# 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:** 179
**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 14, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3561 "2026-09-14T15:27:46Z")
Peter Potamus has the charm, He will never conceal. It’s time to meet Peter Potamus, our IDEAL! ---
**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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3562 "2026-09-14T15:37:57Z")
There has never been a greater operator in the swamp! See you later, Wally Gator! ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3563 "2026-09-14T19:16:07Z")
Cruisin’ on down Main Street, you’re relaxed and feelin’ good." ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3564 "2026-09-15T00:51:21Z")
See the USA in your Chevrolet American is asking you to call Drive your Chevrolet through the USA ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3565 "2026-09-15T13:49:55Z")
We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3566 "2026-09-15T14:15:19Z")
Is that all I am to you? A four-wheeled friend? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3567 "2026-09-15T15:33:11Z")
Be all you can be. Read. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3568 "2026-09-15T16:07:00Z")
But, gee, Dad! Vs It’s a thick book! It’ll take me at least two whole days to read it! ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3569 "2026-09-15T18:48:35Z")
Take a look. It’s in a book. A reading rainbow! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3570 "2026-09-15T18:51:51Z")
Look at them all. They’re mocking me. I have not read any of them. ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3571 "2026-09-20T13:44:33Z")
Oskar can’t read? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3572 "2026-09-22T02:43:03Z")
Not that I give a f!ck about football, or your superstitions, but if it’s me reading the signs, I don’t send the Eagles guy whose personal motto is “Excelsior” to a f!cking Giants game. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3573 "2026-09-22T03:36:46Z")
“Today I feel like the luckiest man on the face of the earth. As you know I played high school football. I was great.” ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3574 "2026-09-22T11:56:37Z")
People say I’m… lucky. It all began in a plane crash thirty years ago. One hundred and six lives ending in a single heartbeat. No one survived… except me. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3575 "2026-09-23T15:26:25Z")
No, Flight 815, they… they found the plane. There were no survivors. They were all dead. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3576 "2026-09-23T18:34:20Z")
"So if some moment, any moment, you hear the sound of jet engines flying atop the overcast - engines that sound searching and lost - engines that sound desperate - shoot up a flare or do something. That would be Global 33 trying to get home - from The Twilight Zone ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3577 "2026-09-24T13:49:02Z")
Face, a lot of people are gonna benefit from this. And they agreed to pay our fee. They even offered to let us take their new executive jet for the trip. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3578 "2026-09-24T15:43:19Z")
I’m sorry, there are no meals on flights less than two hours. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3579 "2026-09-24T19:38:48Z")
Are you kidding? It’s the difference between champagne and carbonated pee. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3580 "2026-09-25T13:35:16Z")
Okay, you know when you stack up champagne glasses and fill them with champagne? You only pour the champagne into the top glass and then it overflows to the others. Requires resources applied in one location, then it spreads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=180)