# 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:** 157
**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:** [April 10, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3121 "2026-04-10T00:15:05Z")
Free beer is good, right? ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3122 "2026-04-10T13:43:13Z")
Drinks are on the house! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3123 "2026-04-10T18:31:16Z")
Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems ---
**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 10, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3124 "2026-04-10T19:10:39Z")
The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, _you can always change the channel_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3125 "2026-04-10T20:10:06Z")
Chuck Taylor reporting live for Channel 3 Action News. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3126 "2026-04-10T20:45:00Z")
“Who are we to make these decisions? We’re the media elite.” ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3127 "2026-04-11T03:08:06Z")
What’s that penguin doing sitting on the telly? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3128 "2026-04-11T05:28:48Z")
Priest finds a four-leaf clover, rubs it and out pops a leprechaun. Priest is ecstatic. He thinks, “This must be my lucky day!” That the leprechaun now owes him a wish, but before the priest can utter a word, the leprechaun asks him, “Father, do you by any chance have a leprechaun nun in your congregation?” The priest says, “Hate to break it to you, sonny, but there’s no such thing in this world or the next as a leprechaun nun.” The leprechaun shakes his head, confused, forlorn. “Ah, blimey!” he says, “I just fսckеd a penguin.” ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3129 "2026-04-11T11:57:09Z")
“Waugh, Waugh!” ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3130 "2026-04-11T12:58:35Z")
I do NOT vo-dee-oh-doh-doh! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3131 "2026-04-12T02:40:49Z")
My shins are made of doo wop music ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3132 "2026-04-12T03:57:31Z")
Wait a minute. This sounds like rock and or roll. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3133 "2026-04-12T17:45:11Z")
To think that I know a real rock & roll musician personally. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3134 "2026-04-12T21:25:03Z")
And now, here they are, all greased up and ready to sing their brains out, Sha Na Na! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3135 "2026-04-12T22:24:23Z")
Ladies and gentlemen… the Beatles! ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3136 "2026-04-13T00:21:55Z")
When I find I can’t remember What comes after A and before C, My mother always whispers: “Letter B.” ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3137 "2026-04-13T15:03:52Z")
Do you hear the whisper men? The whisper men are near./If you hear the whisper men, then turn away your ear. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3138 "2026-04-13T19:38:10Z")
“What a long, strange trip it’s been… in Forman’s basement.” ---
**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 13, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3139 "2026-04-13T21:57:37Z")
Reality, man, reality! I could see the center of the earth! Purple flame down there with a pilot light! All the way down! Purple flame down there and a pilot light! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3140 "2026-04-14T03:19:07Z")
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