# 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:** ![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:** [September 1, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3541 "2026-09-01T22:41:48Z")

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I don’t want hope. Hope is killing me. My dream is to become hopeless. When you’re hopeless, you don’t care, and when you don’t care, that indifference makes you attractive. …It’s my only hope.

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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:** [September 2, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3542 "2026-09-02T00:37:20Z")

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Dang it, Bobby…!

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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:** [September 2, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3543 "2026-09-02T02:18:13Z")

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Aw, geez, Rick!

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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:** [September 2, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3544 "2026-09-02T20:21:27Z")

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Rick, look around. Okay? There’s Walkers everywhere. They’re migrating or something.

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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:** [September 2, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3545 "2026-09-02T20:56:49Z")

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How many Walkers have you killed? How many people have you killed, and why?

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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:** [September 3, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3546 "2026-09-03T00:18:33Z")

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Like zombies, werewolves, incubi, succubi. Everything you’ve ever dreaded was under your bed… They’re all real.

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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:** [September 4, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3547 "2026-09-04T17:46:37Z")

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I feel like a mindless zombie. I wish I knew how long we’ve been waiting.

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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:** [September 6, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3548 "2026-09-06T22:59:04Z")

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You got to get in line, get a number, wait for that number to be called, proceed to my counter, where I will give you a new exam and then you can go to the testing area.

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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:** [September 6, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3549 "2026-09-06T23:37:37Z")

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Well, according to the inexplicably irritable nurse behind the desk, you’ll be seen after the man who claims to be suffering from a heart attack, but appears to be well enough to play Doodle Jump on his iPhone.

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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:** [September 7, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3550 "2026-09-07T00:53:51Z")

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This ain’t Philly, this is a hospital for Christ’s sake, what’s the matter with you.

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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:** [September 7, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3551 "2026-09-07T12:19:48Z")

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Seeing Don in the hospital caused my anger to temporarily fade away.

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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:** [September 7, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3552 "2026-09-07T13:05:01Z")

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Helllooo, Nurse!

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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:** [September 7, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3553 "2026-09-07T15:40:42Z")

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You just said “Hi. Hi. Hi.” You sounded like my niece, and she’s six months old.

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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:** [September 8, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3554 "2026-09-08T11:44:32Z")

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Kids say the darndest things.

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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:** [September 8, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3555 "2026-09-08T23:55:35Z")

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People always make mistakes. It’s part of growing up.

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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:** [September 9, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3556 "2026-09-09T12:17:35Z")

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Yeah? Well, today’s eight-year-olds are tomorrow’s teenagers. I say this calls for action now! Nip it in the bud! First sign of youngsters going wrong, you got to nip it in the bud!

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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:** [September 9, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3557 "2026-09-09T13:55:34Z")

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"And now for the premiere of a brand-new comedy about today’s teenagers: ‘All in the Family Way’!”

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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:** [September 13, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3558 "2026-09-13T21:27:04Z")

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“Lucy Is Enceinte”

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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:** [September 14, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3559 "2026-09-14T00:16:17Z")

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Lucy, I’m home!

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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:** [September 14, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3560 "2026-09-14T00:18:03Z")

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No, I just implied that she was a little hippy… though she has got the biggest potamus I’ve ever seen."

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