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Directly from the small screen
Ever think back to your childhood and find you can remember, word-for-word, some of the lyrics to your favorite songs, even if you haven’t heard them in a decade? The same goes for many of your old go-to TV shows. In case you need a pick-me-up, stroll down memory lane with these iconic lines from the past. Find out what the most popular movie was the year you were born.
![Modern Family](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ModernFamily-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Modern Family
“God knows I couldn’t love them more, but even the Kennedys didn’t get together this often.” —Jay Pritchett in Modern Family.
![Game of Thrones](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GameofThrones-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Game of Thrones
“No need to seize the last word, Lord Baelish. I’ll assume it was something clever.” —Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones.
![Bonanza](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Bonanza-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Bonanza
“I don’t have anything against education—as long as it doesn’t interfere with your thinking.” —Ben Cartwright in Bonanza. Dun, dun, dun, dun: here are 20 classic shows you didn’t know you could watch on Netflix.
![“Do I remember Adrian Monk? That’s like asking the Titanic if it remembers the iceberg.” -Ralph “Father” Roberts in Monk.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Monk-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Monk
“Do I remember Adrian Monk? That’s like asking the Titanic if it remembers the iceberg.” -Ralph “Father” Roberts in Monk.
![“I revealed too much too soon. I was emotionally slutty.” -Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SexandtheCity-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Sex and the City
“I revealed too much too soon. I was emotionally slutty.” —Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.
![“Either this kid has a lightbulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea.” -Dr. Cox in Scrubs.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Scrubs-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Scrubs
“Either this kid has a lightbulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea.” —Dr. Cox in Scrubs. Take a look at more of the most addictive hospital shows on Netflix.
![“Phoebe, I love you. I don’t know what’s going on but maybe I can help. Would you like me to kill someone for you?” -Cole in Charmed.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Charmed-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Charmed
“Phoebe, I love you. I don’t know what’s going on but maybe I can help. Would you like me to kill someone for you?” —Cole in Charmed.
![“Well, I’m not exactly quaking in my stylish, yet affordable, boots.” -Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BuffyTheVampireSlayer.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“Well, I’m not exactly quaking in my stylish, yet affordable, boots.” —Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
![“Hey, I have a huge dilemma that I need your opinion on. Am I more beautiful today than yesterday?” -Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GilmoreGirls-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Gilmore Girls
“Hey, I have a huge dilemma that I need your opinion on. Am I more beautiful today than yesterday?” —Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls.
![“Once again I humiliate myself by assuming I’m a member of this family.” -Arthur in The King of Queens.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KingofQueens.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The King of Queens
“Once again I humiliate myself by assuming I’m a member of this family.” —Arthur in The King of Queens.
![“I can’t talk, there’s too much fruit in the house!” -Marie in Everybody Loves Raymond.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EverybodyLovesRaymond-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Everybody Loves Raymond
“I can’t talk, there’s too much fruit in the house!” —Marie in Everybody Loves Raymond.
![“I totaled your Mastercard!” -Hilary in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FreshPrince-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
“I totaled your Mastercard!” —Hilary in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Fresh Prince is definitely a show we still talk about years and years later.
![“I don’t know him well enough for a stop and chat.” -Larry David in Curb You Enthusiasm.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CurbYourEnthusiasm-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
“I don’t know him well enough for a stop and chat.” —Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
![“Our first assignment is a documentary. They’re like a movie, but with ugly people.” -Abed in Community.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Community-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Community
“Our first assignment is a documentary. They’re like a movie, but with ugly people.” —Abed in Community. STOP: Are you Netflix cheating?
![“What you call ‘love’ was invented by guys like me to sell Nylons.” -Don Draper in Mad Men.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MadMen.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Mad Men
“What you call ‘love’ was invented by guys like me to sell Nylons.” —Don Draper in Mad Men.
![“In astronomy the word ‘revolution’ means a celestial object that comes full circle. It’s funny because on earth it means change.” -Mike Milligan in Fargo.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fargo-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Fargo
“In astronomy the word ‘revolution’ means a celestial object that comes full circle. It’s funny because on earth it means change.” —Mike Milligan in Fargo. Here’s how a TV doctor saved the life of a man with special needs.
![“I want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love.” -Olivia Pope in Scandal.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Scandal-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Scandal
“I want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love.” —Olivia Pope in Scandal.
![“Ain’t no party like a Liz Lemon party because a Liz Lemon party is mandatory.” -Liz Lemon in 30 Rock.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/30Rock-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
30 Rock
“Ain’t no party like a Liz Lemon party because a Liz Lemon party is mandatory.”—Liz Lemon in 30 Rock.
![“I’m not gonna ask you if you just said what I think you just said because I know it’s what you just said.” -Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/X-Files-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The X-Files
“I’m not gonna ask you if you just said what I think you just said because I know it’s what you just said.” —Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files.
![“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.” -Coach Taylor in Friday Night Lights.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FridayNightLights-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Friday Night Lights
“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.” —Coach Taylor in Friday Night Lights.
