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10* Almost every television series starring Creator/RikMayall (''Series/TheYoungOnes'') featured a number of double entendres every episode; in fact, the original intent of calling one series ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' was to force double entendre on the viewers: "I saw that 'Bottom' on telly the other night -- no, wait, that's not what I meant." The original title of the show, "Your Bottom", made the double entendre even worse: "I saw Your Bottom on TV yesterday."
11** There a bit of this within-show, as well:''"Now can we just get our equipment out? I mean, get our '''tackle''' out... no, I mean, get our '''GEAR''' out! Oh my God, you can't say '''anything''' without some dreadful double entendre lurking round the corner!"''
12*** Gleefully played with in one Bottom live show where characters, actors and audience all know of the (barely) double meanings. "For hours we clung to your ''sturdy organ'' as we were ''tossed'' about in the ''foamy''... ''brine''!"
13** Surprisingly, ''Series/TheNewStatesman'', for a Mayall series, is relatively free of double entendres, except for the lead character's name, Alan B'Stard. Maybe the rule regarding Mayall should be that he double-entendres himself to death in any role written by either himself or Ben Elton. His double-entendres as the various Lord Flashhearts on ''Series/BlackAdder'' are barely single entendres, and are the exemplars of this trope. 'Send a car. General Melchett's driver should do. She's used to hanging around with the big nobs so will be fine with a chap like me. Woof!'
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15!!Shows
16* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' While "And the Pearl Necklace" revolves around [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an actual pearl necklace]], when Caroline mentions it at the end Max assumes she's talking about fellatio.
17** Max likes to turn the word ''come'' (and its variations) as one quite frequently, usually after someone else uses the word.
18* Many of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'''s episode titles are puns based on Dick Solomon's first name:
19** "Dick, Smoker"
20** "Assault With a Deadly Dick"
21** "Father Knows Dick"
22** "Much Ado About Dick"
23** "World's Greatest Dick"
24** "Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick"
25** "Will Work for Dick"
26* At least a quarter of all the dialogue on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is double entendres.
27** From season 6, Jack has realized that Liz has learned to talk business by watching his (Jack's) seminars. He is excited to be able to compete with someone who knows all the same tricks as him...
28--->'''Jack:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbQ-AlKfn-Q It's the ultimate game. Jack Donaghy, playing with himself. It's a Jack-off.]]
29* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' lives and breathes double entendre. Mrs. Slocombe is the most notorious offender, such as her constant discussions about her pussy, complaining about the state of her drawers and them being sticky, and her asking if she should remove her undergarments and put perfume there instead[[note]]She's talking about her cat, the cupboard drawers behind her counter, and the undergarments displayed ''on'' her counter. You perv.[[/note]]. TheComicallySerious Captain Peacock and [[ScatterbrainedSenior debatably senile senior floorwalker]] Mr. Grainger are no strangers to this as well. Then of course there's the mild one right in the title.
30* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''
31** Tobias' homosexual tendencies are a running joke in the show; he makes frequent sexual double-entendres to which he seems completely oblivious.
32--->'''Tobias Funke''': ... even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.
33** While talking to Michael after preparing to audition for the Blue Man Group with full makeup:
34--->'''Tobias Funke''': I just blue myself!
35** Then there's when he accidentally used a gift card whilst thinking it was just a preview of what he could get for it.
36--->'''Tobias''': Well, yes, but I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.\
37'''Michael:''' There's just... so many poorly chosen words in that sentence.
38** It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] more than once.
39--->'''Tobias''': Oh, Tobias, you blowhard.
40** In viral marketing for the fourth season, on a website called "Insert Me Anywhere", Tobias reveals he botched a commercial audition for a mango juice ad.
41--->'''Tobias''': It's like having a man-go in your mouth!
42* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is not averse to these. From early in the third season:
43-->'''Garibaldi:''' ''[faced with a pack of Drazi missionaries]'' Zack, do me a favour and explain the missionary, ah, position to these folk.
44* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNVFRrel48Q#t=18m12s this scene]] from "The Trophy", episode one of [[WalkingSwimsuitScene the girls on the beach]] tells Eddie Kramer "I [[SexGoddess go far]] when I go out." it's then [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre lampshaded]] by one of the other girls when she says "Yeah! [[ReallyGetsAround All the way!]]".
45* In one ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' segment explaining rotational inertia, Beakman breaks out the Beakman Rotational Aerodynamic Thingies. Commence thingy-twirling jokes, and compound that with the fact that the girl wins...
46%%* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'': Creator/BennyHill built a career out of them.
47* ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' had one in an episode about Volcanoes. It showed a family of three sitting at a table, and the dad had made his mashed potatoes into a tall, semi-cone shaped blob. He then took a large spoonful of gravy and poured it onto the top and watched it drip down the sides. And then he talks to his wife while continuing to pour gravy on it:
48-->'''Dad:''' Honey... What does this remind you of? ''(eyebrowquirk)''\
49'''Mom:''' ''(smirk)'' Oh honey, you KNOW what that reminds me of.\
50'''Dad:''' C'mon honey, I wanna hear you say it. ''What'' does this remind you of?\
51'''Mom:''' Honey! It's embarrassing!\
52'''Dad:''' ''(stares)''\
53'''Mom:''' Oh, alright... If you insist... ''(suddenly very serious)'' It reminds me of a Strata Cone Volcano, which builds up in the Earth's crust to make it BIG.... and STRONG... ''(sexy hissing)''\
54'''Son:''' ... Dad?... May I please be excused from the table?
55%%* ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' straddles the line between this and RefugeInAudacity frequently. See attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BjDmEhbPLY
56* ''Series/{{Brainiac}}'':
57** Used completely unexpectedly in an experiment to see which hat would hold up to the most punishment. After describing the hard hat, Vic Reeves turns to the camera and says, with a perfect poker-face, "If you've ever had a hard on, you'll know it can be rock solid."
58** The "Professor Mayang Lee" segments are full of it. Let's just say that she is rather large in a certain area and it involves fruit.
59** Also the "How hard is your thing?" segment. PLUS, as a bonus, on one of the 'NASA didn't try...' segments (the car one), at the end Vic states that Braniac will be responsible for, and I quote "The first pilot of a rocket car to blast off on Uranus."
60* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': a RunningGag in the series, Detective Charles Boyle is a FreudianSlip fountain. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] almost every time it happens, Boyle seems to be oblivious to the sexual undertones of many of the things he says.
61--> '''Charles:''' On the ride over, he gave me a quickie.\
62'''Jake:''' A what?\
63'''Charles:''' A quick therapy session. We talked about so much. Did you know that I have a tendency to be unconsciously sexual?\
64'''Jake:''' Yes.\
65'''Charles:''' It's a real tough nut to bust.
66* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
67** The show featured a number of double entendres based around Kendra's pet name for her favorite stake, "Mr. Pointy".
68** Depending on who you ask, this was either this trope or AccidentalInnuendo. In Season 8, after Xander is forced to ride [[RunningGag Centaurette]] Dawn (causing her to get soaking wet), this exchange happens:
69--->'''Xander:''' How're you feeling?\
70'''Centaurette!Dawn:''' Like I was ridden hard and put away wet.\
71'''Xander:''' AGH! Dawn, that's dis -- oh. No. It's just true.
72** Also when Buffy talks to her mother about Angel's true nature.
73--->'''Buffy:''' He was my first. ''(Joyce is shocked)'' My only!
