Quotes About Television

Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.

Bill Murray is on the show tonight. Next week I'll be Goggling 'foods that improve prostate health.'

CNN has a thing called You Choose the News. Y'know what CNN? I'm turning you on because I don't know the news. I was hoping you could help me.

Well, folks. That's the greatest open in the history of television -- bar none!

Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

I'll watch any show on the History Channel.

When I think of black television and history, I always use The Cosby Show as the bar.

There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.

There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.'

You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.

The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town.

The challenging thing is that we go home after doing the run-through and the writers stay there working, so sometimes I get script changes delivered to me at midnight. It's constantly shifting.

I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.

My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was like, 'Why aren't you people ignoring each other and watching television?'

I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.

The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.

I thought, 'If you're going to be on TV, and if you're going to be out and glamorous, the natural look can stay at home.'

Isn't it interesting that we place deadbolt locks on our doors to keep evil influences out and then allow and even invite evil influences into our home through television.

I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.