# Speak to me in...TV quotes! **URL:** \ **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:** 9
**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 23, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/161 "2022-12-23T22:54:21Z")
There’s nothing wrong with Maris that wouldn’t be cured by a little sun, some exercise, and a personality. ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/162 "2022-12-23T23:18:04Z")
She wanted to become a ballerina, but she couldn’t gain enough weight. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/163 "2022-12-24T04:01:31Z")
You’re gonna get fat! ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/164 "2022-12-24T14:36:54Z")
Hey, hey, hey! It’s Fat Albert! ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/165 "2022-12-25T23:46:05Z")
Hey, dude. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/166 "2022-12-26T16:38:26Z")
His name is Fred. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/167 "2022-12-26T16:39:58Z")
Fred, if you’re afraid, you’ll have to overlook it. Besides, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/168 "2022-12-26T21:36:50Z")
Simpson, Homer Simpson, he’s the greatest man in history. From the town of Springfield, he’s about to hit a chestnut tree - d’oh! ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/169 "2022-12-26T22:28:31Z")
I wasn’t at his funeral. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/170 "2022-12-27T15:00:36Z")
I don’t want anybody to make any fuss. When I go, I just want to be stood outside in the garbage with my hat on. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/171 "2022-12-27T15:33:02Z")
Oh, It’s the BIG ONE… You hear that Elizabeth? I’m coming to join you, honey. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/172 "2022-12-27T15:45:37Z")
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like all the passengers in his car. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/173 "2022-12-27T20:03:18Z")
I’ve heard that before. Then the next thing you know I’m hiding in my bedroom blaring a Richard Feynman lecture while my mom is shouting that “Jesus would forgive her if she put ground glass in my dad’s meatloaf.” And my dad’s on the roof skeet shooting her Franklin Mint collectible plates. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/174 "2022-12-27T23:36:47Z")
Remember when we went skeet shooting together? ---
**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:** [December 28, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/175 "2022-12-28T00:17:08Z")
J: Accordin’ to Mr. Drysdale, we’re gonna be shootin’ some game called a golf. G: What in tarnation is a golf? J: Well, I don’t rightly know, Granny, but they must be thicker 'n crows in a corn pasture around here cuz Mr. Drysdale says everybody in Beverly Hills shoots 'em. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/176 "2022-12-28T22:00:10Z")
There’s a whole world outside of Beverly Hills. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/177 "2022-12-28T23:31:15Z")
You’re young, you’ve got a lot of opportunities. The world is your oyster. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/178 "2022-12-28T23:31:23Z")
From beautiful downtown Burbank… It’s Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In! ---
**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 29, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/179 "2022-12-29T23:46:15Z")
Peace and love we all understand, And laughter we use the very same brand. ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/180 "2022-12-30T00:04:10Z")
You may not realize it, but I have difficulty navigating through certain aspects of daily life: understanding sarcasm, feigning interest in others, not talking about trains as much as I’d want to. It’s exhausting! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=10)