15 Comedy Catchphrases That Wore Out Their Welcome

The Waterboy

We’ll throw in, “Do I make you horny, baby?” and “Shagadelic” too, because Austin Powers had so many lines that were funny the first time we saw it, but got old so quickly.

It didn’t help that everyone from class clowns to professional comedians were doing their take on it for about a decade after the movie came out.

“You Can Do it!”

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Before 1998’s ‘The Waterboy,’ Sandler told him, “You’re not gonna go anywhere without people yelling, You can do it!”

For a little while there, he was right. If you were about to do something, some idiot was there with that line.

It became a running gag in Sandler films, Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard, Bedtime Stories, and a deleted scene from Click. Too many.

“How You Doin’?”

Possibly the most famous catchphrase from Friends, Joey often uses “How you doin’?” as his pick-up line of choice. In the 90s, Joey was a lovable idiot, but looking back, we can see the sleaze in it.

The saying itself isn’t funny, it just has an, “Oh that’s just Joey out to bang anything that moves again” vibe.

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