more TV lingo

[Eric Nielsen]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:



> The animated spy-sex-and-torture farce called "Archer" airs weekly on FX.
> _Time_ and the _Times_ are among the wild ravers.
>
> From a recent episode:
>
> "With shit-tons of weed":  lots; "shitloads" [144,000 Google hits]
>
> "These potatoheads": Irish people; "micks." [in HDAS files; 500,000+ Google
> hits on "Irish potatohead"]
>
> "Holy shitsnacks!": "Wow!" [ca1000 hits, most connected with "Archer"]
>
> "How about 'Citizen Dickbag'?" : "jerk," "douchebag," etc. [40,000 hits]
>
> JL
>
> The title "Archer" really caught my eye when I first noticed it in the TV
listings: A nod to great gumshoe literature: Sam Spade's partner, Miles
Archer in "The Maltese Falcon"----Ross MacDonald's, Lew Archer----and now a
cartoon detective of the same name.

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