74** For a non-sexual example, in the final episode, Buffy has just ripped a man in half using an axe. When her ex boyfriend asks what happened to the man, she tells him that he had to split. This is followed by Buffy laughing.
75** Referenced in "Phases":
76--->'''Larry:''' Man! Oz, I would love to get me some of that Buffy and Willow action, if you know what I mean.\
77'''Oz:''' That's great, Larry. You've really mastered the single entendre.
78*** Also, Larry is actually gay, so the above line works pretty well for a gay guy trying to hide his gayness.
79** The end of Willow and Tara's song in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More With Feeling]]" with lyrics like ''I can feel you inside'' and ''Lost in ecstasy, spread beneath my Willow tree''. Joss later admits in the commentary, "OK, this is porn."
80--->[[CallingYourOrgasms "You make me com... plete! You make me com... plete! You make me com... plete!"]]
81** "Once More With Feeling" is riddled with it. The song with Xander and Anya have a few: "You're the cutest of the scoobies with your lips as red as rubies and your firm yet supple.. [[LastSecondWordSwap tight embrace]]"
82** A non-sexual one from the same episode: ''(in the middle of a tense musical confrontation of the villain)'' "[Buffy] needs backup. Anya, Tara." They both hurry take their places as back-up dancers.
83** Buffy brings home chicken legs for the Scoobies.
84--->'''Willow''' ''(looking slyly at Tara)'': I'm a breast girl, myself."
85** Spike works in plenty during his covert relationship with Buffy, such as when Buffy won't let him inside the house for sex because Dawn is there.
86--->'''Spike:''' I can't go inside, so ... maybe the time is right ... for you to come outside.
87** Faith naturally gets in on the act, e.g. "Enemies" when talking to Buffy about her {{UST}} with Angel.
88--->'''Faith:''' The close-but-no-cigar thing with Angel. I don't know if I could handle, you know, the way you're not handling it.
89** Even 'nice boy' Riley does it in "Something Blue".
90--->'''Buffy:''' Cars and Buffy are, like...[[BuffySpeak un-mixy things]].\
91'''Riley:''' It's just because you haven't had a [[AutoErotica good experience]] yet. You can have the best time in a car. It's not about getting somewhere. You have to take your time. Forget about everything. Just... relax. Let it wash over you. The air... motion... Just, let it roll.\
92'''Buffy:''' We are talking about driving, right?
93** Another non-comic version is in "Fool for Love" when Spike is sparring with Buffy outside the Bronze while relating how he killed her predecessors. Spike's talk of 'dancing' (fighting to the death) with Buffy [[SexIsViolence increasingly takes on sexual overtones]] until he's driven to make an actual pass at her. Buffy's disgusted rejection of the idea that Spike will be the one to kill her is played exactly like Buffy rejecting the idea that she will ever become his lover.
94** The scene between Willow and Spike in season 4 (just after he's been made unable to hurt people) when he tries to bite her and can't. Just replace every instance of "bite" with...you know...
95** Jonathan, grab your magic bone!
96** In Season 9:
97--->'''Centaurette Demon:''' Please mount me, great one.\
98'''Willow:''' There's just no way out of the double entendre with this one.
99** Even before Willow and Tara's relationship was revealed, there were several references implying it in various ways:
100*** In ''Restless'':
101---->'''Xander''': Sometimes I think about two women doing a spell, and...then I do a spell by myself.
102*** In ''Who Are You'':
103---->'''Faith''' (in Buffy's body): So, Willow's not driving stick anymore.
104%%* ''[[Series/CarryOnLaughing Carry On Laughing!]]'': As with the [[Film/CarryOn films]], the small-screen version is built on these.
105* The Brazilian show ''Casseta e Planeta: Urgente'' ran on this, being particularly known to use a joke about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_tapping rubber tapping]], namely one of the harvesters complaining about this profession being described as "spending all day taking milk out of wood". The revolt even had RealitySubtext, as the guy playing the harvester hated the joke yet they kept reusing it just to mock him. (his biography notes that the tribute show following [[DiedDuringProduction his untimely death]] playing the rubber harvester joke thrice was some good-natured LastDisrespects by the rest of the crew)
106* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''
107** In the first episode there's the line "we could go to dinner, debrief each other"
108** From season 3:
109--->'''Castle:''' We should savor this moment and--\
110'''Beckett:''' Let's just stick it in and get it over with.[[note]]They were talking about a blank DVD that may or may not have evidence for a case on it.[[/note]]
111*** And then in season 5, after Castle recalls that line during a flashback:
112---->'''Beckett:''' That's not how I meant it. I can't help it if you get off by putting things in my mouth.
113%%* [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/103262/september-24-2007/alpha-dog-of-the-week---honniball This]] particular segment on ''Series/TheColbertReport'', about someone who was caught working in the nude.
114* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In [[Recap/CommunityS1E12ComparativeReligion "Comparative Religion"]], Jeff commends Pierce on not reacting to Shirley commenting on the Dean "shoving his [[PoliticalOvercorrectness PC-ness]] down my throat." Turns out the only reason was that Pierce didn't get it until Jeff pointed it out.
115* ''Series/CornerGas''
116** An episode is based around the male characters all trying to buy better cell-phones than each other. The following dialogue occurs between one of said men and an unsuspecting local.
117--->"Do you think my new cell phone is small? Brent's got a smaller one. I mean, I wasn't looking at it on purpose, or anything. He had it out and I just sort of... glanced at it. You know, you get an inaccurate idea because you see smaller ones in movies and magazines and stuff. But for a normal person's cell phone, mine is small. Smaller than average. Right?"\
118"I don't think anyone cares as long as it works."
119** The episode involving Davis, the ''Cosmo''-reading somewhat AmbiguouslyGay police officer, being locked in a jail cell with Hank, the village idiot. Davis ends up escaping, which leads to this exchange between Karen (Davis' partner) and Hank:
120--->'''Karen:''' Davis is ''out''?\
121'''Hank:''' Well, that's not for me to say, really...
122** A drug one when half of the cafe letters fall down
123--->'''Hank:''' Hey, where's your F 'n' E?
124** The episode with the female doctor coming to town involved the doctor taking ''everything'' the locals said as a double entendre. HilarityEnsues.
125* Penelope Garcia of ''Series/CriminalMinds'' is fond of doing this, especially with Derek Morgan, who's happy to play along.
126--> '''Morgan:''' Give it to me good, Mama.
127--> '''Garcia:''' You know I'm gonna. [[note]]The information she's gathered, that is.[[/note]]
128** She's much chillier with [[spoiler: Morgan's replacement]] Luke Alvez, but a few still slip out.
129--> '''Garcia:''' [My boyfriend] is coming over to help me with my fingering.
130--> '''Alvez:''' *raises eyebrows*
131--> '''Garcia:''' For my ''clarinet!''
132* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' has these from time to time. For example, Sara saying, out of the blue "I've got crabs.", with Gil looking at her funny, then she points at a piece of evidence she's examining, which has... crabs. (That was one of the ickiest episodes of all of ''CSI'', which is famous for its levels of {{squick}}. Also one of the few with no B or C Corpses.)
133%%* Pick a segment-title from ''Series/TheDailyShow''. Chances are pretty damn good that it's a DoubleEntendre.
134* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'' has this bit of smack talk in the Viking vs Samurai episode when they were about to test the Viking Shield:
135-->'''Viking Expert:''' That's the biggest piece of wood your samurai has ever seen.
