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Just because the internet didn't exist back then, doesn't mean that radio had a few popular phrases that stuck to everyone's mind.

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Please add entries in the following format:

• The name of the radio program.
  • The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[[/labelnote]] ^Explanation Like this.
  • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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• "Hello to Jason Isaacs." ^Explanation This meme initially comes from Mark Kermode's (and Simon Mayo's) habit of... saying hello to Jason Isaacs (a former classmate of Kermode's) on their film reviews show.
  • Now this meme hasn't spread a lot on the Internet, but it seems to be appearing in increasingly bizarre situations in real life. See for instance:
    • Someone saying hello to Isaacs in their marriage speech.
    • Someone else, having met Kermode in a hospital, actually saying hello on the tannoy.
    • A sign in the rally to restore sanity.
    • A writer at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno is apparently a fan of Kermode's show and has been including the sentence in a few◊ graphics◊. Said writer sent an e-mail to Kermode and Mayo and can be heard here (with the images included).
    • Then an engineer working for Google (UK) joined in. So as of February 10th, 2012, when you type "Jason Isaacs" on google.co.uk, this◊ is what comes up.
    • The words "Hello to Jason Isaacs" have been uttered on Swedish radio.
    • Jason's been greeted on Cycling Magazine◊.
    • And of course, Jason Isaacs's mentioned this happening to him.
• The Goon Show:
  • "You've got the dreaded lurgi"
  • "He's fallen in the wa-ter!"
  • "It's all in the mind, you know."
• Fibber McGee and Molly: Not the hall closet! ^Explanation The program is famously remembered for the hall closet. Sometimes, it's the only thing some fans remember from it.
• Paul Harvey: Good day!
  • And now you know... the REST of the story! ^Explanation Title Drop at the end of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story, a radio show in which the host would share a story of someone or something fascinating, denying one key detail until The Reveal at the end. The phrase is often used in Real Life whenever one shares a long story with someone else.
• Feminazis. ^Explanation Rush Limbaugh's favorite term.
• You Bet Your Life:
  Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, don't tell a soul, but the secret word tonight is 'meme', 'M-E-M-E'".
  Groucho Marx: Really?!
  Announcer: You Bet Your Life!
  • Explanation: This is how the show usually started.
  • "And now, here he is: the one, the only, (Studio Audience: GROUCHO!)" ("Is that bum still in town? Oh, that's me!")
• The Adam And Joe show on BBC 6 Music gave us "STEPHEN!"
• "Don't touch that dial!" originated on the Blondie radio series in the '40s.

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