Poll: Favorite/most iconic lines from TV

Cafe Society
#1

I started this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782233 , to gather iconic/favorite lines from television and now this is the thread I said I’d make. The lines chosen below were either uttered several times in their series, thus becoming familiar, or, with a single utterance, were classics. I did not include one word exclamations, like “Dy-no-mite!” or “Duh!” Some series had several “classics”, I chose just one per series. I tried to pick lines that even non-fans of a series would recognize for their source.

Pick your three favorites, or one’s you consider most iconic.

#2

“And now for something completely different.”

#3

“Oooh! I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition!” :eek:

#4

Uh, sir, I hate ta bother ya, but, y’see, there’s Just One More Thing…

#5

Another informal vote for “And now for something completely different.”

And…

“Push the button, Frank.”

#6

If anyone wants me, I’ll be in my room.

#7

Bunk?

#8

Turkeys, Alice and slut for me.

#9

You can’t cut the throat of every cocksucker whose character it would improve.
-Al Swearengen

#10

Agree on the Honeymooners and SNL nods (though I would have picked “We are two wild and crazy guys” for the latter show).

My third pick was the Soup Nazi’s line, as Seinfeld is still a fixture on schedules, while WKRP has disappeared from the airwaves (satellite waves?), at least around these parts.

#11

I said “He’s dead Jim” but what I really wanted was “Dammit, captain I’m giving her all she’s got!”

#12

It always amazes me when WKRP’s “Turkeys Away” episode is brought up, that such a memorable moment comes from the show’s 7th episode. How many other American* shows hit a home run so early in the show’s run?

    • I say American shows because so many of BBC series only have a short run of episodes compared to shows in the US
#13

Sounds like a porno I once watched :smiley:

#14

Turkey’s the Hulk. and dead Jim for me. but I almost went for the slut.

#15

“Whaaaattt doooooeeeesss aaaaa yellllooooooowwwww liiiiiighhhhht meeeeeaaaaannnnn ?”

Although everyone knows the turkey line, when I think of Les, what immediately comes to mind is his pronunciation of “Chi Chi Rodriguez”

#16

Chy-Chy ROD-rih-gweez

#17

For me:

“No soup for you!”
“Jane, you ignorant slut.”
“He’s dead, Jim!”

#18

Turkeys
Seltzer
Jim