# 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:** 151
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3001 "2026-03-04T20:02:20Z")
No, Ted. Brunch is not cool. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3002 "2026-03-04T21:42:26Z")
You’ll love it. It’s not quite breakfast and it’s not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3003 "2026-03-05T14:33:13Z")
When I eat dinner, I like to know I’ll be around for breakfast. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3004 "2026-03-05T15:15:36Z")
Okay, so look, in an hour and a half, we’ll call 911, and we’ll tell them he’s dead, okay? After dinner. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3005 "2026-03-05T15:27:37Z")
Hey chucklehead! Who rang the dinner bell? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3006 "2026-03-05T17:29:47Z")
Apparently, “chuckle” is a Southern term for “chopped-up pig rectum.” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3007 "2026-03-06T12:42:19Z")
This is the South, and we’re proud of our crazy people. We don’t hide them up in the attic. We bring 'em right down to the living room and show 'em off. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3008 "2026-03-06T15:40:40Z")
Excuse me. My colleagues may be from the North, but for your information, I’m a Texan, born and bred. I know that real chili has no beans and when my meemaw says, “Bless your heart”, she means something very different. Now, my friend here is in need of help. And since our state motto is literally “Friendship”, may he please use your phone? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3009 "2026-03-06T15:46:30Z")
Yiddish was not spoken in East Texas. And if it was, it wasn’t spoken for very long. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3010 "2026-03-07T18:01:55Z")
[_later, after Sra Varela leaves_] Ward, isn’t “la mesa” the Spanish word for chair? No, I think it’s “la silla”. Oh, dear. Heaven knows what I told her to sit on. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3011 "2026-03-08T04:16:31Z")
‘Bonne douche!’ It’s French for ‘good shower.’ It’s a sentiment I can express in six languages. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3012 "2026-03-08T09:00:56Z")
(To Matthew Broderick):You have a really nice little penis! Penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3013 "2026-03-08T18:30:06Z")
An outmoded theory, of course, but the boy did spend most of his waking hours with a tight grasp on his penis. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3014 "2026-03-09T00:40:25Z")
Have to keep a firm hand on boys nowadays, Ward. My Clarence answered me back the other day. I smacked him right in the mouth. None of this psychology for me. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3015 "2026-03-09T13:44:44Z")
At least I can take comfort in the fact that without embarrassing parents, there’d be no psychology. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3016 "2026-03-09T23:45:30Z")
Father Knows Best ---
**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:** [March 10, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3017 "2026-03-10T00:15:26Z")
Yeah, the black sheep. A drunk. Like your Daddy. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3018 "2026-03-10T16:12:11Z")
KELLY: Are you SURE our real father isn’t the postman? PEG: No. I’m sorry. He’s not. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3019 "2026-03-10T16:26:23Z")
Because the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming and coming… And then the barcode reader breaks! And it’s Publishers Clearing House day! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3020 "2026-03-10T17:48:19Z")
It’s just that, you know, the Sears catalog came out this week and it puts kind of a strain on me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=152)