hottip:Explanation: From ''TheDatingGame'', in which a bachelorette inquires three mystery bachelors before deciding which one she wants to date.]]
* [[TheNewlywedGame "Tell me specifically, where is the weirdest place you've ever gotten the urge to make whoopee?"]][[hottip:Explanation: A notorious question from the show that asked prying questions of four sets of newlyweds; one wife answered "in the ass". For years, it was believed that this question and answer were {{Urban Legend}}s as host Bob Eubanks denied that it ever happened, until footage of the actual question and answer surfaced.]]
* "Dumb Dora was ''so dumb...''" "HOW DUMB WAS SHE?" [[hottip:Explanation:Although the "X was so Y..." "How Y was X?" construct originated with JohnnyCarson, ''MatchGame'' help popularize it whenever the show had a question about "Dumb Dora" or any other personality made up for the show's humorous fill-in-the-blank questions. The "How Y was X?" portion was usually asked by both the celebrity panel and audience.]]
** "Slide it, Earl!" [[hottip:Explanation: Host Gene Rayburn's CatchPhrase when asking for the top answer to be revealed in the Audience Match portion of the BonusRound, where a contestant has to try and pick the top answer given by an audience in response to a fill-in-the-blank question.]]
* "...The choice is yours, and yours alone." [[hottip:Explanation:From the kids' show ''LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'', the end of the RulesSpiel given by "Olmec", an animatronic stone head voiced by DeeBradleyBaker.]]
* "I can [[TitleDrop name that tune]] in five notes." "Four notes." "Three notes." "Name that tune."[[hottip:Explanation:From the "Bid-a-Note" round of ''NameThatTune'', where contestants bid on how many notes they need to identify the song.]]
* "Not a match; the board goes back."[[hottip:Explanation:Hugh Downs often said this on ''{{Concentration}}'' when a contestant's chosen numbers did not have the same prize behind them.]]

And because ''ThePriceIsRight'' is the granddaddy, it gets the most memes:

* "[name], come on down!"[[hottip:Explanation: The call for a contestant who is picked out of the audience.]]
* "It's a new ''car!''"[[hottip:Explanation: Intoned by TheAnnouncer whenever a pricing game offers just that.]]
** Or, when Rich Fields was the announcer, "IT'S A NEW CAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
* "Telephone pole screamers".[[hottip:Explanation: Drew Carey chewed out the FanDumb on his personal blog in June 2009, and for at least the rest of that Summer, the sane fans used this term from the blog entry.]]
* "$1, Bob/Drew!"[[hottip:Explanation: Often said in the "One Bid" round, ostensibly when the fourth contestant thinks that the other three have overbid on the item up for bids. Others seem to say "$1" just for the sake of saying it.]]
* "Gentlemen/Ladies/O mighty sound effects lady..."[[hottip:Explanation: Said in the pricing game One Away, when asking if at least one of the numbers in the price is correct. Bob used "Gentlemen" and later "Ladies", while Drew changed it to "O mighty sound effects lady..."]]
* "Hold my hand. Say Alakazam!" [[hottip:Explanation: Another Drew-ism, usually used on reveals in pricing games.]]
* Samoans lifting Bob Barker and inflicting all sorts of damage on him.[[hottip:Explanation: After a contestant from Samoa did just that, many more Samoan contestants followed suit.]]
* Holly Hallstrom and her tendency to trip up.[[hottip:Explanation: One of the show's early models, who was clearly the CuteClumsyGirl of the bunch.]]
* "Help control the pet population: Have your pets spayed or neutered!"[[hottip:Explanation: Spoken by Bob, an animal rights activist, at the end of each show. Drew has carried on in this tradition as an homage.]]
* Ezekiel Barker.[[hottip:Explanation: After Drew referred to Barker's Bargain Bar as being named for "Ezekiel Barker", many fans began referring to Bob Barker as Ezekiel. Shortly after the retirement of Barker's Bargain Bar and Make Your Mark, a few Golden Road.net users began making a RealPersonFic that showed the [[http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9523.0.html "history"]] of the Barker family.]]
* Fansite golden-road.net has a lexicon has attained meme status as well. The most notable terms are "Exacta", "Wipeout", "El Skunko", and "Can't Stop The Dob/Fool The Fingers", which declines to "Dobstopper/Fingerstopper" when a contestant is in fact GenreSavvy (or lucky) enough to detect Roger Dobkowitz's or Kathy Greco's NintendoHard setups.
** Also "WSD"[[hottip:Explanation:a Showcase bid that is over by $250 or less; inversion of "DSW", shorthand for "Double Showcase Winner"; someone who wins both Showcases of prizes because his or her bid was within $250 of the actual retail price without going over]] and "First Four Breakfast Club/Midday Revue"[[hottip:Explanation:any First Four contestants (the first four called down at the top of the show) who are still in Contestant's Row following the sixth One-Bid]]; [[TheDrewCareyShow Mimi Bobeck]] got her own wing when Drew became host).
** Golden-Road.net's posters also have embarassingly cutesy nicknames for the pricing games on show recaps.
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A losing horns]]. [[hottip:Explanation:Said LosingHorns are played whenever a contestant loses a pricing game. Many other works use them as a sign of EpicFail.]]
** Less commonly used are the BigWinSirens.[[hottip:Explanation:A series of loud bells and sirens that sound whenever someone wins the top prize in a high-stakes pricing game, a $5,000 bonus on the "Big Wheel" or both showcases in the Showcase round.]]
* "...all this can be yours, if [[TitleDrop the price is right.]]" [[hottip:Explanation:The end of TheAnnouncer's description of each Showcase, a set of prizes that the top two contestants get to bid on near the end of the game. The object is to bid as closely to the actual retail price as possible without going over.]]

* Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[FamilyFeud DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!![[hottip:Explanation:Karn's LargeHam explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled. He did the same thing with "triple the points" in the Triple round.]]

* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no [[{{Whammy}} Whammies]]… STOP![[hottip:Explanation:The mantra of many a contestant on ''PressYourLuck'' — hitting a Whammy on the game board wipes out one's score.]]

* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no {{Whammy}}s… STOP![[hottip:Explanation:The mantra of many a contestant on ''PressYourLuck'' — hitting a Whammy on the game board wipes out one's score.]]

* Or that ''TwentyOne'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED.[[hottip:Explanation:Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the game show rigging scandals on the 1950s quiz show ''TwentyOne''.]]

** Jack, I'll go off the board and take Baseball.[[hottip:Explanation:A rarely-used tactic; anyone with at least one Joker showing could go "off the board" and ask for a category not shown on the slot machine.]]
* [[HollywoodSquares I'll take (celebrity's name here) for the win, please.]][[hottip:Explanation:The origin of the Internet phrase "for the win", originally said by many contestants on the celebrity tic-tac-toe game when 3-in-a-row was imminent.]]

** "I'll take an E, Bob." [[hottip:Explanation: Cheeky letter request from the British game show (based on the American one of the same name), which involves a board full of letters — each answer begins with the letter selected. "P" of course refers to "taking a pee"; "U" as in "I'll have ''you''" and "E" was a common slang for the drug Ecstacy.]]

* In Ireland, "Stop the lights!", from gameshow ''Quicksilver'', is used as an expression of surprise; impressive as the show was cancelled decades ago.

* Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Series/FamilyFeud DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!![[hottip:Explanation:Karn's LargeHam explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled. He did the same thing with "triple the points" in the Triple round.]]

* "...The choice is yours, and yours alone." [[hottip:Explanation:From ''LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'', the end of the RulesSpiel given by "Olmec", an animatronic stone head voiced by DeeBradleyBaker.]]

* "$1, Bob/Drew!"[[hottip:Explanation: Often said in Contestant's Row, ostensibly when the fourth contestant thinks that the other three have overbid on the item up for bids. Others seem to say "$1" just for the sake of saying it.]]

* "Hold my hand. Say Alakazam!": [[hottip:Explanation: Another Drew-ism, usually used on reveals in pricing games]].
* Samoans lifting Bob Barker and inflicting all sorts of damage on him.[[hottip:Explanation: After a contestant from Samoa did just that, many more Samoan contestants followed.]]
* Holly Hallstrom and her tendency to trip up.[[hottip:Explanation: One of the show's models, who was clearly the CuteClumsyGirl of the bunch.]]

