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Memorable Quotes From Game Commercials
Mike Bialecki
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I was inspired by the recent "Games we used to play as kids" list to create this one. There are a number of board game commercials with quotes that have just the right amount cheese and nostalgia for us to inject into everyday conversation to subtely tell our friends, "Hey, I like boardgames. Look at me, I'm a geek". Hell...Movie Geeks do it all the time ("We are the Knights who say Nih!" "That's incontheivable";), why can't we Boardgame Geeks do it as well?
Since my memory isn't what it used to be, feel free to correct any misquotes and add anything I may have inevitably missed. Perhaps some of you youngn's could add some of the new classics that I'm not aware of. Or maybe you geezers could fill us all in on some classic Classics :)
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Posted On: 2003-09-23 03:54:40
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1. Connect Four [Average Rating:4.77 Overall Rank:4694]
Mike Bialecki
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In my opinion, the hands down classic.
Girl: I won.
Boy: Where?
Girl: There, diagonally.
Boy: Pretty sneaky sis.
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Chester Ogborn
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I love the Scrubs parody where Dorrian is playing Connect Four against Death.
'I win.'
Where I can't see...
'Right here, diagonally.'
Pretty sneaky, Death.
2. Operation [Average Rating:3.91 Overall Rank:4732]
Mike Bialecki
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"It takes a very steady hand...."

I use this one way too often in real life.
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David Pollock
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I'll admit that I used this quote in my AP chemistry class just *last week* during a lab. They had to hold a piece of copper inside a flask without touching the sides. They even understood the reference!
Jeff Hellen
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I prefered the kid who said, "remooove ranched an-kul."
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Markus Wolf
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"Take out the spare rib for 100 dollars..."

Kid: "It's my turn to operate."
Mom: (shocked and appalled) OPERATE!?!?!
The Real and Only
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My fave from this commercial was the kid that said

" Here goes his funny bone...... (BUZZZZZ)"
Dave Lartigue
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"It's my turn to operate!"

"OPERATE!?"

It's Operation, the wacky doctor game (batteries not included).

"Take out his spare ribs for $100"

"Oh you'll never do that!"

"Don't touch the sides! Bzzt!"

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"It takes a very steady hand..."

"I win! That's $200 for me!"

"May I play?"
tom franklin
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"Operation: The Goofy Game for Goofy Doctors"

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3. Stay Alive [Average Rating:4.86 Overall Rank:4619]
Mike Bialecki
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"I'm the sole survivor"

I must admit that I had forgotten about this gem until somone on another list mentioned it. I used to love this game, although I'm not sure I ever played by the correct rules. I just kinda pulled the tabs in and out to figure out how everything worked. Did anyone every succeed in 'drawing' all the pixie dust off the inside of an Etch-a-Sketch to reveal the steal Hershey's kiss inside?
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Chuck Uherske
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This is (unfortunately) one of my clearest early childhood memories of a television commercial. The kid with the sailor hat, intoning that phrase astonishedly into the camera.
4. Battleship [Average Rating:4.42 Overall Rank:4722]
Mike Bialecki
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"You sank my Battleship!"

I love the "Bob Dobbs" artwork on these 1960s boardgames. I've got an old edition of Stratego that has a particularly goofy cover.
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The guy in tie-dye at the BGG Flea Market.
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I always thought the dad in this picture was so stupid. You NEVER hold your ship up to show how it has been hit!!! Geez, no wonder he was losing (Atleast the sister had to help with dishes...AND LIKED IT!!!):D
Greg Aleknevicus
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My girlfriend had an absolute conniption when she saw the cover pictured above. While I'm not one to agree with most "conspiracy of the patriarchy" ideas, one does wonder why the artist felt the need to include Mom and sis cleaning dishes in the background.
Eric Williams
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The one I'm taking away is "conniption"!!!!:laugh: