Oh, television. “Teacher, mother… secret lover.” That’s just in the immortal words of one of it’s own top stars, Homer Simpson, These days, TV is all that and more. Creating reality fads you’d skip a hot date for and dramatic characters so well-rounded that you feel like you really do know them better than your own family. And with new specialty cable channels springing up every day—Faith TV, The Golf Channel, Japan Dub Network—TV is well on track to become an increasingly dominant cultural presence when other forms of traditional media—Hollywood and the recording industry—are scrabbling to catch up with developing technology. So pay well-deserved homage to some of your favorite TV stars! It could be the golden age of sitcoms—think Lucille Ball and her trademark “Waaaah!” or The Honeymooner’s slightly un-PC “To the moon, Alice!” The 70's were great too, with Happy Days and The Fonz (“’ey!”) and landmark kid’s shows like Sesame Street and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. The 80's were certainly an amazing decade for kid’s TV—cartoons targeted at young audiences reached a new level of marketability, testified to by their enduring cult appeal. Everyone from He-Man (“By the power of Grayskull!”) to the Care Bears (“Care Bear stare!”) all summon up giddy, sugar-high memories in anyone who sat in front of the TV on an 80's Saturday morning. But it’s contemporary television that’s had the most success crafting instant catchphrases. Reality TV has been a constant source of instant classics, from The Donald (“You’re fired!”) to Project Runway (“Aufedersein!”) to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (“Is that your final answer?”) Mature cartoons also offer some great TV sound-bites, like innumerable classics from The Simpsons (“D’oh!”) to South Park’s running “Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” gag.