* "Ezekiel Barker".[[hottip:Explanation: After Drew referred to Barker's Bargain Bar as being named for "Ezekiel Barker", many fans began referring to Bob Barker as Ezekiel. Shortly after the retirement of Barker's Bargain Bar and Make Your Mark, a few Golden Road.net users began making a RealPersonFic that showed the [[http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9523.0.html "history"]] of the Barker family.]]
* While we're on the subject of G-R.net, some of their lexicon has attained meme status as well. The most notable terms are "Exacta", "Wipeout", "El Skunko", and "Can't Stop The Dob/Fool The Fingers", which declines to "Dobstopper/Fingerstopper" when a contestant is in fact GenreSavvy (or lucky) enough to detect Roger Dobkowitz's or Kathy Greco's NintendoHard setups.
** Also "WSD" (a Showcase bid that is over by $250 or less) and "First Four Breakfast Club/Midday Revue" (any First Four contestants who are still in Contestant's Row following the sixth One-Bid; [[TheDrewCareyShow Mimi Bobeck]] got her own wing when Drew became host).

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A losing horns]] tend to get in used in just about ''any'' instance of EpicFail in... well, nearly any medium.
** Less commonly used is the sound effect played for a Grand Game, Punch a Bunch, It's in the Bag, or double Showcase win, or getting $1 in a Showcase Showdown bonus spin. Obviously, this is used to indicate a big win.
*** CLANG CLANG CLANG WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP CLANG CLANG CLANG WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP (repeat ''ad nauseum'')
* In recent years, one of the interns, a kid named "Scott", has been setting up the five grocery items on Grocery Games as a theme. Drew has started [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] this.

* Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Series/FamilyFeud DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!![[hottip:Explanation:Karn's LargeHam explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled.]]

* But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[TicTacDough Patrick Wayne]] tell you that, "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not that's OK, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" [[hottip:Explanation:From the 1990 revival of ''TicTacDough'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, a LargeHam who screamed "YOU WIN!" whenever someone won.]]

* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no {{Whammy}}s… STOP![[hottip:Explanation:The mantra of many a contestant on ''PressYourLuck'' — hitting a Whammy wipes out one's score.]]

* Or that ''TwentyOne'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED.[[hottip:Explanation:Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the game show rigging scandals in relation to ''TwentyOne''.]]
* [[ThisIsSparta WHEEL! OF! FORTUUUUUUUUUNNNNEEE!!!!!]][[hottip:Explanation: TitleScream at the top of each show.]]
** A group of pill-pushers?[[hottip:Explanation: A humorous missolve from 1999 that has shown up in countless blooper specials.]]

** "Top dollar value on the Wheel for the first round is $500. But look out for this black space BANKRUPT, because if you hit it, you lose all your cash, but not your merchandise, because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep." [[hottip:Explanation: Explanation of the game from the early days, when Chuck Woolery was still host.]]

** "Can I phone a friend?"

* [[{{Jeopardy}} Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]][[hottip:Explanation: Reference to the format of ''[=~Jeopardy!~=]'']]
** Who are [[{{Cheers}} three people that have never been in my kitchen?]][[hottip:Explanation: On an episode of ''{{Cheers}}'' ("What Is... Cliff Clavin?"), postman Cliff Clavin appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' and accumulated a runaway lead, but lost after wagering all of his winnings on the Final Jeopardy! clue and writing that as his response. ''Jeopardy!'' has made countless references to the episode, and the term "pulling a Clavin" is now a reference to anyone who makes an all-in wager from a runaway lead.]]
** I'll take over-used memes for $800, Alex.

** Jack, I'll go off the board and take Baseball.
* [[HollywoodSquares I'll take (celebrity's name here) for the win, please.]][[hottip:Explanation:The origin of the Internet phrase "for the win", originally said by many contestants on the celebrity tic-tac-toe game.]]
** [[WhatAnIdiot YOU FOOL!]][[hottip:Explanation: From an episode where Gilbert Gottfried was the only star left on the board, but the contestants kept whiffing the increasingly easy questions and falling for Gottfried's obvious bluffs. Every time they whiffed, he would scream "YOU FOOL!"]]
*** Look who's talking, beaverface![[hottip:Explanation: Center square Paul Lynde's response to a question about teeth.]]
* "The {{password}} is..."[[hottip:Explanation: Whispered by TheAnnouncer in most versions of the show.]]

* [[Series/WhatsMyLine Is it bigger than a breadbox?]][[hottip:Explanation: In reference to the PanelGame where a celebrity panel would ask yes-or-no questions in attempt to determine a contestant's job.]]
* [[{{Blockbusters}} I'll take a P, Bob.]] [[hottip:Explanation: Cheeky letter request from the British game show (based on the American one of the same name), which involves a board full of letters — each answer begins with the letter selected.]]

