# 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:** 180
**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 25, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3581 "2026-09-25T22:12:10Z")
If the champagne is too burned for your taste, don’t drink it. The caviar, I trust, is not burned? ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3582 "2026-09-26T15:04:57Z")
Hey, do you have any dried seaweed or kale chips? ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3583 "2026-09-26T20:11:26Z")
“I think it means they’re not going to make Veggie-Boy anymore. I guess nobody liked it.” “How could they not like it? It’s broccoli, cauliflower, and kale!” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3584 "2026-09-26T20:41:35Z")
If it’s any consolation, Thursday is no longer Cruciferous Vegetable Night. ---
**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 26, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3585 "2026-09-26T23:05:46Z")
- [_Ward and June are arguing about making Beaver eat his Brussels sprouts_] Well, they’re probably cold by now. - It doesn’t make any difference! - Yeah, but a cold sprout… That’s about as appetizing as a soggy sponge. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3586 "2026-09-27T00:23:43Z")
Vitameatavegamin contains vitamins, meat, vegetables, and minerals. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3587 "2026-09-27T02:52:30Z")
Oh, you can really taste the kale! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3588 "2026-09-27T04:20:15Z")
At first I was like aw hell kale! And then I was like all hail kale ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3589 "2026-09-27T13:42:56Z")
We hail Prince George! We hail Prince George! ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3590 "2026-09-27T16:56:47Z")
I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 And I yelled to the cabbie “Yo home smell ya later” I looked at my kingdom I was finally there To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3591 "2026-09-27T22:03:27Z")
Man, I love Halloween! It’s the only time of year when a black man can wear a mask at night and not get arrested! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3592 "2026-09-28T03:07:42Z")
So apparently no one dresses up for Halloween here. I wish I had known that before I used greasepaint for my moustache. ---
**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 28, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3593 "2026-09-28T14:43:33Z")
You’re missing the whole point of Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3594 "2026-09-29T09:41:32Z")
On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises from his pumpkin patch and flies through the air to bring toys to all the good little children everywhere. Would you like to sit with me in the pumpkin patch on Halloween night and wait for the Great Pumpkin? ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3595 "2026-09-29T14:08:51Z")
I would rather grow a third arm that only grew hair than do this. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3596 "2026-09-29T22:52:05Z")
We gladly feast on those who would subdue us,…every night is Halloween. ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3597 "2026-09-29T23:10:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > We gladly feast on those who would subdue us…every night is Halloween. Not sure, but I think that might be from one of the Sonnenfeld movies with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston rather than the TV show. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3598 "2026-09-29T23:15:34Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Not sure, but I think that might be from one of the Sonnenfeld movies with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston rather than the TV show. Seems like it, except that last part- “When we’re together, darling, every night is Halloween” is from the TV show, Season 1, Episode 7. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w1-B6R56N8o/maxresdefault.jpg "An Evening Of Halloween Fun With The Addams Family | The Addams Family") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-B6R56N8o) But the first part is the family motto? and I can only find it on the Movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3599 "2026-09-29T23:17:47Z")
So the first part of the quote is not legit, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3600 "2026-09-30T04:20:17Z")
A year ago, Claire accused me for the millionth time that I couldn’t scare her, so I came up with a plan… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=181)