And now, for something completely different…

Who said 'em first? Do you say them now?

Name the originator of each of these catchphrases.

1. I am not a number, I am a free man. Number Six, in The Prisoner.
2. Exterminate. Any given Dalek.
3. Listen, I shall say this only once. (Name the show.) 'Allo, 'Allo.
4. History is more or less bunk. Henry Ford.
5. The customer is always right! Gordon Selfridge, department store man.
6. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do! John Steinbeck, in The Grapes of Wrath.
7. Big Brother is watching you. George Orwell.
8. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin... The BBC, on Listen with Mother.
9. Get off my cloud. The Rolling Stones.
10. Cowabunga! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Does this quiz make you itch to invent your own catchphrases? Go right ahead. Introduce them in your NaJoPoMo journal. If you start to hear them on the street, you may feel proud.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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