# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/881 "2023-06-20T01:22:26Z")
You look at me and you see Slippin’ Jimmy… hey, what do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer? An offer you can’t understand. ---
**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 20, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/882 "2023-06-20T19:54:22Z")
You want me to write about the mafia? ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/883 "2023-06-21T01:55:14Z")
From the very beginning, when I thought of writing, it was about my family, our home and Waltons Mountain. This was my world, the only kind of life I knew well enough to tell people about. I remember a day in the 1930’s when I finally felt ready to show one of my stories to someone for the very first time. ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/884 "2023-06-21T20:53:50Z")
My family is pretty simple. As long as you follow a few simple rules. Don’t get my father talking on capital punishment. Don’t get my mom talking on women’s lib. And don’t get Alex talking. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/885 "2023-06-22T00:00:31Z")
If there’s a question you need to know, go ask Alex. ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/886 "2023-06-22T02:05:02Z")
You overrated cowboy. You thought you owned me? Well, nobody owns Alexis! ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/887 "2023-06-22T15:10:41Z")
You know what they say, cowboy. Easy come, easy go. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/888 "2023-06-22T18:33:26Z")
Oh, come on now. You come up here for the cowboy experience. ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/889 "2023-06-22T19:19:27Z")
Did you stay for the rattlesnake roundup? ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/890 "2023-06-23T02:18:34Z")
Them railroads have come to stick in my craw, Matt. They’re taking jobs that cowhands oughta be doin’. Herdin’ cows into box cars instead of across green grass just don’t make sense. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/891 "2023-06-23T14:41:18Z")
“I thought he hated children.” “He does. He just loves model trains.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/892 "2023-06-24T03:53:21Z")
Oh, no! We are lost in a city of high furniture prices. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/893 "2023-06-24T13:22:40Z")
I did not take this city to preside over the injustice I fought to destroy. I took it to bring people freedom. ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/894 "2023-06-24T19:42:25Z")
Free to be you and me. ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/895 "2023-06-24T21:38:21Z")
Nick, we love each other. Damn it, look at me. Does that change me so much? I’m still your father. Don’t, don’t cry. C’mon. I’ve lied to myself for a long time. Why should I lie to you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/896 "2023-06-25T03:34:19Z")
You’re right. Who am I kidding? You should have seen me when I was young, Sheldon. The fellas used to line up and bring me boxes of candy. Why did I eat it all? Will you hold me? ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/897 "2023-06-25T14:00:29Z")
It’s a Saturnalia miracle. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/898 "2023-06-25T16:47:13Z")
It’s a Festivus miracle! ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/899 "2023-06-25T23:04:54Z")
Dad is okay and this is some kind of miracle? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/900 "2023-06-26T00:00:48Z")
The next thing I know, I’m hiding in my bedroom blaring a Richard Feynman lecture, mom shouting Jesus would forgive her if she put ground glass in my dad’s meatloaf. And my dad’s on the roof, skeet-shooting her Franklin Mint collectible plates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=46)