tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post4253935065060627184..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Research question:Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-43912174059105610812008-02-12T12:55:00.000-05:002008-02-12T12:55:00.000-05:00You cannot prove when a vaudeville style joke come...You cannot prove when a vaudeville style joke comes from. You can only find the earliest known usage.<BR/><BR/>I think you will have an easier time trying to find out who wrote "The Aristocrats."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-61807938427467970842008-02-10T18:34:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:34:00.000-05:00It does work in French, actually:Le Juif dit : « D...It does work in French, actually:<BR/><BR/>Le Juif dit : « Dans le temps, j’étais juif. » Et le bossu : « Dans le temps, j’étais bossu. » <BR/><BR/>s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-35039445945741823382008-02-10T18:32:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:32:00.000-05:00Oh no, I didn't think it was French, but wished it...Oh no, I didn't think it was French, but wished it were, since the research is on France, and that would make for a better transition in the paper. <BR/><BR/>But thanks, the advice on the timing clarifies things.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-11569164979753304082008-02-10T18:28:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:28:00.000-05:00Right, I'm thinking it's an old vaudeville joke; d...Right, I'm thinking it's an old vaudeville joke; doesn't sound very French to me.<BR/><BR/>Berlin's version involves Steinmetz and Otto Kahn, but Berlin himself didn't arrive in NYC until 1940, by which time the Marx Brothers had already made it big. So it could hardly have started with him.<BR/><BR/>s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-26669184521819507712008-02-10T18:21:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:21:00.000-05:00He def. said it, but may not have been the first t...He def. said it, but may not have been the first to do so.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-31208119806314807962008-02-10T18:12:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:12:00.000-05:00Yes, Groucho:"You know," said Kahn, "I used to be ...Yes, Groucho:<BR/><BR/>"You know," said Kahn, "I used to be a Jew." His friend responded, "Really? I used to be a hunchback." <BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kanfer-groucho.html?_r=1&oref=slogin<BR/><BR/>~ SergeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com