# 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\
**Page:** 27

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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:** [March 15, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/521 "2023-03-15T21:47:11Z")

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O mighty Isis!

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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:** [March 15, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/522 "2023-03-15T23:12:47Z")

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Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise, appear before my seeking eyes!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/523 "2023-03-16T01:46:56Z")

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Calling **Dr. Bombay**! Calling **Dr. Bombay**! Emergency, come right away!

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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:** [March 16, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/524 "2023-03-16T12:18:02Z")

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You call yourself “life saver”; I call you “pimple popper, M.D.”!

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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:** [March 16, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/525 "2023-03-16T13:51:05Z")

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If it hadn’t been for you, who knows what would have become of me. You know, instead of a world class physicist I could have wound up as a hobo… or a surgeon.

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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:** [March 16, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/526 "2023-03-16T20:09:17Z")

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I’m not a grown-up doctor.

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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:** [March 16, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/527 "2023-03-16T22:56:00Z")

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I’m not ready to be a princess.

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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:** [March 17, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/528 "2023-03-17T14:29:35Z")

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I’m a princess and this is my TIARA!

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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:** [March 17, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/529 "2023-03-17T15:58:25Z")

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I like to call it “the urban sombrero”.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/530 "2023-03-17T22:16:53Z")

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'S all right, Baba Looey?

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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:** [March 17, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/531 "2023-03-17T22:48:11Z")

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This guy is a politician, Ray, all right? You said it for yourself, huh? He had issues with Foxtrot 1.

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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:** [March 17, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/532 "2023-03-17T22:59:42Z")

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All children had to attend the cotillion.

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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:** [March 18, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/533 "2023-03-18T01:26:00Z")

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Wally, your brother has been invited to the Mayfield Cotillion dances.

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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:** [March 18, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/534 "2023-03-18T17:28:33Z")

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You want to dance, masked man?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/535 "2023-03-18T19:08:50Z")

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Do the Batusi!

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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:** [March 19, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/536 "2023-03-19T17:35:17Z")

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I told Potsie I’d do this!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/537 "2023-03-19T20:20:14Z")

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And now, a man who needs no introduction, so why am I standing out here?

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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:** [March 19, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/538 "2023-03-19T21:15:02Z")

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I mean Larry is a wonderful guy, he’s kind, funny, rich - my god he’s the boss. I’d date him if I could.

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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:** [March 19, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/539 "2023-03-19T23:18:58Z")

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Boss said to wait so I’ll wait.

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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:** [March 20, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/540 "2023-03-20T01:22:33Z")

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You know what, you’ve got spunk!

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