This informative post will be published on Saturday along with my usual writing. You are invited to participate with the opening question.

Brain Teaser Question

What six words can you make using the letters STOP only once in each word?

(answer found at the end of this post)

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Today’s narrative will take a bit of a detour. Let’s just call it an expanded Q & A about some of American television’s most iconic and regularly occurring lines. The lines will be listed below, with the answers provided at the end of the list.

Here is the Top Ten as selected randomly without any special significance. Can you name the television show for each?

What’s up doc?

Did I do that?

Heeeere’s Johnny!

Yabba dabba do!

Live long and prosper

Come on down!

Book ’em Danno

And that’s the way it is

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Good night John Boy

Here are the answers. How did you do? You are invited to share in the comments some of your favorite lines from television shows as well as films.

What’s up doc?

Bugs Bunny from “Looney Tunes”

Did I do that?

Steve Urkel from “Family Matters”

Heeeere’s Johnny!

Ed McMahon introducing Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show”

Yabba dabba do!

Fred Flintstone from “The Flintstones”

Live long and prosper

Mr. Spock from “Star Trek”

Come on down!

Contestant’s introduction from “The Price Is Right”