Who are you and what have you done with...

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 9/25/07, Jeff Prucher <jprucher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > chris waigl found a small flurry of cites in 1997/98, several listing
> > the film Ever After (1998) as the source of the quote.  it's
> > definitely in that film.
> >
> > chris and i both suspect that this might be a secondary spread of an
> > existing snowclone.
>
> Google Books (apparently) has this from a 1995 "Sweet Valley Twins" book:
> "Deadly Voyage" by Francine Pascal in the form "Who are you, and what have you
> done with the real Jessica?"

And there are examples on Usenet going back to 1991:

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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.peeves/msg/d2a233e8a4892945
alt.peeves, "peevelessness",  Dec 24 1991
["A. Jing Hippy" responding to "Not Al Crawford":]
WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH NOT AL CRAWFORD?
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--Ben Zimmer

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