# 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:** 123
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2441 "2025-06-05T14:40:39Z")
Pinocchio is broken; it’s strings have been cut. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2442 "2025-06-06T18:29:03Z")
Surely your colonel has a kind and loving heart and will let you come home. Sincerely, your loving, aggravated, broken-hearted mother. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2443 "2025-06-06T20:41:38Z")
“Dear mom and dad, I no longer fear hell. Because I’ve been to Kamp Krusty.” ---
**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 7, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2444 "2025-06-07T15:13:36Z")
Lesson learned: Never go camping with Fred Flintstone. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2445 "2025-06-07T21:59:45Z")
(muttering) Yabba, dabba doo… ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2446 "2025-06-08T13:48:59Z")
I used to find enormous comfort translating Russian poetry. ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2447 "2025-06-11T21:24:44Z")
- What kind of man writes poetry on a computer? - You could’ve ended that sentence after “poetry.” ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2448 "2025-06-11T23:15:05Z")
“Hey Richie, are computers going to take over the world?” “A computer’s just a machine.” (Note: This quote is from 1983.) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2449 "2025-06-12T02:06:49Z")
The Internet’s down. Also Sheldon may be a robot. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2450 "2025-06-12T03:29:36Z")
It’s a sign, that little white dot. It means something really heavy. It means: there’s no more telly. It’s time to go to bed. ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2451 "2025-06-12T13:59:59Z")
It’s really nothing you want to hear before bedtime. ---
**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 15, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2452 "2025-06-15T21:10:30Z")
You can play with your toys tomorrow, honey. Right now, it’s bedtime. ---
**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 15, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2453 "2025-06-15T22:10:58Z")
Good night, John Boy Good night, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2454 "2025-06-15T23:20:13Z")
- Anything else I should know? - Yes. If you use my toothbrush I’ll jump out that window. Please don’t come to my funeral. Have a good night. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2455 "2025-06-16T00:32:08Z")
Good night, and good luck. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2456 "2025-06-16T01:36:25Z")
Can’t sleep. Clown will eat me. Can’t sleep. Clown will eat me. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2457 "2025-06-16T03:24:46Z")
Dental plan. Lisa needs braces. Dental plan. Lisa needs braces. Dental plan. Lisa needs braces. ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2458 "2025-06-16T15:56:26Z")
I mean, you can see why I’m so hurt, can’t you? Sure I’m a husband and a father, but above all I’m a dentist. A family dentist. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2459 "2025-06-16T18:34:38Z")
Kirstie, give me a schtickle of fluoride. ---
**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 17, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2460 "2025-06-17T19:09:13Z")
Okay, fluoride is safe, it is good for you, and almost every town in America uses it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=124)