OK, so I really don't like using phrases or sayings unless I know their origin.
For example, when someone says "No comments from the peanut gallery." I am willing to wager that 1/2 the people that say this, have no idea its meaning. Actually it could be more than this. Maybe even 69%?
I am a big fan of wikipedia, and I use it to settle many arguments. The peanut gallery was the section where the kids sat on the Howdy Doody Show. But its true origin is:
A peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the cheapest snack served at the theater would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to show their disapproval. The phrases "no comments from the peanut gallery" or "quiet in the peanut gallery" are extensions of the name.
I wasn't familiar with the term (fill in the blank)-gate until my brother filled me in on it. Now I think I hear it every single frigen night. Especially when watching my wife's gossip shows from 7-8pm (what happened to you Mario Lopez? You used to say things like "oink oink big Mama". Now all you do is kiss celebrity ass for 30 minutes. Douche).
Anyway, as usual, I got way off subject again. My original point to this post was to show everyone the beginning scene to Gang Busters. Why? My wife and I were watching Flash Forward the other night, and the dude on the plane answered the lawyer skank with "Like Gang Busters."
If you didn't know, Gang Busters was a radio show in the 30's, then a TV show in the 50's. It was a bad ass cops and robbers show. The term "Like Gang Busters" refers to the beginning of the program, which had whistles blowing, sirens whaling, guns firing, monkeys farting........you get the picture.
Now I knew what the term kinda meant, but I wanted to see it with my own eyes.........so I too can be cool with my answers, when sitting next to hot, skanky lawyers on planes.
Or when asked these questions:
"So Candogg, how did you bowl this weekened?"
"Hey Ry-guy, how were your moves on the dance floor at that wedding?"
"Hey awesome dude Canney, how was your last "dancing in the sheets" party with Kari?"
Like Fucken Gang Busters
