"No one can pull the wool over my eyes. Cashmere maybe, but wool, never."
"Cuneiform, which is the oldest form of writing, was invented by the Assyrians. But I read it as though it was Boustrophedon, you see?" "I see fine. I also hear pretty good, too. But I didn't understand one word you said."
(BTW, Cuneiform was probably invented by the SUMERIANS-so the quoted statement
is correctly quoted, but factually wrong.)
"Now how did I know it was inhabited? That helicopter pilot told me this place was out of sight man!" "We MUST be way out! Get a load of these characters!"
"I don't know how we're going to explain to our friends that we spent several years with people who aren't even in the social register."
"Do you think I began a dozen international corporations by stooping to thievery?" "Well, of course not." "Shows how naive you are. How else do you get to the top of the corporate ladder?"
"Why, do you know what it would take? It would take a polyester derivative of an organic hydroxide molecule." "Watch your language! You're in the presence of a lady!"
"Acidus Salicilicus! (That's aspirin.)" "Acidus Salicilius, yes! I'll buy you one, I'll buy you a dozen!"
"No one can pull the wool over my eyes. Cashmere maybe, but wool, never."
Mr Howell.
"Cuneiform, which is the oldest form of writing, was invented by the Assyrians. But I read it as though it was Boustrophedon, you see?" "I see fine. I also hear pretty good, too. But I didn't understand one word you said."
(BTW, Cuneiform was probably invented by the SUMERIANS-so the quoted statement
is correctly quoted, but factually wrong.)
The Professor, on why he misread the tablet that supposedly showed how to leave the island. He said that ancient forms of writing went from right to left, not left to right. What the tablet said was what they thought was important- how they GOT to the island.
"Now how did I know it was inhabited? That helicopter pilot told me this place was out of sight man!" "We MUST be way out! Get a load of these characters!"
The time those Beatles expies arrived on the island, looking for some place deserted. That's the episode that gave us the girl band, "the Honeybees", made to try to convince them to rescue the castaways.
"I don't know how we're going to explain to our friends that we spent several years with people who aren't even in the social register."
The Howells.
"Do you think I began a dozen international corporations by stooping to thievery?" "Well, of course not." "Shows how naive you are. How else do you get to the top of the corporate ladder?"
Thurston Howell III.
"Why, do you know what it would take? It would take a polyester derivative of an organic hydroxide molecule." "Watch your language! You're in the presence of a lady!"
The Professor and Mr Howell.
"Acidus Salicilicus! (That's aspirin.)" "Acidus Salicilius, yes! I'll buy you one, I'll buy you a dozen!"
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Wow. This one's been dormant for a while... "Uh I've just been handed a news flash. The word "Canada" is unrhymeable. It's easier to - I don't know - get drunk and try to climb a bull
WordWolf
AFAIK, except for Captain Marvel/Shazam himself, that's been said in passing by a comic book fan in MASH, and was said a lot on
"GOMER PYLE USMC."
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GeorgeStGeorge
Correct. Gawwwwwllly!!
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"No one can pull the wool over my eyes. Cashmere maybe, but wool, never."
"Cuneiform, which is the oldest form of writing, was invented by the Assyrians. But I read it as though it was Boustrophedon, you see?" "I see fine. I also hear pretty good, too. But I didn't understand one word you said."
(BTW, Cuneiform was probably invented by the SUMERIANS-so the quoted statement
is correctly quoted, but factually wrong.)
"Now how did I know it was inhabited? That helicopter pilot told me this place was out of sight man!" "We MUST be way out! Get a load of these characters!"
"I don't know how we're going to explain to our friends that we spent several years with people who aren't even in the social register."
"Do you think I began a dozen international corporations by stooping to thievery?" "Well, of course not." "Shows how naive you are. How else do you get to the top of the corporate ladder?"
"Why, do you know what it would take? It would take a polyester derivative of an organic hydroxide molecule." "Watch your language! You're in the presence of a lady!"
"Acidus Salicilicus! (That's aspirin.)" "Acidus Salicilius, yes! I'll buy you one, I'll buy you a dozen!"
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GeorgeStGeorge
Gilligan's Island?
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WordWolf
That's it.
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GeorgeStGeorge
"Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!"
George
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WordWolf
THE THREE STOOGES.
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GeorgeStGeorge
Of course. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!
George
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WordWolf
"Sufferin' Succotash!"
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GeorgeStGeorge
That's Sylvester the cat. The actual TV Show? Bugs Bunny?
George
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WordWolf
There are many correct answers, and I'll accept that as one of them. The Bugs Bunny Show (or Bugs Bunny-Roadrunner Show.)
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GeorgeStGeorge
"To the moon, Alice!"
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Human without the bean
"The Honeymooners" (one or two words?)
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GeorgeStGeorge
Correct. One word. (Unless you count "the".)
George
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WordWolf
So, Human's turn.
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Human without the bean
"Hereeeerrreeessssssss Johnny!!!!!"
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GeorgeStGeorge
Since this isn't the movie thread, it must be
The Tonight Show
"I'm Larry, and this is my brother Daryl, and my other brother Daryl."
George
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Human without the bean
It must be then. Yes.
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Raf
Newhart
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GeorgeStGeorge
Correct.
George
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Raf
"First of his name
King of the Andals and the first men
Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm."
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GeorgeStGeorge
I didn't watch the show, so this is a guess:
Game of Thrones?
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