136* Mike Rowe from ''Series/DirtyJobs'' is fond of these as well.
137** Discovery Networks actually collected a bunch of them into a video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqzQxMtmjn8 here]].
138** While the title of the series itself may be seen as DoubleEntendre, it averts the trope by being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
139* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
140** The show featured a number of "unintentional double entendres" where ''neither'' meaning was sexual. At least once an episode, someone would say, "There is no plot!", "We must act!", or similar phrases.
141** Jamie's first line to fellow companion Victoria was "Quick Miss Waterfield, up your passage!" Creator/FrazerHines (Jamie), Creator/DeborahWatling (Victoria) and Creator/PatrickTroughton (the second Doctor) were quite keen on [[DoubleEntendre getting as many in as possible]].
142** Both "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen Revenge of the Cybermen]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" (two consecutive stories) feature a virtually identical gag at the climax of the Doctor telling his companions about "big bangs" and then eyeballing the people he's with significantly.
143** When feeding the Doctor wine in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]", Solon says "I always knew I'd eventually have a guest with a head for such a fine vintage", referring both to the Doctor's appreciation for the wine and [[OrganTheft the Doctor having an appropriate head to put the brain of Morbius into]].
144** The Doctor and the Master always seem to be doing this to each other:
145--->'''The Master:''' I want the Doctor's body!
146** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]], Jamie and the Second Doctor spot a spaceship via the scanner screen.
147--->'''Jamie:''' Look at the size of that thing, Doctor!\
148'''The Doctor:''' Yes, Jamie, that is a big one. [[note]]This exchange was a reference to a similar one in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]", where the innuendo had been unintentional.[[/note]]
149** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]", the Seventh Doctor comments to Ace that the robot was "just a device to get us involved". This is a triple-entendre — it's a "device" (a robot), a "device" (a plot device) and a "device" (a [[{{Chessmaster}} manipulation]]).
150** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]], Eight shows just how much of a ChasteHero he is, even if he ''is'' the first Doctor to snog on camera, by innocently walking straight into one of these:
151--->'''The Doctor:''' See, I told you it ''[a gadget]'' was small.\
152'''Grace:''' What is it they say?\
153'''The Doctor:''' Yeah, they say that on my planet too.
154** The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" reconstruction opens up with Creator/TomBaker AdamWesting enormously while going through a bunch of ''Doctor Who'' props and informing them that he beat them. Then he says "I was [[InvincibleHero irresistible]] in those days... [[IWasQuiteALooker irresistible]]" (referencing his notorious real-life womanising and debauchery with his "[[EstrogenBrigade time-travellers]]").
155** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances The Doctor Dances]]", dancing is used as a euphemism for sex, showing off the Doctor's problems with intimacy and Captain Jack's flexibility, among other things. In a rare visual double entendre, the Doctor ''literally'' slips Jack a banana.
156** From "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", Jackie's comment when Rose was explaining to her about how the Doctor has two hearts. This while she's eyeing him up and down.
157--->'''Jackie:''' Anything else he's got two of?
158** This is reused in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]", when Reinette asks the Doctor to dance with her. Notably, this episode also features the Doctor utilizing a banana. (He visits a really wild party, gets very drunk and may have invented the banana daiquiri. [[spoiler:Except that he doesn't.]])
159** Even when the Master isn't around, he isn't safe, as in [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]]:
160--->'''10th Doctor:''' Oh, [the Master] just showed up again. Same as ever.\
161'''5th Doctor:''' Oh no, really? Does he still have that rubbish beard?\
162'''10th Doctor:''' No! No beard this time. Well... [[TheBeard a wife]].
163** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]: River Song asks the Doctor to sonic her radio to boost the frequency. Amy, on the other hand...
164--->"Ooh, Doctor, you ''sonicked'' her!"
165** The Teller from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist Time Heist]]" works at a bank, but can also "tell" what people are thinking.
166* Right after Dracula [[spoiler:rips his way out of the wolf he possessed to ambush the convent]] in Episode 1 of ''Series/Dracula2020'', he strokes the dead beast's body and quips to the nuns "Don't know about you, ladies, but I love a bit of fur." Keep in mind that he's 1) completely naked and 2) displaying a glorious (though blood-soaked) CarpetOfVirility when he says that.
167* In ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' season 4:2, Dr. Grant is locked in Carter's jail cell and Andy greets Carter. Grant is staring in wonder at Andy for being a robot, and his final line in the scene is 'I'd love to see underneath your uniform.' (meaning he wants to see the mechanics). Andy doesn't even try to hide his comprehension of the innuendo by making a sidelong glance.
168** Also in the last episode of Season 3 we get this one:
169--->'''Carter:''' I love it when you talk nerdy to me.
170* ''Series/FellowTravelers'':
171** In the pilot, because Hawkins Fuller is attracted to Timothy Laughlin, his final line during their conversation at the park bench is laced with a sexual innuendo.
172--->'''Tim''': I should leave soon anyway. It's noon Mass at St. Joseph's.\
173'''Hawk''': Perfect. ''(leans closer to Tim and whispers)'' I'll spend the afternoon picturing you kneeling in prayer.
174** In the fourth episode, Hawk learns that Tim will attend a very important meeting with Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy, Roy Cohn and John Adams (the Army's lawyer), and he tells his lover "[[AffectionateNickname My boy]]'s coming up in the world" while fondling Tim's erect penis through his pants. Hawk then playfully adds "Speaking of coming up" before removing Tim's pants and underwear.
175** In the sixth episode, Hawk shows Tim his hunting cabin. Tim had previously used the word "hunting" to refer to Hawk's GayCruising in episode 5, so what they really mean in this scene is that Hawk seduces men for one-night stands at his cabin.
176--->'''Hawk''': This is Daddy's hunting cabin.\
177'''Tim''': Where you do your hunting.\
178'''Hawk''': I manage to bag a buck every now and then.
179* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' includes some amusing examples. In the episode "War Stories", Jayne watches Inara kissing a female client -- and right after he proclaims he's going to his bunk, Zoe orders him to "grab your weapon" for a potentially dangerous mission.
180** From "Our Mrs. Reynolds": "Jayne. Go play with your rain stick."
181* At the end of an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', wherein a number of circumstances have aligned to make Frasier's listeners think they're asking him about sleeping with Roz, but Frasier himself is under the impression they've heard about an ordeal he had at a parking garage earlier in the day that made him late for work:
182--->'''Frasier''': It sounds as if Roz has informed you of my exploits!\
183'''Jerry''': She hasn't said much, but we'd like to hear it from you.\
184'''Frasier''': Well, it wasn't my finest hour. Let's just say that I got in there, realized I made a mistake, and then tried like hell to get out!\
185'''Roz''': Frasier!\
186'''Frasier''': There was a lot of shouting, and then [[ReallyGetsAround a line]] started to form behind me. Fortunately, my brother was with me for moral support and, well, let's face it, somebody to talk to. You know, you'd be amazed how long twenty minutes can be when you're watching the clock. At least, in the end, I got out of of there without [[TheOldestProfession paying the four dollars]]!
187* A particularly transparent example from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' involved a discussion between Chandler and a coworker about the inclusion of information from the "[[FunWithAcronyms Weekly Estimated Net Usage Statistics]]" in the "[[FunWithAcronyms Annual Net Usage Statistics]]" -- that is, the insertion of the WENUS into the ANUS.
