# 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:** 158
**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 14, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3141 "2026-04-14T12:57:09Z")
If all I could see was fire, I guess I’d want to punch people too. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3142 "2026-04-14T19:46:32Z")
The fame was like a drug, But what was really like a drug were the drugs ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3143 "2026-04-14T23:35:36Z")
_[injects herself with methamphetamine_] I’m sorry, Grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3144 "2026-04-15T15:59:13Z")
[Hey Grandpa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kaI3jQ6W8w), what’s for supper? ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3145 "2026-04-15T20:02:02Z")
No, Adam, no! Your tummy can’t handle that big boy food. It’ll destroy your insides and tushy. ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3146 "2026-04-15T20:09:50Z")
Mamma mia! That’s-a one spicy-a meatball! ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3147 "2026-04-15T20:22:18Z")
Hey Mom, what’s for dinner? Shop Rite has the answer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3148 "2026-04-16T02:24:19Z")
The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3149 "2026-04-16T04:39:42Z")
Just give me all the bacon and eggs that you have. Wait. Wait. I worry what you heard was, ‘give me a lot of bacon and eggs.’ What I said was, ‘Give me ALL the bacon and eggs you have.’ Do you understand? ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3150 "2026-04-16T13:46:23Z")
I can put five pounds on him in a week. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3151 "2026-04-16T16:19:38Z")
Why should I be concerned about gaining weight? My body is just the vehicle that carries my brain around, and my brain deserves a smooth, luxurious ride. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3152 "2026-04-16T20:03:12Z")
I am a mobile virtual presence device. Recent events have demonstrated to me that my body is too fragile to endure the vicissitudes of the world. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3153 "2026-04-17T03:53:28Z")
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3154 "2026-04-17T19:46:25Z")
"The fingers you have used to dial are too fat ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3155 "2026-04-18T13:47:01Z")
Yoo hoo! Sticky fingers! ---
**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 18, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3156 "2026-04-18T19:12:41Z")
That’s right. I cut off my finger. And this one! This one they sewed back on, but it doesn’t work right. Finger rejected the host. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3157 "2026-04-19T00:27:28Z")
This time you slipped, 88 Fingers Louie. ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3158 "2026-04-19T00:32:24Z")
Play it, Sam. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3159 "2026-04-19T12:03:15Z")
Look at me. I can’t keep a straight face. I played you like a fiddle. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3160 "2026-04-19T13:21:14Z")
Oh yeah? Do you know what Mary Ellen Rogers did? She used The Beaver in order to get Wally to take her to the dance tonight. And don’t look so shocked, because it’s exactly what you predicted she’d do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=159)