# The TV Show Quote Challenge Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481 "2005-06-02T01:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/81 "2005-06-04T04:16:15Z")
I just heard a great one tonight (on DVD): “I use sex as an icebreaker”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/82 "2005-06-04T05:10:02Z")
Two of mine have been answered. “A little song, a little” dance was the motto of Chuckles the Clown, on “The MAry Tyler Moore Show.” Corporal Agarn on “F Troo” was often told “Agarn, I don’t know why people say you’re so dumb.” He always acted flattered. Hours later, he’d explode, “WHO says I’m dumb?” I haven’t seen an answer to “Ta-a-a-a-a-a-ke the envelo-o-o-o-o-pe,” but I’ll tell you that Monty Hall was involved. ANd so was another classic line: “A waffle iron?” The other line I used inspired the title of a Joan Jett album. She named one of her albums “The Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth” after hearing that line on a Fifties sitcom (hint: the scene involved billiards). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/83 "2005-06-04T06:59:15Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > 1. “Everyone knows Lincoln loved mayonnaise.” Felix Unger, in the classic episode of _The Odd Couple_ where he and Oscar appear on “Password” Since several clues have gone unnumbered, I’ll carry on the board tradition of marking my challenges with symbols that indicate I posted them: SV1 – “They put the tomatoes in the false bottom, and the mari-ja-uana from Tia-ja-uana on top.” SV2 – “Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest!” SV3 – "And there was a note from Shepard saying ‘Cheers!’ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/84 "2005-06-04T07:05:23Z")
SV2 – “Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest!” Classic Gomer Pyle from “The Andy Griffith Show” Good one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/85 "2005-06-04T19:33:39Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “When they weren’t looking, I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.” _Doctor Who_. I suspect it’s Jon Pertwee, explaining to the Master how he’s just managed to turn the tables on “The Sea Devils”. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/86 "2005-06-04T22:36:44Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > I thought Chapman and Cleese were the Pepperpots in the penguin-on-the-television bit. > [@Art Vandelay](#): > > And IIRC, it was Jones & Idle in that skit. (the same skit featured the “Death of Mary Queen of Scots” radio programme.) It was definitely Cleese and Chapman. From episode 22 (or season 2, episode 9, depending on how you’re counting) – “How to recognize different parts of the body”. > [@Frostillicus](#): > > “I use sex as an icebreaker”. Sounds like Elliot, from “Scrubs”. Must have been first season (if you’re watching on DVD), assuming that’s right. * * * Here’s an easy one (I think): “There’s cougars out there.” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/87 "2005-06-05T02:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Sounds like Elliot, from “Scrubs”. Must have been first season (if you’re watching on DVD), assuming that’s right. BINGO! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/88 "2005-06-05T02:58:57Z")
> [@shadowfax33](#): > > Forgot to post my own: > > “Meat? Goooooooooooooooooood.” Joey from Friends after eating Rachel’s trifle-sheperd’s pie dish. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/89 "2005-06-05T20:31:55Z")
OK, try these:W2K1:“Maybe we should’ve turned this place into a condominium” W2K2:“Why would they give up a rib roast for a lecture on politics?” W2K3:“If you mention brushing your teeth one more time, I’m gonna spit up!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/90 "2005-06-06T03:15:05Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > OK, try these:W2K1:“Maybe we should’ve turned this place into a condominium” W2K2:“Why would they give up a rib roast for a lecture on politics?” W2K3:“If you mention brushing your teeth one more time, I’m gonna spit up!” 1- That’s Rodney Allen Rippey, the old Jack in the Box kid, on “The Odd Couple.” Rodney turned out to be the owner of Felix & Oscar’s building. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/91 "2005-06-06T16:18:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1- That’s Rodney Allen Rippey, the old Jack in the Box kid, on “The Odd Couple.” Rodney turned out to be the owner of Felix & Oscar’s building. DING DING DING!!Anyone for the other two? They’re not that hard. And one more: WTK4: “I remember how you used to pour Amaretto in your chin dimple so I could sip it out” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/92 "2005-06-06T18:37:49Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. “Try to save everyone and all you’ll end up with is a lot of enemies and a messiah complex.” Isn’t this spoken by the psychology major vamp to Buffy in “Conversations with Dead Peple?” > [@Art Vandelay](#): > > When they weren’t looking, I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow." I know I’ve heard this before…I want to say _Galaxy Quest_, but then I remember that’s a movie, not a TV show… Mine: B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/93 "2005-06-06T18:50:44Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Mine: > B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder! B1: This is a guess, but I think it’s from The Simpsons. “Sideshow” Bob. Now OOE1: Oh, my God! I just gagged and vomited at the same time. I gavomited. OOE2: I didn’t know we had a sunroom. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/94 "2005-06-06T18:55:47Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Mine: > B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder! B1: This is a guess, but I think it’s from The Simpsons. “Sideshow” Bob. Now OOE1: Oh, my God! I just gagged and vomited at the same time. I gavomited. OOE2: I didn’t know we had a sunroom. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/95 "2005-06-06T19:04:39Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder! Is this from Malcom in the Middle when the dad decides to compete in a DDR type game contest? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/96 "2005-06-06T20:38:10Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > _Doctor Who_. I suspect it’s Jon Pertwee, explaining to the Master how he’s just managed to turn the tables on “The Sea Devils”. Precisely! Right serial title & everything. I’ll re-post the two quotes that I submitted before that no-one has guessed yet: “Blindfolded, gagged and with both hands tied behind my back!” “Leave it to you to put the ‘pig’ back in _Pygmalion_.” And suggest a few more: “And who ever said you were in Heaven? This is the other place!” “Bang! Bang! Bang! You’re dead!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/97 "2005-06-06T21:09:31Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “And who ever said you were in Heaven? This is the other place!” Is that from _The Twilight Zone_? A compulsive gambler dies and finds himself in a casino where he wins every bet he places. At first he’s thrilled, and thinks he’s in heaven; but after a while he realizes that there’s no risk and excitement to it anymore and starts frantically trying to lose at something. He complains to his host (the devil, presumably) and the reply is the quote above. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/98 "2005-06-06T21:24:02Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Is that from _The Twilight Zone_? A compulsive gambler dies and finds himself in a casino where he wins every bet he places. At first he’s thrilled, and thinks he’s in heaven; but after a while he realizes that there’s no risk and excitement to it anymore and starts frantically trying to lose at something. He complains to his host (the devil, presumably) and the reply is the quote above. You got it! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/99 "2005-06-06T23:42:52Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Precisely! Right serial title & everything. > > I’ll re-post the two quotes that I submitted before that no-one has guessed yet: > > “Blindfolded, gagged and with both hands tied behind my back!” > > “Leave it to you to put the ‘pig’ back in _Pygmalion_.” > > And suggest a few more: > > “And who ever said you were in Heaven? This is the other place!” > > “Bang! Bang! Bang! You’re dead!” The “blindfolded” quote–Felix from _The Odd Couple_ ?Pygmalion–Diane from “Cheers”? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/100 "2005-06-07T03:17:20Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > B1: This is a guess, but I think it’s from The Simpsons. “Sideshow” Bob. Simpsons, yes, Sideshow Bob, no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481.md?page=6)