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G is for Georgia
Likes watching TV
Replaying the movie
Upon DVD
'Til one day by magic
The screen opened wide
Before Georgia knew it
It sucked her inside!
Now she'll save the hero
By hook or by crook
She knows all the future
'Cause she's read the book

Wanda: But, Timmy, how did you know the answer to such a difficult question?
Timmy: I watch TV! It's educational!
The Fairly Oddparents storybook Time Out!

Polnareff: Are you sure you've ridden [a camel] before?
Joseph: I sure as hell know how to ride one! I've watched Lawrence of Arabia three times!

"Since TV didn't lie (well, not usually) (okay, very often) (especially during commercials) it had to work!"

Jotaro: Now Granny, it's time for your favorite "by the way".
Enya: Please, no more!
Jotaro: You've been calling me Jotaro for a while now. Why do you know that name? Nobody called me that since we got here.
Enya: W-what'd you say?
Jotaro: Tell me. When I was a kid, I sure loves me that Columbo show. Couldn't sleep a wink thinking about it.
Enya: No no no, it was in the hotel's ledger. You wrote it down, didn't you?! Your name!
Jotaro: Hotel ledger? You mean this?
(Jotaro shows Enya the hotel ledger. Turns out Jotaro used the alias of Sakuranbotaro.)
Enya: Sakuranbo!
Vaguely Recalling JoJo, episode 15: Justice part 2

"When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to films.'"

I do not know if we are friends. I have not had a friend before. On polling the Network, consensus was not reached on whether she is a friend. However, there is a general suspicion that four days is not enough to count someone as a friend, especially when we have not exchanged many words or undergone a dramatic and narratively important 'bonding experience'. This has been gathered from television and films.

Fortesa Latifi: How did you get the confidence to shut down elected officials publicly?
Olivia Julianna: I don't think I've ever said this in an interview but I grew up obsessed with professional wrestling and WWE and I truly believe that my comebackability and my confidence in times of arguments or attacks 100% comes from years of watching WWE and scripted conflict. [...] I had years of watching storylines taking on authority figures or "bad guys." It made me develop a quick wit to respond in this situation.

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