188** Another example from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' when Monica is asked that why she sold her stock:
189--->'''Monica:''' Ya know, my motto is get out before they go down.\
190'''Joey:''' This is so not my motto.
191** Joey apparently has a talent to make anything sound like innuendo. Take, for example, like "Grandma's chicken salad".
192** After reading the female-empowering, jargon-laced book, ''Be Your Own Windkeeper'', Rachel pushes back on Ross’ demand that they leave for movie on time, resulting in this exchange:
193--->'''Rachel:''' How do you expect me to grow if you won’t let me blow?\
194'''Ross:''' [[ImaginedInnuendo You know I don’t … have a ... have a problem with that …]]
195* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
196** While discussing Shae's cover story as his personal cook, Tyrion suggests Varys should taste her fish pie.
197** Tyrion rewards Podrick for sticking a spear through a would-be assassin with a "spear handler" of another sort.
198* In one episode of ''Series/TheGoodies'', the lads' apartment are encased in concrete with no connection to the outside world. Tim, off-hand, mentions "building a better world for our children". Cue Bill explaining to him that they're not going to have any children, are they, culminating in this:
199-->'''Bill:''' Let's face it, for the next three years, we three are doomed to be bachelors [[HaveAGayOldTime gay]]. ''(puts his hand on Tim's shoulder, grinning)'' ''[[HoYay That]]'s'' [[HoYay an idea, isn't it?]]
200** Also, later on:
201--->'''Tim:''' ''(shocked)'' But a man isn't a man unless he exercises his right for fatherhood!\
202'''Bill:''' You can exercise it all you want, mate, but it won't get you anywhere!
203* At least ''70%'' of Chuck Bass's dialogue on ''Series/GossipGirl'' consists of this. Example:
204-->'''Georgina:''' No thank you, the Lord cannot enter the body solely by alcohol.\
205'''Chuck:''' That's good, because I prefer to be the one doing the entering.
206* ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'':
207** Paul's obsession with looking for moisture affecting the crispness of pastry bases -- "soggy bottoms". Mel and Sue don't exactly dissuade him from using the term at every possible opportunity, and will do so themselves if he doesn't.
208** Inevitable in any episode featuring tarts or buns.
209** Successful Madeira cake should show a prominent crack. Mel and Sue pass up no opportunity for a crack-related comment.
210** Sue is generally very good at creating innuendos out of perfectly innocuous dishes. "OK, everyone, you've got half an hour! Let's get those lady-fingers soggy!"
211--->'''Sue:''' Good morning, bakers. The following signature challenge has been assessed by the Double Entendre Police and I’m delighted to inform you that Paul and Mary would ''love'' you to make cream horns. [[BlatantLies And there’s nothing fun to say about that whatsoever.]]
212** Mary pulls off a totally, hilariously innocent one during a challenge, inspecting a contestant's plans to use hemp flour: "What ''is'' hemp, exactly? A kind of grass, is it?"
213--->'''Sue:''' ''[clearly desperate to keep a straight face]'' It's the legal kind of grass, Mary, yeah...
214** Sue gets off a corker ''before the titles of series 7 have even started rolling'', while she and Mel are going through a box of whisks, rolling pins and other assorted kitchen aids.
215-->'''Mel:''' What's that down there?\
216'''Sue:''' That? That's from home. I don't know why that's there. Sorry.
217** While presenting her pub-themed Showstopper in the second episode of series 7, Candice invites Mel to 'grab her jugs' (that is, bring them up to the front table), and Mel pays it forward by inducing Mary to say how much she's looking forward to eating some (sticky gingerbread) carpet.
218*** Candice seemed to pull one of these out every week in season 7, including 'nobody likes a small underfilled ball' during bread week, 'I don't even have lace pants' in batter week, and 'sometimes you just need to get your hands in there and give your sausages a good squeeze' in pastry week.
219%%* In ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'', a lot of the "fake" answers were these.
220* Nice one (''possibly'' unintentional, but who can tell?) from kid's show ''Series/TheHoobs'' in the episode "Ba-Boom". When Iver finds out that that noise in his chest is actually his heart, the Hoobs all listen to each other's heartbeats. Groove sticks his 'ear' next to (female Hoob) Tula's chest and exclaims "Great ba-booms, Tula!"
221* The title doctor of ''Series/{{House}}'' is also fond of double entendres.
222** Though in season 4's "Whatever it Takes" he fails, saying: [[spoiler:"You know, I happen to have a position available on my penis... Wait a second, I think I screwed up that joke."]]
223** An example played straight in season 4 from "Don't Ever Change": House asks Thirteen, "You do it both ways, right?" Earlier in the episode she is revealed to be bisexual. House claims he was referring to two ways of doing an ultrasound.
224* ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' (U.S. Remake): When Zoe wants to break off her sexual relationship with Frank, then sends him a text-message asking to see him (on the eve of an important House vote), Frank has this exchange with his wife:
225-->'''Claire:''' Going somewhere? \
226'''Frank:''' Just for an hour or two. I've got one last holdout to whip.
227* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' Robin and [[LovableSexManiac Barney]] are having dinner in a restaurant, and as he is being abnormally nice, clean and appropriate (he has recently fallen in love with her and wants to show her that he's not always a sleazy womanizer), she tries to set him back in his old ways by telling him about her day in a suspiciously crude manner. It doesn't work:
228-->'''Robin:''' Hey, so I went to the chiropractor yesterday... That guy bent me over the table and pounded me for a good hour...\
229'''Barney:''' Insurance gonna cover that? Sometimes they don't.\
230'''Robin:''' That's it?\
231'''Barney:''' ''(polite smile)''\
232'''Robin:''' Okay... Well, um, today, I was at the dentist, that guy drilled me. All day long.\
233'''Barney:''' ''(polite nod)''\
234'''Robin:''' He drilled me hard.\
235'''Barney:''' ''(polite nod)''\
236'''Robin:''' He filled all of my cavities... Come on, man!\
237'''Barney:''' Well your teeth look fantastic.\
238'''Robin:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Who]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ARE]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness you?!]]
239** The series loves this trope. Most of the time though, it's unintentional, and the characters realize the {{Squick}} potential a little too late.
240--->'''Ted:''' Alright, I'm gonna head upstairs and keep working. I gotta find a way to introduce some wood in Bilson's dark atrium.\
241{{Beat}}\
242'''Ted:''' I think you know what I meant.
243** At one time, Ted's boss is designing a skyscraper that is clearly a giant penis.
244--->'''Druthers''': [about the model trees Ted made to surround the tower] Too green.\
245'''Ted''': Too green?\
246'''Druthers''': I want them to be more of a natural brown color. Almost a brunet. Also, they need to be bushier.\
247'''Ted''': Bushier?\
248'''Druthers''': I want this tower to emerge from a thicket of unkempt brunet shrubbery. Can you picture it, Ted?\
249'''Ted''': I can't ''un''picture it, sir.
250%%* ''Series/ICarly'': Despite being a kids show, the writers can be mercilessly subtle with such dialogues.
251%%* The entire premise of ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'' appears to be to string together as many puns and {{double entendre}}s as possible.
252* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'':
253** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self]]":
254*** Lestat de Lioncourt informs Louis de Pointe du Lac on the latter's first day as a fledgling vampire that he needs to rest during the daytime, but there's only one coffin in the townhouse. Louis initially refuses to do so, but then Lestat strips naked and allows Louis to get an eyeful of his body before entering the coffin. Just before Lestat lies down, he adds, "It's okay. You can be on top."
