You know, speeches that took tremendous courage and ultimately changed history.
Patrick Henry. Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. Winston Churchill.
And, of course, Riley Wallace.
In case you are new to the long-running sitcom - known in the islands as University of Hawaii men's basketball - let me fill in a brief box score.
Last fall, Bob Wagner got canned as the Rainbows head football coach after another disappointing season, both on the field and at the gate.
Wallace, a pal and neighbor of Wagner's, stood up at the firing press conference and barked at UH athletic director Hugh Yoshida and the grand pooh-bah himself, university president Kenneth Mortimer.
Naturally, this steamed both Yoshida and Mortimer - who were already sweating as they tried to chop Wagner's head off with as much mercy and kindness as humanly possible.
To top it off, a still red-faced Wallace reiterated his position to the TV folks afterward, which gave Yoshida and Mortimer a chance to blow a second gasket as they watched the 6 p.m. news from their living room couches.
The funny part is that Riley looked kind of foolish all the way around, yet a few of the local media homers - and even a national Dudley Do-Right or two - jumped on the silly bandwagon.
Wallace basically said: As head coaches are we expected to win games, keep our athletes out of trouble and put a sufficient number of fans in the seats?
The answers to the three queries are obviously: YES, YES and YES.
But at least it gave Riley a chance to yell at someone other than a referee or his point guard who just passed the ball off of the scoreboard.
SO now, Yoshida has decided not to "roll over" or add another year to Wallace's contract, which keeps him with two years remaining at $90,000 per season, plus the usual coach's bounty of TV, radio and shoe contracts.
By the way, why do coaches get the shoe money when the sneakers are used for the feet of a state-financed university team whose players are on scholarship?
Anyway, Yoshida had little choice on Wallace - especially after he had rolled over Wagner's contract. And now the state university is paying the ex-football coach about $200,000 to sit and watch the sailboats float past Hawaii Kai.
Wallace's record at UH is below .500 at 134-135 in nine seasons. Last season, the team was a disappointing 10-18, despite several returning starters.
There were two suspensions that hurt, but when you recruit a lot of questionable junior college players sometimes they bring unwanted baggage.
It looks like Wallace had a pretty good recruiting year, which shows that the rollover question didn't matter that much. But there is little talent returning, and it always takes a half-season - or longer - to work in the newcomers to form a solid starting lineup.
Plus, the expanded WAC is going to be much tougher than past seasons.
So Wallace should give up the argument that his contract wasn't rolled over because he popped off on Wagner.
That's baloney. Sure, it irritated Yoshida and Mortimer, but the numbers 134-135 and 10-18 - and a half-empty new arena for most home games - made much more of a difference in the decision.
And UH fans are tired of excuses - recruiting and travel are two others - in football and basketball.
Riley Wallace has at least one more season to show that he deserves to stay.
But he will have to prove it on the basketball court by winning games, keeping his players out of trouble and putting fans in the seats.