"...said no one ever"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
> On Mar 30, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>
> > A new Denny's commercial capitalizes on an online meme:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPC83EzU3fA
> > "That's too much bacon... said no one ever!"
> >
> > Some background on "said no one ever":
> >
> > http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/said-no-one-ever
> >
> > It resembles retro "not" of Wayne's World fame, but the negation is more
> > categorical.
> >
> I've noticed this too, I thought as a tag on the Seth Meyers Weekend Update
> segment on the current incarnation of SNL.  I don't see any cites to him,
> though, so I may have merged "said no one/nobody ever" with one of his
> devices.

Hmm, yes, it does have a Weekend Update vibe to it. In fact, Amy Poehler used
"said no one" (without "ever") way back in Oct. 2004:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04bupdate.phtml
Britney Spears is recording a rap song about the recent controversies in her
life. "I can't wait to hear that!" said no one.

--bgz

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