"Sometimes I watch football holding an xbox controller just to screw with my mums head" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on July 2, 2011. The joke is that the speaker pretends…
Radio listeners and television viewers are often told to "stay tuned (to this station)" for the next program or for breaking news reports. The used of "stay tuned" dates to the…
"We’re stealing a news van! It’s the perfect crime! How will they ever report it?" is a line from the American animated sitcom King of the Hill, the "Gone with the…
A television is sometimes described as a household appliance. "More Indonesians watch TV than any other household appliance" was posted on X/Twitter by Shannon Smith on February 8, 2011.…
A biblical view is that all life on the earth is "on loan" from God. The conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has joked that he has "talent on loan from God," cited…
Televised sports have been compared to game shows. "not all game shows are sports. but all sports are game shows" was posted on Twitter by ethan on July 1, 2018. "All sports that are…
English television host David Frost (1939-2013) is frequently credit with this line: "Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you…
"Television is changing the American child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. -- Time Magazine" was printed in The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA) on September 9, 1958.…
"Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Ann Landers," the pen name of a syndicated…
"Television is a writer's medium" is a popular saying, along with "film is a director's medium" and "theater is an actor's medium." "Television is…
"Television is called a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" is a classic joke about early television. "Definition 'Television: A new medium—rare, if well…
"Ever notice that the first 10 seconds of a medical drug commercial is spent telling you what the drug is for and the rest basically daring you to take it?" is a saying that has been…
"That awkward moment when you finish watching a TV series and you don’t know what to do with your life anymore" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…
"That moment when the music you listened to in high school is being played on the 'oldies' station" is a saying that has been printed on many images. This saying originated from…
"The American people don't believe anything until they see it on television" is a quotation by American politician Richard Nixon (1913-1994) that has been featured at the Newseum in…
"The average home has two washing machines -- washing machine + brain washing machine" is a saying shown on several images. The "brain washing machine" is a television.…
WKTU-FM (103.5) used to be a country music station, but in February 1996 it became "the beat of New York." It's a nonstop dance dance dance. "The beat of New York" is…
"The camera adds ten pounds" is an old film and television adage that is still held by many. Camera angles and colors can make one to appear fatter or thinner. "The motion-picture…
'The camera doesn't lie" (or "the camera never lies") means that photographic evidence shows what something actually looks like. The old saying has been used since the…
A popular joke about a tv remote is: "I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control, and I thought to myself, 'Well, this changes everything.'" "A universal…