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DAN004
Since: Aug, 2010
Willbyr
MOD
(Y2K)
2014-03-12 06:20:34
Hmmmm...possibly. I don't necessarily think it has to be memetic (I'm pretty certain Norton's thing doesn't have such status), but it does need to be something the person is known for doing. I wonder if this is going to be something to take to YKTTW...

I looked through Signature Tropes and I didn't see anything that seemed to fit...not sure if we just don't have it or it's under a different name. What I'm thinking of is a particular action that someone, usually the host of a game show or talk show, does that may or may not be coupled with a Catchphrase but is signature to that person. The specific examples I have in mind are Johnny Carson's golf swing at the end of his opening monologue on The Tonight Show to transition to the orchestra and Graham Norton's jazz hands-like gesture that he does with his "Let's start the show!" after the opening skit of every episode of The Graham Norton Show. Do we have this?
Edited by Willbyr