"pig" as policeman

[Laurence Horn]

>  >
>>  > Who was it who said. "Anyone who can remember the sixties
>>  wasn't there".
>>
>>  In the Yale Book of Quotations I credit Paul Kantner, who was
>>  quoted as saying this in a UPI story, 15 May 1987.  I would
>>  welcome any earlier evidence.
>>
>
>I couldn't antedate this, but I've seen it credited to many old stoners
>-- Robin Williams, David Crosby, Dennis Hopper, Judy Collins, Timothy
>Leary.

and Wavy Gravy, as earlier nominated--but a quick googling doesn't
provide any actual evidence.  And, to be Realistic, Paul Kantner does
seem to be credited more often than the other usual suspects.

LH

>
>Robin Williams may have a shot at originating it.  I've seen it credited
>to him as early as 11/11/1987, in an article about a Beatles
>retrospective "It Was 20 Years Ago Today."  (Oddly enough, a Washington
>Post article on 11/11/87 about the same TV show gives credit to Paul
>Kanter.)
>
>Maryland | Frederick | News, The | 1985-11-29 p. B-3 col 1.
>"Up to their Tryx in musical motion" by LORRAINE MIRABELLA
>""If you can't remember the '60s, you didn't have as much fun as you
>should have," sax player and vocalist Skip Fry
>  yelled to the crowd."
>
I'd think it was if you CAN remember them...

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