Daily Dirt: Don’t recognize these catch phrases? Well … no soup for you!

Daily Dirt for Monday, April 4, 2022

I only have four words for you today: Who loves ya, baby?! … Welcome to Vol. 251 of The Daily Dirt.

1. There are iconic catch phrases that can automatically take our minds to a specific time, position … or, remembering a favorite TV show.

If we were discussing movies, “Hasta la vista, baby!” would likely generate thoughts of Arnold Schwarzenegger and “Terminator”. If we were conversing about commercials, “Betcha can’t eat just one” would probably remind most folks of Lay’s Potato Chips. The same goes for TV shows.

I’ll give you 10 of my favorite catch phrases for popular TV programs and see how many you can name before checking for the answers at the end of today’s Daily Dirt (Answers follow thought No. 3. Looking ahead is not permitted)

• A. “No soup for you!”
• B. “Survey says!”
• C. “What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?”
• D. “Who loves ya, baby?”
• E. “D’oh!”
• F. “They killed Kenny!”
• G. “Marcia. Marcia. Marcia,”
• H. “Norm!”
• I. “How you doin’?”
• J. “Bazinga!”

2. We’re nearing an end to the Daily Dirt’s preseason look at the upcoming MLB season, and what do we have for you today?

Hey, Hey, Blue Jays! Toronto is our pick to win the American League East:

Order of finish: 1. Toronto, 2. Tampa Bay, 3. New York, 4. Boston, 5. Baltimore.

Why: A case could easily be made any of the top four teams to win this division, but my pick is Toronto because of its tremendous corps of young talent, anchored by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette. Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash is a bona fide genius when it comes to handling pitchers, and New York has the No. 1 ace in the division in Gerrit Cole. If Boston can get Chris Sale to rebound the Red Sox will also be in the mix. Baltimore? Eric Ervin, John Potts, Don Crim, J. Robert Gough and David Adam would form a better starting rotation that the Orioles will throw out there this season.

AL East MVP: Big Daddy Vladdy, a.k.a. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. If he gets off to a fast start, he might hit 60 homers this season.

AL East Cy Young: Gerrit Cole. Without him, the Yankees would finish ahead of only the woeful Orioles.

Best manager: Kevin Cash, Tampa Bay. At some point, one of the MLB megapowers will snatch him away from the Rays.

Best uniforms: Toronto. All of the Jays’ combinations pop (PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Ahead of the Yankees and Sawx unit? C’mon, Dirt…).

3. April has some pretty famous birthdays, judging by the following:

Actor John Ratzenberger turns 75 on Wednesday: You might remembery him as “Cliffy” on “Cheers”.

Comedian David Letterman will be 75 on April 12: Those early years of his late-night talk show on NBC were simply classic television.

Actor Tony Dow will celebrate birthday No. 75 on April 13: Most remember him as “Wally” on “Leave It Ti beaver”.

Former MLB player Pete Rose turns on April 14: Yeah, he’s a jerk, but he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be on April 16: I remember him when his name was Lew Alcindor.

Answers to TV show catch-phrase quiz:

A. “Seinfeld”.B. “Family Feud”.C. “Different Strokes”.D. “Kojak”.E.  “The Simpsons”.F. “South Park”. 
G. “The Brady Bunch”. H. “Cheers”I. “Friends”.J. “Big Bang Theory”.

Steve Thought O’ The Day — Steve is proud to say he once visited Toronto. That’s where he first ate Canadian bacon.

Steve Eighinger writes daily for Muddy River News. Isn’t Canadian Bacon just ham?