Lines from TV that I can't forget - Page 2

pshrynk · 06-04-2008, 09:13 AM

Well, if we're doing movies:

"Never give up! Never surrender!"

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-04-2008, 09:29 AM

Movies are too easy. (Translation: Save those for another thread!)

From The Muppet Show:

"And now: Veterinarian's Hospital... the continuing stoooooory of a quack... who's gone to the dogs."

"And now: Pigs... In... Spaaaaaace!!"

"Uhmm bier bier, uhmm bier bier, oooo, bidif skee doooo...
Eihr bier, be dihr bier bier uhmm boink boink boink!" (crash!)

pshrynk · 06-04-2008, 10:04 AM

"I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

Mindy · 06-04-2008, 10:06 AM

Apologies. Got carried away.
How about:
" Life sucks, and then you die. And then it still sucks"
Dead Like Me (why do most my favourite series get cancelled)

And:
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever, but get over it" Cordelia in s2e1 Buffy

RWood · 06-04-2008, 10:43 AM

"What lovely thorns." (Addams Family as she snipped the flowers off the rose stems and arranged the stems in a vase.)

GeoffC · 06-04-2008, 10:56 AM

"Has he been", or "Have you been" - show's name escapes me...

Gems :

Humphrey: Make him something important. What's he interested in? Television?
Hacker: Hasn't even got a set.
Humphrey: Fine, make him a governor of the BBC.
*
Humphrey: Nuclear weapons are there to make people believe that Britain is defended.
Bernard: The Russians?
Humphrey: No, not the Russians, the British. The Russians know it's not.
*
Humphrey (about Hacker): He's got no. 10, a salary, a pension for life. What more can he want?
Bernard: I think he wants to govern Britain.
Humphrey: Well stop him, Bernard!
*
Humphrey: Well, it's clear that the committee has agreed that your new policy is a really excellent plan but in view of some of the doubts being expressed, may I propose that I recall that after careful consideration, the considered view of the committee was that while they considered that the proposal met with broad approval in principle, that some of the principles were sufficiently fundamental in principle and some of the considerations so complex and finely balanced in practice, that, in principle, it was proposed that the sensible and prudent practice would be to submit the proposal for more detailed consideration, laying stress on the essential continuity of the new proposal with existing principles, and the principle of the principal arguments which the proposal proposes and propounds for their approval in principle.
*
Humphrey: Prime Minister I must strongly protest in the strongest possible terms, my profound opposition to a newly instituted practice which imposes severe and intolerable restrictions upon the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and which will in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a constriction of the channels of communication and culminate in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis which will render effectively impossible the coherent and coordinated discharge of the function of government within her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Hacker: You mean you've lost your key?
*
Hacker: May I clarify something? Who knows the Foreign Office secrets, apart from the Foreign Office?
Bernard: That's easy - only the Kremlin.
*
Hacker: Is there anyone in the church who doesn't believe in God?
Humphrey: Yes, most of the Bishops.
*
Head of MI5: We can't have unfounded, arrogant press speculation. That's the last thing we want.
Hacker: Even if it's accurate?
Head of MI5: Oh, especially if it's accurate.
*
Bernard: You only need to know things on a need to know basis.
Humphrey: I need to know everything. How else can I judge whether or not I need to know it?
Bernard: So you need to know things, even when you don't need to know them. You need to know them not because you need to know them, but because you need to know whether or not you need to know. And if you don't need to know you still need to know so that you know that there was no need to know.
Humphrey: Yes!
*
Hacker: Do we ever get our own way with the French?
Humphrey: Sometimes.
Hacker: When was the last time?
Humphrey: Battle of Waterloo, 1853.

pshrynk · 06-04-2008, 11:01 AM

That sounds like "Yes, Minister," later called "Yes, Prime Minister," after he got a promotion.

GeoffC · 06-04-2008, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

That sounds like "Yes, Minister," later called "Yes, Prime Minister," after he got a promotion.

And some of those quotes are absolute gems, diamonds even...

Nate the great · 06-04-2008, 11:03 AM

This reminds me of a couple shows I loved. Both were cancelled before there time. (I have a remarkable ability to fall in love with shows that will be killed before their time.)

The Agency (2 seasons) This was set inside the CIA. Think MI, not James Bond. About half the cast were not agents, they were technical specialists. Two episodes stand out in my mind. The first guest starred Tom Arnold as the president's half brother, the one with a price on his head by the Russian Mafia. It was really funny, trust me. The other is just a scene in one episode. One of the techs is going through a messy divorce. Her boss tells her that she has the support of the whole department, and if she want some pictures of her ex-husband and farm animals just let him know. It won't be a problem.

Century City (9 episodes) This was a lawyer show set in 2030. (Thus making it a SciFi lawyer show. No wonder it died.) Only 4 episodes were broadcast before it was canceled. Each of the 4 shows I saw were based on some technology that's completely SF now, but might plausibly exist in 2030. The best part was that they didn't just show the new tech, but instead looked beyond it and showed the more subtle effects. Some of the results were hilariously funny.

Nate the great · 06-04-2008, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindy

Apologies. Got carried away.
How about:
" Life sucks, and then you die. And then it still sucks"
Dead Like Me (why do most my favourite series get cancelled)

It was canceled?!? Shoot.

Mindy · 06-04-2008, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

It was canceled?!? Shoot.

Yup, but there's talk of a forthcoming mini-movie (probably straight to TV/DVD, and I don't think Mandy's involved, but hey)

vivaldirules · 06-04-2008, 11:24 AM

Be seeing you.

