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What has Sheraton done for you now?"|''TV Jingle from 1970s ad campaign for Sheraton hotel chain''}}

 

 

* A variation, and [[Deconstructive Parody]], of this showed up in ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' when the Jewish freedom fighters were arguing about the [[Benevolent Alien Invasion|advances brought to Israel by the Roman Occupation]].

'''Reg:''' Oh, ''peace''!... Shut up! }}

** In their defense, education, sanitation, wine, public order, and roads existed in pre-Roman Israel. The Pythons were just [[Rule of Funny|generally spoofing]] resistance fighters against occupations that raised the standard of living [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|instead of trying to remain perfectly true to history]].

* Appears in [[The Simpsons]]: When Bart gets a job as his assistant, Krusty doesn't remember him. Bart reels off the number of times he's saved his career/life, Krusty replies:

'''Krusty''': And I'll never forget it. }}

** Also in an episode featuring the family pets to a large degree (beginning with Snowball 2 saving Homer's life but focusing on the relationship with Santa's Little Helper.

'''Homer''': Everyone's against me. }}

* [[Kurt Vonnegut]] has Winston Niles Rumfoord in ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' use this line with the Tralfamadorian messenger Salo, and referring to it as an old joke, and not a very good one.

* There was a hotel commercial with the [[Jingle]] "What has Sheraton done for you lately / What has Sheraton done for you now?" then they probably got [[Fridge Logic]] and realized if their customers thought about it, they'd go to either a better class of hotel for the same money, or another chain which offered the same class of accomodations for less.

* Used frequently in ''[[The Boondocks]]''.

'''Riley''': It's March already! ''What has he done for me lately?'' }}

* Happens to Gwen and Bun-Bun in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.

'''Bun-Bun''': The question you should ask is, what did you ever do ''for'' me? }}

* And of course, there's Janet Jackson

* Naturally, it's also a lengthy bit in Eddie Murphy's stand-up special ''Raw''.

* Issue 1 of the comic ''Blood Pack'', have this line said by a general about the main characters:

* In ''[[Undercover Brother]]'', the protagonists are discussing which party a black general might run for president under. One suggests he could go Republican, and Conspiracy Brother rants, "Name one thing the Republican party has ever done for black people!" Smart Brother answers they were the party of Lincoln, who freed the slaves. Conspiracy Brother then refines his protest: "Okay, name two things ''lately''!"

* [[The BBC]] has a series of serious documentaries called "What The [Inhabitants Of Time Period] Did For Us.

* ''[[Real Genius]]'':

'''Jerry''': That was yesterday. What have you done for me today? }}

* This is probably why everyone leaps on Clelebs who fuck up. "oh, sure, he/she's a great (X) but they're hideous without makeup/ picked up someone in a bar, things everyone does, or at least tries to do. Let's point and laugh, then bitch when they refuse a movie role."