[Ads-l] Antedating of "Beam Me Up, Scotty"

[Shapiro, Fred]

beam me up, Scotty (OED 1984)

1974 _St. Petersburg Times_ 19 Aug. 4-D/2 (ProQuest)

As Shatner ran down the road ... I kept hoping he would ... escape all these indignities, with four little words: "Beam me up, Scottie."

Fred Shapiro


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