GeoffC · 06-04-2008, 11:47 AM

beam me up, Scotty...

Engage...

...oh, and just one last thing"... both Peter Falk and David Jason...

MickeyC · 06-04-2008, 11:53 AM

"Cap'n, I canna break the laws of physics"

Scottie: Star Trek

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-04-2008, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Century City (9 episodes) This was a lawyer show set in 2030. (Thus making it a SciFi lawyer show. No wonder it died.)

Yeah... you should've known not to get attached to that one...

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06-04-2008, 09:13 AM	#16
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, if we're doing movies: "Never give up! Never surrender!"

06-04-2008, 09:29 AM	#17
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Movies are too easy. (Translation: Save those for another thread!) From The Muppet Show: "And now: Veterinarian's Hospital... the continuing stoooooory of a quack... who's gone to the dogs." "And now: Pigs... In... Spaaaaaace!!" "Uhmm bier bier, uhmm bier bier, oooo, bidif skee doooo... Eihr bier, be dihr bier bier uhmm boink boink boink!" (crash!)

06-04-2008, 10:04 AM	#18
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	"I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

06-04-2008, 10:06 AM	#19
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	Apologies. Got carried away. How about: " Life sucks, and then you die. And then it still sucks" Dead Like Me (why do most my favourite series get cancelled) And: "Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever, but get over it" Cordelia in s2e1 Buffy

06-04-2008, 10:43 AM	#20
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	"What lovely thorns." (Addams Family as she snipped the flowers off the rose stems and arranged the stems in a vase.)

06-04-2008, 10:56 AM	#21
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	"Has he been", or "Have you been" - show's name escapes me... Gems : Humphrey: Make him something important. What's he interested in? Television? Hacker: Hasn't even got a set. Humphrey: Fine, make him a governor of the BBC. * Humphrey: Nuclear weapons are there to make people believe that Britain is defended. Bernard: The Russians? Humphrey: No, not the Russians, the British. The Russians know it's not. * Humphrey (about Hacker): He's got no. 10, a salary, a pension for life. What more can he want? Bernard: I think he wants to govern Britain. Humphrey: Well stop him, Bernard! * Humphrey: Well, it's clear that the committee has agreed that your new policy is a really excellent plan but in view of some of the doubts being expressed, may I propose that I recall that after careful consideration, the considered view of the committee was that while they considered that the proposal met with broad approval in principle, that some of the principles were sufficiently fundamental in principle and some of the considerations so complex and finely balanced in practice, that, in principle, it was proposed that the sensible and prudent practice would be to submit the proposal for more detailed consideration, laying stress on the essential continuity of the new proposal with existing principles, and the principle of the principal arguments which the proposal proposes and propounds for their approval in principle. * Humphrey: Prime Minister I must strongly protest in the strongest possible terms, my profound opposition to a newly instituted practice which imposes severe and intolerable restrictions upon the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and which will in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a constriction of the channels of communication and culminate in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis which will render effectively impossible the coherent and coordinated discharge of the function of government within her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Hacker: You mean you've lost your key? * Hacker: May I clarify something? Who knows the Foreign Office secrets, apart from the Foreign Office? Bernard: That's easy - only the Kremlin. * Hacker: Is there anyone in the church who doesn't believe in God? Humphrey: Yes, most of the Bishops. * Head of MI5: We can't have unfounded, arrogant press speculation. That's the last thing we want. Hacker: Even if it's accurate? Head of MI5: Oh, especially if it's accurate. * Bernard: You only need to know things on a need to know basis. Humphrey: I need to know everything. How else can I judge whether or not I need to know it? Bernard: So you need to know things, even when you don't need to know them. You need to know them not because you need to know them, but because you need to know whether or not you need to know. And if you don't need to know you still need to know so that you know that there was no need to know. Humphrey: Yes! * Hacker: Do we ever get our own way with the French? Humphrey: Sometimes. Hacker: When was the last time? Humphrey: Battle of Waterloo, 1853.

06-04-2008, 11:01 AM	#22
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	That sounds like "Yes, Minister," later called "Yes, Prime Minister," after he got a promotion.

06-04-2008, 11:03 AM	#24
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	This reminds me of a couple shows I loved. Both were cancelled before there time. (I have a remarkable ability to fall in love with shows that will be killed before their time.) The Agency (2 seasons) This was set inside the CIA. Think MI, not James Bond. About half the cast were not agents, they were technical specialists. Two episodes stand out in my mind. The first guest starred Tom Arnold as the president's half brother, the one with a price on his head by the Russian Mafia. It was really funny, trust me. The other is just a scene in one episode. One of the techs is going through a messy divorce. Her boss tells her that she has the support of the whole department, and if she want some pictures of her ex-husband and farm animals just let him know. It won't be a problem. Century City (9 episodes) This was a lawyer show set in 2030. (Thus making it a SciFi lawyer show. No wonder it died.) Only 4 episodes were broadcast before it was canceled. Each of the 4 shows I saw were based on some technology that's completely SF now, but might plausibly exist in 2030. The best part was that they didn't just show the new tech, but instead looked beyond it and showed the more subtle effects. Some of the results were hilariously funny.

06-04-2008, 11:24 AM	#27
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Be seeing you.

06-04-2008, 11:47 AM	#28
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	beam me up, Scotty... Engage... ...oh, and just one last thing"... both Peter Falk and David Jason...

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06-04-2008, 11:53 AM	#29
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	"Cap'n, I canna break the laws of physics" Scottie: Star Trek