# 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:** [September 30, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3601 "2026-09-30T20:57:23Z")

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Son, I ain’t scared of anybody but God. And maybe your mother.

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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:** [October 1, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3602 "2026-10-01T20:08:09Z")

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You know the rules. You brought your mom to work. You must suffer.

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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:** [October 1, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3603 "2026-10-01T20:25:49Z")

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“I’m not insane. My mother had me tested.”

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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:** [October 1, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3604 "2026-10-01T20:40:30Z")

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I want you to know that I love your son very much.

Estelle: You do?

Yes.

Estelle: May I ask ‘why’?

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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:** [October 2, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3605 "2026-10-02T14:50:23Z")

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I go out for a quart of milk, I come home, and find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park!

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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:** [October 3, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3606 "2026-10-03T18:13:54Z")

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No, sugarcubes. I’ll bet you he’s been dropping that acid we’ve been hearing about.

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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:** [October 3, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3607 "2026-10-03T19:01:27Z")

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"You come at the king, you best not miss.

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**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:** [October 4, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3608 "2026-10-04T02:26:20Z")

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Alex is king!

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3609 "2026-10-04T16:06:41Z")

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Yeah, and I’m the Queen of Sheba.

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3610 "2026-10-04T18:14:00Z")

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Michael stands in the front of the boat and says that he’s king of the world within the first hour, or I give you my next paycheck.

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3611 "2026-10-04T18:21:21Z")

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She is the job. She is the essence of your duty.

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3612 "2026-10-04T18:42:38Z")

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Would you tell him his job is safe?

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3613 "2026-10-04T18:58:44Z")

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If I don’t like you, I’ll fire you! If you don’t like me, I’ll fire 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:** [October 4, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3614 "2026-10-04T20:45:16Z")

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Hello, hello, who are you? You’re an out-of-work writer? Well, you’re fired. Roll the credits.

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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:** [October 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3615 "2026-10-05T15:04:30Z")

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You’re working like it’s Friday already, Jetson. Push those buttons faster or you’re fired!

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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:** [October 5, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3616 "2026-10-05T16:37:49Z")

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Oh, I have had it, I have had it with this school, Skinner! The low test scores, class after class of ugly, ugly children!

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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:** [October 6, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3617 "2026-10-06T13:21:55Z")

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I’ve never seen you so upset, not even when we painted your bathtub our school colors.

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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:** [October 10, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3618 "2026-10-10T13:41:03Z")

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I will taser anyone who is not wearing McKinley school colors!

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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:** [October 10, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3619 "2026-10-10T20:18:51Z")

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Hello in there, Cliff. Tell me, what color is the sky in your world?

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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:** [October 11, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3620 "2026-10-11T02:20:02Z")

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Niles, have you been self-medicating again?

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