# 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:** 167
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3321 "2026-06-02T21:43:32Z")
Don’t have a cow, man. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3322 "2026-06-02T21:52:43Z")
You forgot your lines again, you stupid fat cow! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3323 "2026-06-02T23:52:02Z")
Oh Lisa, trying is just the first step toward failure. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3324 "2026-06-04T13:37:02Z")
Do you know anyone who is learning to play a horn? Well, if you do, maybe they’re trying to be part of a band or an orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3325 "2026-06-04T14:37:41Z")
I abandoned my goal to master Tuvan throat signing. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3326 "2026-06-04T21:10:40Z")
\*I\* took voice lessons. And my teacher told me I’m another Shirley Temple. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3327 "2026-06-05T13:30:06Z")
I’m like Shirley Temple and that black guy in that movie! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3328 "2026-06-05T16:04:50Z")
“I don’t want to go up there.” “Why, everybody’s got to go upstairs, Miss Lloyd, if they want to go to bed.” (Dialogue between Shirley Temple and Bill Bojangles Robinson, in “that movie”, right before the staircase dance." ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3329 "2026-06-05T18:45:27Z")
Arrest the first naked guy you see with a dirty mouth. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3330 "2026-06-05T21:45:29Z")
Just at that moment, the sun peeked over the mountaintops, illuminating not only my splendid nakedness, but the bus for the Christian Women’s Society. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3331 "2026-06-06T13:55:18Z")
The sun always goes down, the sun always comes up. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3332 "2026-06-06T14:02:08Z")
Tell me, what color is the sky in your world? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3333 "2026-06-06T16:39:24Z")
[laughs] Sarcasm again! You’re a delight. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3334 "2026-06-07T16:22:48Z")
Ah, yes. I’d love to stay and chat, but I’m suddenly overwhelmed by the urge to go anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3335 "2026-06-07T18:38:43Z")
That’s interesting, but I’m going to stand over there for a while. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3336 "2026-06-07T19:49:04Z")
She’s boring, I’m boring, we’re both boring ---
**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:** [June 7, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3337 "2026-06-07T22:21:34Z")
Oh, come on, this is the Good Place, you can do anything you want. What about throwing a rager and totally trashing this place? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3338 "2026-06-08T03:36:14Z")
DOUG: I’m Doug, your across-the-street neighbor. I was curbin’ my bins, heard the party noise, thought I’d join up. Want a refill on that? ALEX: There is no scenario where I accept a drink from you. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3339 "2026-06-08T13:20:57Z")
How about a grasshopper? I make a mean grasshopper. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3340 "2026-06-08T17:38:09Z")
Sorry, officer, I didn’t know I was swerving. I had two “Slippery Monkeys” at the Hook and Crook! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=168)