Paul Reiser and "Don't Go There"

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:05 AM -0700 9/20/04, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I noticed that guests on "The Jerry Springer Show" were saying
>"Don't even go there!" around 1994.  Springer reached a point where
>he once asked (something like) "What's all this 'Don't even go
>there?'"  Presumably this was a new one on him.
>I don't know when Paul Reiser began to use it on his show, but
>unless an earlier Reiser quote from his series is forthcoming, I'd
>be very skeptical of the claim.
>
>The earliest exx. I found (all from the Springer show) all included
>the word "even."  Nowadays it's usually left out.
>
>
>JL

and

At 1:32 PM -0400 9/20/04, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 01:26:07PM -0400, Baker, John wrote:
>>
>>  The earliest reference I've seen to "don't even go there" is
>>the song of that name by Bonnie 'N' Clyde, released on the
>>rap compilation album Super Bad on June 21, 1994.
>
>OED several years ago published its entry on this item, with a
>first quote of 4 Feb. 1994.
>

This also brings to (at least my) mind the celebrated NYC parking
sign "Don't even THINK of parking here".

Larry