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
Woman on cell: Yeah, right! Like anyone’s gonna believe there are four SpongeBobs.
–Rockefeller Center
Guy: I looked for that Sopranos DVD set in the section you told me to, but it wasn’t there.
Store guy: Well, the computer says it’s in stock. But that’s one of our most shoplifted items.
–Borders, Time Warner Center
Woman: Don’t buy me no jewelry that’s on TV, Nigga! What’re you talking about?
–1/9 train