** "I'll take an E, Bob"[[hottip:*: E is for Ecstacy (MDMA), the UK's party drug of TheNineties.]]
* BRING ON THE WALL! (''Hole in the Wall'')

* "Ezekiel Barker".[[hottip:Explanation: Spoken by the host of the show in question, when the "weakest link" player has been voted off by the others.After Drew referred to Barker's Bargain Bar as being named for "Ezekiel Barker", many fans began referring to Bob Barker as Ezekiel. Shortly after the retirement of Barker's Bargain Bar and Make Your Mark, a few Golden Road.net users began making a RealPersonFic that showed the [[http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9523.0.html "history"]] of the Barker family.]]

** But not before you've DRAWN FIRST BLOOD.[[hottip:Also from Karn; his way of saying which family will score the points first.]]

* But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[TicTacDough Patrick Wayne]] tell you that, "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not that's OK, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" [[hottip:From the 1990 revival of ''TicTacDough'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, a LargeHam who screamed "YOU WIN!" whenever someone won.]]
** Oh yeah, and Jim Caldwell wants to add that those red boxes are special categories, he'll be sure to explain them when we get to them. [[hottip:From the 1970s-1980s version of the same show; when Jim Caldwell took over from Wink Martindale as host, Caldwell became obsessed with the red box {{Bonus Space}}s.]]

* Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Series/FamilyFeud DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!!
** But not before you've DRAWN FIRST BLOOD.
*** Survey said...
* But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[TicTacDough Patrick Wayne]] tell you that, "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not that's OK, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?"
** Oh yeah, and Jim Caldwell wants to add that those red boxes are special categories, he'll be sure to explain them when we get to them.
* [[PressYourLuck Big bucks]], no {{Whammy}}s… STOP!

* What? You didn't know any of this? I bet you didn't know that Woolery left [[WheelOfFortune Wheel]]. Or that ''TwentyOne'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED.
* [[ThisIsSparta WHEEL! OF! FORTUUUUUUUUUNNNNEEE!!!!!]]
** A group of pill-pushers?
*** '''''This is WHEEL OF FORTUNE, Joe!'''''
** Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel.
* Good internet game show forum etiquette: DON'T ask how ''Series/HotPotato'' was played.
** ...or ask what game shows [dead celebrity's] corpse will host.
* [[WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire "Is that your final answer?"]]

* That dating show from the '90s is actually called FREAKIN' STUDS.
* [[{{Jeopardy}} Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]]
** Who are [[{{Cheers}} three people that have never been in my kitchen?]]

* [[TheJokersWild Joker...]] ''[[TheJokersWild Joker...]]'' [[TheJokersWild First ladies!]]

* [[HollywoodSquares I'll take (celebrity's name here) for the win, please.]]
** [[WhatAnIdiot YOU FOOL!]]
*** Look who's talking, beaverface!
* "The {{password}} is..."
* DealOrNoDeal?
* [[Series/WhatsMyLine Is it bigger than a breadbox?]]
* [[{{Blockbusters}} I'll take a P, Bob.]]

* "You are {{the weakest link}}... goodbye."

** Let's rotate the board!
* [[TheDatingGame I have a question for bachelor #2...]]
* [[TheNewlywedGame "Tell me specifically, where is the weirdest place you've ever gotten the urge to make whoopee?"]]

* "IT'S A NEW CAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" Rich Fields' version of this line may be the cheesiest.
* "Telephone pole screamers": Drew Carey chewed out the FanDumb on his personal blog in June 2009, and for at least the rest of that Summer, the sane fans used this term from the blog entry.
* "$1, Bob/Drew!"
* "Gentlemen/Ladies/O mighty sound effects lady..."
* "Hold my hand. Say Alakazam!": Used during the Carey era, usually on Double Prices. It was also used on several other games during Season 36.
* "Rancho Cucamonga! Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch..." Either this was retired in Season 38, or contestants from Rancho Cucamonga, California just aren't showing up as much.
* Samoans lifting Bob Barker and inflicting all sorts of damage on him.
* Holly Hallstrom and her tendency to trip up.
* "Help control the pet population: Have your pets spayed or neutered!"
* After Drew referred to Barker's Bargain Bar as being named for "Ezekiel Barker", many fans began referring to Bob Barker as Ezekiel. Shortly after the retirement of Barker's Bargain Bar and Make Your Mark, a few Golden Road.net users began making a RealPersonFic that showed the [[http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9523.0.html "history"]] of the Barker family.