Pittsburgh/Quotes

"I said "I know a guy named Paul He used to be my plumber He was prematurely bald And he moved to Pittsburgh last summer""

- Weird Al's song parody "Trapped in the Drive Thru"

""He went home to Pittsburgh.. PITTSBURGH!""

- Sally Field in Soap Dish:

"Sam Winchester: So what's Bobby doing in Pittsburgh? Dean Winchester: Unless hes taking an extremely lame vacation..."

- Supernatural

""Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages""

- Johnny Carson

"Colin: Are you aware that a leaky faucet can waste over-- Lisa: Two thousand gallons a year! Colin: And turning off your lights could save-- Lisa: --enough energy to power Pittsburgh!"

- The Simpsons Movie

"Eli: (upon seeing footage of an abandoned city) "Holy crap, we dialed Pittsburgh."

Later, same episode...

Young: (About exploring the ghost town) Thing is, these people left for a reason. We don't know what.

Greer: Have you ever been to Pittsburgh?

Lt. James: Hey! I was born there!"

- Stargate Universe; Season 2, Episode 19, "Blockade"

"Calvin: Where do we go when we die? Hobbes: Pittsburgh? Calvin: Is that if we're good or bad?"

- Calvin and Hobbes

""Can you believe this is my life? Will you pity me when you're back in your funky New York apartment and I'm still in Pittsburgh? I need to get more glamorous films.""

- Sienna Miller, complaining about the city while she was in town filming The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. She later apologized.

"Newton Crosby: Where are you from, anyway? Ben Jabituya: Bakersfield, originally. Newton Crosby: No, I mean your ancestors. Ben Jabituya: Oh, them. Pittsburgh."

- Short Circuit

"Marylin Lovell: Where's their broadcast? Henry:All the networks dumped us. One of them said we make goin' to the moon as exciting as taking a trip to Pittsburgh."

- Apollo 13