Hi

At the risk of looking stupid, (so what's new!), I'm going to refer you to a Gene Kelly movie called "Summer Stock", in which Gene explains to Judy Garland how "Hokum" came about......just before he stages a show in her barn........ (told you it was going to sound stupid!..........)

Anyway if I remember rightly they claimed it was something to do with medicine shows where they would do routines of the "I say, I say, I say" variety. Except instead of saying "I say........" they used to say "How come........." So these routines became known as "How come" or "Hokum" routines.

You'll have to make up your own mind if Gene (and the scriptwriters) were telling the truth. He's was one of my heroes though so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Slainte

Alison