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== Live
* In the [[Colbert Report]] [http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/qyadrw/obama-administration-replaces-food-pyramid here]
{{quote|But that was my favorite Egyptian mortuary based nutritional diagram}}
* In ''[[Brothers and Sisters]]'', the following exchange happens:
{{quote|'''Saul''': Why are you so obsessed with my social life?
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* On ''[[Scrubs]]'':
** The Janitor tries this and fails.
{{quote|'''Janitor''': We're the best hospital employee ''a capella'' band around.
'''The Worthless Peons''': Oh really? }}
** Ted unintentionally does this when he's talking to Gooch:
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{{quote|'''News Announcer''': It's been a quiet day over most of the country, as people went back to work after the warmest July weekend in nearly a year.}}
* In one episode of ''[[Due South]]'', Ray Kowalski claims that his current boxing protégé is the best fighter he's ever trained. Francesca forces him to admit that he's the only fighter he's ever trained.
* ''[[Television Without Pity]]'' does this occasionally.
** They described ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' as "probably the best vampire show on now", though that's not as narrow as it sounds these days..
** They also described ''[[Top Chef]]: Just Desserts'' as "everyone's favourite competitive pastry reality show".
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* In the first 2010 episode of the ''[[Ellen DeGeneres]] Show'', Ellen proclaims to her audience, "you are the best audience of the year", and adds "no, you are the best audience of the DECADE!" The audience starts off laughing at the joke, and then cheers for themselves.
* There was a History Channel documentary on the Black Plague where one analyst referred to it as "Surely one of the most important events in European history where over fifty percent of the population died in such a short time." (Yeah, there's probably supposed to be a comma after history...)
* On ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'':
** In the 11th-season episode "Who Knew?":
{{quote|'''Col. Potter''': The best damn cartoon strip in the world is 'Li'l Abner.'
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* In an early episode of ''[[Psych]]'', Shawn says the following about Lassiter: "... he is an exemplary public servant, and arguably the finest detective mind in the lower western Santa Barbara county area... over the age of 35."
* In an episode of ''[[Reno 911!]]'', Junior honors the Sheriff's memory by calling him the "best Pollack sheriff" they've ever had. He goes on to say that he isn't deprecating the Polish, he just wasn't a particularly good at his job.
* [[Syfy
* ''[[Top Gear]]'':
** Host Jeremy Clarkson usually gives a guest that isn't near the top of the time chart bragging rights by declaring them "The fastest ''blank'' to go around our track," with ''blank'' replaced with things like Welshman or person with a senior citizen's bus pass.
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* In ''[[Friends]]'', Rachel claims that Ross is, like, the toughest palaeontologist she knows.
* Inverted in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' when Lucille calls Michael her "third least favorite child". Though, since she has four children, that's still ''kind of'' an insult.
* Fan-tweet read out on ''[[America's
* ''[[NCIS]]'' had an
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