TV shows

I Also Don't Believe in the Existence Of John and Kate

Suspicious wife: Hey, didn't you tell me that mermaids don't really exist?
Husband: Yes. And I stand by that.
Suspicious wife: Then how cone they had a show on TLC called Mermaid Girl and it was all about a girl who was a real mermaid?
Husband: They aren't talking about the kind of mermaid that you're thinking of! It's probably just a girl with her legs fused together or something. The mermaids you're thinking of don't exist and they never have!
Suspicious wife: They exist. You lied to me!

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Momo

Nature: 3 Nurture: 0

Five-year-old boy, watching news about Priscilla Queen of the Desert on tv: Those ladies look very strange.
Dad: They're actually men dressed as ladies, Edward.
Five-year-old boy: I'm going to dress like that when I'm a man!

London
England

Overheard by: Murray

Gosh, You're Such a Luke.

Guy: And then I'll go home and watch Gilmore Girls. (awkward silence) I mean something manly.

London
England

Overheard by: ohdear

What Happens When You Get Free Coffee at Work

Female barista: He's going to Tel Aviv or something. I don't even know where that is.
Male barista: Tel Aviv?
Female barista: Yeah, it's like in Egypt or something, I think.
Male barista: Oh, wait, no, that's the tv station.
Female barista: What?
Male barista: Yeah, it's like their version of the BBC.

Starbucks
Orinda, California

At Some Point, One Gets Full Of TV

Middle-aged woman: What's on TV tonight?
Middle-aged man: I think Chuck is.
Middle-aged woman: Oh, do we watch that?
Middle-aged man: I don't know.

Boone, North Carolina

Clearly, It's Unforgettable

Girl: Hey, do you remember that show The Littlest Hobo?
Guy: Yeah.
Girl: That's all. I just wanted to remind you of it.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Meech

Which Is Sort Of Like Reparations…

Black woman, chuckling gleefully at bad financial news on tv: Oh, some white folks gon' kill themselves now!

Medical Office Waiting Room
Chesapeake, Virginia

Overheard by: Ashleigh

Is He on First?

Girl #1: You know every time I see Tyler Perry I think about the white Tyler Perry.
Girl #2: That's Steven Perry from Aerosmith.
Girl #3: That's Steven Tyler.
Girl #1: Well, I'm talking about the Tyler Perry from Friends.
Girl #4: That's Mathew Perry!

Cancun
Mexico

Like a Tapir?

Cashier: I never noticed before, but you look like a meerkat.
Customer: Is that another Pokemon?

Yarmouth, Maine

Overheard by: Jade

Fox: “Can We Base a Reality Series on That Premise?”

Professor: I don't even turn on the television anymore. It's just violence. It's all rape, and gore, and homosexual pedophiles in wheelchairs who chop up grandmothers.

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/04/01/wasnt-that-the-season-finale-of-what-not-to-wear/

Overheard by: philosopher

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