popular during that time. I just can't figure out what it was about that phrase that really caught on.

Why was Aaaaaaayyyyyy, so popular with Fonzie and Happy Days? Now that was a really dumb phrase.

Dynomite could be put in the icon words of:

Far Out
Groovy
Right On



but Aaaaaaayyyyyy, no!

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
Why was Aaaaaaayyyyyy, so popular with Fonzie and Happy Days? Now that was a really dumb phrase.

Dynomite could be put in the icon words of:

Far Out
Groovy
Right On



but Aaaaaaayyyyyy, no!

BUt why? I would like to know what was so funny about it

I can't remember why but there were a lot catchphrases on shows then that the kids liked a lot. Welcome Back Kotter had "up your nose with a rubber hose and twice as far with a chocolate bar." Who knows why these things catch on?

I think it was the way JJ said it that made it such a hit. He would do that thing with his hands out like King Tut which a lot of kids in school would copy too. It seemed like the audience would go WILD when he said it.

I remember that each of those phrases including Fonzie's AAAAYYYY and WHOOOOOAAAA had hand gestures too which guess added to their popularity.

Sanford and Son had the heart attack, Elizabeth gag. There were others that escape me at the moment.

Originally posted by jamesanthony
I can't remember why but there were a lot catchphrases on shows then that the kids liked a lot. Welcome Back Kotter had "up your nose with a rubber hose and twice as far with a chocolate bar." Who knows why these things catch on?

I think it was the way JJ said it that made it such a hit. He would do that thing with his hands out like King Tut which a lot of kids in school would copy too. It seemed like the audience would go WILD when he said it.

I remember that each of those phrases including Fonzie's AAAAYYYY and WHOOOOOAAAA had hand gestures too which guess added to their popularity.

Sanford and Son had the heart attack, Elizabeth gag. There were others that escape me at the moment.



I think the audience only went wild during season 2 when he said it. Once season 3 started, no oe in the audiencereally went wild when J.J said Dynomite.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I think the audience only went wild during season 2 when he said it. Once season 3 started, no oe in the audiencereally went wild when J.J said Dynomite.

It got old fast. I remember kids liked it. I can't speak for any adults at that time.

SNL had a lot of phrases that people used to say: "two wild and crazy guys," "but noooooooo," "Jane you ingnorant slut," "never mind," "I'm Chevy Chase and your not."

:wave:

Originally posted by jamesanthony
I can't remember why but there were a lot catchphrases on shows then that the kids liked a lot. Welcome Back Kotter had "up your nose with a rubber hose and twice as far with a chocolate bar." Who knows why these things catch on?

I think it was the way JJ said it that made it such a hit. He would do that thing with his hands out like King Tut which a lot of kids in school would copy too. It seemed like the audience would go WILD when he said it.

I remember that each of those phrases including Fonzie's AAAAYYYY and WHOOOOOAAAA had hand gestures too which guess added to their popularity.

Sanford and Son had the heart attack, Elizabeth gag. There were others that escape me at the moment.
I don't remember dynomite being used in my school but AAAYYY was and so was sit on it. Up your nose with a rubber hose was also big. I remember the day after the show premiered on the school bus, that phrase was being used. I guess when that happens you know you got a hit on your hand.

I had the shirt. We had a family reunion around that time, my two cousins and I were sportin' those white dynomite shirts. With JJ's ugly mug on it. I have to agree, it had to do with JJ saying it.

The 70's just seemed like a generation big on catch phrases.

Originally posted by Brian Damage
The 70's just seemed like a generation big on catch phrases.


Well dynomite was defintely the dumbest catch phrase of that decade.

What you talking about Willis?! Was a good one too! I guess there were a lot of catch phrases in the 70's!

In fact, I believe DYNOMITE was the title of a Top 40 song. Can't exactly remember the lyrics, but DY-NO-MITE was certainly the hook. Was Bazuka the group that did that song?

I'm pretty sure it was Bazuka that performed DY-NO-MITE!!

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
popular during that time. I just can't figure out what it was about that phrase that really caught on.

You had to be there.

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Well dynomite was defintely the dumbest catch phrase of that decade.

To be honest Solomon, they all were pretty dumb. I mean "Kiss My Grits?!?" What the heck was that?

Originally posted by Brian Damage
To be honest Solomon, they all were pretty dumb. I mean "Kiss My Grits?!?" What the heck was that?

I prefer that over Dynomite and Up your nose with a rubber hose.

Originally posted by Katie
I prefer that over Dynomite and Up your nose with a rubber hose.


It was another WBK catch phrase-"Put the Sunday Times where the Sun don't shine"

Dynomite was stale after 3 seasons.

How many times was "Like white on rice" used ?? ....LOL

Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
popular during that time. I just can't figure out what it was about that phrase that really caught on.


You had to be there.:rolleyes:

What was JJ's other catch phrase? TV Land had a promo on it this weekend. JJ also said "Chello" a lot when he picked up the phone. I think those were all of JJ's catchphrases (Dyno-mite, Chello, and this one I can't remember).

