# 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:** ![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:** [July 7, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1821 "2024-07-07T11:58:18Z")

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To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.

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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:** [July 7, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1822 "2024-07-07T13:39:12Z")

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Mum, what is the problem? I have my life and you have yours. This is what you wanted.

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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:** [July 10, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1823 "2024-07-10T20:21:59Z")

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Not my problem. You can float as atoms in the air. Now get out.

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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:** [July 10, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1824 "2024-07-10T20:52:22Z")

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See, Miss Lane. You just step into my de-atmosphering chamber, and presently your atoms will be sent along the telephone lines all the way to St. Louis.

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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:** [July 11, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1825 "2024-07-11T14:13:45Z")

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Ha-ha! Here’s the telephone number.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1826 "2024-07-11T18:53:36Z")

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Dude, this is a Wendy’s restaurant.

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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:** [July 12, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1827 "2024-07-12T04:53:51Z")

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We start with grade-A beef, feed that to others cows, then kill them, and serve the unholy results on a seven-grain bun. Burger Squared!

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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:** [July 12, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1828 "2024-07-12T15:27:29Z")

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Meet Curt at Burger City.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1829 "2024-07-12T20:55:57Z")

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When I grow up, I’m going to Bovine University!

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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:** [July 13, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1830 "2024-07-13T15:38:00Z")

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Don’t have a cow, man!

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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:** [July 13, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1831 "2024-07-13T20:32:08Z")

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They’ll sell to me before I’m through—or they’ll never sell cattle to anyone else.

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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:** [July 18, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1832 "2024-07-18T21:26:38Z")

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-Ward, wasn’t there a Cleaver way back in your family who sold guns to the Indians?

-No, that was whiskey. It just got 'em in the mood to buy guns.

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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:** [July 18, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1833 "2024-07-18T21:35:09Z")

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```
(Chief Wild Eagle) "Hekawis very brave warriors, except for one thing --"
(Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke) "What's that?"
(Chief Wild Eagle) "We faint a lot."

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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:** [July 21, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1834 "2024-07-21T18:37:42Z")

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We were talking, and then you fainted.

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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:** [July 22, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1835 "2024-07-22T20:49:41Z")

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“You were in the Marine Corps. You - You had shots all the time.”

“I fainted all the time. It was embarrassing. Guys standing around making stupid jokes.”

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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:** [July 23, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1836 "2024-07-23T20:49:45Z")

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You know, in the Marines, we face all sorts of challenges, but I’ve learned that a positive attitude can turn even the toughest situations into opportunities for growth

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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:** [July 23, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1837 "2024-07-23T21:45:02Z")

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“He’s a challenge.”

“He’s a menace.”

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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:** [July 24, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1838 "2024-07-24T15:22:17Z")

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Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man

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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:** [July 24, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1839 "2024-07-24T20:37:40Z")

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All I’m saying is, if they took all the money they spent trying to make a decent Hulk movie, they could probably just make an actual Hulk.

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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:** [July 24, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1840 "2024-07-24T23:35:16Z")

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There’s no business like junk business. If you want to make money, you gotta think outside the box.

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