![“It’s human nature to come together.” -Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TheWalkingDead-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The Walking Dead
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![“Does Elena enjoy having both of you worship at her altar?” -Katherine in The Vampire Diaries.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TheVampireDiaries.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The Vampire Diaries
“Does Elena enjoy having both of you worship at her altar?” —Katherine in The Vampire Diaries.
![“I drink from the keg of glory, Donna. Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land.” -Josh Lyman in The West Wing.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TheWestWing-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The West Wing
“I drink from the keg of glory, Donna. Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land.” —Josh Lyman in The West Wing.
![“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” -Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Sopranos.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The Sopranos
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” -Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos.
!["All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about and when I'm with her I feel happy to be alive, like I can do anything, even talk to you like this. So that's what I feel is love—when I'm better because she's here." —Cory Matthews in Boy Meets World.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BoyMeetsWorld-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Boy Meets World
“All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about and when I’m with her I feel happy to be alive, like I can do anything, even talk to you like this. So that’s what I feel is love—when I’m better because she’s here.” —Cory Matthews in Boy Meets World.
!["Really? No way! Really? No way! Really? No way! Really? No way!" —Clarissa in Clarissa Explains it All.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ClarissaExplainsItAll-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Clarissa Explains It All
“Really? No way! Really? No way! Really? No way! Really? No way!” —Clarissa in Clarissa Explains it All.
!["You can't eat this soup standing up. Your knees buckle." —Jerry in Seinfeld.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Seinfeld-2.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Seinfeld
“You can’t eat this soup standing up. Your knees buckle.” —Jerry in Seinfeld. One of Jerry Seinfeld’s funniest quotes? Perhaps.
!["Women. You can't live with 'em. Pass the beernuts." —Norm in Cheers.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Cheers-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Cheers
“Women. You can’t live with ’em. Pass the beernuts.” —Norm in Cheers. Check out more of our favorite Cheers quotes.
!["I learned one thing about eating jigsaw puzzles...an hour later, you're hungry again." —ALF in ALF.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ALF-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
ALF
“I learned one thing about eating jigsaw puzzles…an hour later, you’re hungry again.” —ALF in ALF.
!["You've got to know the rules before you can break 'em. Otherwise, it's no fun." —Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MiamiVice-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Miami Vice
“You’ve got to know the rules before you can break ’em. Otherwise, it’s no fun.” —Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice.
!["Maybe we both already felt we'd come too far too fast. Maybe we both realized that growing up doesn't have to be so much a straight line as a series of advances and retreats." —Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TheWonderYears-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
The Wonder Years
“Maybe we both already felt we’d come too far too fast. Maybe we both realized that growing up doesn’t have to be so much a straight line as a series of advances and retreats.” —Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years.
!["Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping." —Blanche Devereaux in Golden Girls.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GoldenGirls-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Golden Girls
“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.” —Blanche Devereaux in Golden Girls.
!["I don't want to be happy; I want to be with you." —Stanley Roper in Three's Company.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ThreesCompany-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Three’s Company
“I don’t want to be happy; I want to be with you.” —Stanley Roper in Three’s Company.
!["I just said 'you bet your buns' to a nun! Does that count as a sin?" —Laverne DeFazio in Laverne & Shirley.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LaverneandShirley.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Laverne & Shirley
“I just said ‘you bet your buns’ to a nun! Does that count as a sin?” —Laverne DeFazio in Laverne & Shirley.
!["Oh, no, no. I cannot read minds, Master. Oh, but I have a friend, Nostradamus, who does a marvelous job of..." —Jeannie in I Dream Of Jeannie.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IDreamofJeannie-2.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
I Dream Of Jeannie
“Oh, no, no. I cannot read minds, Master. Oh, but I have a friend, Nostradamus, who does a marvelous job of…” —Jeannie in I Dream Of Jeannie.
!["I am a witch. A real house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch." —Samantha in Bewitched.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Bewitched-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Bewitched
“I am a witch. A real house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch.” —Samantha in Bewitched. These are the best-selling books behind your favorite TV shows.
!["If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away." —Reverend Jim Ignatowski in Taxi.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Taxi-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Taxi
“If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away.” —Reverend Jim Ignatowski in Taxi.
!["Anyone who says money can't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop." —Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell in Gilligan's Island.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GilligansIsland-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
Gilligan’s Island
“Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness doesn’t know where to shop.” —Eunice “Lovey” Wentworth Howell in Gilligan’s Island. These are the famous movie lines that everyone actually misquotes.
!["Look, all I know is what they taught me at command school. There are certain rules about a war and rule number one is young men die. And rule number two is doctors can't change rule number one." —Henry Blake in MASH.](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Mash-1.jpg?fit=700%2C700)
MASH
“Look, all I know is what they taught me at command school. There are certain rules about a war and rule number one is young men die. And rule number two is doctors can’t change rule number one.” —Henry Blake in MASH.