# 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:** 32
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/621 "2023-04-05T20:49:21Z")
Listen, my pusillanimous puppet. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/622 "2023-04-06T00:05:20Z")
No puppet. . ._you’re_ a puppet. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/623 "2023-04-06T21:30:54Z")
There are no strings on me. (Yes, I know it’s in at least two movies, but it was also said by a character in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/624 "2023-04-06T21:45:05Z")
You mean, Jesus? Yes, that’s the bloke! Keep him out of it; he always spoils the Xmas atmos! ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/625 "2023-04-07T00:49:02Z")
Festivus for the rest of us! ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/626 "2023-04-07T01:43:51Z")
Uncle Fester, do you believe in Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/627 "2023-04-07T04:08:40Z")
“Up on the sidewalk, boomp, boomp, boomp.” ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/628 "2023-04-07T14:50:17Z")
Do you know another reason why I drink, Mr. Dundee? So that when I walk down the tenements, I can really think it’s the North Pole, and the children are elves, and that I’m really Santa Claus bringing a bag of wondrous gifts for all of them. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/629 "2023-04-07T15:49:09Z")
Michael, you’re the reason I drink. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/630 "2023-04-07T16:41:20Z")
Yeah, we were planning an intervention, but I got alcohol poisoning that night. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/631 "2023-04-07T22:13:47Z")
I don’t want to be a cliche. I just wanna drink. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/632 "2023-04-07T22:15:09Z")
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/633 "2023-04-09T05:20:19Z")
In that event, you wouldn’t mind answering an extremely personal question … What is your _ **name?** _ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/634 "2023-04-09T11:07:24Z")
Hello, Mr. Thompson. :: I think he’s talking to _you_.:: ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/635 "2023-04-09T11:16:27Z")
Who ever heard of a talking horse? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/636 "2023-04-09T16:18:19Z")
My name is Talky Tina and I love you very much. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/637 "2023-04-09T20:06:38Z")
I’m terrible at small talk. Ask me about the weather. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/638 "2023-04-09T21:09:44Z")
The sea was angry that day, my friends; like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/639 "2023-04-09T21:20:44Z")
Yeah, but a cold sprout… that’s about as appetizing as a soggy sponge. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/640 "2023-04-10T04:10:26Z")
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