TV Catchphrase Queries

[Sam Clements]

I also remember "sit on it and rotate"(as the speaker was giving you the
finger) from about 1963  in Richmond VA.

Sam Clements

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From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: TV Catchphrase Queries


> Fred, "Sit on it!" existed in NYC before 1972.  One of my college buddies
told me in that year that he'd used it in high school.  Based on that usage
was "Rotate!"  Ibid., idem.
>
> JL
>
> Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Fred Shapiro
> Subject: TV Catchphrase Queries
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> For the following list of some television catchphrases, I would be
> interested in any input, based on ProQuest or Newspaperarchive searches,
> citation files, memory, or intuition, as to whether the phrase in question
> was around before the TV usage or not.
>
> Va-va-va-voom!
> The Honeymooners (1952) (Ed Norton)
>
> Oh, har-dee-har-har.
> The Honeymooners (1952) (Jackie Gleason)
>
> Peace.
> Today Show (1952) (Dave Garroway's habitual closing, said with
> hand in air in a motionless wave)
>
> Thanks ... I needed that.
> The Perry Como Show (1961) (Don Adams after Bill Dana
> slapped him in the face)
>
> You really know how to hurt a guy.
> The Perry Como Show (1961) (Don Adams)
>
> Kids, do not try this at home.
> ABC's Wide World of Sports (1973) (Evel Knievel)
>
> Sit on it!
> Happy Days (1975)
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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