What does "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" mean?

[AJAY]

I give up.

 

What does "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" mean? I hear Steve the Homer True say it on the radio all the time and it drives me nuts (partially because I don't understand it, and partially because it sounds so dumb and annoying and they repeat it all the time). Someone also used that phrase in the game thread too.

 

I searched online and all I saw was a gambling reference. But it wasn't really clear.

 

Can someone explain?

[BrewCrewForever]

I thought some sports announcer used it once and then it just got big everywhere.

[MarquesJohnson2000]

Supposedly...

 

Years ago every casino had a 3 piece chicken dinner with potato and veggie for $1.79. A standard bet back then was $2.00, hence when you won a bet you had enough for a chicken dinner. So now you know the rest of the story.

 

 

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[blatzlight]

I knew it had a gambling thing with it as I say it (as do many others) when in Vegas.

[cweber39]

Yeah I agree it's very annoying. Especially his little weasel producer always says "You want some, come get some."

 

Homer is The Belling of sports radio, he always needs to be right and other people opinions do not matter.

[Brian the Automator]

[ Homer is The Belling of sports radio, he always needs to be right and other people opinions do not matter. ]

 

I've been falling in love with Homer recently, at least as far as his baseball opinions go. Listening call-in's get their asses handed to them regarding splits is worth it.

[MessiahRp]

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Homer is The Belling of sports radio, he always needs to be right and other people opinions do not matter.

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I agree there. I listen to 1510am on my way into work because I enjoy Mike & Mike but when I turn my radio on for the way home I click Homer off immediately. The guy's ego is way out of control (see: title of his show) and he's quite annoying. I agree completely on the chicken dinner line as well.

 

Gary & Cliff aren't very good either but in a market where modern rock music is taboo, they're the only option other than grabbing for a CD.

 

Rp

[2hoophead]

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Especially his little weasel producer always says "You want some, come get some."

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Agreed.

 

The little weasel has a voice for, well, print media. I turn off the show for a while on the way home when I hear it.

[cweber39]

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The little weasel has a voice for, well, print media.

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And the guy is a Red Sox fan.

[recte44]

Boom goes the dynamite.

[billyhallfan]

i like Homer, I don't mind is ego at all, I would rather listen to him on 1510 than Gary Ellerson say:

 

WHAATSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! CRACKINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

MILWAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUKEEEEEE!!!!

 

BBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM....

 

Gosh, I just want to tell him that he sounds like an idiot, plus listening to GAry and Cliff is even worse, Gary thinks that he knows everything because he played a pro sport, and Cliff gets shut down by him all the time because he isn't a "jock" I can't stand those two...Tim Allen is the only guy I like on 1250, Sparky needs to go to Chicago...

 

 

The best Sportsradio station show is the D-list, hands down, but the problem is, I am always in school

[BrewCrewForever]

Tim Allen is the only guy I like on 1250

 

I actually like 1250 and all of their shows, but I agree Allen is the best and the man and Doug Russell is very good as well.

[docduany]

Thanks for the lesson on "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner." The boys and I say it all the time, but we're just stealing that from Tin Cup. I guess it makes sense that it was a gambling thing.

[RightFieldCoder]

I probably said "Winner, winner, chicken dinner" in the IGT. I say it aloud. I don't listen to 1510 so I didn't realize someone else was saying it there. I don't remember where I got it from, just kept using it.

[berniebrewer4life]

Scent of a Woman? Also david stien uses it.

[Boy Jeenius]

I really like Gary Ellis when he talkes about the Badgers football or the Packers. He tries real hard on the Bucks and Brewers, but it's just not the same.

[Crazyk1294]

Also david stien uses it.

 

That's where I first heard the phrase. I can't help but think that Homer stole that line from Stein. His entire show has been so quite unoriginal and boring since he switched to 1510.