# 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:** 169
**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 15, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3361 "2026-06-15T14:42:52Z")
He’s Popeye, the sailor man. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3362 "2026-06-15T19:19:52Z")
I yam what I yam. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3363 "2026-06-15T19:50:12Z")
Ah-yuk-uk-uk-uk-uk! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3364 "2026-06-16T14:17:21Z")
Yabba dabba doo! ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3365 "2026-06-16T15:13:16Z")
Here I come to save the day! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3366 "2026-06-16T18:28:41Z")
Speed of lightning, roar of thunder Fighting all who rob or plunder ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3367 "2026-06-16T18:44:22Z")
To boldly go where no man has gone before. . . ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3368 "2026-06-16T18:51:35Z")
Pigs… in Spaaace! ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3369 "2026-06-16T19:19:14Z")
Tom, I just projected that heading. It will take the scout right into the sun! ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3370 "2026-06-16T22:39:07Z")
Hello. I’m the Doctor. Care for a jelly baby? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3371 "2026-06-16T23:39:09Z")
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3372 "2026-06-17T02:14:34Z")
A homo habilis discovering his opposable thumbs says what…? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3373 "2026-06-17T03:13:37Z")
What has two thumbs and doesn’t give a crap? Bob Kelso! How ya doin’? ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3374 "2026-06-17T13:37:55Z")
_[solving the riddle_] There were three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke? They threw one cigarette overboard and make the boat a cigarette lighter! ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3375 "2026-06-17T18:43:37Z")
When was the last time you smoked a cigarette? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3376 "2026-06-17T18:54:35Z")
Captain, you look like a man who really knows how to navigate. I’d love to see your equipment. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3377 "2026-06-17T20:56:23Z")
This is Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Enterprise. ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3378 "2026-06-17T21:03:34Z")
Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3379 "2026-06-17T21:39:51Z")
Captain’s log: We’re passing through a swarm of comets. I’m steering directly for them, because in space, comets are the icebergs of the sky. By striking one, we shall prove once and for all that luxury and hubris can go hand-in-hand. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3380 "2026-06-18T13:36:53Z")
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