Fuhgeddaboudit

"Fuhgeddaboudit" is an eye dialect spelling of "forget about it," representing its pronunciation in a New York City or New Jersey accent. The phrase's usage in Sesame Street productions is often in reference to its association with the show's longtime cameraman Frank Biondo.
==Appearances==
*Sesame Street Episode 2577: Oscar says it to Gina when she gives him a more cutesy named dog food brand for Preposterous.
*Sesame Street Episode 2589: Oscar turns down Gina's wanting to pet Preposterous with a "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
*Sesame Street Episode 2601: A segment featuring Susan Saint James has Oscar uttering the phrase when excluding her from the Grouchketeers.
*Sesame Street Episode 2648: Oscar says it when trying to avoid the warm reception of Nina the Nice.
*Sesame Street Episode 2666: Oscar rejects Telly's plea to play a game with him with a "Fuhgeddaboudit!" He does the same in Episode 3104.
*Sesame Street Episode 2667: Oscar responds to Susan's explanation of another form of recycling with the phrase.
*Sesame Street Episode 2689: When Oscar is asked to smile for a picture, he responds, "What, and spoil a perfectly beautiful picture? Fuhgeddaboudit!"
*Sesame Street Episode 2700: After Elmo apologizes for not being able to watch Preposterous while he's away, Oscar lets out a frustrated "Alright, alright already, fuhgeddaboudit!"
*Rock & Roll!: An announcer (Martin P. Robinson) introduces "The Sesame Street Rock 'N' Roll Request Show," adding, "It's gonna blow you away, so fuhgeddaboudit!"
*Sesame Street Episode 2756: Oscar says it while rejecting Grundgetta's suggestion to drive through Elm Street.
*Sesame Street Episode 2811: Telly says it while pretending to be a Grouch, rejecting the not-so-grouchy "K" word "kangaroo."
*Sesame Street Episode 2875: Grundgetta says it when she refuses to be in Placido Flamingo's opera.
*Sesame Street Episode 3231: When attempting to introduce the cast of "Hey Diddle Diddle," Telly then notices the dish uttering the phrase as she refuses to run away with the spoon.
*Sesame Street Episode 3358: The letter A says this in response to Z when she demands to be the first letter in the alphabet.
*Let's Make a Word: In the "Building Site" level of the PC game, a man with a hard hat turns toward the player and says the phrase when the player clicks on his hat as the wrong answer.
*Sesame Street Episode 3445: Benny Rabbit says the phrase when Baby Bear lists off to him the other parts of The Furry Arms Hotel he hasn't seen yet.
*Elmo Saves Christmas: In one scene, Santa's elves are taken aback when their toy machine restarts, meaning that it will be Christmas again. Amongst the confusion, a Green elf (Fran Brill) asks, "What about my vacation?!" to which a Pumpkin elf (Martin P. Robinson) blurts out the phrase in response. The latter elf utters the phrase again in a later scene, when Santa Claus grills the elves about their newly-created "Moo-Bunny."
*123 Count with Me: Benny yells the phrase when reminding Ernie about dinging ten times again.
*Sesame Street Episode 3799: Maria, anticipating to resolve a disagreement between Big Bird, Elmo, and Zoe, arrives at the scene with the three having already agreed to play catch. Maria had hoped to play the "Chucky Choosing" game to help them decide. The three reply by saying the phrase in unison.
*Sesame Street Season 30: In an insert where The Count directs Liam Neeson in his movie Transylvania 6-5000, a Muppet cameraman caricatured after Biondo mutters the phrase as he readies the camera. 
*Sesame Street Episode 3838: When Oscar announces on WCAN that he'll be switching from talking about the letter G to the number 5, a caller then immediately wants to keep on about G. Oscar tells him he's too late by saying the phrase.
*Sesame Street Episode 3860: When Gina and a Large Lavender taxi driver explain to Telly Monster that hamsters have their babies in their cages and not at the hospital, the taxi driver utters the phrase and tells Telly not to worry.
*Sesame Street Episode 3873: When Ernie tells Big Bird and The Birdketeers that Rubber Duckie suggests them being Kangaroo-keteers. This causes Big Bird to utter the phrase and walk off.
*Sesame Street Episode 3891: When Oscar's friend, Felix, suggests Oscar use potpourri to eliminate the smell in Oscar's trash can, Oscar responds with the phrase.
*Global Grover: Returning from his travels to France, Grover stumbles on a group of conversing Muppet food, and tries to persuade a broccoli to get into his shopping basket. The broccoli utters the phrase, scoffing at Grover's request to bring him to his grandmama. 
*Sesame Street Episode 4727: Twinkle Twinkle says the phrase a couple times throughout the street story.
==Honorable Mentions==
*In a 2019 web video, where Big Bird tries to reconcile a disagreement between Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora and New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, Big Bird suggests that it would be "wicked cool" (turning to Cora) if they "forget about it" (to Boone) and respect each other.
==External links==
*Wiktionary: fuhgeddaboudit
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