# 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:** ![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:** [March 27, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1641 "2024-03-27T15:34:40Z")

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-Gee, Eddie, do you really think I could become a big star?

-What are you talking about? If it could happen to Fabian, it could happen to anyone!

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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:** [March 28, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1642 "2024-03-28T01:42:35Z")

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If I could fly, I’d be the luckiest boy in the world!

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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:** [March 28, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1643 "2024-03-28T14:51:45Z")

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People say I’m lucky.

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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:** [March 31, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1644 "2024-03-31T20:20:33Z")

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And it is three times more likely that you will be killed while driving to buy a lottery ticket than it is that you will win the lottery.

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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:** [April 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1645 "2024-04-01T21:28:05Z")

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You went gambling and you drove without a license and you lied to my face.

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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:** [April 1, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1646 "2024-04-01T23:23:58Z")

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Marge, it takes two to lie: one to lie, and one to listen.

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1647 "2024-04-02T20:40:38Z")

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Who else but you would listen to me sing twenty-five songs and ask for more?

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1648 "2024-04-02T23:14:39Z")

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This ain’t Beyoncé.

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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:** [April 3, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1649 "2024-04-03T18:41:31Z")

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Don’t worry that it’s not good enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song.

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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:** [April 3, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1650 "2024-04-03T22:34:13Z")

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-I’ve heard you don’t care for my singing.

-That’- right. It’s the truth that hurts.

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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:** [April 4, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1651 "2024-04-04T18:30:53Z")

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I realized the truth about myself. I just love power.

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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:** [April 4, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1652 "2024-04-04T23:53:27Z")

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You are noble and poetic in defeat, sir.

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1653 "2024-04-05T14:21:28Z")

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I used to find enormous comfort translating Russian poetry.

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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:** [April 7, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1654 "2024-04-07T01:56:36Z")

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The Germans have always been a comforting people.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1655 "2024-04-07T05:04:41Z")

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“Why does your tattoo read ‘Die Bart Die’?”  
“It’s German. It means ‘The Bart, The.’”  
“Oh! Well, anyone who speaks German can’t be that bad.”

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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:** [April 7, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1656 "2024-04-07T20:29:58Z")

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I speak twenty languages, Jack. Pick one.

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1657 "2024-04-08T02:36:47Z")

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This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1658 "2024-04-08T20:08:23Z")

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I wouldn’t have got caught.

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1659 "2024-04-08T23:57:55Z")

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[_to Eddie, when Eddie calls to confess to changing Beaver’s grade on his report card_] Well, Eddie. That was about the worst joke I ever heard of!

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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:** [April 10, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1660 "2024-04-10T21:21:45Z")

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This is Edison Carton, coming to you very much alive.

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