Well dynomite was defintely the dumbest catch phrase of that decade.


:lol: I agree, but at the same time - I used it all the time!! :lol:

There were lots of "goofy" catchphrases we used from t.v. - that one, Sit On It - Ayyyyyyyyy - Kiss My Grits, and all the others that have been listed.

It's the same for all decades - Valley Girl phrases in the 80s (Gag me with a spoon, Grody to the max), the 90s- Awesome, Dude.

Each generation have their phrases that sound weird to other generations. When I was a teen, we laughed at our parents for saying, swell, nifty, 24-ski-doo, etc. too. ;)

What was JJ's other catch phrase? TV Land had a promo on it this weekend. JJ also said "Chello" a lot when he picked up the phone. I think those were all of JJ's catchphrases (Dyno-mite, Chello, and this one I can't remember).


"Well, you know, what can I say?"

A Tv Character is supposed to have 1 CATCHPHRASE, not 45 like J.J-lol I see why amos left the show-lol

"Well, you know, what can I say?"

That's it! I think that was his best catch phrase.

That's it! I think that was his best catch phrase.


Defintely better than Dynomite

Everytime somebody msays something nice to him or complement him, J.J. tilts his head back grinning his teeth and says "I KNOW!"

Everytime somebody msays something nice to him or complement him, J.J. tilts his head back grinning his teeth and says "I KNOW!"


I think he olny said that up until season 3. Maybe it was 2 but i know he stopped saying it when Amos left the show

To be honest Solomon, they all were pretty dumb. I mean "Kiss My Grits?!?" What the heck was that?
Actually "Kiss mah grits" was created for the Alice show to replace the Kiss my @$$ that Flo used for the orig movie...you couldnt SAY that on TV back then...I think you could now. As for Dynoooomyte, to me, that got old the 2nd time I heard it, but, some people are easily amused :rolleyes:

Actually "Kiss mah grits" was created for the Alice show to replace the Kiss my @$$ that Flo used for the orig movie...you couldnt SAY that on TV back then...I think you could now. As for Dynoooomyte, to me, that got old the 2nd time I heard it, but, some people are easily amused :rolleyes:


Going by the audience reactions, i can tell dynomite was very popular during the 1974-75 season

Actually, that term (to me) wasn't popular until JJ started saying it. Even after that, you began to tire of it. I'm from around the 70's and I used to hear/say "Right On, What It Is, Solid, etc. How about Uptown Saturday Night, after Sidney greeted Bill Cosby, he replied, "Same ole, same as, old head".

Going by the audience reactions, i can tell dynomite was very popular during the 1974-75 season
As I said, some people are easily amused :rolleyes:

As I said, some people are easily amused :rolleyes:


Believe me it was more his looks, he just looked even more crazy when he said dynomite

Believe me it was more his looks, he just looked even more crazy when he said dynomite


For sure - it was that super skinniness of his and that big toothy grin he'd flash. I did tire of it though when he started with the Kid Dynomite and was using it constantly.

For sure - it was that super skinniness of his and that big toothy grin he'd flash. I did tire of it though when he started with the Kid Dynomite and was using it constantly.

a Tv guide critic described J.J's looks in 1974, I will post what he said-lol It wasn;t cleveland amory

What about that woman in the studio audience that yelled out "Right On!" all the time? That was a catchphrase from Good Times too. ;)

What about that woman in the studio audience that yelled out "Right On!" all the time? That was a catchphrase from Good Times too. ;)


:lol: Yeah - I heard her a few times over the weekend! Every show seemed to have "one".

Remember on I Love Lucy - there was always that dragged out "Ricky" laugh from the audience on the big yucks! :lol:

i probably WAS Arnaz...the laughter on ILL was all canned, far as I know, and Desi probably put himself on the tape ;)

i probably WAS Arnaz...the laughter on ILL was all canned, far as I know, and Desi probably put himself on the tape ;)
No I love Lucy was filmed in front of a studio audience.

On "I Love Lucy", there was a woman saying "Uh oh". (That was Deedee Ball, Lucy's mom)

On "Good Times", there was the "Right On!" woman.

That's the one thing that attracted me to Good Times- the audience reactions. Very visceral, and very interactive. I have heard a many good "Wells" and "No he/she isn't", whoops and hollers, stomping, and an oooooooh.
I remember seeing the Penny's Christmas episode. Penny took a necklace and the audience was screaming "No No No". Oh my lord, that was something! The audience was cool.

On "I Love Lucy", there was a woman saying "Uh oh". (That was Deedee Ball, Lucy's mom)

On "Good Times", there was the "Right On!" woman.

That's the one thing that attracted me to Good Times- the audience reactions. Very visceral, and very interactive. I have heard a many good "Wells" and "No he/she isn't", whoops and hollers, stomping, and an oooooooh.
I remember seeing the Penny's Christmas episode. Penny took a necklace and the audience was screaming "No No No". Oh my lord, that was something! The audience was cool.


I like the stomping the best