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Jennifer Coolidge is the kind of actor who can make any line interesting; her unique delivery and innate sense of comedic timing have produced some of film and television’s most quotable scenes of the past 25 years. There’s Paulette’s immortal “Makes me want a hot dog real bad” from
Legally Blonde, there’s Sherri Ann Cabot’s “We both love soup” from
Best In Show one of many unforgettable lines from her fruitful collaborations with Christopher Guest and now there’s “Hi,” from an eight-second video that seemingly came out of nowhere to thoroughly tickle the internet. Leave it to Jennifer Coolidge to make even the simplest greeting iconic.