# 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:** 155

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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:** [March 30, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3081 "2026-03-30T18:34:10Z")

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Brought to you in living color

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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:** [March 30, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3082 "2026-03-30T18:36:25Z")

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You can do what you want to do  
In Living Color

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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:** [March 30, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3083 "2026-03-30T19:23:22Z")

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Congratulations. You have won a free 27-inch color TV." What is this, a scam?

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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:** [March 31, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3084 "2026-03-31T13:29:35Z")

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Oh, come on guys, give me a break, I’m a reformed man.

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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:** [March 31, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3085 "2026-03-31T17:12:41Z")

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You are such a disappointing pair. I prayed so hard for you. It saddens and hurts me that the two young men whom I raised to believe in the Ten Commandments have returned to me as two thieves, with filthy mouths and bad attitudes. Get out, and don’t come back until you’ve redeemed yourselves

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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:** [March 31, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3086 "2026-03-31T19:10:43Z")

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Now I’ve got two sons working nights in a saloon.

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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:** [April 1, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3087 "2026-04-01T23:27:27Z")

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I’ll close every saloon, gambling hall, and store in Dodge.

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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:** [April 2, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3088 "2026-04-02T02:28:29Z")

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I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!

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**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:** [April 2, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3089 "2026-04-02T03:35:45Z")

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I took Grand Street till about Staples, then got on the 10 West to La Cienega and went north.

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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:** [April 2, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3090 "2026-04-02T11:49:02Z")

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In those eastern newspapers, they write about the lawlessness of the West. But they don’t know what it really means to live that way.

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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:** [April 2, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3091 "2026-04-02T20:17:32Z")

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Well, enjoy that while it lasts. I had a pretty good hat run, but then I saw a photo of myself from the dude ranch. I looked like Reba at the Grammys.

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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:** [April 3, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3092 "2026-04-03T23:31:22Z")

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You’ve got a hat box.

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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:** [April 4, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3093 "2026-04-04T00:45:18Z")

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Something will come out, and it won’t be a jack in the box.

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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:** [April 4, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3094 "2026-04-04T11:55:31Z")

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Not until the box is in my hands.

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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:** [April 4, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3095 "2026-04-04T12:51:06Z")

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Is it bigger than a bread box?

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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:** [April 4, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3096 "2026-04-04T14:04:04Z")

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Small penis. You have a small penis. Oh, that’s super interesting, but you have a small penis. Damn it, Marshall! Okay. Okay. Think of any two words other than “small” or “penis.” Got it: small penis. Damn it!

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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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3097 "2026-04-05T02:02:33Z")

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I need an orderly with a wheelchair. I got a robot hand grasping a man’s penis out here.

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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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3098 "2026-04-05T02:44:04Z")

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Jane, turn off this crazy thing!

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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:** [April 5, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3099 "2026-04-05T12:08:57Z")

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Jane. On a school team. That’s pathetic. Hey, if she’s the pathetic one, why am I talking to myself?

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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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3100 "2026-04-05T14:24:11Z")

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These kids got me talking to myself like some kind of damn recluse or a loser. Or Janine.

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