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Phasers on Stun Imperative Bonus

  1. Abt naturally. (sic) -- Misspelled holdup note, from Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run."

  2. Address it to my wife. -- From the song "Take A Letter Maria," by R.B. Greaves

  3. Bake someone happy. -- Ad for Betty Crocker Cake Mix.

  4. Be all that you can be. -- Slogan for the U.S. Army.

  5. Be careful how you use it. -- Ad for Hai Karate Men's Cologne.

  6. Be prepared. -- Slogan for the Boy Scouts; also a song by Tom Lehrer.

  7. Book 'em, Danno. -- Said by Jack Lord at the end of each "Hawaii Five-O" episode.

  8. Button it, Dog Breath. -- Bruce Weitz (Mick Belker) to any talkative lawbreakers, on "Hill Street Blues."

  9. Calling Dr. Bombay. Emergency, come right away. -- Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha Stevens) to Bernard Fox (Dr. Bombay) whenever she encountered a magical illness on "Bewitched."

  10. Climb high, climb far. -- Beginning of inscription on Hopkins Memorial Steps.

  11. Close cover before striking. -- Message printed on matchbooks.

  12. Come aboard; we're expecting you. -- From the opening theme to "The Love Boat."

  13. Come back to tranquility. -- from tourism ads for Jamaica.

  14. Come on down. -- Johnny Olsen's invitation to all contestants, on "The Price Is Right."

  15. Come on down to my boat. -- Song of the same name by Every Mother's Son.

  16. Come to where the flavor is. -- Slogan for Marlboro cigarettes.

  17. Come up to the lab and see what's on the slab. -- From "Sweet Transvestite," sung by Tim Curry in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

  18. Do it. Do it. Till you're satisfied. -- Song by B.T. Express.

  19. Do it now because _______ will not be undersold. -- Ad for Crazy Eddie electronics stores.

  20. Do not add water. -- Directions for Campbell's Chunky Soup. (Progresso Soup says "No need to add water.")

  21. Do not remove this tag under penalty of law. -- Found on any mattress.

  22. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. -- The Golden Rule. (Not the Bible.)

  23. Don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts. -- Bumper sticker found on cars owned by McGovern voters; Massachusetts was the only state to vote for McGovern over Nixon in 1972.

  24. Don't call me Chief. -- Exasperated command of John Hamilton (Perry White), to Jack Larsen (Jimmy Olsen), on the TV "Superman" shows.

  25. Don't call me Shirley. -- Leslie Nielsen to any number of people in "Airplane."

  26. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. -- Last lines of J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."

  27. Don't eyeball me, boy. -- Lou Gossett Jr. (Sgt. Foley) to Richard Gere (Mayo), in "An Officer and a Gentleman."

  28. Don't leave home without it. -- Slogan for American Express cards.

  29. Don't let the sun go down on me. -- Title of Elton John song.

  30. Don't squash that dwarf, hand me the pliers. -- One of the Firesign Theater comedy troupe's album titles.

  31. Energize. -- Anyone on "Star Trek," speaking to the teleport operator.

  32. Energize me. -- Ad for Eveready batteries.

  33. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night. -- Line spoken by Bette Davis, in "All About Eve."

  34. Fly you fools. -- From J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring," said by Gandalf to the rest of the party as he and the Balrog are falling from the Bridge of Khazud Dum, in Moria.

  35. Fold back foil to expose muffin. -- Swanson's Frozen TV Dinner directions (Veal Parmesan, to be specific).

  36. Freeze, sugar. -- Teresa Graves (Christie Love) says this on "Get Chrstie Love" TV show, everytime she pulls out her gun.

  37. Get in there or I'll make a dime bank outta ya. -- Bert Lahr to the pigs he's shoo'ing back into their sty, at the beginning of "The Wizard of Oz."

  38. Get thee to a nunnery. -- Line spoken by Hamlet, to Ophelia, in "Hamlet."

  39. Get your tootsy fruitsy ice cream. -- Chico Marx to passersby, in "A Day at the Races," while selling racing forms from his ice cream cart.

