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Most quoted film/tv programme in your house?

203 replies

LittleBinChicken · 15/03/2026 11:18

For us, definitely Frasier.

Favourites include:

“Off you go…”

“Do I look like I scuba??”

”Fine! I guess I’ll just have to make my own tea!”

”I guess it must be too much to ask that there not be GUN PLAY in my living room!”

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NFPorterkeeponkeepingonNsoul · 17/03/2026 08:46

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/03/2026 22:12

The Mary Whitehouse Experience:
"That's you that is."
"Me? The 13th Duke of Weybourne? With my reputation?. Oh God!."
"Milky Milky!"

Jarvis..I don't want to come all over Mother Theresa ..oh god that would make me the most despicable man in the world.
Jarvis on taking in London's waifs and strays.

KarenPirie · 17/03/2026 15:09

It’s Dr Who (allons-y) and Harry Potter (constant vigilance!) here

LostInSpaceNK · 18/03/2026 22:22

Withnail and I - Here Hare Here, Shouldn't it he more bald than that?, I'm making time, Are you the farmer? etc etc

Last Kingdom- Shield WALL, humping, Oooootred, son of Ooootred

As Good as it Gets- too unPC to quote here (or anywhere in public)

LindorDoubleChoc · 19/03/2026 13:56

Oh yes @LostInSpaceNK. I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE is a much used saying here.

LostInSpaceNK · 19/03/2026 14:00

LindorDoubleChoc · 19/03/2026 13:56

Oh yes @LostInSpaceNK. I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE is a much used saying here.

...and there's quite often MATTER in the sink!

deltapanda · 19/03/2026 14:06

ConstanzeMozart · 16/03/2026 11:31

Black Books. There is a Black Books quote or moment for EVERYTHING.
Including:
'Oh and aaahh' when DP or I remember something we were going to say to the other.
'Some kind of delicious biscuit' when we're not sure what something is or tastes of.
'WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE' and/or 'I'M BROWSING' if one of us misunderstands and over-reacts to something.
'This is misc and these ones are... other' for things we're confused about/having trouble sorting.
'A REALLY nice box of pencils' when talking about what to get someone as a present.
'Oh, the dust' when cleaning/sorting/pulling out a sofa etc to see a cloud of dust.
'Nice arse' when perving over someone.
'I got you... creme de menthe' when returning from the shop with something for the other person.
'Well, you can expect away' when anyone huffs about expecting better.
'I don't know, I just called her Ma!' when one of us is baffled by something.

I could go on and on

I realised the other day just how often I walk into a shop full of pointless crap and say to myself “I do sell a lot of wank, don’t I?”

LostInSpaceNK · 19/03/2026 16:40

Am obviously going to have to look for Black Books- not one I'd heard of.

I've also realise that Talladega Nights is quoted all.the.time in my team. If you're not first you're last; This is EGREGIOUS; I going to come at you like a spider monkey; throwing Grandpa's war medals off a bridge; snow blindness in cats; never, EVER travel to Tijuana etc etc
If a meeting feels like it's gone on forever we'll ask if anyone smells smoke- I know it's a Ricky Bobby reference but can't recall how we ended up there.

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 19/03/2026 16:45

Frasier, the biggest one being "I'm in a bit of a pickle, well not so much a pickle, more of a cornichon"

Monk "If you don't wanna shake a brothers hand then just say" at least 5 times a week

And Monty Python...I don't even know which one at this point....Four Candles is a daily occurrence

ConsumedByCake · 19/03/2026 17:02

”I AM AVIN A FAG” (Harry Enfield)
“It’s Tina Sparkle!” (Strictly Ballroom)
“In the fullness of time. At the appropriate juncture.” (Yes Prime Minister)
and most of Hot Fuzz

ConstanzeMozart · 20/03/2026 12:01

deltapanda · 19/03/2026 14:06

I realised the other day just how often I walk into a shop full of pointless crap and say to myself “I do sell a lot of wank, don’t I?”

Grin
Overtheatlantic · 20/03/2026 12:05

Die Hard “Rack’em, stack’em, and pack’em” and Apollo 13, “Houston, we have a problem” and my DH is talented enough to use them both in one sentence!

