# 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:** ![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:** [May 10, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1721 "2024-05-10T12:27:23Z")

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🎵 Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore…

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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:** [May 10, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1722 "2024-05-10T19:01:38Z")

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This is in recognition of Dennis Blunden’s work through the “Christmas for Kids” program.

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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:** [May 11, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1723 "2024-05-11T23:26:02Z")

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Every year when I was a kid, my parents threw a Christmas party. Everybody in the neighbourhood came; Dad played the “Big Cheese,” Mom played Donna Reed, and a really stupid time was had by all.

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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:** [May 11, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1724 "2024-05-11T23:29:08Z")

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Who has been making grilled cheese sandwiches with the defibrillator paddles?

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1725 "2024-05-12T15:20:47Z")

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- Someone used the iron to make grilled cheese.

- I had bread, I had cheese, and I had an iron. What was I supposed to do?

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1726 "2024-05-12T16:44:34Z")

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What setting did he use?

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1727 "2024-05-12T17:00:51Z")

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Set your phasers on stun.

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1728 "2024-05-12T21:06:30Z")

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Let’s talk to Aygon. He bought the stun gun.

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1729 "2024-05-12T21:27:51Z")

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You think you’re all that. But you’re not!

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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:** [May 12, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1730 "2024-05-12T22:54:26Z")

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- _to a random person_] I’m gonna be in People magazine!
- [Charlie Sheen](_turns around to him_] Call me when you’re on the cover.

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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:** [May 13, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1731 "2024-05-13T15:11:48Z")

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Put Adrienne and me on the _cover_ and write a story about our marriage.

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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:** [May 16, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1732 "2024-05-16T17:06:12Z")

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Two little words: marriage counselor.

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1733 "2024-05-17T04:44:19Z")

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Alex: I want to see a therapist. I did some research. Dr. Gregory Clark – highly recommended, specializes in teenagers, and is covered by our insurance. I booked a double session with him today. And since you guys have the open house, I will be taking the bus.

Phil: She’s like a self-cleaning oven.

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1734 "2024-05-17T13:58:22Z")

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What kind of life do you think I live in this city by driving a bus all day?

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1735 "2024-05-17T14:15:42Z")

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I’m not really a cab driver. I’m just waiting for something better to come along. You know, like death.

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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:** [May 17, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1736 "2024-05-17T15:57:52Z")

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I mean like I’ve been a cabbie for 17 years. Ten years at night. I still don’t own my own cab. You know why? Because I don’t want to.

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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:** [May 18, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1737 "2024-05-18T13:57:51Z")

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to darkest Hollywood. Night brings a stillness to the jungle. It is so quiet, you can hear a name drop.

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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:** [May 21, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1738 "2024-05-21T13:44:18Z")

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You really think you can solve the problem? Come into Wolfram and Hart and make everything right? Turn night into glorious day?

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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:** [May 21, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1739 "2024-05-21T18:09:26Z")

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Dayman, ah-ah-ah  
Fighter of the night man, ah-ah-ah  
Champion of the sun, ah-ah-ah  
Master of karate  
And friendship for everyone

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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:** [May 21, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1740 "2024-05-21T19:08:04Z")

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So no one told you life was gonna be this way  
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke  
Your love life’s DOA  
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear  
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month  
Or even your year, but  
I’ll be there for you

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