# 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:** 152
**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 10, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3021 "2026-03-10T18:46:48Z")
Get me the Stafford catalog. I want to own something of the man, something that will inspire me every day. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3022 "2026-03-10T22:21:41Z")
I don’t care whether your relationship with Dex is personal or professional, Dex is mine, in the boardroom and in the bedroom. ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3023 "2026-03-12T14:48:25Z")
He insists on keeping an urn with his late wife’s ashes on the dresser in our bedroom. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3024 "2026-03-13T15:05:09Z")
Uh, that’s my first wife. She died six years ago. Six years ago? Oh, Adrian, I think obsessing over your late wife is the root cause of your problem. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3025 "2026-03-13T15:58:26Z")
Boy, it’s crazy to think we used to settle questions of paternity by dunking a woman in water until she admitted she made it all up. Different time, the '60s. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3026 "2026-03-13T16:05:34Z")
Oh, yeah? Well, 2003 called and they want… they want their overused reply back! ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3027 "2026-03-13T16:14:37Z")
Just give and take messages, that’s all. Don’t be so helpful to the subscribers. It could get us into trouble. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3028 "2026-03-13T16:32:55Z")
I hired you to do one thing. Just one. I don’t care that text at your desk and you sleep all day. I encourage it. But only because you were doing that one thing. Keeping this crap off my desk! ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3029 "2026-03-13T19:00:04Z")
Aren’t those the keys on the desk? ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3030 "2026-03-14T23:18:37Z")
I won’t squeal. I promise. [takes the phone] Hello, Mommy. Brad and Randy lockedSir Larry in the trunk. [Brad and Randy chase after Mark] ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3031 "2026-03-14T23:22:29Z")
Well, I can believe you used Sheldon’s toothbrush. ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3032 "2026-03-14T23:38:33Z")
I dropped your toothbrush in the toilet. ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3033 "2026-03-15T18:16:49Z")
_hearin that the Addamses are waiting in the outer lobby to see him_] Miss Ames, I just remembered a dental appointment, and I can hardly wait to get there. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3034 "2026-03-15T20:06:59Z")
Chrissy, give me a schtickle of fluoride. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3035 "2026-03-16T20:21:01Z")
That’s right, honey, I’m just teasing. You always tease the one you love. Actually, tease and tickle. Actually, tease, tickleand spank. ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3036 "2026-03-17T13:11:50Z")
Hi honey, I’m home! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3037 "2026-03-17T15:42:56Z")
Wilma, I’m home! ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3038 "2026-03-17T16:46:07Z")
Jane! Stop this crazy thing! ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3039 "2026-03-17T18:09:10Z")
If you unplug it, it cannot electrocute you. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3040 "2026-03-17T18:58:10Z")
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