"Little Blue Helper" (Viagra)

[Donald M. Lance]

Barry (or any other word sleuth),

Have you thought of pulling together all the uses (linguistic, that is) of "peanut butter" and "peanut butter and jelly"?  Gotta be a lotta 'em.

DMLance


Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> And though she's not really ill
> There's a little yellow pill
> She goes running for the shelter
> Of a mother's little helper
> And it helps her on her way.
> --"Mother's Little Helper," Rolling Stones.
>
>    From the NEW YORK POST, 4 February 2001, pg. 7, col. 5:
>
> _Womanizer_
> _Nicholson_
> _embracing_
> _Viagra: tab_
>    Jack Nicholson is reportedly turning to Bob Dole's little blue helper.
>    The sex-loving sexagenerian star--who just two years ago said peanut butter and jelly sandwiches gave him all the bedroom stamina he needed--has started popping the love drug Viagra, The Star of London reported yesterday.
>    Too embarrassed to pick them up in person, Nicholson, 63, has been making his on-again, off-again flame Lara Flynn Boyle fetch the blue diamond-shaped tablets from the drugstore, the Star said.
>
>    PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY DOESN'T WORK?  _NOW_ YOU TELL ME!
>    There's also a NY Giants "Big Blue" joke in here somewhere.
>    But seriously, a check for "little blue helper" shows it's a slang term that's here to stay.