Wish Sandwich (1978)

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   Some good "wishes" for the "sandwich lady."
   There's a Google Groups message from one "Arnold Zwicky" at the bottom of this.  There are 199 Google Groups hits.
   "Wish sandwich" was used in the movie THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), unfortunately not on American Film Scripts Online.  I couldn't find it earlier than the Blues Brothers, although it seems like a classic line.


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http://www.nederpoparchief.nl/bluesbrothers/rubber.html
  Rubber Biscuit

As performed on 'Briefcase Full Of Blues'

Bow bow bow...
(Um, do that again)
Bow bow bow...

Have you ever heard of a wish sandwich? A wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you, hee hee hee, wish you had some meat...

Bow bow bow...

Ummm... the other day I had a ricochet biscuit. A ricochet biscuit is the kind of a biscuit that's supposed to bounce back off the wall into your mouth. If it don't bounce back... you go hungry!

Bow bow bow...

Umm, umm, umm... the other day I had a cool water sandwich and a Sunday-go-to-meetin' bun...

Bow bow bow...

Hee hee hee hee... What da ya want for nothing? ... a rubber biscuit?

Bow bow bow...


(OCLC WORLDCAT)
Title: Briefcase full of blues
Corp Author(s): Blues Brothers.  (Performer - prf)
Publication: New York :; Atlantic,
Year: 1978
Description: 1 sound disc (33 min.) :; analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ;; 12 in.
Language: English
Music Type: Multiple forms; Blues; Popular music
Standard No: Publisher: SD 19217; Atlantic
Contents: Opening: I can't turn you loose -- Hey bartender -- Messin' with the kid -- (I got everything I need) Almost -- Rubber biscuit -- Shot gun blues -- Groove me -- I don't know -- Soul man -- "B" movie box car blues -- Flip, flop & fly -- Closing: I can't turn you loose.
 SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Popular music -- 1971-1980.
Blues (Music) -- 1971-1980.
Note(s): Blues and popular songs./ Durations on the label./ Program and biographical notes by Miami Mitch Glazer on container./ Participants: Produced by Bob Tischler ; vocals performed by


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Homeless man says situation 'out of control'
24 October 1986
The Toronto Star
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When Cabbagetown started getting fixed up the problem became Parkdale's. Because of the high rents, Parkdale landlords received the flood from Cabbagetown. This housing is now completely booked up. Even when he or she gets assistance with a "wish sandwich" (welfare), the problem is finding the three needs: food, shelter and clothing.

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OF THE SIXTH
TOM FITZGERALD
18 October 1991
The San Francisco Chronicle
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-- The New Orleans Saints' Craig (Ironhead) Heyward, describing growing up in poverty in Passaic, N.J., borrowed an old line that the family fare often included a "wish sandwich -- we'd eat the bread and wish we had a piece of meat in there." --


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  Tipping the Scales Toward Success; PRO FOOTBALL; By THOMAS GEORGE, Special to The New York Times; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Sep 29, 1991; pg. S1, 2 pgs
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   That was pretty typical in Passaic.  There were plenty of times when we ate sandwiches made with gravy.  There was our wish sandwich, too.  We'd eat the bread and wish we had a piece of meat in there.


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  SPORTS
On The Verge
JOEY KNIGHT
jknight at tampatrib.com
12 March 2002
The Tampa Tribune
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When money was especially tight, lunch meat evolved into a main course. Cheese and mayonnaise slapped between two slices of bread - a "wish sandwich" - was among Vanessa's favorites.


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From: Village Idiot (village.idiot1WANTSNOSPAM at home.com)
Subject: Re: Casserole Recipe
Newsgroups: alt.military.police
Date: 2001-01-16 23:00:04 PST

Its gotta have a name? Well, "Balogna Suprise" is out of the question since
there isn't much to be suprised about when all you got is macaroni and
balogna.  And we can't call it a "Wish Casserole" because it DOES have meat;
although, if you used all of your meat for the casserole, you might have to
have a "Wish Sandwich" to eat with it.

Well, then, how about balogna and macaroni casserole?  It's at least
description.

Phil



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From: Sammie (slf013 at aol.com)
Subject: Re: i just finished a cookbook?
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Date: 2001-08-16 09:57:12 PST

>Subject: Re: i just finished a cookbook?
>From: zwicky at Turing.Stanford.EDU  (Arnold Zwicky)
>Date: 08/15/2001 3:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <9leh68$d6j$1 at usenet.Stanford.EDU>
>in article <20010815143010.09244.00002463 at mb-mp.aol.com>,
>sammie where ya been? foss <slf013 at aol.com> lists some food dicta:
> >...Cabbage is boiled with ham bones or shredded into coleslaw with
> >Duke's (tm).
>ebbing craft, no mayo and *certainly* no Miracle Wip

Actually, I ate so many Wish Sandwiches when I was a kid, I can't stand mayo.
I do love Miracle Whip tho.

Wish sandwich:  2 pieces of bread covered in a thick layer of mayo.  Fold into
a sandwich and wish you had some meat.

Sammie