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 20/03/2026 12:07

My (young adult) DC frequently quote a fairly obscure Australian children’s show - Dance Academy. In particular when making a choice, they say: “And he smells like Christmas.” Which does make sense in context, honestly.

And every time we go swimming in the sea (which is frequent as we live less than 5 minutes walk away from the beach), they all dive in, after shouting in a fake-Australian accent: “Oh no, I just got splashed.” (Show: H2O/Mako Mermaids).

augustusglupe · 20/03/2026 12:10

Me mainly, I’m mostly being Dolly or Jean in Dinnerladies 😁

Gettoachiro · 20/03/2026 12:11

Lots of Star Wars like 'Do or do not, there is no try' &' This is the way'.

Crocodile Dundee's 'That's not a knife'.

Asking for a Cornetto from the shop.

And now stuff from Bluey for my daughter like 'Biscuits!' & 'I'll tell you that for free'.

FranticFrankie · 20/03/2026 12:12

Definitely Monty Python with a bit of League of Gentlemen
Will probably be from Detectorists now though, as a recent watcher

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/03/2026 12:23

Inside number 9 / League of Gents
"Brush my hair for me Julian you know I've never liked thunder"
Lines and Lines and Lines and Lines
Twelvety
( And I cannot spell it but DD quotes Herr Lipp. A lot )

Where the fuck is my fucking coat too

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/03/2026 12:33

ThatGreenFawn · 15/03/2026 14:15

"That'll do pig" (babe) and "No, bad grasshopper!" A bugs life are quoted lots here.

That'll do Donkey (Shrek)

topsecretcyclist · 20/03/2026 12:55

Father Ted. The Fast Show is used a lot. My kids haven't even seen it, but they quote bits of it now as I do it so much! The IT Crowd. Miranda. League of Gentlemen. Red Dwarf. Blackadder. Dr Who. Ghosts. Harry Potter. Friday Night Dinner.

I'm not sure we actually have normal conversations.

JumpLeadsForTwo · 20/03/2026 13:30

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 20/03/2026 12:07

My (young adult) DC frequently quote a fairly obscure Australian children’s show - Dance Academy. In particular when making a choice, they say: “And he smells like Christmas.” Which does make sense in context, honestly.

And every time we go swimming in the sea (which is frequent as we live less than 5 minutes walk away from the beach), they all dive in, after shouting in a fake-Australian accent: “Oh no, I just got splashed.” (Show: H2O/Mako Mermaids).

My kids still do the ‘oh no, Emaaaaaa’ in a fake Aussie accent whenever there’s any hint of water

thisisajoke22 · 20/03/2026 13:34

Brooklyn 99 and The Other Guys probably

ZaraGoGo · 20/03/2026 17:15

Allo Allo especially “Tis I, le Cler”
Blackadder “I have murdered the ambassadeur and turned him into…pâté”; “You will be sick, you will be sick immediately”.
Horrible Histories there are 2 that DD knows always crack me up, and now she’s studying the crusades there’s a lot of “to put his Saladin”.

The Dish: if someone refs someone important, “he’s a fascist”.
Also, “You don’t fuck up.”

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead: if someone says I don’t believe it - “just a conspiracy of cartographers”. And any sentence where grammar goes astray gets: “Hamlet, in love, with the old man’s daughter, the old man thinks”. Plus endless turning a question into playing questions.
“Glean what afflicts him”.

DH is American and hasn’t caught on to these. We just have, “more cowbell”.

Love this thread, needed a laugh, thanks.

Zoopet · 20/03/2026 17:27

Greg House- Everybody lies.

deltapanda · 20/03/2026 17:30

We don’t watch much Horrible Histories but had a look at a compilation of French bits before a trip to Paris. Cue DS8 running around everywhere arseing about and yelling “YOU’VE BEEN ARTOIS’D” the whole time - didn’t even think he’d been paying any attention 😂

SisterMaryImmaculate · 20/03/2026 17:43

Royle Family, Early Doors and Dinnerladies here.

thistimelastweek · 20/03/2026 17:50

I'm smokin for two (Harry Enfield)
Cowboy the fuck up (Bruce Willis)
Any variation of buswanker that's apt (in-betweeners)