Dish of Salt: Top Ten TV Quotes Of The Week (11/01/08)

October came to and end with a great week of television. I have scoured the channels for the funniest, silliest, most engaging, most dramatic or compelling dialogue on TV this week. Here are the Dish’s picks for the Top Ten TV Quotes Of The Week!

#10 — “Geez Edie are we going for drinks or a mammogram?”
— ABC’s “Desperate Housewives”

Karen McClusky to Edie Britt when she sees the very revealing, cleavage enhanced outfit she is wearing for a night out on the town.

#9 — “Uh, have you seen ‘The Secret of My Success’?”
— F/X’s ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.”

Mac explaining how he plans to climb the corporate ladder to Charlie Kelly.

#8 — “You’re gonna be on all the TV? Are you going to interrupt my TV?”
— NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”

Michelle Obama explaining to Jay Leno her daughter Malia’s reaction to finding out her dad would be running his commercial on the TV networks.

#7 — “You know what? We lost Toni Braxton for this and that kind of makes me sad.”
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars”

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba to Cloris Leachman about her very messy Cha Cha Cha.

#6 — “It’s almost Shakespearean.”
— NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”

Trainer Bob Harper on all the backstabbing and dirty dealing going ons between contestants Brady, Vicky and Heba.

#5 — “I had your baby and I gave it away.”
— AMC’s “Mad Men”

Peggy Olson finally revealing to Pete Campbell in the season two finale that he had gotten her pregnant.

# 4 — “I’m not strong! I’ll go back to Jan and I hate Jan!”
— NBC’s “The Office”

Michael Scott breaking down in tears to Holly Flax when she breaks up with him because she was transferred to a different branch of Dunder Mifflin… far, far away.

#3 — “Oh yeah… I’m sure she has got a fetish for guys who are built like a South Park character.”
— HBO’s “Entourage”

Ari Gold to Turtle when he finds out that Jamie Lynn Sigler (playing herself) has a thing for Turtle, whom she met on an airplane.

#2 — “I think they found proof that when I was in kindergarten I shared some toys with my friends and that is clearly a sign of subversive activity.”
— Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

Senator Obama joking to Jon Stewart about those who have called him an “elitist, terrorist, socialist Muslim.”

#1 — “Its just G now Jack. I sold the E to Samsung. They are now Samesung.”
— NBC’s “30 Rock”

Devon Banks explaining to Jack Donaghy that he sold the E in GE to Samsung and plans to soon sell off the whole company.

Thanks to staffer Eugene Monzon for his help this week!

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