"Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?

[Wilson Gray]

I agree with Sam, except that I do remember it from 1951. This phrase
was once so well-known that it was subject to parodic use. At the
conclusion of the scene in which the Good Anglo and the Bad Anglo
unexpectedly cheat, joining forces to kill the Ugly Latino in what was
supposed to be a fair, every-man-for-himself shoot-out in the movie,
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, a member of the audience
sarcastically commented, "Another triumph for 'truth, justice, and the
American way'!" This was in 1966.

-Wilson

On 6/9/06, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> You mean that my cite that I first heard that in 1952 by watching the
> "Adventures of Superman" on tv doesn't count?  :)
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> The show started in 1951, but I can only attest to having seen it by 1952.
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> Sam Clements, avid tv watcher, who had a tv in 1948.
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> > _http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1614/truth-justice-and-the-comics-new-york-
> > newsday_
> > (http://www.barrypopik.com/article/1614/truth-justice-and-the-comics-new-york-newsday)
> > ...
> > I just added the slogan of New York Newsday: "Truth, Justice and the
> > Comics."
> > ...
> > Does anyone have a decent cite for "Truth, Justice and the American Way"?
> > ProQuest seems to have it from 1962 only.
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