# 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\
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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:** [May 29, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2421 "2025-05-29T18:35:09Z")

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Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

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**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:** [May 30, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2422 "2025-05-30T03:59:41Z")

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Hey! Hey! we’re the Monkeys and people say we monkey around but we’re to busy singing to put anybody down!

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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:** [May 30, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2423 "2025-05-30T18:15:45Z")

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Be a good little monkey.

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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:** [May 30, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2424 "2025-05-30T19:00:50Z")

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You know, Ward, he was so sweet it almost makes up for not having a girl.

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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:** [May 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2425 "2025-05-31T02:09:19Z")

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- You get the lipstick; I’ll get the bra and tennis balls.
- 🎶 Oh Betty Luu-uke!
- No! I will burn this house down!

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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:** [May 31, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2426 "2025-05-31T15:24:27Z")

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“Does it have tennis courts?”

“I don’t play tennis.”

“No, but I do.”

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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:** [May 31, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2427 "2025-05-31T20:47:33Z")

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Well, his father told him that as you go through life, you have a lot more chance of meeting rich people if you know how to play tennis.

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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:** [June 1, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2428 "2025-06-01T19:13:52Z")

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We did it, Mikey! We’re super rich again. And I’m going to buy a car.

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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:** [June 2, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2429 "2025-06-02T01:29:34Z")

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SHELDON: Are there air bags?  
LEONARD: You don’t need air bags!  
SHELDON: But what if a simulated van rear-ends me?  
PENNY: I’ll hit you in the face with a pillow.

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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:** [June 2, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2430 "2025-06-02T16:12:56Z")

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Plus my pillow and blanket fell into the pool. Disaster!

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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:** [June 2, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2431 "2025-06-02T18:29:33Z")

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You and that stupid blanket!

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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:** [June 2, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2432 "2025-06-02T23:46:02Z")

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Hey, I seem to remember someone bringing his security blanket to college.

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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:** [June 3, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2433 "2025-06-03T18:14:50Z")

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Hey! He took my teddy bear!

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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:** [June 3, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2434 "2025-06-03T20:00:22Z")

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I heard that you have an unusual brown bear.

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**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:** [June 3, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2435 "2025-06-03T22:45:02Z")

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🎶 Grizzly bear underwear,  
Turtles’ necks, I’ve got my share,  
Beret of poodle, on my noodle  
It shall rest. 🎶

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2436 "2025-06-04T00:28:57Z")

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Today on _Ben_: Mothers and daughters reunited by their hatred of Homer Simpson. And here’s your host, Gentle Ben.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2437 "2025-06-04T20:43:06Z")

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This ass is mine!

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2438 "2025-06-04T22:38:00Z")

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Matt Dillon has no strings attached to him, but he’s more mine than anyone else’s.

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2439 "2025-06-04T23:52:54Z")

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Sorry Leslie, I guess I prefer my space stringy not loopy.

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2440 "2025-06-05T14:20:07Z")

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There are no strings on me.

(Note: Yes, this is in at least two movies, but this quote comes from the TV series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.)

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