  40. Give him a sedagive. (sic) -- Gene Wilder pantomimes this to Teri Garr and Marty Feldman in "Young Frankenstein," while being strangled by Peter Boyle (the monster). Or at least that's the way Garr and Feldman interpret it.

  41. Give me a whiskey and don't be stingy baby. -- Greta Garbo to bartender at beginning of "Anna Christie." (It is Garbo's first spoken line in her movie career.)

  42. Give me the slippers. -- Margaret Hamilton (Wicked Witch of the West) to Judy Garland (Dorothy), in "The Wizard of Oz."

  43. Give your kids a fighting chance. -- Ad for Crest toothpaste.

  44. Go back three spaces. -- Instructions from the game Monopoly.

  45. Go call your mother and tell her there is serious doubt. -- John Houseman (Prof. Kingsfield) to Timothy Bottoms (James Harte) in "The Paper Chase." Houseman has just handed Bottoms a dime; the quote finishes, "...about your becoming a lawyer."

  46. Go for the gusto. -- Ad for Schlitz Beer.

  47. Go get 'em kid, you've got a clear field. -- Harrison Ford (Han Solo) to Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), in "Star Wars." Han has just blasted Darth Vader's ship into outer space while Luke is trying to destroy the Death Star.

  48. Go West young man. -- Most notable quote of 19th century newspaperman/Presidential candidate Horace Greeley.

  49. Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce. -- Part of Burger King's "Have it your way" jingle.

  50. Holy Cow -- look at that. -- Typical announcing by Yankee broadcaster Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto.

  51. I'm not a sore loser or anything, but when we're done, if I'm dead, kill him. -- Paul Newman (Butch) to Robert Redford (Sundance), as Newman is preparing to fight Harvey Logan for control of the gang, in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

  52. In years to come, when you talk of this, and you will, be kind. -- Deborah Kerr to John Kerr, at the end of the movie "Tea and Sympathy."

  53. Just put your lips together and blow. -- Lauren Bacall to Humphrey Bogart, in "To Have and Have Not." Famous exit line that begins "If you need me, just whistle."

  54. Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. -- Closing of Casey Kasem's syndicated "American Top 40" countdown show.

  55. Kill the light, Hymie. -- Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) says this to Dick Gautier (Hymie the Robot) on "Get Smart." Hymie takes everything literally, so he pulls out his gun and shoots the light.

  56. Leave the driving to us. -- Greyhound Bus slogan.

  57. Left foot -- green. Right hand -- blue. -- Ad, or instructions, for the game Twister.

  58. Let's be careful out there. -- Michael Conrad (Phil Esterhaus) to the cops preparing to hit the streets, in every episode of "Hill Street Blues."

  59. Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain. -- From "Rhythm of the Rain," a song by the Cascades.

  60. Look natural, not naked. -- Ad for the Playtex Free Spirit Bra.

  61. Mary, get in here. -- Ed Asner (Lou Grant) to Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) whenever things got dicey in the WJM newsroom, from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

  62. Never send to know for whom the bell tolls. -- From John Donne's collection "Devotions"; later appropriated by Ernest Hemingway.

  63. Open Channel D. -- Anyone who wanted to communicate on the pocket pen radio, from "The Man >From U.N.C.L.E."

  64. Phasers on stun. -- Really, now.

  65. Play faster. Faster. -- Dave O'Brien to the piano player in "Reefer Madness," while in a marijuana-induced frenzy.

  66. Please go all the way. -- From the Raspberries' song, "Go All The Way."

  67. Plugh. -- From the computer game "Adventure." Type this command, and you transport between Y2 and the house.

  68. Promise her anything, but give her _____. -- Ad slogan for Arpege perfume.

  69. Push down and turn. -- Instruction son child-proof caps.

  70. Put a tiger in your tank. -- Slogan for Esso (now Exxon) gasoline.

  71. Put me in your pocket, Mike. -- Katherine Hepburn (Tracy Lord) to Jimmy Stewart (Mike) in "The Philadelphia Story" while drunk in the garden, before they jump in the pool.

