# 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:** 162
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3221 "2026-05-11T01:00:59Z")
“If you cannot clothe yourself with the skin of a lion, put on that of a fox! From now on I shall be Zorro, the fox!” — Don Diego de la Vega ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3222 "2026-05-11T04:14:10Z")
Hey, what you doing, Quick Draw? ---
**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 11, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3223 "2026-05-11T05:58:17Z")
A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants… ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3224 "2026-05-11T13:44:55Z")
We still need another song we can all sing together. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3225 "2026-05-11T16:22:59Z")
Danny got Reuben to sell our song, and it really came together when mom sang along. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3226 "2026-05-11T23:36:17Z")
We’re too busy singin’ to put anybody down. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3227 "2026-05-11T23:37:58Z")
“Welcome to… a happy, sleepy little hillbilly town where seemingly innocent, nice, naive people turn… to a vengeful, hateful mob!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3228 "2026-05-12T04:51:13Z")
Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3229 "2026-05-12T16:11:42Z")
You’re going to make it after all. ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3230 "2026-05-12T18:36:14Z")
What’s an agent to do? ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3231 "2026-05-12T19:01:29Z")
Sorry about that, Chief. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3232 "2026-05-12T19:34:09Z")
Apples! Celery! Walnuts! Grapes! –By Bruce Boa, who should have gotten a special award for Worst California Accent By A Canadian Actor Ever. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3233 "2026-05-12T22:23:11Z")
If I wanted to see a man eat an orange, I would have taken the orange-eating class! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3234 "2026-05-12T23:10:54Z")
Every government has its Secret Service branch: America, CIA; France, Deuxieme Bureau; England, MI5. NATO also has its own. A messy job? Well that’s when they usually call on me, or someone like me. Oh yes: my name is Drake. John Drake. ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3235 "2026-05-12T23:21:52Z")
Mrs. Peel… we’re needed. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3236 "2026-05-12T23:32:47Z")
I am not a number, I am a free man! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3237 "2026-05-13T00:01:22Z")
Your name is Toby. You’re going’ta learn t’ say yer name. Let me hear y’say it. What’cher name? ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3238 "2026-05-13T06:45:59Z")
I go by many names. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3239 "2026-05-13T12:09:32Z")
My name is Charlie. ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3240 "2026-05-13T13:35:14Z")
But why “Beaver”? Well, “Theodore” came out as “Tweeter”, and, uh, we thought “Beaver” was a little better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=163)