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23 Oct 03 - 07:07 PM (#1040683) Subject: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: s&r I see this phrase from time to time used by well read people. Where's it from? |
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23 Oct 03 - 07:26 PM (#1040702) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: McGrath of Harlow I suspect that most people who use the expression picked it up from Private Eye. I would say that it is probably Peter Cook who introduced it there. But he might have got it from somewhere - maybe anecdotes about some Newspaper tycoon. |
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23 Oct 03 - 08:36 PM (#1040734) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Amos It was attributed as an original expression to Ross, the editor of the renowned 1930-40's New Yorker Magazine, by James Thurber in his book "The Years With Ross". (I have forgotten Ross' first name). He would write it in red ink in the margin of a piece whenever it mentioned someone Ross didn't know about. A |
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23 Oct 03 - 08:52 PM (#1040739) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Amos I think it was Harold Ross. A |
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24 Oct 03 - 01:35 AM (#1040830) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: GUEST,Clint Keller And how about 'Who Dat?' clint |
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24 Oct 03 - 04:30 AM (#1040882) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Liz the Squeak Who dat out dere askin' who dat in here? LTS |
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24 Oct 03 - 04:59 AM (#1040889) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: sian, west wales Who dat in dere askin' who dat out 'ere askin' who dat in dere? sian |
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24 Oct 03 - 05:06 AM (#1040891) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Liz the Squeak Ain't nobody here but us chickens. LTS |
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24 Oct 03 - 05:15 AM (#1040895) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Dave Bryant Who are you calling chicken ? |
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24 Oct 03 - 07:05 AM (#1040933) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Hrothgar Now, please don't descend to fowl language. |
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24 Oct 03 - 08:06 AM (#1040948) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Rapparee Fowl language? What, me worry? |
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24 Oct 03 - 08:25 AM (#1040958) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Amos "Who dat who saY who dat?" is a different vein of humor -- I think it is from one of the preTV radio sit coms or a vaudeville act originally. A |
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24 Oct 03 - 10:23 AM (#1041039) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: GUEST,Kim C no cookie Dave's not here. |
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24 Oct 03 - 10:43 AM (#1041056) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: beadie I always thought that "who he?" ("hoo he?") came from Walt Kelly's comic strip POGO. Perhaps spoken by Albert the Alligator. |
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24 Oct 03 - 10:45 AM (#1041059) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: GUEST,MMario Didn't Bob Hope use it in a couple of routines? |
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24 Oct 03 - 02:59 PM (#1041201) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Amos Well, it could have sprung up multiple places -- the New Yorker//Thurber story is just where I first heard it. å |
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24 Oct 03 - 04:07 PM (#1041239) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: GUEST,Kim C no cookie A local popular DJ says "whoeedat?" |
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24 Oct 03 - 07:07 PM (#1041305) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Joe_F FWIW, "Who he?" sometimes appeared in the _New Yorker_, in the days when it used to fill columns with amusing quotations from the press, with sarcastic titles & comments. To make up an example, suppose a review, missing an s, said something like "made a strong impression on New York's intellectual". The _New Yorker_ would follow that up with "Who he?" |
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24 Oct 03 - 08:39 PM (#1041363) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: GUEST,Clint Keller Earliest reference I've seen to "Who dat?" is from WWII. A tension-relieving thing among flyers coming back from a mission. Someone says "Who dat?" on the radio, gets answered "Who dat say dat?" followed by "Who dat say 'Who dat say dat,'" and so on until everyone checked in. I always supposed it was part of a vaudeville routine or something like that, but I never found out. Ugga ugga boo, ugga boo boo ugga-- clint yeah, I remember "Who he?" from Pogo |
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25 Oct 03 - 04:38 AM (#1041499) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Gurney Heard it from 'The Big Yin' when he was talking about a Glasgow childhood.... "Who he?? Bring his body doon here..." |
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25 Oct 03 - 05:16 AM (#1041502) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: BanjoRay There's a scene in a pre-war Marx Brothers film, I think "A Day At The Races" that involves Harpo playing jazz solos, with various onlookers pointing at him and exclaiming "Who dat man?" Cheers Ray |
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25 Oct 03 - 07:50 AM (#1041550) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: Liz the Squeak Well at least my last comment was a song..... LTS |
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25 Oct 03 - 08:52 AM (#1041569) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: artbrooks Who he, risin' high Tomorrow's the day My man's gonna come... |
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25 Oct 03 - 02:37 PM (#1041693) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: EBarnacle1 "Who dat dat say who dat when I say who dat" comes from the early days of talkies. I do not remember the black comedian who did it. He probably also did this schtik in Vaudeville. The scene in the movie takes place in a haunted house. By the time I was a kid, the routine became "Who dat dat say who dat when I say 'Who dat?'" A friend would often come back with "Who dat?' and the whole thing would recycle as often as the two people would stay amused. |
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25 Oct 03 - 03:39 PM (#1041707) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: artbrooks Amos and Andy? |
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26 Oct 03 - 12:24 PM (#1042040) Subject: RE: BS: Who said 'Who He?' From: MarkS Not to be confused with "Hoo Hah" from the old Mad Magazine days. |