# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3261 "2026-05-18T03:59:52Z")
Did you know that is gravity were slightly more powerful, the universe would collapse into a ball? Also, if gravity were slightly less powerful, the universe would fly apart, and there would be no stars or planets? ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3262 "2026-05-18T13:55:02Z")
Any really big bump on the Earth is crushed. But if you had a small object, a tiny world, the gravity is very low, and then it can be very different from a sphere. ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3263 "2026-05-18T17:37:38Z")
Gravity makes things balls! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3264 "2026-05-18T18:55:46Z")
**Fred Rogers (_Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood_):**"The space between the television set and the viewer is holy ground. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3265 "2026-05-19T13:18:14Z")
Ethel and I have decided that you have married us and not a television set. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3266 "2026-05-19T14:15:50Z")
Television. Teacher, mother… secret lover… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3267 "2026-05-19T18:51:10Z")
TV comforts us and keeps us safe. ---
**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 19, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3268 "2026-05-19T22:21:06Z")
Are you kids hugging the TV? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3269 "2026-05-20T00:39:16Z")
I’m offering you 56 channels. Movies! Sports! Nudity! And it’s free, for life! ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3270 "2026-05-20T11:42:58Z")
178 channels! This is the future! ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3271 "2026-05-20T15:07:34Z")
The future, Conan? ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3272 "2026-05-20T17:46:59Z")
Yeah, the slave driver. Imagine putting you back on a four day week. What does he think this is? The 20th century? ---
**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 21, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3273 "2026-05-21T18:12:28Z")
I’m a member of the “Why bother?” generation myself. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3274 "2026-05-22T14:50:53Z")
Finally, I can watch _Doctor Who_, although it might as well be “Doctor Who Cares?” by now. ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3275 "2026-05-22T18:43:03Z")
Hello, Sweetie. ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3276 "2026-05-22T23:26:53Z")
Hello, Newman. ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3277 "2026-05-23T00:08:16Z")
Hi, Bob! ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3278 "2026-05-23T00:35:51Z")
Norm!!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3279 "2026-05-23T01:19:11Z")
_“How you doin’?”_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3280 "2026-05-23T02:26:09Z")
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