# Speak to me in...TV quotes!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107 "2022-11-17T22:21:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/181 "2022-12-30T01:49:27Z")

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I want to buy a copy of Bonestorm. Here’s 99 cents.

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You wish to purchase Bonestorm for 99 cents. Net profit to me, negative $59. Oh, oh please, take my $59. I don’t want it. It’s yours.

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Eh, eh, eh — seeing as we are unfamiliar with sarcasm, I shall close the register at this point and state that 99 cents is the _rental_ price.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/182 "2022-12-30T15:36:41Z")

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Rose, I know this is a long shot, but did you take much acid during the sixties?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/183 "2022-12-30T16:52:21Z")

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[“Reverend Jim” Ignatowski](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/?ref_=tt_ch) : Pssssttt… what does the yellow light mean?

[Bobby Wheeler](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001063/?ref_=tt_ch) : “Slow down.”

[“Reverend Jim” Ignatowski](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/?ref_=tt_ch) : What… does… the… yellow… light… mean?

[Bobby Wheeler](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001063/?ref_=tt_ch) : “Slow down”!

[“Reverend Jim” Ignatowski](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/?ref_=tt_ch) : Whaaaat… dooooeeees… theeeee… yeeeel-looowwww… liiiiight… meeeeaaan?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/184 "2022-12-30T21:33:45Z")

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Oh god I just ran that red light. Hey, can you pretend you’re having the baby again?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/185 "2022-12-31T21:13:34Z")

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Storks don’t bring babies no more. They used to, years ago, but then they started making mistakes. Bringing 'em to the wrong houses and what not.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/186 "2023-01-01T00:06:25Z")

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Storks don’t deliver babies anymore! If anyone finds out about this, I am dead meat!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/187 "2023-01-02T00:20:50Z")

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A secret’s a secret.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/188 "2023-01-02T15:22:06Z")

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No, Bianca, it really isn’t all right. She’s not doing this to ease your pain. She’s doing this to cover her own pathetic guilt. Isn’t that right, Babe? Isn’t that what you’re doing?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/189 "2023-01-02T22:01:42Z")

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She’s not going to be loyal enough, and she certainly will not be strong enough to _ease your pain_ or to fix you in all the ways that you are broken.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/190 "2023-01-02T22:35:51Z")

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Ah darling, you look so serene and happy when you’re throwing knives.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/191 "2023-01-02T23:20:09Z")

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Please! Half of our marriage was you with a knife.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/192 "2023-01-03T19:20:58Z")

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This is bad. Can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t bury the wife in the backyard.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/193 "2023-01-03T23:47:53Z")

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I couldn’t sleep at all last night. Angie kept my Sharper Image white-noise/aromatherapy machine. She knows I can’t sleep without the sound of the ocean and the smell of bacon.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/194 "2023-01-04T15:08:54Z")

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Wake up and smell the testosterone! Our son is out of control!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/195 "2023-01-04T15:56:09Z")

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AAAAL-vin!

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/196 "2023-01-04T17:05:14Z")

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We didn’t catch any fish, but Larry and I saw a man slip on a wet rock and heard everything he said.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/197 "2023-01-04T23:38:14Z")

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I’m Larry. This is my brother, Darryl. This is my other brother, Darryl.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/198 "2023-01-05T05:39:53Z")

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I see you’ve met my brother… Niles.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/199 "2023-01-05T17:24:20Z")

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Mother always like you best!

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/200 "2023-01-05T19:00:54Z")

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You know, Jill, if whining and complaining was an Olympic sport, you’d already have several gold medals.

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