"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly..."

[blondeatlast]

Just thinking about this line from WKRP just cracks me up. FO course, it evokes a mental image not shown in the program.

Is there a single line from TV, movie, radio, etc that does the same to you?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. "Volvo: They're boxy, but they're good"

Actually, there are a slew of lines from "Crazy People" that make me smile.

Edited due to misnaming the movie. *DOH!*

[gmoney]

17. Crazy People you mean... (eom)

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Yes, CRAZY people. who happen to be very funny

Dunno why I got it wrong. I love that movie. *l*

[name not needed]

2. Anything can fly if you throw it out the window the right way.

[JimmyJazz]

3. lol - that's too funny!

I knew exactly what you were talking about!

[blondeatlast]

5. Funniest. Scene. Ever.

The looks on the actors' faces were priceless; I still see it now.

[charlyvi]

4. What does a yellow light mean?

Go slower.
What...does...a...yellow...light...mean?

Go Slower.
What.....does.....a.....yellow.....light.....mean?

Go Slower....etc.

Taxi---Reverend Jim's drivers test.

[Mojambo]

6. That is a timeless bit

I burst out into laughter just reading it.

[sandnsea]

8. You beat me!

Funniest bit ever!

[gmoney]

18. Sorry... it's "slow down"

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz aaaaaaaaaa yelllllllllllllow liiiiiiiiiiiiighhht meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean?

[JimmyJazz]

33. Just the other day, my daughter was in the back seat of the car

sayng "slow down." (she's 3) I said, "what?" She said "Slow down - yellow means slow down." I had to pull the car over, I was laughing sooo hard. She had no idea what she'd said!

[sandnsea]

7. slow down

What.... does.... a... yel... low.... light... mean...?

Slow down.

Whaaaat.... doooeess...

Taxi. Cracks me up over and over again.

So does the WKRP turkey episode.

[Mojambo]

9. There is an exchange between Jerry and Kramer

in the Chicken Roaster episode that always kills me.

JERRY: How's life on the red planet?

KRAMER: Its killing me, I can't eat, I can't sleep, all I can see is that giant red sun in the shape of a chicken.

I don't know why, but every time I hear that exchange I am just wrecked with laughter.

[yardwork]

10. It seems to be spelling ....W........K...............R..................P!

[Richardo]

40. ...with Johnny mouthing the letters impatiently....

[Sputnik]

11. Love that one....and this one too...

"... But the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity."

I loved that show.

[NewJeffCT]

39. What about their prescient show on religious censorship?

They had a Falwell-like figure on that was going around to WKRP advertisers telling them not to advertise on WKRP because they played evil rock 'n' roll music (they used Lennon's "Imagine" as an example)

[Sputnik]

42. Jennifer had advice in that show

that we all should heed. Andy was fretting about how to deal with the preacher's threats and Jennifer told him, "Find his weakness."

Andy asked, "Weakness?"

Jennifer replied, "I never met a man who didn't have one."

[RevCheesehead]

12. "ARE you, Emily, are you really?"

[Padraig18]

13. Funniest WKRP moment EVER!

I just cracked up reading the subject line!

[Pithlet]

14. Funniest line from a tv show. Ever. n/t

[tuvor]

15. A hundred Fawlty Towers lines

You are a waste of space.
I speak English. I learn from a book.
Oh, German. I'm sorry, I thought there was something wrong with you.
A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.
Can't we get you on Mastermind, Sybil? Next contestant - Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, specialist subject: the bleedin' obvious.
Don't mention the war! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it!
You'll have to forgive him. He's from Barcelona.

[pintobean]

16. Wow

I just said that line 2 days ago.

[blondeatlast]

27. Amazing how it just comes up in conversation sometimes... nt

[achtung_circus]

20. "I saw it in a window and I just had to have it."

From the Carol Burnett classic "Went With The Wind"

Scarlett comes down the stairs to meet Rhett in a dress constructed from velvet draperies, with the curtainrod still in place across her shoulders.

Supposedly the longest recorded laugh on teleision. The smirk on Harvey Korman's face haunts me still.

[blondeatlast]

28. That has to be the second funniest thing ever on the tube.

Loved the CB show, still do.

The movie skits were incredible, and Bob Mackie's costume design was integral to them.

[gmoney]

30. "I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist" I believe...

sorry to be playing quote police

[achtung_circus]

32. or quote police endquote nt

[radwriter0555]

21. TEEVEE HISTORY there.... that line never ceases to astound, stun

and amaze with hillarity.

[CBHagman]

22. "I just went GAY all of a sudden!"

That's from Bringing Up Baby.

Then there's always "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." (Arsenic and Old Lace)

And continuing the Cary Grant theme, though this time the line was given by a different actor, there's the hung-over character, confronted with the prospect of riding in a pony cart, "Wouldn't we be more comfortable on pogo sticks?" (The Philadelphia Story)

[Left Is Write]

23. "Veneer!"

From the Antiques Roadshow episode of Frasier.

Also from Frasier:

Marty: "Well, what if he asks me on a date?"

Frasier: "I've got news for you, Dad. You're ON a date!"

[Hans Delbrook]

24. "I didn't know Mae West had children."

My favorite Frasier line - Niles said it about Marty's girlfriend who said, "My momma always said the only way to get over a man was to get under another man."

[Hans Delbrook]

25. My all time fav is a Simpson's line

"Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't go on strike. You just go in every day and do it REALLY half-assed. That's the American way!" Cracks me up every time.

[kiki]

26. "All you ever do is talk about your balls."

From South Park. For some reason the funniest combination of 9 words in the history of the English language.

[MaineYooper]

29. a little song, a little dance, a little selzer down the pants

Chuckles the clown dies on Mary Tyler Moore.

showing my age here, I know.

[Hans Delbrook]

31. Ahhh, how could I forget?

Classic, Classic, Classic.

How about - "The only thing worse than this dress - would be... (Spoken in unison) "This dress in purple!"

[elehhhhna]

34. "Birdy num-nums" Peter Sellers, The Party.

[JanMichael]

35. Ohhhhhhhhh the humaniteeee!!!!!!!!!!

I STILL laugh so hard over that episode that I can't breathe-

[stlchic]

36. "Here's one thing I learned in the movies!"

(Singing in the Rain)

Of course, you have to know about the pie in the face, but I think of this, and I always laugh.

From TV, mine is from the Simpsons:

"Oh, Lisa, it's not that I don't understand, it's just that I don't care."

Oh, how many times have I wanted to use that one at work...

[DemBones DemBones]

37. One of the best lines ever! Venus Flytrap & Johnny Fever, who

can forget?

[NewJeffCT]

38. thanks for the Monday laugh - one of my favorite shows

So many good lines from that show and so many good characters. I think every character was memorable - Les Nessman, Herb, Jennifer, Bailey Quarters, Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Fly Trap, Travis, & Arthur Carlson/the Big Guy. And, Carlson's evil mom was good and the station lawyer was great, too(who went on to become the dad in 'Alf')

[Richardo]

"Larrabee, confiscate that plant"

"I can't do that, Chief - I'm not a priest."

Get Smart. They had a million of them.

[Richardo]

41. .

dupe!