Guy #1: What can I say? I’m a sucker for orphan stories.
Guy #2: Or something.
Guy #1: Think about it: I loved Lemony Snicket, Party of Five, Diff’rent Strokes, Star Wars.
Guy #2: Yeah. Wait. Luke wasn’t an orphan.
Guy #1: Well, he sort of was, spiritually.
–34th between 7th & 8th
Overheard by: cityhick
HS girl #1: I saw on TV last night they were saying how you can bring people back from the dead.
HS girl #2: Uh, how dead?
HS girl #1: Like Hitler…
HS girl #3: That’s crazy. I read the Bible. You can not bring people back from the dead.
HS girl #2: Fool, they brought Jesus back from the dead.
–Health Opportunities High School, South Bronx
Guy: Omigod dude, the main detective guy from Law & Order: SVU guest stars as a pediatrician on Scrubs! I could never imagine him doing the things he’s doing right now.
Girl: No dude, omigod, you know he was on Oz and he was a gay prisoner and he liked getting it in the ass and giving it too. That’s extreme, man.
–Penn Station
Man: Wait, so you’re on Law & Order?
Epatha Merkerson: Mm-hmm.
Man: Wow, I don’t watch the show, but my son and daughter do. What’s your name? I’ll have to tell them I saw you.
Epatha Merkerson: Epatha.
Man: Epala?
Epatha Merkerson: Epatha.
Man: Epasa?
Epatha Merkerson: E-path-a
Man: Ensala? Maybe I should write this down, I’m sure I’ll forget. Emana, you said?
–Dentist’s office, 35th & Madison
Overheard by: Mandy G
Tourist lady #1: Sweeney Todd…I heard that’s a spoof on a cooking show.
Tourist lady #2: Oh, is it about Julia Child?
Tourist lady #1: I think so.
–49th between Broadway & 8th
Woman: Yo, my cousin is going to be on American Idol.
Guy: Wow, she any good?
Woman: No, she’s terrible, she sounds like a dying seal.
–36th & 7th
Overheard by: Brian
Girl #1: Where did you hear that? What news have you been watching?
Girl #2: Canadian.
–Duane Reade, 57th & Broadway
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Tween girl #1: Oh my god! They, like, totally have TVs in the bathrooms here!
Tween girl #2: Oh my god! You can so watch TV while you are peeing or whatever.
Tween girl #3: Except it’s only, like, sports and stuff.
Tween girl #1: Yeah, I don’t really like sports. Except cheerleading. Is that sports?
–ESPN Zone, 42nd & Broadway
Girl #1: Don’t laugh while I tell you this! Channel Chris Parnell!
Girl #2: Ha, ha, ha!…I’m sorry, I have to pull a Jimmy Fallon.
–Banc Cafe, 30th & 3rd
Guy: Stop being such a Debbie Downer.
Girl: Stop watching such shitty tv shows.
–Q train
