# 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:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2921 "2026-01-28T14:31:30Z")

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I’m not driving 45 minutes a day! You can’t go to that 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 28, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2922 "2026-01-28T14:36:10Z")

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Dad, can I borrow the car?

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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 28, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2923 "2026-01-28T17:58:58Z")

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But believe it or not my mother dear decided she’d come back.

As a car…  
She’s my very own guiding star.  
A 1928 Porter.  
That’s my mother dear.

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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 28, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2924 "2026-01-28T21:05:32Z")

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Eenie meenie chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.

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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 29, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2925 "2026-01-29T15:44:27Z")

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I’m coming, Beany Boy!

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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 31, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2926 "2026-01-31T06:54:15Z")

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Just the thought of Beast Boy… and me… 😍

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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:** [February 1, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2927 "2026-02-01T12:45:43Z")

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Although we cannot be together, we will never, ever, be apart.

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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:** [February 4, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2928 "2026-02-04T22:06:08Z")

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I bet we’ve been together for a million years.

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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:** [February 5, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2929 "2026-02-05T18:02:58Z")

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🎶 _Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state  
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started, wait –_

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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:** [February 5, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2930 "2026-02-05T23:56:21Z")

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Flintstones, meet the Flintstones  
They’re the modern stone age family  
From the town of Bedrock  
They’re a page right out of history

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2931 "2026-02-06T00:19:04Z")

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Jerry’s cousin Jeffrey works at the Parks Department!

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2932 "2026-02-06T15:06:01Z")

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- My wife and I have a time share.
- In Muncie???

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2933 "2026-02-06T16:02:55Z")

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People say Hawkins is cursed. They are not way off.

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2934 "2026-02-06T18:34:14Z")

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My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse.

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2935 "2026-02-06T18:45:55Z")

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You know, people think I’m smart, but I’m not smart.

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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:** [February 6, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2936 "2026-02-06T22:50:16Z")

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- !Well, gee, Mom. You sure are lucky.

- Well, why do you say that, Wally?

- On account that they hadn’t invented intelligence when you went to high school.

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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:** [February 7, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2937 "2026-02-07T02:12:37Z")

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You’d have to keep a thing like this under wraps. I mean, just think about it, okay? First, the stock market would go. Then the economy, boom! The dollar, boom! And then pandemonium in the streets. War, genocide, ba-ba-ba-ba, boom, boom, boom!

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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:** [February 7, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2938 "2026-02-07T02:20:03Z")

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Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom.

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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:** [February 7, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2939 "2026-02-07T02:46:16Z")

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Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

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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:** [February 7, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2940 "2026-02-07T14:34:07Z")

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They were a collection of misfits and screwballs who became the terrors of the South Pacific. They were known as the Black Sheep.

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