# Lines from TV movies everybody remembers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799 "2012-11-12T17:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/21 "2012-11-12T23:32:38Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > This is Lawrence, Kansas. Is there anybody there? I was 10 years old when I watched _The Day After,_ and it scared the shit out of me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/22 "2012-11-12T23:39:13Z")
Vasco Rodriguez: _Listen to me, you whore-gutted, pock-marked, motherless scum… I need a favor_. Winters: _Captain Sobel, we salute the rank, not the man_ Webster[at a passing column of German prisoners] \*Hey, you! That’s right, you stupid Kraut bastards! That’s right! Say hello to Ford, and General fuckin’ Motors! You stupid fascist pigs! Look at you! You have horses! What were you thinking? Dragging our asses half way around the world, interrupting our lives… For what, you ignorant, servile scum! What the fuck are we doing here? \* ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/23 "2012-11-12T23:39:41Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > No more wire antennas! The other kind of TV, dear, but thanks for trying. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/24 "2012-11-12T23:42:26Z")
I wish I could quote something from _Trilogy of Terror’s_ third part _Amelia_, but nothing comes to mind. Just the imagery. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/25 "2012-11-13T00:50:36Z")
Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/26 "2012-11-13T00:52:15Z")
**cmyk** and I are obviously riding the same wave length so I’ll\* offer\* “…I’ve been waiting for you, Ben” (originally in theaters but I think a lot of people didn’t see it unitl it was on TV). “We were on a _break_!” “I’m out” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/27 "2012-11-13T00:59:49Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Am I missing something? None of these were TV movies. I thought the OP meant TV OR movies and forgot to put OR in the subject line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/28 "2012-11-13T01:10:17Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I wish I could quote something from _Trilogy of Terror’s_ third part _Amelia_, but nothing comes to mind. Just the imagery. Your reference was enough. I’ve only seen it once, but I’ve never forgotten how she waits. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/29 "2012-11-13T01:19:40Z")
Only one TV movie ever made worth remembering: “You can’t beat me on the grade! You can’t beat me on the grade…” ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/30 "2012-11-13T01:48:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Only one TV movie ever made worth remembering: > > “You can’t beat me on the grade! You can’t beat me on the grade…” I can’t believe you didn’t say “I am Elmewr J. Fudd; millionewhr. I own a mansion and a yawt”. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/31 "2012-11-13T03:10:35Z")
I’ll never forget: “…McGregor’s seed in your daughter’s belly!” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/32 "2012-11-13T05:08:12Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > The other kind of TV, dear, but thanks for trying. I’ve been to sci-fi conventions where I’ve actually seen TVs wearing wire antennas… ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/33 "2012-11-13T14:38:33Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Am I missing something? None of these were TV movies. I read that as 'TV or movies." 😛 Hmm… “Just one more thing, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/34 "2012-11-13T15:25:29Z")
“I want to be your bodyguard, Mr. Ross!” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/35 "2012-11-13T15:58:48Z")
“We ALL float down here!” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/36 "2012-11-13T17:03:14Z")
“M-O-O-N.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/37 "2012-11-13T17:37:12Z")
“Look, this was a free trip to New York. If I had known you were looking for Marcia fucking Brady, I woulda stayed home.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/38 "2012-11-13T17:40:42Z")
“I’d like to report a truck driver who’s been endangering my life.” ---
**Author:** ![wuthering\_lows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wuthering\_lows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wuthering_lows)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/39 "2012-11-13T17:40:55Z")
“It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves” - The Terminator from T2: Judgement Day. Well, I remembered it. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-from-tv-movies-everybody-remembers/640799/40 "2012-11-13T19:05:13Z")
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