[Ads-l] (not) ready for prime time

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: 1977

1976 _Los Angeles Herald-Examiner_ (Apr. 24) A-3 [GenealogyBank]: READY FOR
PRIME TIME Super Marathoners...warm up...prior to cross-country run.

1976 _Columbus [O.] Dispatch_ (Sept. 19) D-9 [GenealogyBank]: NOT READY FOR
PRIME TIME...One citizen in the audience...urged the council to ask for a
portable color television camera for a community access channel. But
Council Chairman John Coleman was unimpressed.

JL

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