i painted a fool of puts on my jewelry i
do i do
i pity the fool
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
catchphrases kids today don't recognize
boring i want my mtv it's not your mtv
the mtv belongs to all of us for this
list we're looking at popular taglines
that were once as common as coffee but
now are unrecognizable to most youth do
you have a favorite old catchphrase let
us know in the comments
number 10 getting jiggy anyone born into
the new millennium will likely have
difficulty narrowing down where this one
came from then hip hop artist now actor
will smith released his song getting
jiggy with it in january of 1998.
[Music]
both the tune and accompanying music
video became a huge hit that year
prompting countless fans to get jiggy
the meaning behind it has changed
slightly as the years have progressed
the term really was more about being
completely uninhibited in how one dances
in public he doesn't like my taste in
music guess not
you should have been there last year i
got jiggy with it just let it all out
there like no one else matters today
some folks take it to be a more intimate
term but either way it still reminds us
of that song you are not going out and
getting jiggy with some boy i don't care
how dope his ride is number nine what's
the 4-1-1 long before text messages and
online communication people use their
phones to actually you know talk and
when there was no google people could
dial 4-1-1 on their phone and someone on
the other end of the call would help
them find the number for a person or
business hello operator this is an
emergency give me the fire department or
the police or the paramedics somebody i
don't care you decide 4-1-1 became
synonymous with getting information
naturally those who had grown up with
the free service started using the term
in everyday language april what's the
4-1-1 little mama what's the hot goss
who you crushing on these days oh my
husband weirdo once the 4-1-1 became
ubiquitous for asking someone for more
details about any given subject although
the service still lives on the saying
has seen better days in the parlance of
the urban music scene what's the 4-1-1
number eight where's the beef where's
the beef where's the beef what the hell
is that supposed to mean
where's the beef when mcdonald's and
burger king are your two biggest
competitors what do you do to stand out
from them you poke a little fun at the
size of the buns in your new ads wendy's
released a commercial in 1984 where a
senior citizen sees so much bread for
their burger and asks the question
the saying stuck among consumers but not
just in regards to the size of a burger
it became synonymous with looking far
beyond the superfluities and getting at
the heart of a subject rarely heard
today the saying lives on through memory
and the wonders of youtube where's the
beef
where's the beef
number seven take a chill pill
[Music]
long before taylor swift told us to calm
down people were using plenty of
different idioms to try and temper their
agitation back in the 80s and 90s it was
fairly common to hear someone tell you
to take a chill pill when you get a
little too anxious upset or irritable
where's chip why isn't he here yet
he'll be here okay take a chill pill
it was a staple of the era especially
given how adhd had become far more
prevalent at the time interestingly
enough however a recipe for a real chill
pill appeared in multiple books in the
1870s which were allegedly used to treat
fevers maybe one of those could have
been used to dial someone down when
needed take a chill pill i don't i don't
need to take a chill pill here right
there
down the hatch i really don't want to
take the
chill pill
attaboy number six all that and a bag of
chips hey there you're all that and a
bag of chips what a cool phrase i hope
it never sounds dumb and dated what do
sick dope goat and lit have in common
they're all variations on a theme of
being awesome whereas kids today might
say something like man that's totally
sick there was a time when a bag of
doritos almost conveyed the same thing
all that and a bag of chips was
frequently spoken by teenage kids of the
1990s when referring to things that were
simply the best of the best it seemed
that anything that was great was somehow
made even better by adding a crunchy
treat to it hey we don't make this stuff
up we just list them you ain't all that
in a bag of potato chips what are you
talking about number five what you
talking about willis the year was
1978 and nbc rolled out a new tv show
called different strokes it told the
story of two african-american boys who
went to live with a widowed well-to-do
caucasian man the late gary coleman
played arnold the young boy who often
was at the center of many episodes he'd
often snap back at his brother saying
what you talking about was when he'd be
confused or misunderstand something
coleman would become well known for his
character and the catchphrase fans of
the show years later would recite the
quote whenever someone would make an
incomprehensible comment i think we
already know what it is don't we coach
is he done by willis it's one of the
older phrases on this list but it still
brings a smile to those who remember it
what you talking about mo
what you talking about everyone number
four wazzup
now here's one we're sure a lot of
people were glad to see fade into
oblivion made famous through a series of
budweiser commercials from 1999 to 2002
this one was borderline annoying to some
hello
a clearly exaggerated version of saying
what's up the big gag here is how long
you can drag on the up portion of this
phrase before it's gone too far
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amazingly it's something that's found
its way into the mainstays of pop
culture and is still seen occasionally
today it's been parodied and redone
multiple times including spots on the
simpsons ant-man and the wasp and even
the office
[Laughter]
yet hardly anyone born in the 21st
century will understand what they're
saying
[Laughter]
number three a pity the fool
quick trivia question who is lawrence
tarrod better known as if you guessed mr
t you would be right appearing as
clubber lang in rocky iii his famous
catchphrase almost comes off as a
throwaway line while being interviewed
before a match no i don't hate bad boy
but i pity the fool and i will destroy
any man who tries to take what i got the
quote stuck with him and tarot has been
using it ever since i pity the fool who
didn't bring an envelope to this bar
mitzvah often misinterpreted t has gone
on record clarifying it's about showing
mercy and not anger but can easily be
taken for the latter given who's
delivering the line i always took it as
that pit of the fool means i want to
kill the guy no no no no no when you
pity somebody you're showing the mercy
because i didn't start this pity stuff
it was in the bible it's become such an
iconic part of his image that he had it
trademarked so no one else could make
use of it
fool who's illogical
number two pardon me would you have any
grey poupon
you know you've spent your advertising
money well when even 40 years later
people still remember a single
commercial as one fancy car pulls up to
another one rider asks the other pardon
me would you have any grey poupon but of
course the high-end dijon mustard
company had been in business for more
than a hundred years before this famed
commercial cemented them into the
history books forever associating the
brand with wealth the slogan remained a
heavy part of their advertising campaign
for several years including a new
version released in 2013. pardon me
would you have any grey poupon but of
course
[Music]
farnsworth i do believe that
well-groomed man has driven off of that
great poupon it surely isn't part of
your daily vernacular but it's certainly
something far more obscure than some on
this list pardon me do you have any grey
poupon
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[Laughter]
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number one i want my mtv
it was 1981 when music television
debuted and aired video killed the radio
star by the buggles
[Music]
in much the same way that mp3 changed
music listening habits so did mtv when
they brought videos into our home within
a year the station's new slogan i want
my mtv helped influence thousands of
young music listeners to tune in and see
the latest and greatest
my videos
i want my mtv i want my mtv call your
cable company and say i want my mtv it
helped mtv become the place to be for
all aspiring musicians you were not
gonna get anywhere unless you had a
video on mtv the catchphrase was even
included in the dire straits song money
for nothing
[Music]
alas you could argue that youtube killed
the music video network along with this
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