# Favorite single line from television? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309 "2016-01-26T22:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/281 "2016-01-31T01:11:43Z")
Floyd R Turbo, American ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/282 "2016-02-02T07:34:52Z")
“I’m Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC…” From Good Times: “Negro, please.” “If you really wanna know, the chinks just sneeze and say nothing. They can’t speak English.” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/283 "2016-02-02T08:38:03Z")
“Play it cool. son, know what I mean? Play it cool” [www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/284 "2016-02-02T08:39:07Z")
Oh, and “I’m playing all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order”. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/285 "2016-02-02T16:19:12Z")
Three from M_A_S\*H: General (pointing to his insignia): What do you think this star means? Hawkeye: You’re Tinkerbell? Different General (pointing to his insignia): What does this mean to you? Hawkeye: Always trust your car to the man who wears a star. Hawkeye: (seeing Frank, wrapped in gauze, enter the mess tent) The mummy strikes! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/286 "2016-02-02T16:35:43Z")
> [@Lorne\_Armstrong](#): > > “I’m Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC…” “…why don’t you have a seat over there.” ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/287 "2016-02-02T18:38:29Z")
“Denny Crane…!” and of course “It’s my sister Violet. You remember Violet - Mercedes, sauna, room for a pony?” “I’m sitting here, completely surrounded by no beer!” “I’m off men. That’s it. Finished. There isn’t one worth shaving your legs for!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/288 "2016-02-02T19:28:00Z")
Lois Lane: Why can’t Professor Periwinkle stick to more practical things, like making a better mousetrap?" Clark Kent: Knowing the professor, he’d try to make a better mouse". ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/289 "2016-02-02T20:21:57Z")
“Ward, weren’t you being a little hard on the Beaver?” “Who says I’m dumb?” “Make it so” “Them Dukes, them Dukes!” “Danger, Will Robinson!” “GILLIGAN!” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/290 "2016-02-02T20:27:50Z")
“Have…um…have you…um…ever considered…um…wearing sweaters?” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/291 "2016-02-02T20:33:35Z")
My favorites: Moops! Well I got a flash for ya, joy boy. Nanoo, Nanoo! Book 'em, Dano. D’oh! Alright there, Ralphy boy! George is getting angry! Lupus? Is it Lupus?! Jumbalya! You… are a meathead. Hey Hey Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/292 "2016-02-02T21:00:36Z")
“What is a week …end?” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/293 "2016-02-02T21:09:30Z")
Lots of good ones! How about: “Mulder, it’s me.” ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/294 "2016-02-02T21:10:51Z")
“I have a cunning plan.” “I’m free!” “They don’t like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring.” “It’s goodnight from me.” “And it’s goodnight from him.” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/295 "2016-02-03T12:16:20Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > From Hancock’s Half Hour. My special favourite Hancock line: “I thought my mother was a bad cook, but at least her gravy used to move about.” I suspect Victoria Wood wouldn’t work as well for Americans, but there are legions of lines from her work: “We’ve had hens in the skirting boards” “When our Jean was eight, she looked like a dinghy with plaits” “Excuse me, grey eggs? Is that an Arab custom?” “_Cold_ ice?” “Arseholes on toast” “As I said to Gerard Depardieu, what’s the point of having a great big hooter if you can’t shove a banana up it?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/296 "2016-02-03T12:51:31Z")
A man may fight for many things - his country; his principles; his friends; the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child - but, personally, I’d mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock, and a sack of French porn. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/297 "2016-02-03T15:16:49Z")
Meg on Family Guy: “I can’t taste salt!” ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/298 "2016-02-03T15:36:57Z")
Let me tell you all my favorite single line, by naming 20 different lines in multiple posts. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/299 "2016-02-03T15:54:09Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Let me tell you all my favorite single line, by naming 20 different lines in multiple posts. I don’t recall this one. Who said it on what show? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/300 "2016-02-03T16:32:40Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Let me tell you all my favorite single line, by naming 20 different lines in multiple posts. If you have a problem, try to resolve it yourself, but if you find yourselves at loggerheads, don’t take the law into your own hands; you take 'em to court – People’s Court . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309.md?page=16)