# 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:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1861 "2024-08-01T18:11:22Z")

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[Bang!]  
Penny!  
[Bang!]  
Penny!  
[Bang!]  
Penny!  
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What up, Shelbot?

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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:** [August 1, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1862 "2024-08-01T22:55:44Z")

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One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime, you know? It was her favorite book.

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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:** [August 4, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1863 "2024-08-04T13:52:48Z")

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We had the witnesses look at mug books, but nobody jumped out at them.

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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:** [August 4, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1864 "2024-08-04T19:10:43Z")

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It’s him! It’s your son! Now I know where I saw him. He stole my marble rye!

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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:** [August 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1865 "2024-08-05T15:53:19Z")

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My dear friend Imogene here will have hot pastrami Reuben on rye, chicken in a pot, potato knish, matzah ball soup, cheese Danish, a lime rickey, and a couple of black-and-whites for dessert.

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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:** [August 5, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1866 "2024-08-05T16:28:49Z")

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Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have.  
Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand?

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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:** [August 6, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1867 "2024-08-06T04:59:23Z")

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I’m giving her all she’s got, Captain!

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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:** [August 6, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1868 "2024-08-06T19:31:20Z")

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Captain McCallister, isn’t it a fact… that you’re not a real captain?

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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:** [August 6, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1869 "2024-08-06T20:48:24Z")

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Oh yes, the captain has a wonderful idea.

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**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:** [August 6, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1870 "2024-08-06T20:59:15Z")

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Gilligan!!!

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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:** [August 7, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1871 "2024-08-07T03:50:16Z")

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We have to go back.

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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:** [August 7, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1872 "2024-08-07T15:34:14Z")

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Oh, I think that’s ridiculous. I wanted him to go because I think this is going to be a sweet little affair.

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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:** [August 8, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1873 "2024-08-08T14:37:51Z")

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He threatened to tell Jock about us. Our love affair. I was only protecting you.

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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:** [August 8, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1874 "2024-08-08T17:23:23Z")

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I didn’t say she was dead, I said I killed her.

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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:** [August 8, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1875 "2024-08-08T18:36:14Z")

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He’s dead, Jim.

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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:** [August 8, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1876 "2024-08-08T22:42:01Z")

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Chuckles the Clown is dead. It was a freak accident. He went to the parade dressed as Peter Peanut, and a rogue elephant tried to shell him.

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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:** [August 9, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1877 "2024-08-09T15:29:49Z")

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“Why did you become a clown?”

“I guess it’s because I’ve got so much love to give… and it’s part of my prison work release program. I got about 5 more years of this clown crap.”

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1878 "2024-08-09T16:08:10Z")

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“I have a collect call from inmate John Gacy from the Menard Correctional Center. Will you accept the charges?”

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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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1879 "2024-08-09T18:41:47Z")

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“Homey, why’d you become a clown?”  
“I guess it’s because I got a lot of love to give. And it’s part of my prison work release program. I got about five more years of this clown crap.”

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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:** [August 10, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1880 "2024-08-10T15:01:41Z")

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Let’s go visit Piper in prison…because that’s where she lives…because things are going oh so great for her.

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