# 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:** 5

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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:** [December 2, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/81 "2022-12-02T17:16:02Z")

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Abner! Come see what they’re doing next door!

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/82 "2022-12-02T18:14:56Z")

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Darrin, don’t make Mother angry. She’s very difficult when she gets angry.

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Since when does she have to be angry to be difficult?

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You’re right, Durweed. I don’t have to be angry to be difficult.  
But it helps.

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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:** [December 2, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/83 "2022-12-02T23:25:54Z")

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I can’t go back to the skateboard idiots, the white rappers and all those sweaty dumb-asses with their backwards hats. I want grandkids, and I want them to grow up in a house without wheels.

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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:** [December 3, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/84 "2022-12-03T00:03:03Z")

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Oh, I almost forgot. Your daughter thinks she might be pregnant. Call me if you need me.

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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:** [December 4, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/85 "2022-12-04T23:40:33Z")

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Love was, like midwifery, the very stuff of life and I was learning how to fly with it.

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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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/86 "2022-12-08T17:27:50Z")

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At the end of the day, it’s still a building on its side being thrown from one place to another.

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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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/87 "2022-12-08T17:29:23Z")

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And now for something completely different…

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**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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/88 "2022-12-08T17:42:41Z")

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Suddenly I have an opinion on the capital gains tax!

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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:** [December 8, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/89 "2022-12-08T22:05:55Z")

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Perhaps the government thinks that a tax is the best form of defense.

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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:** [December 8, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/90 "2022-12-08T22:53:46Z")

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I am the one who knocks.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/91 "2022-12-09T02:43:22Z")

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Carlton your Doorman.

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**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:** [December 9, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/92 "2022-12-09T22:10:39Z")

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You might as well finish this god-awful shepherd’s pie that [character’s name] made. Lord knows it isn’t fit for humans.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/93 "2022-12-09T23:14:31Z")

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I love you, `Philip J. Fry`.

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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:** [December 10, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/94 "2022-12-10T14:17:01Z")

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Why, you’ve perked up my African strangler. Come here, darling.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/95 "2022-12-10T17:44:23Z")

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Quite a combination: inside all heart, outside all hair.

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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:** [December 11, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/96 "2022-12-11T20:58:14Z")

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Your brother and I got off on the wrong foot but he’s grown on me. Kid’s got a heart of gold.

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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:** [December 11, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/97 "2022-12-11T22:34:45Z")

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You know what this half-baked plan of yours sounds like to me? Child endangerment.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/98 "2022-12-11T23:30:35Z")

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V.I.P. Makes Major Mistake!

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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:** [December 12, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/99 "2022-12-12T03:17:28Z")

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So you’re saying that if I can deal with you, then I can handle… any other little girl?

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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:** [December 12, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/100 "2022-12-12T23:42:51Z")

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Handle the problem, Roy. Handle it. Handle it.

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