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Weekend Discussion Thread: Best One- or Two-Word Riffs

Alert reader Ken is concise:

Best one or two word riffs.

My nomination: “ENNNNNNNND!!!!!”

Yours?

127 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: Best One- or Two-Word Riffs”

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  1. HauntedHill says:

    HUZZAH!

       16 likes

  2. sol-survivor says:

    From Monster A-Go-Go:

    Narrator: “There is one terrifying word in the world of nuclear physics.”

    Tom Servo: “Oops.”

       40 likes

  3. fatbarkeep says:

    Jimmy Smits

       6 likes

  4. Robniles says:

    “My nuts?”

       22 likes

  5. Fart Bargo says:

    “TeNperature!?”

       5 likes

  6. DarkGrandmaofDeath says:

    “Gym-KATA!”

       8 likes

  7. greatful-ed says:

    Mitchell!

       17 likes

  8. Danzilla "Cornjob" McLargehuge, Student of Kaijuology says:

    Madison

       6 likes

  9. servomademesayit says:

    Mannix!

    Double Mannix!

       9 likes

  10. ctc says:

    Does “bing….bong!” from “Cave Dwellers” count as a word?

    Don C.

       6 likes

  11. Garza says:

    TUSK!

    Zap Actionsdower!

       7 likes

  12. Majorjoe23 says:

    From Manos: “… Is golden!” “…is golden!”

       7 likes

  13. Kenneth Morgan says:

    From “Manos”…

    DO SOMETHING!

    One of the few times we saw Joel lose his cool.

       25 likes

  14. EAG46 says:

    From “What To Do On A Date” … “NICK, NO!!” when he ponders a weenie roast as a date option with Kay. This has become a catchphrase among my group of friends.

       9 likes

  15. TheAngryBanjo says:

    “Bonk.”

       6 likes

  16. Mibbitmaker says:

    ….Manos…..

    Hi-Keeba!

       5 likes

  17. Kansas says:

    Joel’s “Unbelievable” during the infamous phone ring in Monster A Go Go. He puts so much disgust in a single word.

       23 likes

  18. TurkeyVolumeGuessingGal says:

    Crow: “Bite Me!”

    :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

       8 likes

  19. thequietman says:

    Father Dude!

       8 likes

  20. Smoothie of Great Power says:

    From Future War:

    “It’s Superpope!”

       8 likes

  21. agentmom says:

    Hai-Keeba!!!!

       9 likes

  22. Ptomreeves says:

    “Licky me” from Girl in the Gold Boots.

       6 likes

  23. SLEEP!

       15 likes

  24. Ian L. says:

    I Accuse My Parents:

    “And this is my Aunt Harriet.”
    “Nuff said.”

    Village of the Giants:

    “Jim Begg.”

    Red Zone Cuba:

    “Hi-Cuba!”

    Agent For H.A.R.M.:

    “Driiiiiive.”

       6 likes

  25. Bruce Boxliker says:

    “I’M HUGE!”

    “SLEEEEEEEEP!!!!!”

    And although it’s not technically a riff (since it was during a host segment): “Foghat, Lawgiver?”

       10 likes

  26. Grant says:

    Kitty!

       12 likes

  27. David Mello says:

    In Hired, the car salesman tells his dad he’s worried about the usual thing…”crushing puppies.”
    Or, in The Incredibly Mixed-Up Zombies, “Madison”

       5 likes

  28. MarcusVermilion says:

    JEEEEEEEED!(“Leach Woman”)

    Saaayyyy! (Various MST3K episodes)

       17 likes

  29. Saherrin says:

    Violent Years

    Gloria “Let’s just say it’s part of a well-organized, foreign plan..”
    Crow: “Communism!!!!” (The delivery and the thinly veiled jingoism is the selling point.)

    Wild Wild world of BattwomN
    Servo: “Eeeennndddd!!!!”

       6 likes

  30. MSTie says:

    Olé! (in Danger!! Death Ray, when Bart Fargo sidesteps and the Abe Lincoln-looking spy goes out the window)

       7 likes

  31. Apollonia James (yeah, right) says:

    STAAAYYY!

    Also, in Gunslinger, the befuddled way Joel repeats “Googleberg…?” always cracks me up.

       8 likes

  32. Murdock Hauser says:

    It stinks! “Pod People” and “Mr.B”.

       24 likes

  33. ck says:

    Shopping News”

    As in, I’m Lisa Henson with The Banner.
    Crow or Tom: “Formerly the Shopping News”.

       4 likes

  34. Disco 3:16 says:

    Windowpane.

       2 likes

  35. Alex says:

    “AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!”

    -Tom Servo, Mitchell.

       3 likes

  36. Goji says:

    *Multi-hairstyled villain watches our Werewolf protagonist crash through a window and run off into the night, does not react in the slightest*

    Mike: “Huh”

    – Werewolf

       18 likes

  37. David B. says:

    McCloud !

       8 likes

  38. Jbagels says:

    “Rocky” “Again?”

    And in the Home Economics short when one of the girls is messing with the scale and crow says “damn” with perfect timing.

       10 likes

  39. AlbuquerqueTurkey says:

    Oh, man, all the best ones have been said already!

    How about “Dirk Hardpecs”, “Butch Deadlift”, etc.

       13 likes

  40. RealMadSci says:

    Rock climbing

       9 likes

  41. MikeK says:

    “No Lupita!” (I’m glad we now have the actress Lupita N’Longo. I now have an excuse to use that line.)

    Narrator: “She keeps her feet clamped tightly together.”

    Crow: “Enough said.”

       10 likes

  42. Rachel says:

    PYUUUMMAAA?

       9 likes

  43. Droppo says:

    Oh, poopie.

       12 likes

  44. dafs says:

    From Merlin:
    “You’re welcome!”

       13 likes

  45. Wes says:

    Some?

       3 likes

  46. Torgospizza-NJ says:

    In the THING THAT WOULDN’T DIE, when the evil doc gets to the top of the staircase and turns around with a sinister look and (Crow)says…”WAYS”

       8 likes

  47. “Kitties!” from The Day the Earth Froze.

       3 likes

  48. Danzilla "Cornjob" McLargehuge, Student of Kaijuology says:

    Want some?

       5 likes

  49. The Louisville Slugger says:

    I’m going to the Rifftrax Live of Jack the Giant Killer when Jack is chained up in the villain’s lair. Jack pathetically and unsuccessfully lunges against his chains and Kevin Murphy vocalized it with the most hilarious sound: “Unnnnnn”

       2 likes

  50. Steve K says:

    Michael Chandler:
    “Kitties!” from The Day the Earth Froze.

    “Kitties!” from every episode it’s in!

       6 likes

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