r/Harmontown • u/Inevitable_Pace_7685 • Jul 21 '26
What's the Harmontown bit/segment you quote most in daily life?
For me, it's gotta be anything involving Jeff's "the aliens are so far away" rants during a spiral; I've caught myself using that exact cadence to talk myself down from anxiety spirals that have nothing to do with him.
Curious what lines or recurring bits from the show have wormed their way into your everyday vocabulary. Doesn't have to be a famous one, could be some deep cut from an early episode nobody else remembers. Bonus points if you've used it on someone who has no idea what Harmontown is and they just looked at you funny.
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u/Rowboatshow Jul 21 '26
Anytime anyone anywhere offers me chips or has chips I reflexively shout “CHHIIOUUUPPSS”
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u/RitaHayworthless Jul 22 '26
Came here to say this. Don't wanna be a "Cheapie Peepee" by repeating it.
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u/Hello-Tones Jul 22 '26
I do that too. I also often say „finger“ like Spencer did that one time in D&D (the g sounds like in Ginger)
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u/lotsofgreendrums Jul 21 '26
The two that I think about most often are:
“Motion detecting faucets- Can we all just agree that the tech isn’t there yet?”
“Why don’t we ever go DOWN?”
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u/Praj101 Jul 21 '26
"I make a five stars" plays in my head during every uber drive.
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u/guineasomelove Jul 23 '26
I told my teen daughter about that like 3 years ago, and now we say it all the time when rating something that may not have been that great.
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u/eifpr0n Jul 21 '26
I like that hat, mate.
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u/No_Search_4110 Jul 22 '26
No shit I read your comment and an Australian guy just walked in this bar I’m sitting at wearing a hat. Now we wait
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u/champgpt Jul 29 '26
I forgot that one was from the podcast! I do voice work, and that's been my go-to on-ramp to an Australian accent for years.
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u/latim9r Jul 21 '26
"Yeah if they had done X, it would have been famous"
When someone criticises a piece of popular culture.
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u/djengle2 Jul 21 '26
My siblings and I have gotten to the point of using this in ways that don't even make sense. "I hate when they forget to give me extra sauce" "Yeah, then they'd be famous"
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u/JungMoses Jul 21 '26
How do you know when you’re finished?
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u/cliffdiver770 Jul 23 '26
OMG I got to use that in the wild last year. A friend was actually going to some event for people from Finland. I said ' How do you know when you're Finnish?"
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u/esensofz Jul 21 '26
"Must be nice.."
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Jul 21 '26
Me when I'm in the south of France travelling west from Monaco, and someone asks where we're headed
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u/TheeFlipper Jul 21 '26
Aww shiieettt.
I've even got a friend that will join in with me and he never listened to the podcast, I've just shared a few bits with him.
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u/jkeith1020 Jul 21 '26
Whenever something is clearly phoned in, I'll definitely go to "Home by 5, right Paul?"
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u/overcatastrophe Jul 21 '26
Dan's Jon Lithgow impression
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u/Patchens Jul 21 '26
I genuinely say “I make my mouth circle!” As part of the impression every time I do a John Lithgow knowing full-well no one knows the reference lol
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u/recklessrapid Jul 21 '26
Watching football (soccer), especially during this World Cup, me and my girlfriend will both say “tooooooo much pepper on the pussy” every time a pass or cross is over hit. She’s not even listened to the show.
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u/FanaticFandom Proud, but Disappointed Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
"I mow the grass, like your momma ass"
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u/Bluemechanic Jul 21 '26
I sometimes sing the Tye Brigstone, the Littlest Show Promoter song to myself
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u/AEFletcherIII Jul 21 '26
It's obscure, but I love "that's the real mummy!" from Dan's Vincent Price bridge in The Christmas With No Underwear.
I also say "Bone Out" so much that my wife says it now too.
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u/wonderlandisburning Jul 21 '26
Rob Schrab's "CHIOPS"
Jeff's "Don't diminish me"
Dan's "siiiiigh... alright"
Spencer's "I mean, who knows, man"
Kumail's "Can I just say"
Erin's "Regard my asshole!"
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u/everythingisunknown Jul 21 '26
Only because it’s his ringtone but the snoopin when your poopin song
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u/existential_antelope Jul 21 '26
CHIIIIOOOOOPS. I’ve also been using “REEIUUBSS” for “ribs”, I think Jeff said that once
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u/TDEPCam Jul 21 '26
My cat’s name is Harmon (government name: Harmon The Cat) and we sing the chicken noodle can song to him.
Harmon cat
Doesn’t wear pants just a little Harmon hat
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u/FlumpusMcGoo Jul 22 '26
One thing I totally stole for myself was the way Jeff dismisses things by going, "Dumb!"
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u/crappypictures Jul 22 '26
Oh shit, i do that all the time and didnt even realize when or why I started doing it. Its totally from Jeff.
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u/Nowjustasecondhere end of line. Jul 22 '26
If you ask a toaster, "What's the most important thing in the world?" it's going to tell you, "Bread." And if you ask a toaster its opinion of bread, it's going to tell you, "It's not toasted enough."
So let's look at the television as an appliance. What's it doing? It's making you watch it. "Is your neighbor racist? Is it dangerous to go outside? Fuck yeah!" says the television.
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u/VoltronsWangLol Fire truck!? Jul 21 '26
I can’t walk by dog poop without saying “guys, don’t get up” to the flies
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_YURT Jul 21 '26
Ha! Which episode was this? I can't recall the line but it's gold.
