# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1921 "2024-09-05T19:22:52Z")

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Now, I’ve given you the impression I’m in favor of fire department personnel, with a crash course in emergency medicine, taking human lives into their own hands. I am not. I’d like to see a specialist handling every bloody nose, so we’d know whether it’s the result of a good right-cross or a tumor. I’d like to see a cardiologist on the scene every time someone drops in the street with a killing pain in his chest.

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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:** [September 6, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1922 "2024-09-06T01:58:13Z")

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If influenza was only contagious after symptoms appeared it would’ve died off thousands of years ago. Somewhere between tool using and cave painting, homo habilis would’ve figured out to kill the guy with the runny nose.

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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:** [September 8, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1923 "2024-09-08T20:39:47Z")

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He made me this way! His evil is contagious!

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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:** [September 9, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1924 "2024-09-09T18:00:22Z")

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I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!

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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:** [September 9, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1925 "2024-09-09T21:03:27Z")

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If I ever find out just what this word can mean, I’ll be the smartest bird the world has ever seen.

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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:** [September 9, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1926 "2024-09-09T22:20:03Z")

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I’m the luckiest boy in the whole world.

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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:** [September 10, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1927 "2024-09-10T12:47:31Z")

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People should plunk down $2000 to live like him for a week. Do nothing, fall ass-backwards into money, mooch food off your neighbors and have sex without dating.

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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:** [September 10, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1928 "2024-09-10T17:19:13Z")

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Jerry: I just lost a job, and five minutes later I get another job, same weekend, same money.

Kramer: You know who you are? You’re Even Steven.

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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:** [September 10, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1929 "2024-09-10T21:00:42Z")

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What is a weekend?

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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:** [September 13, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1930 "2024-09-13T23:34:43Z")

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“I’ve been meaning to ask you, how was your weekend?”

“About the same as my strong hand.”

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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:** [September 14, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1931 "2024-09-14T19:12:27Z")

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Look, Deej, the funny thing about this is that even though it’s okay, and everybody does it, there’s nothing wrong with it, nobody ever ever talks about it.

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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:** [September 14, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1932 "2024-09-14T19:41:41Z")

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I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill…

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1933 "2024-09-15T13:45:09Z")

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Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports… the thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat… the human drama of athletic competition… This is “ABC’s Wide World of Sports!”

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1934 "2024-09-15T15:39:38Z")

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I’m Floyd Robertson.  
And I’m Earl Camenbert.  
And this is the SCTV News.

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1935 "2024-09-15T15:59:14Z")

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I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not.

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1936 "2024-09-15T17:18:23Z")

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Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1937 "2024-09-15T17:29:27Z")

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**I AM NOT DEaD!**

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1938 "2024-09-15T18:43:57Z")

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I’m Batman.

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1939 "2024-09-15T20:58:09Z")

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I am the Flash, the fastest man alive.

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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:** [September 15, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1940 "2024-09-15T22:50:21Z")

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- It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s…
- [_chuckles_]
- Ralph Hinkley.

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