255*** Later in the episode, Louis is surprised to learn that vampires are telepathic, so he asks Lestat in a playful tone, "And you gonna sit on that skill for how long? You gonna make me beg?" The naughty smirk on Lestat's lips indicates that he's imagining Louis begging him in their boudoir for a different type of skill (they're in a LoverAndBeloved relationship after all, with Louis as the subordinate partner).
256** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]":
257*** After Claudia elaborates on how they will trap their would-be prey inside their home after the Mardi Gras ball, [[FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss Lestat's left hand grabs Louis' butt]] and pulls his boyfriend closer to his chair. While [[EatingTheEyeCandy glancing hungrily up at Louis]], Lestat utters in a seductive tone, "And let the flesh instruct the mind." Lestat is ostensibly telling Claudia that they'll let their thirst for human blood dictate their actions during the feast, but it's also plain that he's ravenous for Louis' body and wishes to take him to their bed.
258*** Later in the Season 1 finale, a blood-starved Lestat is attired as a French king at the Mardi Gras ball, and when he's introduced to the [=MacPhail=] twins, he expresses his literal hunger with "The king finds himself suddenly famished," only to turn around and see Louis in his French duke costume for the first time. Lestat is [[EatingTheEyeCandy gaping at his gorgeous lover]] as if he's tempted to "devour" Louis right there and then.
259* ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'': On the topic of coffee in "A New Lease", Pudding tells Virginia that Samantha needs it. An annoyed Virginia responds that Samantha ''[[SlutShaming always]]'' needs it.
260* ''Jackpot!,'' a game show that started on NBC and was revived twice in the '80s, had a contestant pose a riddle that had a direct and clean answer, but the answerer (known on the show as the King of the Hill) made the question out to be an unintended double entendre.
261-->'''Contestant:''' First you make a sale then you open my drawer. What am I?\
262'''King of the Hill:''' [[FreudianSlip A hooker!]]\
263'''Contestant:''' A ''cash register'', you louse!
264* There's a rather clever one in the Easter 2010 ''Series/JonathanCreek'' special - while talking about carpentry, TheVicar states "if I have a vice, it's to be screwed on the edge of a bench." before adding "that's got me into trouble on more than one occasion."
265* [[SkeleBot9000 Geoff Peterson]] on ''Series/TheLateLateShow with Craig Ferguson'' likes to [[LampshadeHanging hang a lampshade]] on double entendres with, "Is that ''code''?" Then again, he likes to make 'em as well.
266* Given the BP oil spill spread tarballs through the Gulf of Mexico, Creator/JimmyFallon decided to protest this in ''Series/LateShow'' with the appropriately named song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHvpPdD0KfU "Balls In Your Mouth"]]. (the puns go further as guest artist [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqIm602cao reminisced about the track]]).
267* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'': A forensic expert is describing the evidence found on a victim as "stuff you might find in your mattress". DS Matt Devlin promptly turns to CP Alesha Phillips and cracks, "Not in ''my'' mattress". Granted, he could always be merely disagreeing with the forensics guy, but the [[HeldGaze look he's giving her]] seems to indicate another reason he's mentioning his mattress ...
268* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': In the second part of the pilot, Martin Stein, Jefferson Jackson, and Sara Lance, having traveled back in time to the seventies, visit Martin's younger self to get his help tracking alpha particles. They introduce themselves to young-Stein as a physicist and his two lab assistants. Young Stein asks them if they are more interested in theoretical or applied physics. Sara, in a deliberately over-the-top sexy voice, says "I just can't decide. I love them both." One gets the impression that she was not talking about physics.
269* A staple of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', from the blatant to the subtle.
270-->We'll lick those aliens... or go down like men.
271* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': A A small exchange between Durin and Disa implies that they have a kinky marriage behind the curtains. When Durin names her cunningness being a good reason enough to marry her instead of another dwarven woman called Margid Rustborin, Disa asks her husband what other reasons he had to take her as his wife. He promptly responds he will tell her later. Disa asks him keep quiet while giggling.
272* ''Series/MadMen'': Don is a plane with a gay coworker and he tells a coworker about an idea he has. He proposes an image of an attractive girl opening a rain coat infront of a man. The slogan, "London Fog: Limit your exposure." Don did seriously propose using the advertisement for the rain coat, and he seriously wanted his friend to know he was safe provided he kept out of trouble.
273* ''Series/MadTV1995'': In a ''Series/{{Chips}}'' spoof featuring several cast members from ''Series/That70sShow'', Creator/MilaKunis as DaChief does a marvelous one:
274-->Things are gonna be different now that I'm in charge. Cause I'm really hands-on. I'm gonna be on top of you non-stop. I'm gonna be riding you so hard you'll be begging for mercy. There's no pulling out. I'm gonna work you all night long. You will wanna explode. But I won't let you quit until I'm satisfied!
275* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' was quite generous with the double entendres, perhaps the funniest when Al and Jefferson are trying to assemble a workbench and Al is frustrated with trying to align two "L" brackets:
276-->'''Al:''' I can't find the hole! (''Peggy, nearby, flashes a shit-eating grin'')
277* The 70s game show ''Series/MatchGame'' was notorious for these. And it got worse in the '90s remake. One frequent example was any question involving a woman and a plural answer, which was likely to get “Boobs” as a response.
278* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Episode 18 revolves around Alan and Prima becoming what Bambang calls "''cowok panggilan''", which literally means "guy who get called" (since they are called and paid to be a fake boyfriend) but can also mean prostitutes. Alan and Prima have no problem with the term but it causes misunderstanding when they tell Mami Bibir and Pipin.
279* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''
280** One sketch sees a DirtyOldMan go into a newsagents and interpret all of the adverts on the noticeboard as being adverts for prostitutes, eventually leading him to some truly ludicrous double entendres when he tries to get further details from the newsagent. ("I'd like a bit of pram, please!") Eventually, in frustration he demands the actual prostitute's advert, which is written in a fashion bluntly describing what is on offer (Sexy blonde prostitute, will perform all acts...) -- and doesn't understand a word of it.
281** The Wink Wink Nudge Nudge guy, who turns everything said to him into a double entendre, no matter how forced it is, and then tries to force a double entendre into everything ''he'' says. In the end, the character admits it's because he's never had sex and wonders what that's like.
282* ''My Boys'' had one. The protagonist's old friend visits her, bringing her ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' look-a-like friends. The one that acts like Samantha speaks in so much innuendo that no one understands her.
283* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' explored this trope when the 'bots asked Joel why the actors in the movies were talking the way they were. Joel explained that by controlling the inflection of your voice you can make ''anything'' sound sexual. He went on to demonstrate with such phrases as "The Factory is still open, but they are ''making different stuff''" or "Yep, My shoes are a ''little tight''." She came back from the store with a bag of apples... ''and a loaf of bread!''
284* The narrator and sometimes even the crew of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' seems rather fond of double entendres. "It's time to play hide the sausage" from the Salami Rocket myth, for example.
285** The less said about Adam riding the giant chicken cannon, the better.
286* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kol3V2LXRE#t=1m22s this clip]] on ''Nashville Now'' there's [[HoYay this exchange]] between Music/RebaMcEntire and K.T. Oslin:
287-->'''[[Music/{{RebaMcEntire}} Reba]]:''' What are you doing in my chair? You're supposed to be here tomorrow night.\
288'''K.T. Oslin:''' Reba you and me are gong to [[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/talk talk]]. Tonight. [[StupidSexyFlanders Hustle your shapely fanny]] over here and [[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/get%20to%20it we'll get to it]] after the commercial. And don't you go anywhere because [[GirlOnGirlIsHot you won't want to miss this]].
