# 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:** 93
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1841 "2024-07-24T23:53:32Z")
It’s bigger on the inside! ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1842 "2024-07-25T14:06:16Z")
Ah, it was your idea, Ralphie. We’re here to get the inside story. ---
**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 25, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1843 "2024-07-25T16:38:30Z")
Good luck, Ralphie! If your nose starts bleeding, it means you’re picking it too much. Or not enough. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1844 "2024-07-25T16:46:05Z")
Hey there, Ralphie boy! (you’re really old if you remember this) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1845 "2024-07-25T18:26:29Z")
Hi, there. ---
**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 25, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1846 "2024-07-25T22:50:20Z")
Hellooooo Nurse! ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1847 "2024-07-26T14:29:47Z")
I’ve been doin’ this job for 17 years, honey. Doctors come and go, but nurses make this place run. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1848 "2024-07-26T18:33:20Z")
Mr. Bundy, I’ve been delivering mail to your door for 27 years, and today is- [Al slams the door in his face] ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1849 "2024-07-26T18:46:31Z")
George: Shouldn’t you be at work by now? Newman: Work? It’s raining! I called in sick; I don’t work in the rain. George: But you’re a mailman! ---
**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:** [July 26, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1850 "2024-07-26T20:50:47Z")
What – qualified? You drop them in a slot. A chimp could do it. _side note – maybe ( shouldn’t have posted this – don’t wanna give Postmaster General DeLay any more bright ideas…_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1851 "2024-07-27T04:10:18Z")
Go on, Mojo. Show Marge your happy dance. ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1852 "2024-07-27T13:48:08Z")
A free dance lesson! ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1853 "2024-07-27T15:55:24Z")
Oh yeah? Do you know what Mary Ellen Rogers did? She used The Beaver in order to get Wally to take her to the dance tonight. And don’t look so shocked, because it’s exactly what you predicted she’d do. ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1854 "2024-07-27T16:14:06Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, Carnac the Magnificent! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1855 "2024-07-27T17:20:00Z")
Sis boom bah … Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes. _(this line drew the largest ever laugh in a Carnac sketch, and caused both Carson and his sidekick, Ed McMahon, to break character and laugh along as well)_ _ **-“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:** [July 28, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1856 "2024-07-28T13:48:40Z")
“When they’re mixed, they explode.” “I always say that when you’re locked in an escape-proof room, it’s good to have a physicist with you.” ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1857 "2024-07-30T15:43:50Z")
MacGyver: Do you HAVE a paperclip? ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1858 "2024-07-30T19:40:12Z")
Found it on an old drive. Sorry about the picture quality. Had to recover the data using quantum enfolding and a paperclip. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1859 "2024-07-31T23:39:55Z")
No, I’m making flower barrettes. See? I call them Penny Blossoms. ---
**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 1, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1860 "2024-08-01T17:36:23Z")
Knock, knock, knock Penny! Knock, knock, knock Penny! Knock, knock, knock Penny! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=94)