# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/41 "2016-01-27T00:48:59Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Same show, different line: > > “And the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.” Same show, yet another different line: “Booger!” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/42 "2016-01-27T00:53:16Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > _Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: > Pull down your pants and slide on the ice._ While I rejected it as my favorite, for some reason that is the first one that came into my mind. I’ll go with a different one from MASH: We can all be comforted by the thought that he’s not really gone, there’s a little Tuttle left in all of us, in fact you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/43 "2016-01-27T01:40:15Z")
As God is my witness … I thought chickens could fly. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/44 "2016-01-27T02:00:06Z")
“A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.” “First, kill moose and skvwerl.” “Submitted for your approval…” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/45 "2016-01-27T02:01:20Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > As God is my witness … I thought chickens could fly. Actually, that’s turkeys, not chickens. And that is the line I mentioned as being my favorite in the OP ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/46 "2016-01-27T02:01:53Z")
> [@Chihuahua](#): > > “To alchohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” Heh. That’s the first one I thought of as well. The WKRP line, though, has got to be the classic for this topic, though. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/47 "2016-01-27T02:03:32Z")
“if he dies, he dies” ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/48 "2016-01-27T02:10:44Z")
> [@Pither](#): > > “As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly…” Same show, a 3rd great line: “WKRP! More music and Les Nessman!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/49 "2016-01-27T02:13:21Z")
Elliot: Does this makeup make me look like a clown? Cox: \*\*\*\*No, it makes you look like a prostitute that caters _exclusively_ to clowns. * * * > [@Miller](#): > > Bob Loblaw’s law blog. I prefer, “Another Bob Loblaw low-blow law bomb.” > [@HeXen](#): > > “if he dies, he dies” Rocky IV? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/50 "2016-01-27T02:14:45Z")
And I’m looking at all the lines submitted here. I figure on choosing a dozen or so for the poll I’ll make in a day or two, the one’s I notice the most. Got to include a recipe, for those who don’t watch TV!😃 It’s what Skald would do. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/51 "2016-01-27T02:17:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Elliot: Does this makeup make me look like a clown? > > Cox: \*\*\*\*No, it makes you look like a prostitute that caters _exclusively_ to clowns. > > * * * > > I prefer, “Another Bob Loblaw low-blow law bomb.” > > Rocky IV? I think so. It’s a good one but not from a TV show. Rocky IV that is. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/52 "2016-01-27T02:18:43Z")
From Sherlock: "Sentiment is a chemical defect found on the losing side” ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/53 "2016-01-27T02:34:46Z")
Homer Simpson, trying to buy a gun: “Five days? But I’m mad now!” ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/54 "2016-01-27T02:37:57Z")
“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, de-briefed, or numbered. My life is my own.” ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/55 "2016-01-27T02:44:15Z")
People. They’re the worst. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/56 "2016-01-27T02:50:29Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > “First, kill moose and skvwerl.” “Boris, dahling! It says here ‘Do NOT kill Moose and Squirrel!’” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/57 "2016-01-27T02:54:08Z")
“I am NOT a number, I am a FREE MAN!” _ **"MmmbwwahHAHAHAHAHA!"** _ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/58 "2016-01-27T02:57:46Z")
“People are phony!” ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/59 "2016-01-27T03:08:03Z")
Look! Up in the sky … it’s a bird … it’s Superman! Wait a sec … ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/60 "2016-01-27T03:10:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Actually, that’s turkeys, not chickens. And that is the line I mentioned as being my favorite in the OP I knowed it. I was jest trying to make a funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309.md?page=4)