[Ads-l] Snowclone You don=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=have to be crazy to X, but it helps

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The replies by LH, Bill Mullins, and Dan Goncharoff on the thread
about OED volunteers reminded me of the snowclone in the subject line.

In 1933 the secretary of Walt Disney attributed an instance about the
workplace to the famous entertainment entrepreneur.

[ref] 1933 November 12, The Evansville Press, Mickey Mouse Played
Cupid Role in Romance of Former Evansville Girl, Quote Page B1, Column
4, Evansville, Indiana. (Newspapers_com) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
"We have a staff of exceptionally young people. Good fellowship
predominates, but we all work hard.

"Mr. Disney is never too busy to be genuinely interested in each
individual. He often says jokingly: 'You don’t have to be crazy to
work here, but it helps!'"
[End excerpt]

Here is an overview with dates:

1920: A man don't have to be crazy to believe in Free Trade, but it
helps. ("don't" appears in the text instead of "doesn't")

1922 Jul: "A man must be crazy to play golf" "You don't have to be
crazy, but it helps a lot"

1925 Nov: You don't have to be crazy to dance the Charleston, but it helps.

1925 Jun: You don't have to be crazy to play this on a saxophone, but
it helps a lot.

1926 Aug: One doesn't have to be crazy to pick an all-star team but it helps.

1930 Dec: "Do you have to be crazy to write poetry?" "No, but it helps"

1932 Jul: Mr. Allison also admits that one doesn't have to be crazy to
write columns, but that it helps.

1933 Nov: You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!

1934 Sep: You don't have to be a nut to go hunting and fishing, but it helps.

Feedback welcome
Garson O’Toole

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