# 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:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/941 "2023-07-05T01:49:18Z")

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Sunday Monday happy days  
Tuesday Wednesday happy days  
Thursday Friday happy days  
Saturday what a day  
Rockin’ all week for you

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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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/942 "2023-07-05T15:36:45Z")

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Like sands through the hourglass… so are the Days of Our Lives.

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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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/943 "2023-07-05T20:53:40Z")

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We have now reached the close of our broadcast day.

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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:** [July 5, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/944 "2023-07-05T22:37:51Z")

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The broadcasters of your area, in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities, have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/945 "2023-07-06T00:04:47Z")

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Four out of five dentists recommend Trident for patients who chew gum.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/946 "2023-07-06T00:21:33Z")

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Im not a Doctor, but I play one on TV.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/947 "2023-07-06T00:45:42Z")

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The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/948 "2023-07-06T02:45:44Z")

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You’re traveling through a dimension.

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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:** [July 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/949 "2023-07-06T15:30:06Z")

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For those of you who’ve never met me, you might call me the under-nourished Alfred Hitchcock.

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/950 "2023-07-07T18:39:30Z")

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And our credo: ‘Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.’ We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words.

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/951 "2023-07-07T18:52:20Z")

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Cathedra mea, regulae meae. My chair, my rules.

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/952 "2023-07-07T21:05:47Z")

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Get out of my chair, Meathead!

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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:** [July 7, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/953 "2023-07-07T23:24:34Z")

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This is my first go at teaching - teaching schoolboys, that is. Up till now, the only teaching I’ve done is trying to teach recruits to look after themselves and not get shot their first week out. There wasn’t time to be patient, see, and I never had to learn to suffer fools gladly. That might take me a bit of time, Mr. Dobson. Until I do, maybe you’d better keep your head down, eh?

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/954 "2023-07-08T01:33:42Z")

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Kotter, these kids couldn’t pass a blood test without cheating.

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/955 "2023-07-08T14:06:49Z")

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I can give you extra lessons to help with the upcoming test.

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/956 "2023-07-08T15:25:50Z")

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Well, Beave. Helping your brother with his studies, huh? Learn anything new about history?

History is mostly killin’ people.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/957 "2023-07-08T16:23:36Z")

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Oh, Walt! Is that you?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/958 "2023-07-08T17:09:50Z")

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Ward…don’t you think you’re being a bit hard on the Beaver?

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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:** [July 8, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/959 "2023-07-08T19:18:29Z")

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I do NOT vo-dee-oh-doh-doh!  
You vo-dee-OH…

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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:** [July 9, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/960 "2023-07-09T03:24:50Z")

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Attorney Woo, you must “whoa, whoa…”

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