# Speak to me in...TV quotes! **URL:** \ **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:** 118
**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:** [April 22, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2341 "2025-04-22T00:24:14Z")
I’ve been doin’ this job for 17 years, honey. Doctors come and go, but nurses make this place run. We don’t get much credit or pay. We see a lot of misery, a lot of dyin’, but we come back every day. I’ve given up bein’ appreciated, but I sure as hell won’t let any of us be taken for granted. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2342 "2025-04-22T17:48:27Z")
Who told you I interviewed a nurse yesterday? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2343 "2025-04-23T00:08:19Z")
- I’m scared to death. It’s my first job interview in 20 years. - - [chuckles] You’re going to be fine. You just have to be your… [stops talking] - Myself ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2344 "2025-04-23T13:08:42Z")
Welcome to “The Daily Planet Today.” I’m Lois Lane, and with me for his first on-camera interview is Superman. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2345 "2025-04-23T13:54:02Z")
Quick! To the Batmobile! ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2346 "2025-04-23T16:18:31Z")
Gee, Dad, I’m too _old_ to have you drive me. Like, everyone would think I’m some kind of a square, or something. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2347 "2025-04-24T13:39:21Z")
Today, I’m the getaway driver. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2348 "2025-04-25T23:36:06Z")
Watch out Eddie, we’re gonna burn rubber. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2349 "2025-04-26T14:58:42Z")
We got a burn notice on you. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2350 "2025-04-26T15:00:08Z")
Grab a napkin, Homey. You just got served. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2351 "2025-04-26T23:18:49Z")
All right. Let’s see if you’re as good in person as you are on paper. Make me a salad. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2352 "2025-04-27T00:23:18Z")
You don’t win friends with salad. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2353 "2025-04-27T02:37:30Z")
Claire, do yourself a favor and join me in a wedge salad. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2354 "2025-04-27T11:28:29Z")
The man puts his ketchup on his salad. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2355 "2025-04-27T15:12:55Z")
Ketchup? Catsup? Ketchup? Catsup? … huh, I’m in way over my head. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2356 "2025-04-27T18:36:21Z")
“When the pie cools, the starch goes through a process called retrogradation where the molecules restructure into a crystalline form. The flavour compounds are trapped in said structure, which makes every bite more flavourful.” “Yeah, I definitely tasted the extra molecules. Quite delicious.” ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2357 "2025-04-28T23:58:25Z")
[_after dumping out a dessert that wasn’t baked_] Oh, sh… urely that isn’t how a Strawberry Swirl is supposed to look. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2358 "2025-04-29T05:02:12Z")
Well, I grew up with an older brother and a very contentious twin sister and I believe I could easily best you in any physical confrontation, be it noogies, swirlies or the classic ‘why are you hitting yourself?’ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2359 "2025-04-29T10:42:57Z")
No way, Bart. If I lean over, I leave myself open to wedgies, wet willies, or even the dreaded rear admiral. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2360 "2025-04-29T11:58:01Z")
With all due respect, Admiral, those stars on your shoulders don’t carry much weight in this building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=119)