# 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\
**Page:** 146

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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:** [January 17, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2901 "2026-01-17T17:49:41Z")

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- Hah! I win!
- If you skip the part about being under a two-week quarantine because you were exposed to a deadly disease, then absolutely.

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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:** [January 17, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2902 "2026-01-17T18:16:51Z")

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Bazinga!

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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:** [January 18, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2903 "2026-01-18T14:24:24Z")

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I love it when a plan comes together!

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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:** [January 18, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2904 "2026-01-18T17:15:40Z")

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What are we going to do tonight, Brain?

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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:** [January 18, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2905 "2026-01-18T19:28:47Z")

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The human brain, it’s… it is the most complex, mysterious object in the universe. That means that what we do, it… it just doesn’t come with any guarantees.

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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:** [January 18, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2906 "2026-01-18T21:57:34Z")

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Brain and brain—what is brain?

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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:** [January 19, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2907 "2026-01-19T16:00:49Z")

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From your hearing and touch  
To your sight and taste and smell,  
They let your brain react  
To all the messages they tell.

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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:** [January 19, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2908 "2026-01-19T19:38:46Z")

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Have you recently suffered a blow to the head?

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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:** [January 21, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2909 "2026-01-21T19:24:34Z")

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Incoming message from the Big Giant Head. The Big Giant Head is unable to take your call at this time. You must wait until your call is answered.

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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:** [January 21, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2910 "2026-01-21T23:13:17Z")

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Shazbot!

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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:** [January 22, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2911 "2026-01-22T00:10:39Z")

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Danger, Will Robinson!

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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:** [January 22, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2912 "2026-01-22T02:31:53Z")

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Red alert!

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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:** [January 22, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2913 "2026-01-22T15:09:00Z")

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A lot you know. My hair is naturally red. Isn’t it Ethel?

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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:** [January 22, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2914 "2026-01-22T22:05:05Z")

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Well, the curtain matches the drapes, if that’s what you’re asking.

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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:** [January 23, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2915 "2026-01-23T14:45:05Z")

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Get ready to match the stars!

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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:** [January 23, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2916 "2026-01-23T20:51:45Z")

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“Until the Myanmarese government…”

“Put a bounty on your head.”

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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:** [January 24, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2917 "2026-01-24T03:20:19Z")

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A Shaolin Monk… does not sell himself for a handful of rice.

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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:** [January 24, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2918 "2026-01-24T15:30:29Z")

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Yeah, we don’t see a lot of potatoes around here. We’re rice men.

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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:** [January 27, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2919 "2026-01-27T17:19:43Z")

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Are you kidding? I’ve been in an out of every kind of trouble there is in school.

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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:** [January 27, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2920 "2026-01-27T17:39:43Z")

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You know, I thought you said it was okay for me to go to school.

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