Saturday, February 16, 2008

TWQ: TV Comedy Quotes

This week, TWQ (The Weekend Question) looks into those favourite TV comedy quotes that you love.

Can you list your favourite comedy quotes from tv shows? Put as many as you wish.

My answers are:

"I have NOT got a disease!" Denzil (Only Fools & Horses)
"Don't mention the war." Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
"I have a cunning plan." Baldrick (Blackadder)
"Don't tell him, Pike." Captain Mainwaring (Dad's Army)
Girl to Rodney: "Do you like grass or astroturf?"
Rodney: "I don't know, I've never smoked astroturf." Rodney (Only Fools & Horses)

Now it's over to you...

21 comments:

OldLady Of The Hills said...

Hmmmmm. The only thing I can think of Jean-Luc is Lucy saying: RICKY!!!! (when in trouble)....THAT was always funny to me....)I'm afraid I don't watch many Sit-Coms cause basically I don't think they are very funny...BUT, I am hooked on the re-runs here, late at night, of FRAZIER....That does make me laugh out loud at times.....The wrting is wonderful and the actors are SUPERB! I never watched it when it was on originally....And Now, I cannot get enough of it...! LOL!

OldLady Of The Hills said...

I FORGOT to say...Michele sent me! Sorry....!

Bobkat said...

How about:

"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" - Life of Brian.

I know it's a film, but it's a great line!

Michele sent me to say hi.

Justice said...

I like the one from the Faulty towers

rashbre said...

I'm not so good at remembering catch phrases, so I'll probably pass. But anything from Black Books would be good for me. Here today via Michele's - Hiya.

Anonymous said...

hmm...

I really can't think of any right now...

not from TV

Anonymous said...

Don't hate me because I am beautiful?

Jon the Intergalactic Gladiator said...

One of my favorite lines from the Simpsons that I use whenever possible:

"Oh anyone can use statistics to prove a point, 18% of the people know that."

I use a lot of Simpsons quotes in my daily life.

Anonymous said...

I cannot answer this. I do not watch any on the Yankee programmes. For that matter, I seldom watch TV. No time!

Howeber, glad Michele sent me over to read all the funny answers!

Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

"not that there's anything wrong with that"... seinfeld on gay life

smiles, bee

Bobkat said...

Michele sent me back to have another go.

One from Black Books:

Bernard to Mannie: "You're just a beard with an idiot hanging off it aren't you". Or something like that.

Gordon said...

"Have you tried turn it off then on again" - The irish bloke from The I.T. Crowd.

Jaime said...

"Oh, very clever, Worf. Eat any good books lately?" Q

That one has always stuck with me. Most of what he has to say is amusing (to me, anyway).

Linda said...

I like Jaime's quote. I don't watch that much TV and Amanda isn't home to help me out with a free phrases so I guess I'll just enjoy reading this week!

Lahdeedah said...

"Mind the pedestrian, Dear."
Hyacinth on Keeping Up Appearances. Every time we're driving, I use Hyacinth driving quotes to my husband.

Anonymous said...

Ernie sent me to say this:

"The customer is always cowardly and superstitious." Captain Malcom Reynolds - Firefly

Jean-Luc Picard said...

"Mind the pedestrian" is a good one!

Amanda said...

I always thought that I was a pretty good TV Addict but when it comes down to this....I can't think of a single quote. I'm disappointed!

susan said...

Not exactly a TV comedy, but first a radio comedy. Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy.

"Lintilla, throw the gun" and one that really confuses the children is "so it's eddies sofa then?" - we tend to throw them into conversations!

But the best one is;
"you dancin'?"
"you askin'"
"I'm askin'"
"well I'm dancin'"

from the Liver Birds, the Liverpudlian girls sharing a flat in the early 1970s.

~Easy said...

"When everyone is out to get you, paranoid is just good thinking"
"Doctor" Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati

"Don't play dumb with me, you're not as good at it as I am"
Col. Flagg in M*A*S*H

Also numerous quotes from Homer on The Simpsons

"Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get."

"I don't know, Marge. Trying is the first step towards failure."

"Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."

"Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way."

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."


And last but not least:
"Hi. Michele sent me."

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