# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/101 "2016-01-27T14:33:53Z")
“Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do”. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/102 "2016-01-27T14:41:22Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > And from _Frasier_, “…hello, God; it’s me: Doctor Frasier Crane.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/103 "2016-01-27T14:48:06Z")
Some great ones above, here’s two more. “The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world!” “Here comes the Judge. Here comes the Judge…” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/104 "2016-01-27T14:48:08Z")
Hello, _Newman_. That’s what \*she \*said. ---
**Author:** ![inscrutable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@inscrutable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inscrutable)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/105 "2016-01-27T14:50:45Z")
Sheldon’s mother has a lot of great lines in Big Bang. This one concerns Noah’s Ark: Sheldon: What did they feed the lions, mother? Mary Cooper: The floating bodies of drowned sinners, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/106 "2016-01-27T14:51:34Z")
Question about the “yellow light” line I’ve often had. How is the answer “slow down” accurate? In the UK at an amber light you do one of2 things: Either maintain speed straight through the light or, if it is safe to do so, come to a complete stop. There’s no point where it means slow without stopping. I assume US signals are basically the same, but I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/107 "2016-01-27T15:09:44Z")
Amber lights also are used as warning lights, indicating a school zone, construction zone, etc. IIRC, there was nothing in the set-up that said Jim was referring to traffic lights. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/108 "2016-01-27T15:14:40Z")
That makes sense, cheers. One less petty annoyance in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/109 "2016-01-27T15:20:35Z")
“There. Are. FOUR. Lights!” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/110 "2016-01-27T15:20:36Z")
Another one from _M_A_S_H\* that’s always stuck with me: “There are certain rules about a war. Rule Number One is, young men die. And Rule Number Two is, doctors can’t change Rule Number One.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/111 "2016-01-27T15:25:33Z")
From _News Radio_: the last line is the quote, but it needs some pretext. Beth: Matthew, I think you mispronounced that guy’s name a few times. Matthew: What? It’s uh uh Joey Butta… Dave: No it isn’t, Matthew. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/112 "2016-01-27T15:48:14Z")
A little song, a little dance A little seltzer down your pants Hello, this is Carlton, your doorman ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/113 "2016-01-27T16:07:01Z")
“It was on this day in 534 BC that Thespis stepped out on the stage at the Theater Dionysis during a choral song and dance and became the first person to speak words as an actor in a play.” Or, going by the one I use most, from the same show: “Well, dang, Casey.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/114 "2016-01-27T16:12:34Z")
Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/115 "2016-01-27T16:23:44Z")
“Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/116 "2016-01-27T16:31:47Z")
I mentioned a line in the old thread ======================== > **[TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552962)** > > Don Rickles on Get Smart: 'I didn’t vote for him, but I use his baby powder!' Johnson wasn’t President when I heard that line; but still, I must have heard it in the '70s. From Gilligan’s Island: GILLIGAN: ‘You’re thinking of Rockery Hudpeck.’ ... TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time. 02-19-2010, 11:05 PM Johnny L.A. # #275 03-18-2010, 01:11 PM Cat Whisperer that might be my real favorite: [this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12141864&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/117 "2016-01-27T16:48:18Z")
I love it when a plan comes together. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/118 "2016-01-27T16:49:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I mentioned a line in the old thread > > ======================== > [TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552962) > TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time. > 02-19-2010, 11:05 PM > Johnny L.A. > > # #275 03-18-2010, 01:11 PM Cat Whisperer > > that might be my real favorite: [this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12141864&postcount=9) On the Clint Eastwood thing, he was in an early episode of Maverick, and he kept calling Jim Garner “Mav-a-RACK.” It stuck in my mind because it was so stupid – it’s not like, say, calling a guy named Butler “BUTT-ler,” or a guy named Shipley “Shitley.” It doesn’t mean anything, so I don’t get why he kept saying it. Even “Mav-a-WRECK” would have been better. Anyway, that might be what you were thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/119 "2016-01-27T16:54:51Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > On the Clint Eastwood thing, he was in an early episode of Maverick, and he kept calling Jim Garner “Mav-a-RACK.” It stuck in my mind because it was so stupid – it’s not like, say, calling a guy named Butler “BUTT-ler,” or a guy named Shipley “Shitley.” It doesn’t mean anything, so I don’t get why he kept saying it. Even “Mav-a-WRECK” would have been better. > > Anyway, that might be what you were thinking of. Might well be. Thanks for the possible alternative. Clint was probably just trying to be noticed, whatever the case. Seems to have worked! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/120 "2016-01-27T17:01:48Z")
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