# 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:** 13
**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 17, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/241 "2023-01-17T19:17:26Z")
That’s all magic is, an illusion. ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/242 "2023-01-18T16:43:32Z")
You’re a loyal friend, Merlin. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/243 "2023-01-18T18:30:35Z")
Do you think I skew to an older demographic? ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/244 "2023-01-18T21:50:22Z")
You think you’re smarter than me, old man. You’re not. ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/245 "2023-01-18T23:41:14Z")
I am the king of the nerds. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/246 "2023-01-19T00:38:40Z")
Hi, Betty. This is Mary… Queen of Scots. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/247 "2023-01-19T03:54:31Z")
This looks like a job for … SUPERMAN! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/248 "2023-01-19T13:01:19Z")
Pivot! PIVOT! ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/249 "2023-01-19T14:51:49Z")
It’s just like 1937 all over again. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/250 "2023-01-19T15:10:13Z")
Ooh, when is your book signing, 1997? ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/251 "2023-01-19T19:19:03Z")
So if I finish a chapter of my new book in Cabot Cove, I can send it through the phone lines to my publisher’s computer in New York? ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/252 "2023-01-19T19:39:57Z")
Who says you can’t make friends in New York? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/253 "2023-01-19T19:45:36Z")
Get off my sister! ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/254 "2023-01-19T20:22:37Z")
Looks like we’re going to have a wedding, Grandpa. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/255 "2023-01-20T01:32:43Z")
Grampa, tell me this. Why is it that fellas, when they get married, they keep their figures real good, you know, but women, right away, they start gettin’ kinda fat and dumpy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/256 "2023-01-20T01:53:35Z")
Not me, ha-ha, I love my wife. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/257 "2023-01-20T14:12:00Z")
He’s got good friends and a nice wife. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/258 "2023-01-20T14:36:37Z")
Baby, you’re the greatest! ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/259 "2023-01-20T15:45:32Z")
Is it true that you have superhuman powers and can demolish buildings and hurl fireballs? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/260 "2023-01-20T16:23:04Z")
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