"Grand Surprise" and "Hooray for Me I, II, and III"

I remember this prof from Anthropology class telling us often, "Make sure you get that down." Such a statement is fine every once in awhile, but overused, begins to lose its meaning. (In fact, he began to seem way overenthusiastic about his stand-up bit.) This, especially when discussing rocks at 8:30 a.m. in the morning after morning calisthenics.