Anon. quote: "Any day above ground..."

[Wilson Gray]

That is, Snyder "conducted" what was known in olden times as "a rap session."

-Wilson

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> NewspaperArchive reveals:
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> 1973 _The Transcript_ (North Adams, Mass.) (Sept. 29) TV Guide 9:  I guess I
> can attribute my ability to enjoy life to the philosophy of my grandmother:
> "Each day above ground is a good day."
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> Speaker?  Tom Snyder, "newsman, interviewer, and host, who will be rapping
> with persons from 1 to 2 a.m. each Tuesday through Friday as host of NBC
> Television Network's new talk show, 'Tomorrow,' premiering Oct. 26..."
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> ("Rapping with persons," not "rapping to the beat.")
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> JL
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Google finds many thousands of refs. to "Any day above ground is a good
>> day."
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>> GB turns up a 1986 ex. citing a bumper sticker.  I don't recall the
>> sticker,
>> but that's around the time I began to say it.
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>> JL
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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