[Ads-l] Stix Nix Hix Pix

Sat Jul 15 21:43:41 UTC 2023

Jonathan Lighter  wrote:
> _Variety_ (I believe) has also referred to film critics as "crix."
> So....you could have
>
>  "CRIX NIX CHIX PIX" as well as "HIX PIX NIX CRIX,"  "HIX, CHIX NIX CRIX
> PIX," and "CRIX NIX HIX FLIX CHIX."

Here is an example with Crix:

Date: May 9, 2005
Periodical: Variety
Volume 398, Issue 12
Article: HBO, Variety forge 'Pix' pact
Author: Anonymous
Database: ProQuest

[Begin excerpt]
Titled "Crix Nix Hix Pix," the doc will be based on the book of the
same name by Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart and published by
Miramax Books in conjunction with Variety's 100th anniversary.
Title stems from one of Variety's most famous headlines ("Sticks Nix Hick Pix").
[End excerpt]

I cannot find a match for that book title in WorldCat. So I think Bart
changed the book name before publication.
Garson

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