  72. Reach out of the darkness. -- From song by the same name, by Friend and Lover.

  73. Riddle me this. -- The Riddler's constant challenge to Batman. Usually Frank Gorshin, but sometimes John Astin, said this to Adam West.

  74. Say "Hello" to a brand new world. -- Ad for Pan Am Airlines.

  75. Say it with flowers. -- Ad for FTD Florists.

  76. Say the secret word and win $100. -- Ongoing bonus on Groucho Marx's game show, "You Bet Your Life."

  77. Say your goddamn pronouns. -- Truman Capote to Peter Sellers, in "Murder By Death."

  78. See the woman..... -- Part of the opening to "Adam 12": "1-Adam 12, 1-Adam 12, see the woman, a 459 in progress..." Said by the dispatcher (Sharon Claridge, but you didn't have to know that) to Martin Milner (Pete Malloy) and Kent McCord (Jim Reed).

  79. Shaken, not stirred. -- The way James Bond prefers his martinis.

  80. So let it be written, so let it be done. -- Yul Brynner to a scribe in "The Ten Commandments," getting tough with the Jews.

  81. Speak, friend, and enter. -- "The Fellowship of the Ring" again. This is written on the entrance to Moria. (All you do is say the word "friend" in Dwarvish, and the door opens.)

  82. Squeal like a pig. -- From the film "Deliverance," said by the mountian man to Ned Beatty during rape scene.

  83. Stilflay hraku, u emblir ra. -- From the book "Watership Down." (General Wound Wart says it to Big Wig; it happens to mean, "Eat shit you stinking king.")

  84. Stop, children. What's that sound. -- From the Buffalo Springfield Song "For What It's Worth."

  85. Stop. Look. Listen. -- The instructions on how to cross the street -- or railroad tracks -- properly.

  86. Stop. Put your pencils down. -- The end of any ETS Standardized Test.

  87. Take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night. -- From the Bruce Springsteen song "Blinded By The Light," whose best-known version is by the Manfred Mann Earth Band.

  88. Take a right at the rock that looks like a bear, then left at the bear that looks like a rock. -- From "F Troop," the directions given by Forrest Tucker (Sgt. O'Roarke) on how to get from F Troop to the Hikawe Camp.

  89. Take a walk on the wild side. -- From song of same name by Lou Reed.

  90. Take her to the zoo. -- Suggestion to Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky," regarding where he should take Talia Shire on their first date.

  91. Take it off. Take it all off. -- Ad for Noxema Medicated Shave Cream.

  92. Taste me, taste me. C'mon and taste me. -- Ad jingle for Doral cigarettes.

  93. Tote that barge; lift that bail. -- from the song "Old Man River," taken from the musical "Showboat."

  94. Trust your car to the man who wears the star. -- Ad for Texaco.

  95. Try it, you'll like it. -- Ad for Alka-Seltzer; continues, "So I tried it. Thought I was gonna die."

  96. Wash that grey right outta your hair. -- Ad for Clairol Loving Care (stolen from the "South Pacific" song "Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair.")

  97. Ya gotta believe. -- Exultant cry by Tug McGraw to his 1973 Mets team.

  98. You must hide me. Don't let them take me. -- Peter Lorre's desperate and unsuccessful plea to Humphrey Bogart, as the police bust into the cafe in "Casablanca."

  99. You take one more bite and you're in very big trouble. -- Dustin Hoffman's desperate and unsuccessful plea to an ice cream-eating Justin Henry, in "Kramer Vs. Kramer."

  100. You tell Raphael..... -- Peter Sellers (Chauncey Gardner), in "Being There." (Chauncey relays this message to the doctor in the examination room; this is the scene whose outtakes are shown endlessly during the closing credits.)