# 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:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3441 "2026-07-17T00:48:37Z")

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Signed,  
Epstein’s Mother.

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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:** [July 18, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3442 "2026-07-18T14:54:04Z")

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Yes, indeed. His mother’s very upset. We sent him to school this morning, a fine, strapping boy. And tonight he came home looking like a rather ugly girl.

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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:** [July 18, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3443 "2026-07-18T19:05:02Z")

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What an honor, in my class, all four Marx brothers: Wacko, Stupo, Jerko, and Dummo.

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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:** [July 21, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3444 "2026-07-21T17:07:42Z")

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Daddy, I’m afraid that if I keep doing this, people are gonna think that I’m all body and no… [forgets what she’s talking about]

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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:** [July 21, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3445 "2026-07-21T21:44:29Z")

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What do you think, Marge? All I need is a title. I was thinking along the lines of “No TV and no beer make Homer something-something…”

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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:** [July 21, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3446 "2026-07-21T23:01:39Z")

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Welcome to Santa’s Village, where it’s Christmas everyday! Closed on Christmas.

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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:** [July 23, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3447 "2026-07-23T13:15:01Z")

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I can see why that’s a Christmas you’ll never forget.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3448 "2026-07-23T13:57:42Z")

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If we can delay it long enough, his kids won’t have to think of Christmas as the day their daddy died.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [July 24, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3449 "2026-07-24T13:33:17Z")

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Elmo thinks it’s important to be kind because if you’re kind to somebody, then they’ll be kind to somebody, and it goes on and on and on.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3450 "2026-07-25T00:54:03Z")

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You’ve got spunk. _(pause)_ I hate spunk.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3451 "2026-07-25T03:22:48Z")

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I’m an experienced woman. I’ve been around… Well, all right, I might not’ve been _around_, but I’ve been… nearby.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3452 "2026-07-25T03:53:49Z")

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Looks like someone took the slow train from Philly.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3453 "2026-07-25T15:19:13Z")

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It’s always sunny in Philadelphia.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3454 "2026-07-25T15:51:35Z")

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Tuesday has no feel. Monday has a feel, Friday has a feel, Sunday has a feel.

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3455 "2026-07-25T18:05:38Z")

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“Monday, one day, Tuesday, two day, Wednesday, when? Huh? What day? Thursday, the third day!”\*

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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:** [July 25, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3456 "2026-07-25T23:21:00Z")

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Saturday, what a day.  
Rockin’ all week for you!

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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:** [July 26, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3457 "2026-07-26T03:09:53Z")

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Wait a minute… This sounds like rock and/or roll.

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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:** [July 26, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3458 "2026-07-26T19:01:25Z")

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You boys look great, [but] you ought to smile a little more.” – Ed Sullivan speaking backstage with Jim Morrison and the band before The Doors performance.

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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:** [July 26, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3459 "2026-07-26T23:11:42Z")

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My little Chickadees… QUIET!

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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:** [July 27, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3460 "2026-07-27T02:37:47Z")

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Where we’re from, the birds sing a pretty song and there’s always music in the air.

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