Larry Grayson - Catchphrases

Catchphrases

• "Shut that door!" (Directed off-stage; his most famous catchphrase, said to have been coined accidentally while playing a draughty theatre in Redcar)
• "What a gay day!" (An exclamation after something risqué or innuendo-laden had been said or done)
• "Isla, the scores on the doors..." (To Isla St Clair on The Generation Game; her reply was "The names in the frames...")
• "Seems like a nice boy!" (Directed to the audience after meeting a male contestant to suggest questionable sexuality)
• "Look at the muck on 'ere!" (After running his finger across the top of the back of a chair or another stage prop)
• "Fancy!" (An exclamation after something risqué or innuendo-laden had been said or done)
• "Why was I given this information?" (On The Generation Game; directed off-stage after reading out a mundane fact about a contestant)
• "The place is alive" (whilst feigning disgust about imaginary infestations of his current surroundings)
• Non-verbal: Cheeks sucked in, mouth puckered, staring into camera for several seconds then quickly looking away; to feign shock or disgust