"Life's a garden. Dig it."

[Jonathan Lighter]

You found those by craftily searching for "Life is..."  Foul!  However...

1977 _N.Y. Times_ (Dec. 18): My [Christmas tree] was selected last May by
George Newman (of Bloomin' Newman's Life Is a Garden - Dig It) [in Comus,
Md.].

ProQuest gives only a fictitious page number [!] "147," though the first
page ends with "Continued on Page 9."

Clearly not Section I, II, or V, if I remember my NYT.

JL


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:57 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> GB has hits going back to 1974, although not all are readily
> verifiable. Those clearly verifiable (full copies on-line) are
> Vegetarian Times from 1996 (although it's "dig in" instead of "dig
> it"). The 1988 Appalachia (Governor Sanford's favorite magazine, no
> doubt) also appears to be authentic (although I have not verified on
> paper). The snippet of Maryland Magazine (1976-78) does not show the
> quote nor could I check the dates.
>
> But, unsurprisingly, the most interesting hit is for Marijuana
> stickers from 1973 in the US Copyright Office publication. Just make
> sure you expand to "life is" when searching.
>
> VS-)
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 275,000 RGs.  The earliest I can find is from the widely beloved film
> _Joe
> > Dirt_ (2001), screenplay by David Spade and Fred Wolf.
> > JL
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