"Don't quit your day job" (1985)

Tue Jun 7 12:22:17 UTC 2005

Correctly or wildly otherwise, I associate this with the show "A Chorus Line" (1983?).

That's about the time I first heard it, anyway.

JL

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ALICE CAREY. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 23,
1991. p. 22 (1 page) :
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:1753-1990)
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14, 1985_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=) _Syracuse,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="quit+your+day+job"+AND+cityi
d:28660+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1753-1990) _New York_
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(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="quit+your+day+job"+AND+cit
yid:28660+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1753-1990) _New York_
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