# 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:** 11

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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 5, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/201 "2023-01-05T22:15:19Z")

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The gold rush was over, gone like a soap bubble in the sun.

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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 6, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/202 "2023-01-06T13:35:10Z")

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A man could retire right comfortable if he could find a proper deposit of borax.

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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 6, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/203 "2023-01-06T14:12:16Z")

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Don’t forget to wash your bottom.

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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 6, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/204 "2023-01-06T21:20:05Z")

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Why, he’s got amnesia. He can’t remember a thing!

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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 7, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/205 "2023-01-07T13:52:41Z")

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Oh, I’m not sure I can say the same thing about your girlfriend. Yeah, Sam and I, had a little chat. I told her that - that she means nothing to you, and she now knows that, and that she never will.

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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 7, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/206 "2023-01-07T16:55:16Z")

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Samantha, I will not stand here and be insulted by something which is 94 percent water.

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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 7, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/207 "2023-01-07T23:05:26Z")

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Water from your eyes, twice. Explain.

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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 9, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/208 "2023-01-09T13:25:09Z")

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Oh, Rob, I’m so sorry and you never have to speak to me 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:** [January 9, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/209 "2023-01-09T19:18:02Z")

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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

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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 9, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/210 "2023-01-09T21:45:44Z")

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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

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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 10, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/211 "2023-01-10T01:07:46Z")

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Max Power, he’s the man whose name you’d love to touch.

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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 10, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/212 "2023-01-10T19:31:21Z")

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Phoebe, I’ve known Max for a long while and believe me, I’m very… fond of him. But if it comes down to a choice between the two of them, please take Hymie.

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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 10, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/213 "2023-01-10T20:29:25Z")

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Max, Hymie is a cybernaut.

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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 10, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/214 "2023-01-10T22:29:06Z")

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More like an aster-nut!

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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 10, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/215 "2023-01-10T23:45:25Z")

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I said lunch, not launch!

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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 10, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/216 "2023-01-10T23:56:57Z")

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You… rang?

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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 11, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/217 "2023-01-11T13:25:26Z")

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It’s the Bat-Phone.

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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 11, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/218 "2023-01-11T14:57:07Z")

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This place is driving me batty!

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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 11, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/219 "2023-01-11T16:32:27Z")

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You can’t be serious? My daughter is marrying a gigolo who’s mother is a criminally insane drug trafficker.

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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 11, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/220 "2023-01-11T22:13:36Z")

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So much for my future in undercover work.

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