by thedoanezone » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:24 am
gotta love the Wiki...
Notable appearances
-Gents Without Cents, 1944 short film starring The Three Stooges (trigger word: "Niagara Falls")
-In Society, 1944 film starring Abbott and Costello (trigger words: "Bagel Street" and "Susquehanna Hat Company")
-Lost in a Harem, 1944 film starring Abbott and Costello (trigger word: "Pokomoko")
-The Abbott and Costello Show, 1952 episode "Jail" (trigger word: "Niagara Falls"). A different episode of the show uses the In Society version, with "Fluegel Street" replacing "Bagel Street".
-I Love Lucy, 1952 episode "The Ballet," [1] (trigger word: "Martha")
-Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982 film starring Steve Martin (trigger word: "cleaning woman")
-"Buffalo!", 1956 song by Milton Berle (trigger word: "Buffalo")
-A pirate in a sketch on The Donny & Marie Show (trigger word: "Nantucket"). He meets a man named Dan Tucket at the end of the sketch; declaring it to be "close enough," the pirate begins to strangle him.
-"Don't Call Me Dude," 1990 song by Scatterbrain (trigger word: "dude")
-Referenced in Godspell by Victor Garber (trigger word: "Jesus")
-Referenced in the M*A*S*H episode "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde".
-Dinosaucers episode "Allo & Cos-Stego Meet The Abominable Snowman" (trigger word: "Himalayas")
-Talespin episode "The Bigger They Are the Louder They Oink" (trigger word: "bacon")
-The Price Is Right host Drew Carey will say "Slowly I turned ..." whenever a contestant mentions he/she is from Rancho Cucamonga, California (trigger word: "Cucamonga"))
-The Laurel and Hardy film Saps at Sea uses a variation of the gag: instead of a particular word or phrase, it's the sound of a horn playing that acts as the trigger for Ollie's violent outburts.