[Ads-l] Stix Nix Hix Pix

[Jonathan Lighter]

_Variety_ also used "tix" for rickets....

JL

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:31 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the ack, Garson. Good work.
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 8:42 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Quote Investigator article on this topic is now available.
>>
>> Headline Origin: Sticks Nix Hick Pix
>> https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/57d3470178ee
>> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/07/15/sticks-nix/
>>
>> Acknowledgement: Great thanks to Jonathan Lighter whose discussion of
>> this topic led QI to formulate this question and perform this
>> exploration. Lighter found citations for a variant and remarked on the
>> difference from the original.
>>
>> Feedback welcome
>> Garson
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 5:43 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
>> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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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