# 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:** ![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 30, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3181 "2026-04-30T02:46:59Z")

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Not the mama!

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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 30, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3182 "2026-04-30T03:07:16Z")

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“You want poetry, you listen to Neil Diamond. You want good advice, you listen to your mother.”

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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 30, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3183 "2026-04-30T13:32:46Z")

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“Yeah, I love Neil Diamond.”

“_I_ love Neil Diamond.”

(Both singing) “Sweet Caroline…”

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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 30, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3184 "2026-04-30T14:08:24Z")

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I’m not singing into my gate, Ray.

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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:** [May 1, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3185 "2026-05-01T19:11:13Z")

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Oh, you’d only make a fool of yourself, Dominique. Everyone knows you’re nothing but a… second-rate lounge act.

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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:** [May 2, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3186 "2026-05-02T19:44:24Z")

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I cannot be your fool again.

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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:** [May 2, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3187 "2026-05-02T22:38:17Z")

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A homo habilis discovering his opposable thumbs says what…?

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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:** [May 3, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3188 "2026-05-03T00:24:33Z")

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Rachel (giggling): “Erectus!” How about you?  
Joey: “Homo.”

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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:** [May 3, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3189 "2026-05-03T11:58:54Z")

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They’re the modern Stone Age family.

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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:** [May 3, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3190 "2026-05-03T19:33:00Z")

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“Hey, Fred, make 350 dino burgers, 200 with onions, 150 dodo egg sandwiches, 26 cheese omelets, 78 fried chicken livers, 82 tunas on rye, and hurry it up”.

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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:** [May 3, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3191 "2026-05-03T20:04:49Z")

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Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger!

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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:** [May 4, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3192 "2026-05-04T11:24:15Z")

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No Coke, Pepsi!

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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:** [May 4, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3193 "2026-05-04T14:21:37Z")

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Potsie, I’ll lend you the money for a soda.

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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:** [May 4, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3194 "2026-05-04T15:50:14Z")

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Hey, you goin’ to the movies this afternoon?

Nah. I gotta pay Beaver back what I owe him from borrowin’ off him in school. Then I won’t have any money.

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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:** [May 4, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3195 "2026-05-04T17:13:14Z")

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…And Dave Thomas as The Beaver.

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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:** [May 5, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3196 "2026-05-05T11:26:32Z")

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These are the Daves I know, I know,  
These are the Daves I know.

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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:** [May 5, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3197 "2026-05-05T15:10:39Z")

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I’m Larry. This is my brother Darryl. This is my other brother Darryl.

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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:** [May 5, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3198 "2026-05-05T19:02:46Z")

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Salute!

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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:** [May 7, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3199 "2026-05-07T05:18:09Z")

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I hold in my hand a hermetically sealed envelope. NO ONE knows what’s written inside!

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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:** [May 7, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3200 "2026-05-07T13:36:13Z")

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You pull out rubber bands, I pull out an envelope.

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