This title comes from Mr. Show - Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) Discussion

[–] BlankTV 18 years ago

The title comes from any junior high school in America. I heard people say it back in the mid-80's and I'm sure it's older than that.

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[–] JDono 18 years ago

I can confirm that the phrase was in use when I was in high school in the mid-1970s.

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[–] jakedilucia 18 years ago

No...It was Mr. Show.

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[–] The7thDoctor 18 years ago

The writers at "Mr. Show: With Bob and David" may have used it, but the phrase has been around for a long, long while.

The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.

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[–] vissisitude 18 years ago

Hate to brake it to you but i have a tshirt bought in 1974 with that logo printed on it

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[–] CoachJim 18 years ago

When I was in H.S. in the 60's, it was old then.

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[–] varkatope 18 years ago

I was about to say I remember it from the mid 90s, but dang, 60s? It even older than I thought, but yea, definitely not originating from Mr. Show.

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[–] saturdaynightspecial77 18 years ago

um what about dave chappelle, i heard it first on his show

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[–] spider_guy85 18 years ago

i cant believe you freely admitted that.

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[–] PopaSmear 18 years ago

This is basically the best post in the history of the IMDB message boards.

Thank you.

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[–] pike100 16 years ago

Thanks, PopaSmear - I am LMAO!

Colonel Angus: Well thank you Miss Anabelle. And if I overstay my welcome, just tap me on the head.

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[–] treemarc 18 years ago

Not only is this obviously something that dates back to before my childhood...I don't even remember any Mr Show sketch that mentioned it. And I've seen them all quite a few times.

I hate to disparage a Mr Show fan, but you must be very high indeed.

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[–] rzajac 10 years ago

Season 4 / Episode 2 / "It's Perfectly Understandishable" / Mark 1:08; Bob Odenkirk uses the expression.

And, yes, the OP author must be very high. Bob & Co. no doubt lifted it from its ancient antecedents.

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[–] filmteknik 18 years ago

This is an old phrase.

It's also the title of a funny song in the 1978 musical featurette "Junior High School" in which a teenage Paula Abdul was featured in one of secondary roles.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0082590/

Steve Kraus
Lake Street Screening Room - Chicago

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[–] BQQ 18 years ago

I saw it on a cave painting from 30,000 BC. It was also midly popular during the reign of Julius Caesar, but saw a decline in use during the Middle Ages.

"William F. Buckley wrote a book at Yale; I read one." George W. Bush

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[–] pike100 16 years ago

LOL, BQQ!

Colonel Angus: Well thank you Miss Anabelle. And if I overstay my welcome, just tap me on the head.

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[–] james_mercel 17 years ago

I heard men in their 40's saying it, when I was a kid in the early 70's.

It's friggin' OLD!

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[–] anthonymorse 17 years ago

it didn't have to be something they carried over.
Maybe they were just hip.

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[–] TheTollTroll 17 years ago

Just pointing this out, drzarnak, you show obvious signs of moronitude... I got that from Mr. Show, or was it the 70's?

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[–] RufusXavierSarsaparilla 17 years ago

Not possible, I came up with it last night at the Copa, over drinks with Sammy Davis, Jr.

It's insane, this guy's taint.

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