"Let's do this"

[Herb Stahlke]

IIRC, in the 1982 movie version of Mailer's The Executioner's Song, Gary
Gilmore, played by Tommy Lee Jones, says to the riflemen at his execution,
"Let's do this," or "Let's do it."  I don't have a copy of the 1979 book
anymore to check if its there.

Herb


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> When did this start?  I'm now hearing it as a tag on commercials, but
> judging from urbandictionary it's been around for awhile.  Here's a gloss
> and one of the cleaner cites:
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> A phrase which connotates the beginning or initiation of something fun,
> such as a party, club excursion, bar crawl, or the like.
> Three people get into a cab on their way to a party. Prior to getting in,
> one of them says "Alright, let's do this!"
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> In my memory nobody has used this live in my hearing, but I could have
> missed it.
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> LH
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