# 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:** 138
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2741 "2025-10-15T23:56:39Z")
Anyway, I want you guys to think of my office as a clubhouse, total open-door policy. I wanna be your friend as well as your boss. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2742 "2025-10-16T00:12:54Z")
It says “No Homers”, we’re allowed to have one. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2743 "2025-10-16T13:32:56Z")
“Hey, everybody! I got some good news!” “You spotted a rescue boat!” “No, that’d be great news. All I got is good news.” ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2744 "2025-10-17T23:30:06Z")
Good news is… I mowed 40 lawns and made 186 bucks. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2745 "2025-10-18T13:20:56Z")
Raking the leaves and trimming the lawn isn’t going to help. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2746 "2025-10-18T23:16:51Z")
Fine. “My mommy left me, and now I’m a helpless baby.” Well, I’m not going to let you just sit there and feel sorry for yourself. Think fast. [throws ball at Stevie] Come on, you’re not that big of a wuss. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2747 "2025-10-20T15:58:50Z")
“Victor Nardin, think fast.” “What are you doing?” “This man is innocent.” ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2748 "2025-10-20T16:12:29Z")
Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2749 "2025-10-20T22:53:54Z")
I’m not scared. I would’ve gone all Nebraska on their asses. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2750 "2025-10-21T20:09:10Z")
I’m usin’ that hold you showed me Granny, Tennessee Toe Torture. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2751 "2025-10-22T18:50:05Z")
Tennessee Tuxedo will _not_ fail! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2752 "2025-10-22T18:55:23Z")
Yiddish was not spoken in East Texas. And if it was, it wasn’t spoken for long. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2753 "2025-10-23T13:58:41Z")
I know why you moved to Texas. It’s the only state big enough to contain your ego. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2754 "2025-10-23T18:31:42Z")
The kinfolk said “Jed move away from there” Said “Californy is the place you ought to be” So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly… ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2755 "2025-10-24T13:53:39Z")
Would you say hello to my friends in California? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2756 "2025-10-25T15:05:12Z")
Anyway, good luck. See you around campus. I just cannot get over that rainbow! It just makes you feel glad to be alive, doesn’t it? Oh, I love this song! [sings] 16 girls standing in a row One says “hi,” the other says “hello”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2757 "2025-10-25T17:33:43Z")
And you just said hi, hi, hi, heh heh heh. You sounded just like my niece, and she’s six months old. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2758 "2025-10-25T19:54:43Z")
One of the adjustments a bachelor has to make with a popular teenage niece around the house is the acute telephone problem. The phone just seems to be growing out of Kelly’s head. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2759 "2025-10-27T01:32:43Z")
Uh, what’s a landline? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2760 "2025-10-27T15:10:00Z")
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