"Where the sun don't shine"

Sat Jan 14 22:58:17 UTC 2006

The earliest reference I have to the now prevalent sense of "where the sun doesn't shine" is in the original "Bad News Bears" movie (1976).

  Hard to believe ?

  JL

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ROBERT HILBURN. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.:
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Pg. 67:
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MIKE LITTWIN. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.:
Jan 26, 1979. p. D2 (1 page) :
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_Doylestown,_
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