Schitt’s Creek didn’t just break Emmy records with its historic 2020 sweep or endear endless fans with its warm, fuzzy comedy and real-life friendships that have lasted well beyond the finale — the show also left viewers with some of the most memorable lines in pop culture history.
During a June 16 appearance on The Tonight Show , Annie Murphy referenced a surprising fact about her iconic character’s go-to saying.
Fallon couldn’t quite believe it , but Murphy went on to acknowledge that even if the exact line was used sparingly, variations of it, like “Why, David?” or “Ugh, David,” appeared pretty frequently.
Various articles have taken to tallying up the saying — for example, PopSugar arrived at three “Ew, Davids” instead of two back in 2020.
Or, take up an even bigger challenge and count every time Alexis simply says “ew” or “David.” YouTuber Liam Smith compiled the former in a supercut video of Seasons 1 through 5 and found that virtually no one is spared from Alexis’s squeals of disgust — not her parents, not Mutt, not Ted, not Twyla.