Unlike the preceding sketch comedy and television movie, Thelma had many characteristic expressions on the program, ""Good Lord!"" being her most frequently used. She occasionally stated this in alternate ways, such as ""Good Lord in heaven!"" ""Good heavens!"" or ""Good night Louise!"" Among her additional expressions were ""Hell's bells!"" ""The hell you say,"" ""Now hear this,"" ""God-awful,"" ""In a pig's eye!"" ""Shoot!"" ""For crying out loud!"" ""For heaven's sake!"" ""Real good!"" (sarcastically) etc. Disparaging and impudent, Thelma had a series of name-calling catchphrases she often used to refer to certain members of her family or her family as a whole, such as ""Nitwit,"" ""Dimwit,"" ""Goon,"" ""Goober goon,"" ""Lamebrain,"" ""Dunce,"" ""Tramp,"" ""Floozy,"" etc.