# 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\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3161 "2026-04-19T18:45:49Z")

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Well, son, I think you’ve learned something here: Never tell anyone anything you don’t want repeated.

(this is actually good advice!)

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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 22, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3162 "2026-04-22T15:36:57Z")

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You got this, Mitchell. Just think of it as one more time when your dad helped you out with all this gay business.

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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 22, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3163 "2026-04-22T17:53:58Z")

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Good ol’ Mr. Wilson.

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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 22, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3164 "2026-04-22T22:03:05Z")

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“Hi-de-ho, neighbor!”

“Hey, Wilson.”

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**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:** [April 22, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3165 "2026-04-22T22:09:01Z")

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Hi-diddly-ho, neighbor!

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3166 "2026-04-22T22:35:17Z")

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Wont you be my neighbor?

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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 23, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3167 "2026-04-23T00:32:26Z")

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There’s a family down the street, the Huddles!  
The McCoys live right next door.

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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 23, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3168 "2026-04-23T00:49:47Z")

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Let’s ride with the folks just down the street  
Courtesy of Fred’s two feet

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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 23, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3169 "2026-04-23T11:42:26Z")

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Thanks for the ride.

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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 23, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3170 "2026-04-23T16:17:09Z")

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What if we were to get in a car with a crazy person?

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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 26, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3171 "2026-04-26T01:23:33Z")

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Is that all I am to you? A four-wheeled friend?

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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 26, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3172 "2026-04-26T20:16:42Z")

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This is the only car that will play “O Promise Me” in second gear.

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**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:** [April 26, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3173 "2026-04-26T20:37:47Z")

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They say no one’s ever beaten the Van Wyck, but gentlemen, I tell you this - I came as close as anyone ever has. And if it hadn’t been for that five-car pile-up on Rockaway Boulevard, that numbskull would be on a plane for Seattle right now instead of looking for a parking space downstairs.

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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 27, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3174 "2026-04-27T01:31:53Z")

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Why don’t you question the other people at the gate, huh? Did you see that old lady with the cane? What if she has a ceramic knife in there that can go through the metal detector? And yet you waste your time harassing a little kid.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3175 "2026-04-28T16:33:27Z")

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War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3176 "2026-04-28T19:42:07Z")

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“Should it ever happen again, I will report you to your superior officer, and then to his superior officer… all the way up until it comes back to me.”

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3177 "2026-04-29T20:36:26Z")

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"If I have my way, you’ll all be court-martialed — and since I’m the man who makes those decisions, I always get my way.\*

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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 29, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3178 "2026-04-29T21:06:46Z")

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In a moment, the results of that trial.

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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 29, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3179 "2026-04-29T21:11:52Z")

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You are _not_ the father.

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**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 29, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3180 "2026-04-29T22:22:57Z")

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I’m your mommy.

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