Oscar (19 March 1934);

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Sam Clements wrote:

> That about seals it.  The awards banquet took place on the 16th.  This story
> was filed on the 18th.  Hard to believe that there will be found an earlier
> reference.  At least one that Skolsky copied to come up with the name.
>
> The disconcerting thing is, Skolsky rattles off "Oscar" as if it was a know
> term.  Why?

The other disconcerting thing is that the Daily News usage does not quite
match up with the account in Skolsky's book.  Any theories about this,
Barry?  Did Skolsky simply get the details wrong when he wrote the book
years later?

Fred Shapiro


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