289* ''Series/{{NCIS}}''
290** This exchange between Tony and Ziva whose whole relationship seem to based on. After a cat has run out the pet door and Tony jumps startled:
291-->'''Ziva:''' Tony, I never knew you were afraid of a little pussy... cat.
292** Another such example was during another of Tony and Ziva's bantering sessions, where Ziva says, "Tony, I've told you, I like to have fun in more... adult ways." It turns out that she's talking about reading, but it's understandable why people might initially interpret it in a very different way.
293* ''Series/NewGirl'': PlayedForLaughs when Cece's sex talk is so weird that Schmidt has no idea what she's implying.
294-->'''Schmidt:''' The biscuits... are ready.\
295'''Cece:''' ''[sexy voice]'' Did you make enough for Cousin Andy?\
296''[beat]''\
297'''Schmidt:''' See, I don't get that, who is Cousin--
298* ''Series/TheNewsreader'': In the third episode, there's a sexual connotation when Tim Ahern (who has a crush on Dale Jennings) brings up Dale's pants on a hot day, and the latter alludes to his bisexuality.
299-->'''Tim''': You sure you don't want to get out of those pants?\
300'''Dale''': What?\
301'''Tim''': They look hot.\
302'''Dale''': I'm fine.\
303'''Tim''': What are they? Polyester?\
304'''Dale''': They're a blend.
305%%* ''Series/NoahsArc'': There are plenty, virtually all of the sexual variety. In fact, this is the main way Noah and Wade communicate their Unresolved Sexual Tension early on.
306* In ''Series/TheOfficeUK'', Tim and Dawn amuse themselves with a perfectly innocent conversation about armed combat with Gareth.
307-->'''Tim:''' If a military man like you, a soldier, er, could you give a man a lethal blow?\
308'''Gareth:''' If I was forced to, I could. If it was absolutely necessary, if he was attacking me.\
309'''Tim:''' If he was coming, really hard?\
310'''Gareth:''' Yeah, if my life was in danger, yeah.\
311'''Tim:''' And do you imagine always doing it face to face with a bloke, or could you take a man from behind?\
312'''Gareth:''' Either way's easy.\
313'''Tim:''' So you could take a man from behind?\
314'''Gareth:''' Yeah.\
315'''Tim:''' Lovely.
316%%* Half the jokes in ''Series/OnTheBuses'' revolve around Jack and Stan cracking double entendres.
317* ''Series/OpenAllHours'' does this ''all the time'', but memorably in this line:
318-->'''Arkwright:''' You have lovely knees, Nurse Gladys. Of course, my thoughts are above such things.
319* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Miss Brooks' letter to Mr. Conklin requesting flower pots for her windowsill gets mixed up with a love letter in "Bones, Son of Cyrano". Cue a flurry of double entendres when Mr. Conklin questions Miss Brooks.
320* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', which was ostensibly a children's show, thrived on subtle double entendres.
321** One of the best ones:
322--->'''Cowboy Curtis:''' You know what they say about a man with big feet?\
323''(pause)''\
324'''Cowboy Curtis:''' He needs big shoes.
325* The title of the 1958-1961 private-detective series ‘’Series/PeterGunn’’ was a double double entendre. All the more remarkable it was allowed to slide at the time.
326* ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''. Ziggy has recently learned that [[SamusIsAGirl Dr. K is a girl]]. Watch what happens:
327-->'''Ziggy:''' I would have layed odds that you were a dude.\
328'''Dr K:'''... Sorry to disappoint you.
329%%* ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'' to an occasionally ridiculous degree, but the famous 'I'm coming' is never featured.
330%%* The British children's TV show ''Rainbow'': ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps0XcxrWc7M Holyshit]]''. [[spoiler:No, the episode was never broadcast, it was just a joke among the staff.]]
331* Tyrone F. Horneigh, the recurring DirtyOldMan character in ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''.
332-->'''Horneigh:''' Say, do you believe in the hereafter?\
333'''Woman:''' Yeah.\
334'''Horneigh:''' Well, now you know what I'm here after.
335* ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'' features more than a few, usually delivered by Russell. However, one of the funniest episodes features a woman who speaks in nothing but double entendres, seemingly without realising what she is doing, and this drives Russell nuts. Her best effort occurs when she is talking about the new nightclub she is starting:
336-->"You guys should totally check out my opening. It takes a while for things to warm up down there, so try not to come too early."
337* In Series 7 of ''Series/RussellHowardsGoodNews'', one of the Mystery Guests had won the Best Sausage In Britain award and the entire conversation about sausages was littered with these, especially when a male audience member "whistled at [his] sausage".
338* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (which has been packed with double entendres since 1975) has this in early ''Celebrity Jeopardy'' sketches, in which Sean Connery would turn the categories into these. For example...
339-->'''Connery:''' I'll take Jap-Anus Relations.\
340'''Trebek:''' That's "Japan-US Relations".\
341''(...)''\
342'''Connery:''' I'll take The Rapists.\
343'''Trebek:''' That's "Therapists".\
344''(...)''\
345'''Connery:''' I've got to ask you about The Penis Mightier...\
346'''Trebek:''' That's "[[TheProblemWithPenIsland The Pen Is Mightier]]".\
347'''Connery:''' I don't care what you call it, I'm asking does it work?!\
348''(...)''\
349'''Connery:''' I'll take Catch the Semen.\
350'''Trebek:''' That's "Catch These Men".\
351''(...)''\
352'''Connery:''' I'll take Anal Bum Cover.\
353'''Trebek:''' That's "An Album Cover", you horrible, horrible man.\
354'''Connery:''' HO, HO, HO, HO!\
355''(...)''\
356'''Connery:''' I'll take Whore Semen. ''(Walks up to the board and points at the "Horsemen" category)'' See? "Whore"--like your mother--"Semen."
357** And then there's the "Delicious Dish" sketch in which Alec Baldwin's character, baker Pete Schweddy, introduces his dessert, "Schweddy Balls". Rapidly becomes an OverlyLongGag (and an obvious one), but they maintain perfectly deadpan delivery throughout while saying such lines as, "Wow. I can't wait to get my mouth around his Balls", and "Do whatever you want to, ladies. My Balls are here for your pleasure."
358*** And then he comes back with Schweddy Weiners, which taste best if they're inserted into Schweddy Buns.
359*** Creator/BettyWhite as confectionery rock star Florence Dusty and her Dusty Muffin.
360** There's also a sketch about a tour at a winery with Janet Jackson Finding out about Cork Soaking. (The sketch almost falls apart as Janet and the rest of the cast can barely hold it together, as Janet almost Blows the Line (wait I just Made one there.)
361** Also a series of [[ParodyCommercial parody campaign ads]] in which Pat Finger runs for city council of Butts, New York. ("In 1869, my great-grandfather, E. T. Finger fell in love with Butts and, well, there's been a whole mess of Fingers in Butts ever since.")
362** Creator/RobertDeNiro [[http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2004/m_deniro-p1.php played]] a CIA spokesman who read lists of suspected terrorists - "most of the calls have come from high school and college students nationwide". They include Hous Bin Pharteen ("a silent, but deadly killer"), I-Zheet M'Drurz ("when he was fleeing the scene of his last attack, he left skidmarks") and Apul Madeek ("who we believe will be targeting adult bookstores sometime in the near future").
363* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', a character named Todd turns nearly everything said to him (or near him) into a double entendre. ("I'd like to double ''her'' entendre!")
364-->'''Patient:''' Doctor, I'm getting a little tired of the sexual innuendo.\
365'''Todd:''' In-'''your'''-endo.
366** This is nearly the Todd's raison d'être. In at least one episode he mentions that he actually seeks out these opportunities, commenting, "People think I just luck into these situations, but it's really a lot of hard work. You know what else [[RagingStiffie is hard?]]" "I should go."
367%%* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' had almost a ton of these. The contest episode in particular.
368* The 2015/2016 New Year's Special for ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' has four in rapid succession, while [[spoiler:Moriarty appears in Sherlock's apartment [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind his mind palace.]]]]
369-->[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''' It's a dangerous habit, to finger a loaded firearm in the pocket of one's dressing gown. OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe]]\
370[[spoiler:'''Sherlock:''' You'll forgive me for taking precautions.]]\
371[[spoiler:'''Moriarty:''' I'd be offended if you didn't. Obviously, I brought my own. ''[takes out a shiny, white gun]'']]
372* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E10Bride Bride]]", Lois does it when explaining to Clark how to wear cufflinks. Judging by her face it seems that she only noticed the double entendre ''after'' she said it.
373-->'''Lois:''' Big city boy, let me give you a lesson. You just have to make sure this part sticks up straight, and then it slides right in.\
374''[Cue awkward silence from both]''
375* ''Series/SpinCity'' would occasionally spend an episode leading up to an [[NoPunIntended extended]] double entendre. For example, in this one, Carter is making a speech on prostitutes; unfortunately, Mike told him it was about libraries...
376-->'''Carter:''' You walk past them every day, and you never even notice them. I say ''use them''. ''Take advantage of them.''\
377'''Reporter:''' Uh, Mr. Heywood, are you saying you've... ''used'' one?\
378'''Carter:''' Why yes, I was in one just this morning. In fact, I was having such a good time I found it hard to keep quiet.
379* When Richard Woolsey on ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' discovers that a new (gorgeous female) team member is standing in the area of the city he uses to reflect on his thoughts:
380-->'''Woolsey:''' You poached my private spot!... Uh, what I meant to say is: you discovered my little personal area... Uh, this is where I ''come'' to be alone with my thoughts.\
381'''Conrad:''' Do you mind sharing it?\
382'''Woolsey:''' Not at all.
383** Made even worse when [[spoiler:you find out he actually is talking to himself.]]
384* One episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (s2 ep6) features a female character squeezing by Dean in a tight space between walls of an apartment complex. Dean mutters "Should've cleaned the pipes." When he is asked what that meant, he quickly shines a flashlight over to the plumbing and stammers something out.
385** Being that Season 7's BigBad was named Dick, the entire season was sprinkled with puns on his name.
386* ''Series/StrangerThings'': When Nancy and Jonathan spend the night at Murray's place, he offers them the guest room, and when they [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend insist that they're not a couple]], he rolls his eyes and says Jonathan can have the pull-out sofa bed. Then the next morning, after Nancy and Jonathan spent the night together in what they ''thought'' was a stealthy manner...
387-->'''Murray:''' How was the pull-out?\
388'''Jonathan:''' ''[SpitTake]'' I'm sorry..?\
389'''Murray:''' The sofa.\
390'''Jonathan:''' Oh yeah... it was good.\
391'''Murray:''' ''[grins]'' I bet it was.
392* A 1974 telecast of ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' had the following question posited to the wives: "If I want something from my husband, to make sure I get 'yes' for an answer, I always approach him after he's had _______." (Gene Rayburn guest hosted that week as regular host Bert Convy was on the panel with ''his'' wife, so the question was posed a la ''Series/MatchGame''.) Harvey Korman predicted his wife Donna would say "a drink." Donna's response: "It's either pizza or sex..." As the audience roared with laughter, Harvey topped it: "With or without sausage?"
393* In the ''Series/That70sShow'' episode "Jackie's Cheese Squeeze", Jackie feels neglected by her boyfriend, Kelso, and ends up kissing her boss at the mall where she works as a cheese maiden. Eric catches them, and later torments Jackie by making double entendres in Kelso's presence:
394-->'''Jackie:''' I just came to get Michael. Come on.\
395'''Eric:''' Oh, no, stay! We're just gonna hang out and fool around. We all know how much you like to... fool around.\
396[...]\
397'''Eric:''' So, hey, Jackie, how's it going down at the cheese shop? You must be so tired from... giving it away at the mall.\
398[...]\
399'''Jackie:''' Come on, Michael, let's go!\
400'''Eric:''' No, let's stay! We could play TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}. Oh, but that wouldn't be much fun, since we all know that... Jackie cheats.
401** The whole scene is made even funnier by the fact that [[TheDitz Kelso]] remains completely oblivious to the other meanings, even as Jackie becomes noticeably agitated by them.
402* Parodied in a ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketch set in a "bawdy 1970s hospital" of the Film/CarryOn school. Unfortunately, one of the doctors doesn't fully understand the nature of double entendre, leading to some unfortunately LiteralMinded examples whenever he tries to contribute ("Shall I get my cock out?").
403* ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'': Fowler and Grim make these all the time, usually [[ThatCameOutWrong unintentionally]].
404** The show has a RunningGag involving Grim making suggestive comments about his arse being on the line for whatever reason, one of the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} examples being when he urges Fowler not to get in the way of his serious policework: "Your cock-up, my arse!" [[note]]David Haig has said in interviews that this is the one line people most enjoy shouting at him if they recognise him in the street.[[/note]]. The joke appears in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2nUf8Fq4kA seven out of]] [[BritishBrevity the fourteen episodes]], with some rather inventive variations on the same theme. Compare; "My arse will be on the line, and I don't want a cock-up!", and "I'll show these bloody kids, when Grim of Gasforth puts his backside on the line, they can't just stick [[VSign two fingers]] up!"
405** Fowler misty-eyed at Christmas as a kid, reducing Patricia to giggles "Dad would bring a fat bird home and tell mother to stuff it." (Bird being British slang for 'woman')
406%%* ''Series/ThreesCompany'' enjoyed a healthy dose. It was the premise of the show. In fact, almost every plot was an extended Innocent Innuendo.
407* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dave from ''Series/{{Titus}}'' thinks he hears these often. Or can make the audience make them. Papa Titus frequently makes them as well.
408-->'''Titus:''' Dad, you're not in love with her. It's a heart attack rebound thing. It's the angina talking!\
409'''Dave:''' It TALKS?!
410* Done in ''Series/TopGear'' in the form of InnocentInnuendo (after segueing from a discussion about car firms putting their badges on any old merchandise)
411-->'''Hammond:''' It does work, this sort of branding. This wizard's sleeve for instance. ''(holds up a literal sleeve from a wizard costume with a Ferrari logo on it)''\
412'''May:''' This pork sword... ''(holds up a fencing foil with a load of sausages speared on it)''\
413'''Clarkson:''' This cock... ''(holds up a stuffed chicken with an Audi logo on it)''\
414'''Hammond:''' Has it got four rings on it?\
415'''Clarkson:''' Yes it has! Put this cock in your wizard's sleeve.