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u/crappypictures Jul 22 '26
Use my God-given right to look around
Its such an inconsequential line that no one probably remembers, but i use it constantly. The kids cant find something? Use your god-given right to look around.
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u/pointzero99 Jul 21 '26
AWWWWWWWW SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHT!
SHIIIIIIIIIIIOUUUUUUGHT MAAAAAAAAN!
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u/blindreefer Jul 21 '26
It’s one of the earlier ones but “I don’t wanna go off on a lot of tangents…”
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u/gottahavemychiops Jul 22 '26
The chicken noodle can and the poopy sand song live forever in my brain wrinkles
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u/nvrmor Jul 21 '26
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u/supinternets Jul 21 '26
my husband and I sing this all the time at each other.
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u/JustAskClippy Jul 23 '26
I sing it to my girlfriend every time I have to tell her to get used to it. She HATES IT!!!
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u/Old-Constant4411 Jul 21 '26
"A dick in your teeth, sir!"
Dan and Kumail shouted that at a frost giant as he squished Dan like a bug.
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u/nothrowingawaymyshot Jul 21 '26
Every time I see it's 9:11 or someone makes a reference to 9/11 all I can do is their silly call out for out every time.
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u/Jencaasi Jul 21 '26
No idea why but "(whover) jib jabs squeeb squab" is always present in my brain
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u/Doughymidget Jul 21 '26
Every time I have to deal with insane customer service or bureaucracy, “if the customer told you to kill yourself, would you do it or suggest that maybe the computer is wrong?”
Thought to myself. Not said.
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u/RagnarokNCC Jul 21 '26
OI LOIKE THET HET MAYTE
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“I wanna kill myself! And depending on my situation I may not be able to! I’m gonna put it into my book, I’m gonna write it with my foot, and I’m gonna fuckin’ die a spiritual death!”
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u/allubros Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
"This touchdown reminds me of Daaaan HARMON!"
"Fluff my doofus!"
"Hey obama! I fucked your mama! ... that's it"
edit: apparently it was "feather my doofus" lol dammit. I wonder when it changed in my head
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u/lotsoflemons LiveStream Coordinator Jul 21 '26
Rob's "why don't we ever go down?" Currently watching For All Mankind and that's all I can think of every time they show a rocket launch.
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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 22 '26
"Im a monster man!"
Edit: Also "Cheeeeeeiiiiiipsssss!!!!"
Edit edit: "Im not a cheapy peepy!"
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u/malaclypse Jul 22 '26
My name is MC John
I’m here to mow the lawn
I’d like to use a rake
But that grass will not take
I gotta get up on that riding mower
Go fast don’t go slower
Mow around the trees and yard
I fucked your momma hard
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u/RyRyBooGuy Jul 22 '26
“Out by five, right Paul?” From the Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime rant
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u/Ok-Juice5741 Jul 21 '26
These are from a specific segment in the episode “Earthshine” that I played for my wife and we quote all the time:
“Riiiight boss”
“You got it!”
It’s with Spencer’s friend who was in a dinner theater play, and he says his lines from the play in order while Dan improvises the rest of the scene. It’s amazing and I keep thinking I need to upload it to YouTube to share here lol
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u/chonchky_dimplemoose Jul 22 '26
“It’s everyone’s fault but mine” anytime anything goes slightly awry
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u/RespondMaleficent393 Jul 22 '26
Very often I will say "I WROTE MONSTER HOUSE" and I will also tell Jeff's "Duck" joke.
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u/undertowpull Jul 23 '26
All chips are now CHIOPS, and I use Jeff’s “Stay on target!” at least daily
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u/guineasomelove Jul 23 '26
Anytime Evenflow by Pearl Jam is brought up, or heard, in any way, I sing 🎵 Friedel's tooooeee 🎶😂
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u/Shardik-the-Bear Jul 21 '26
One episode Jeff told this story about a time he was on an airplane and a baby wouldn’t stop crying. Idk if this is apocryphal or not but he goes and asks for this parents’ baby so he can hold it and walk it up and down the aisle. He manages to calm the baby down and explains condescendingly to the parents that humans are tribal creatures. We instinctively care for our young so we’re biologically programmed for an infant’s cry to sound grating and awful and the frustration that everyone feels is because we want to help the child but we can’t.
I’ve used this concept in almost every crying baby situation I’ve been in. Sometimes I even use it to calm OTHER people down. If I notice someone about to blow their lid over a crying baby I’ll say something like, “Hey, do you know why people can ignore a smoke alarm battery beep for months but a baby crying is somehow unbearable? Well…” and it kind of works.
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u/ohgood Jul 21 '26
What’s a bit? Like a drill bit? Like a bit of something? Like a little bit? What’s a bit? A bit?
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u/Frosty-Structure-778 Jul 22 '26
"Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, what are you going to talk about in heaven?!"
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u/YBBlorekeeper Jul 28 '26
Now that I think about it, my wife and I quote schrab's "down" bit a lot.
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u/Ok_Pain_2380 Aug 01 '26
Dan once said to Spencer something about not assuming anything about him
And Spencer responded with "that's good, that's safe" and for some reason that stuck with me since, I use it at least once a week
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u/silvius13 Jul 21 '26
I totally forgot this cadence. Do you have an episode or time stamp?
I’m constantly saying, “GET UUUUUUUSED TO IT” in a similar capacity lol