Joke: He hated the stuff they served in hotels. And such small portions (1933 August)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Barry Popik has an entry for a well-known joke that was told by Woody
Allen in the movie Annie Hall.

"The food is terrible - and such small portions!"
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/the_food_is_terrible_and_such_small_portions/

Barry notes that never-tiring quotation collector Bennett Cerf
presented the joke to his newspaper readers in 1942.

Here is an instance alluded to in passing in 1933:

[ref] 1933 August, The American Mercury, Twilight of a Golden Age by
Ernest L. Meyer, Start Page 456, Quote Page 461, Column 1, The
American Mercury, Inc., New York. (Unz) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
With Chicago and Milwaukee capital he was promoting a huge irrigation
enterprise in the Western desert. He made flying visits to Milwaukee,
and always came to eat with us, bringing loads of edibles, for he
hated the stuff they served in hotels. And such small portions!
[End excerpt]

Garson

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