# Funniest Lines Spoken by a TV Character

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**Created:** [February 6, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-lines-spoken-by-a-tv-character/779148 "2017-02-06T07:10:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-lines-spoken-by-a-tv-character/779148/291 "2017-02-26T19:51:37Z")

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I contributed this one in the 2012 version of this thread.

> [@Which TV episode made you laugh so hard that you cried and what scene was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-episode-made-you-laugh-so-hard-that-you-cried-and-what-scene-was-it/634449/159):
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> …On Night Court, John Laroquette’s parents come to see him. They’re hillbillies right off the farm. Somehow John starts talking about his childhood pet (this is as well as I can remember):
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> John: “His name was Skippy. He was a turtle.”
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> The parents exchange meaningful glances.
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> The father says hesitantly, “Son, I’ve been meaning to tell you about that…”
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> John (alarmed): “What?”
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> Mother: “Son, we were too poor to afford a pet for you, so your father took a potato and painted lines on its back to make it look like a turtle.”
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> John (really alarmed): “Nuh-AH! Skippy was a turtle!”
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> Mother: “Well, didn’t you ever wonder why he never stuck his head out of his shell?”
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> John (whiny): “He was shy.”
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> Father (earnestly): “No, son. [pause] He was a spud.”

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