416** They also pointed out the "minefield of double entendres" that cropped up when they made a kit car.
417--->'''Clarkson:''' The nipple is off. The tube is in the hole.\
418'''Clarkson:''' We'll be needing some pump.\
419'''May:''' You should feel it go stiff now.\
420'''Clarkson:''' Pump, man. Pump!\
421'''Hammond:''' Oh yeah, that much better. Yeah, that's hard.
422** Then there's the review of a car where they picture a situation where a family seating arrangement has the mother in the front seat with the kids and her husband sits in the back seat:
423--->'''Clarkson:''' It's the most pitiable sight you can see.\
424'''May:''' She's effectively saying "You've given me the baby, now get in the back!"\
425'''Hammond:''' Yep.\
426'''Clarkson:''' ''[bursts out laughing]''
427* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has quite a few by virtue of being... well. ''Torchwood''. Example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNQe9uFb1E]]
428-->'''Gwen:''' Have you ever eaten alien meat?\
429'''Jack:''' Yeah.\
430'''Gwen:''' What was it like?\
431'''[[ExtremeOmnisexual Jack]]:''' Well, ''he'' seemed to enjoy it...
432* A non-sexual example can be found in the title of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "ToServeMan" (based on a short story by Damon Night). The title can mean either "to perform a service for humanity" or "to serve the meat of a human as food." Given the show, guess which one they're talking about here.
433* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' is also fond of using this, sometimes excessively, which shows in this example of Charlie talking to Herb in the garden.
434-->'''Charlie:''' You know, Herb, that is a fine, fine hat.\
435'''Herb:''' Gotta wear it. Otherwise I freckle like a banana.\
436'''Charlie:''' Well... I wouldn't want your banana to get freckled.\
437'''Alan:''' Let's go, Charlie.\
438'''Charlie:''' Hang on! Hang on. We're having a real interesting conversation here. Hey Herb, tell Alan what you told me about how you plant seeds.\
439'''Herb:''' Well, first I make sure the soil is moist.\
440'''Charlie:''' Uh-huh. And tell him how you do that.\
441'''Herb:''' Well, I just stick my finger in the old Mother Earth. If it comes up dry, I just whip out my hose and give it a good spritz.\
442'''Charlie:''' And then?\
443'''Herb:''' And then I carefully plant the seed in the soil.\
444'''Charlie:''' Carefully? Why carefully?\
445'''Herb:''' Because if you just fling that stuff around, half of it's wasted!\
446'''Charlie:''' You hear that, Alan? If you fling your seed around it gets wasted.\
447'''Alan:''' Fascinating. Let's just go.\
448'''Charlie:''' Now hold on, hold on... How do you feel about bushes, Herb?\
449'''Herb:''' Well, I like a full bush. The way God intended.\
450'''Charlie:''' I like 'em trimmed. What about you, Alan?\
451'''Alan:''' We're going! Bye Herb.
452* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' had many of these. Ronnie Barker once said that the thing about a joke with two meanings is that it can only possibly have one meaning.
453%%* We'd insert all the double entendres from ''Series/VeronicaMars'' in here, but fun as it is we don't want to be doing this all day, and frankly it could be too long for the page to handle.
454* In one episode of ''Series/AVeryPeculiarPractice'', Doctor Rose Marie and the university director ("call me Jack... Rose") have a business conversation. The pauses, throaty voices and staring are an interesting addition.
455-->'''Rose Marie:''' You have... such a big desk, Jack.\
456'''Jack:''' ''[Pause]'' It is kinda big.\
457'''Rose Marie:''' I was wondering -- I know you're awfully busy -- but I thought you might come round to my flat one evening. ''[Laughs.]'' I know you'll think I'm silly, but I'd find it much less daunting there and we could really have a proper... talk.
458* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' has a whole game built around these, appropriately entitled "If You Know What I Mean." The goal is for the performers to speak them exclusively. Most work. Some are a stretch. Some are... really a stretch.
459-->"I heard you were having a problem with your hard drive, if you know what I mean."\
460"I'm having a little problem with my RAM, if you get my drift."\
461"I'll be happy to help you fluff your Garfield, if you know what you mean."
462** A common theme in "Scenes From a Hat" is "Things You Can Say About Your [Blank] But Not Your Girlfriend". Every single line the players say is one of these.
463-->'''About Your Motorcycle:''' "Sure, you can ride her, everyone else has!"\
464'''About Your Business:''' "Open 24 hours."\
465'''About Your Boat:''' "You can put a dozen guys down below."\
466'''To Your Dog:''' "Come!"
467%%* ''Series/WillAndGrace'' is built on double entendre.
468* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' - Les is going to do something drastic on hearing about a rumor. Jennifer warns him "Now Les, don't go off all half-cocked!" Les replies "I'm a newsman, Jennifer - I'm always ''fully'' cocked!" Jennifer gets a disturbing mental picture.
469* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': "[[Recap/XenaS03E18FinsFemmesAndGems Fins, Femmes and Gems]]" has a few gems:
470** When Aphrodite is talking to Maecanus:
471-->'''Maecanus:''' I’ll put it up there for you right now, [[HotGod most beautiful of goddesses]]. Tie your gem on my arrow so my shaft can bring you satisfaction.\
472'''Aphrodite:''' [''Giggles''] I do believe your sweaty, smelly leader is ''flirting'' with the [[LoveGoddess goddess of love]]. You don’t have the thrust. [''breaks off said arrow''] Besides, my guy in Parnassus has [[BiggerIsBetterInBed better equipment]]. And he knows the right time to shoot.
473** When Gabrielle is observing a parchment:
474-->'''Gabrielle:''' It’s beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Don’t you think it’s beautiful? The way it dips and curves?
475* Mulder of ''Series/TheXFiles'' loves to do this to his stoic, uptight partner, Scully, because she gets visibly flustered by it. At least for the first few seasons. Then she just starts rolling her eyes and tuning him out.
476** From "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy Syzygy]]":
477-->'''Mulder:''' ''[about handling evidence]'' Go ahead.\
478'''Scully:''' No, you go ahead.\
479'''Mulder:''' Nono, be my guest. I know how much you like snapping on the latex.
480** "[[Recap/TheXFilesS07E09SignsAndWonders Signs and Wonders]]":
481--->'''Scully:''' Snake handling... didn't learn that in Catechism class.\
482'''Mulder:''' That's funny, I remember a couple of Catholic school girls that were experts at it.
483** In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS08E17Empedocles Empedocles]]", a very rare Scully double entendre back at Mulder:
484--->'''Scully:''' ''[about a gift Mulder had brought]'' Is that for me?\
485'''Mulder:''' Yeah.\
486'''Scully:''' Nice package.\
487'''Mulder:''' ''[bemused]'' Thank you.
488** Another Scully example, from "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E12Fire Fire]]":
489--->'''Mulder:''' I was merely extending a professional courtesy to her.\
490'''Scully:''' Oh is ''that'' what you were extending?
491* Groucho Marx was known for his quick wit in his talk show, ''Series/YouBetYourLife''. One interview with a woman with many children led him to ask why she had so many. She replied that she loved her husband. His reply: "Well, I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while!" Apparently everyone in the studio was in hysterics for some time. [[note]] It's actually just an urban legend as no tape of the episode exists and Groucho vehemently denied ever saying it. However, it's still funny either way. He did say something similar when talking with a mother of a large family: "Well, I love pancakes, but I haven't got closets full of 'em."[[/note]]
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