My earliest memories of “Saturday Night Live” were hearing my parents incorporate catchphrases from Dana Carvey’s Church Lady — “Could it be … Satan?” or “Well isn’t that special?” — into casual conversation.
Once I was allowed to stay up late enough to watch, I started doing the same thing — and looking for friends who didn’t think it was weird to respond to someone winning a video game with “We’re not worthy!”
For the 50 years it has been on the air, “S.N.L.” has changed how we talk. That was the basis of our roundup of 50 catchphrases the show has popularized.
Now we want to hear from you. Is there a catchphrase you’ve found yourself saying? Tell us about it and what your connection to it is.
We will read every response and plan to publish a selection of them, but we won’t publish yours without following up with and hearing back from you. We won’t share your contact info outside the Times newsroom, and we won’t use it for any reason other than to get in touch.
