30 days of television: Day 24
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hnpccDay 24 - Best quote
I am determined to finish this meme if it kills me. Which is possible.
The quote I use the most out of all the television I've ever watched would have to be "deader than a can of spam". Thank you Red Dwarf, that line has been very useful during the past decade and a bit.
Hm. Why can I never think of quotes when I need them? Monty Python's been quoted to death, ditto pretty much everything I've gotten into.
"My ox is broken!!!!" - Colin, melting down, The Amazing Race season 5, episode 11. Colin and his then-girlfriend (now wife) Christie were a controversial team during season 5. Part of this was because they were very competitive and a very dominant team. Part of it was that Colin could also be a complete arsehole, frequently in situations where that wasn't necessarily a good idea. And then he had this meltdown in the middle of a paddock in Vietnam and made everyone laugh hysterically. And only some of it was schadenfreude. The rest was because it was bloody funny.
"It's a ****ing stick" - Eliza, discovering her potential alliance-mate is dumber than a bag of rocks in Survivor season 16 episode 9. He thought he had an immunity idol. But it was indeed a stick. What made it hilarious was Eliza's reaction.
Press Gang had too many good lines to count. So did Coupling (season 1), although I would have to put "I intend this breast satirically" (S1E1) as one of my favourite television lines of all time.
G'Kar had pretty much all the best quotes from Babylon 5. Two favourites:
"Why does any advanced civilization seek to destroy a less advanced one? Because the land is strategically valuable, because there are resources that can be cultivated and exploited, but most of all - simply because they can. You have experienced much the same on your own world. There are humans for whom the words "never again" carry special meaning. As they do for us."
and
"Mollari. Understand that I can never forgive your people for what they did to my world. My people can never forgive your people. But I - can forgive - you."
Between those two quotes lies 5 seasons and a universe or two.
I am determined to finish this meme if it kills me. Which is possible.
The quote I use the most out of all the television I've ever watched would have to be "deader than a can of spam". Thank you Red Dwarf, that line has been very useful during the past decade and a bit.
Hm. Why can I never think of quotes when I need them? Monty Python's been quoted to death, ditto pretty much everything I've gotten into.
"My ox is broken!!!!" - Colin, melting down, The Amazing Race season 5, episode 11. Colin and his then-girlfriend (now wife) Christie were a controversial team during season 5. Part of this was because they were very competitive and a very dominant team. Part of it was that Colin could also be a complete arsehole, frequently in situations where that wasn't necessarily a good idea. And then he had this meltdown in the middle of a paddock in Vietnam and made everyone laugh hysterically. And only some of it was schadenfreude. The rest was because it was bloody funny.
"It's a ****ing stick" - Eliza, discovering her potential alliance-mate is dumber than a bag of rocks in Survivor season 16 episode 9. He thought he had an immunity idol. But it was indeed a stick. What made it hilarious was Eliza's reaction.
Press Gang had too many good lines to count. So did Coupling (season 1), although I would have to put "I intend this breast satirically" (S1E1) as one of my favourite television lines of all time.
G'Kar had pretty much all the best quotes from Babylon 5. Two favourites:
"Why does any advanced civilization seek to destroy a less advanced one? Because the land is strategically valuable, because there are resources that can be cultivated and exploited, but most of all - simply because they can. You have experienced much the same on your own world. There are humans for whom the words "never again" carry special meaning. As they do for us."
and
"Mollari. Understand that I can never forgive your people for what they did to my world. My people can never forgive your people. But I - can forgive - you."
Between those two quotes lies 5 seasons and a universe or two.
