# 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:** ![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:** [November 11, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2781 "2025-11-11T00:23:06Z")

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- Why don’t you check your attitude? [whispers] Check your attitude.
- All right, you know what? I’m not gonna listen to double-whispered nastiness. You’re not going to the library for patron appreciation day. You’re gonna sit at that table and write a paper about why it’s important to respect your mother.

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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:** [November 11, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2782 "2025-11-11T19:40:12Z")

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I got to the library as you escaped and followed you here.

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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:** [November 12, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2783 "2025-11-12T05:29:12Z")

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Hey, jungle lady? I think one of your bugs got out.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2784 "2025-11-12T05:44:10Z")

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She came from the grave much graver!

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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:** [November 14, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2785 "2025-11-14T00:22:37Z")

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“But I know what’s going on, you just can’t wait to see me in my grave.”

“Oh Grandpa, we’ve seen you there lots of times before.”

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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:** [November 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2786 "2025-11-14T15:41:11Z")

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When you’re lying in the street in a pool of your own blood, don’t say your uncle didn’t try and tell you.

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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:** [November 14, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2787 "2025-11-14T16:07:57Z")

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If I have anything, I’ll call you. I’ll say I’m your uncle George.

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**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:** [November 17, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2788 "2025-11-17T16:09:17Z")

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Uncle Fester!

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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:** [November 17, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2789 "2025-11-17T16:52:49Z")

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Uncle June’s in the muff!

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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:** [November 19, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2790 "2025-11-19T21:00:48Z")

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It’s so tasty too. It’s just like candy.

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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:** [November 19, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2791 "2025-11-19T22:15:18Z")

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Well, Nellie and Willie eat candy all the time - even for lunch sometimes. Their teeth are fine.

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**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:** [November 20, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2792 "2025-11-20T01:24:07Z")

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Hey Homer, can we have a can of frosting for lunch?

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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:** [November 20, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2793 "2025-11-20T08:55:50Z")

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“You know, my psychic told me I’d be going somewhere bad on Wednesday; I just thought she meant BALTIMORE, I had no idea it was HELL!”

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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:** [November 20, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2794 "2025-11-20T14:45:42Z")

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“I’m a bit psychic.”

“Quelle surprise.”

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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:** [November 20, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2795 "2025-11-20T18:48:14Z")

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Oh, voodoo is real. You don’t want to mess with that.

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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:** [November 20, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2796 "2025-11-20T23:38:40Z")

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_Eddie’s dad is talking to Ward about the curse that Beaver put on Eddie_] You seem to know a lot about this sort of thing, Ward

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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:** [November 22, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2797 "2025-11-22T15:06:22Z")

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I told Security to look into it. But no, no, they’d rather catch the guy who’s stealing organs from the transplant ward.

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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:** [November 22, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2798 "2025-11-22T18:37:20Z")

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Since you intend to remain in this lawless metropolitan area, statistics suggest that you will succumb to tragic and gruesome ends before we meet again.

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**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:** [November 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2799 "2025-11-22T18:47:18Z")

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This. . .is the city: Los Angeles, California.

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**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:** [November 22, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2800 "2025-11-22T20:01:37Z")

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Dun-da-dun-dun. Dun-da-dun-dun, DUN!

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