# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1121 "2023-08-25T18:57:49Z")

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Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame, set at gas mark ‘egg on your face.’

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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:** [August 25, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1122 "2023-08-25T20:47:23Z")

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Oh! Now I’ve done it! I’ve cut the dickens out of my finger. You know, I’m glad in a way that this happened.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1123 "2023-08-25T22:14:24Z")

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Vyvyan! I think you cut off one of your fingers!

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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:** [August 27, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1124 "2023-08-27T23:55:40Z")

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You’ve been chopped!

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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:** [August 28, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1125 "2023-08-28T11:57:00Z")

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In Paris, I was a sous-chef, which means they only let me chop vegetables.

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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:** [August 28, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1126 "2023-08-28T12:09:02Z")

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No soup for you! One year!

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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:** [August 28, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1127 "2023-08-28T13:56:39Z")

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[_Discovering that Beaver is the one stuck in the soup bowl on the billboard_] Oh fireman, save my child!

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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:** [August 28, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1128 "2023-08-28T14:43:51Z")

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My player piano!

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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:** [August 28, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1129 "2023-08-28T22:29:19Z")

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I’ve been reading this book: Opera: it’s more than just annoying.

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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:** [August 29, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1130 "2023-08-29T01:02:49Z")

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Well, it’s about Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester in the court of the Duke. He has a daughter, Gilda, who’s secretly living with him. But everyone thinks that she’s his mistress. In this opening scene, Rigoletto mocks the Duke’s enemy, who puts a curse on him.

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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:** [August 29, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1131 "2023-08-29T12:04:48Z")

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Why are you wearing that? You said people dress up for the opera!

People do; I don’t.

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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:** [August 29, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1132 "2023-08-29T13:51:11Z")

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All right, let him wear that horse blanket to the dance Saturday night. But what are you going to do when our friends see him in 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:** [August 29, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1133 "2023-08-29T14:30:18Z")

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I only expect you to act like a normal human horse!

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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:** [August 29, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1134 "2023-08-29T19:04:47Z")

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We’re gonna ride forever.

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1135 "2023-08-30T01:44:59Z")

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Every herd has its own leader, but there is only one Fury - Fury, King of the Wild Stallions.

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1136 "2023-08-30T13:56:57Z")

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A horse is a horse, of course, of course,  
And no one can talk to a horse, of course,

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1137 "2023-08-30T15:37:03Z")

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Hi-yo, Silver! Away!

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1138 "2023-08-30T17:46:35Z")

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I will tell you why I’m so upset. A lot of people try to take the Lone Ranger’s mask off. But Tonto never tried.

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1139 "2023-08-30T20:12:26Z")

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M-M-M-M.A.S.K.

Is the mighty power that can save the day.

M-M-M-M.A.S.K.

No one knows what lies behind the masquerade.

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1140 "2023-08-30T21:39:09Z")

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Who was that masked man?

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