# 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:** 44

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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:** [June 11, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/861 "2023-06-11T17:01:39Z")

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We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.

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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:** [June 11, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/862 "2023-06-11T18:01:55Z")

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We will sell no wine before its time.

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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:** [June 12, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/863 "2023-06-12T05:06:01Z")

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Whoo! That’ll put hair on your saddlehorn!

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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:** [June 12, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/864 "2023-06-12T17:37:48Z")

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— How 'bout “Don’t Hit Your Grandma with a Great Big Stick”?

— No, Paw, That one makes me cry!

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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:** [June 12, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/865 "2023-06-12T19:36:40Z")

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Now, remember, if the balloon pops, the noise makes the angels cry.

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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:** [June 13, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/866 "2023-06-13T04:36:38Z")

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I have this spy pen, and I heard him talking to my mom, and he’s scared about paying for my sister’s college next year. And I guess he’s nervous about some kind of party, because he said there’s a big balloon payment. Anyways, he’s like the best dad ever, so maybe you could be a little nicer to him.

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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:** [June 13, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/867 "2023-06-13T20:55:10Z")

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Now I’m a spy, too.

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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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/868 "2023-06-13T21:32:12Z")

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86, your mission is simple: find KAOS and destroy it. Get Mr. Big. Rescue Professor Dante and get back the Inthermo.

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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:** [June 14, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/869 "2023-06-14T14:24:49Z")

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Penny, you don’t want to get into it with Sheldon. The guy’s one lab accident away from being a super villain.

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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:** [June 14, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/870 "2023-06-14T21:18:09Z")

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A lot of great discoveries were accidents, like Thomas Edison and the telephone.

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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:** [June 17, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/871 "2023-06-17T20:43:11Z")

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Would you kindly remove the stitches or should I call in Dr. Marcus Welby?

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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:** [June 17, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/872 "2023-06-17T23:31:47Z")

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:I want you to see her lying in her bed. I want you to see how pale she is. I want you to see that her chest is barely moving. I want you to see that she’s dying and that you can save her but you won’t.

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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:** [June 18, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/873 "2023-06-18T04:09:30Z")

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When Polly’s in trouble I am not slow. It’s hip-hip-hip and away I go!

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**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:** [June 18, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/874 "2023-06-18T04:30:10Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> When Polly’s in trouble, I am not slow. It’s hip-hip-hip and away I go!

A day or so ago, we were discussing TV themes in another thread. Allow me to say that, for an animated cartoon, that particular show had a very elaborate and well-produced theme

In play –

…and awaaay we go!

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [June 18, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/875 "2023-06-18T12:13:03Z")

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To the moon, Alice!

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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:** [June 18, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/876 "2023-06-18T14:21:10Z")

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Today, we will prove once and for all that there can be no life on the moon.

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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:** [June 18, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/877 "2023-06-18T20:14:04Z")

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Hey, who turned off the lights? And the stars? And the moon?

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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:** [June 19, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/878 "2023-06-19T21:16:31Z")

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The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.

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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:** [June 19, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/879 "2023-06-19T22:17:13Z")

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…and for all the rest, there’s Master Card.

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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:** [June 19, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/880 "2023-06-19T23:14:35Z")

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Don’t ever cry for Jimmy Mac. I always land on my feet. I’m 55 years old, my profession is dying, my ex-wives all hate me, my credit cards are maxed out 'cause I got three kids in college and I never felt better in my life.

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