Paul Reiser and "Don't Go There"

[Fred Shapiro]

I am reading an unpublished manuscript that makes the assertion that Paul
Reiser's expression "Let's not go there" (on the TV show Mad About You,
1992-99) may have originated or popularized the phrase "don't go there."
Any opinions on the validity of this assertion?

Fred Shapiro


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