Universal Press Syndicate By James Kilpatrick In 1953 the New York Yankees won their fifth World Series in a row. Their popular catcher, Yogi Berra, took it in stride. “It’s deja vu all over again,” he said. The trouble is, he never said it. It’s also probable that he never said of a particular restaurant, …
“Where Does That Word Come From?”: Ralph Keyes Talks Retro
Faster Times February 25, 2010 Ralph Keyes is the author of fifteen books, but in some ways his most recent one—“I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech”—seems like the one he was born to write. Having authored the 1977 exploration “Is …
Mark Twain Didn’t Say That? Just Where Did All Those Spicy Quotes Come From?
Knoxville News Sentinel David Hunter A free book landed in my post office box last week. Sending free books to people who might mention them in print is an accepted form of bribery in the world of literature and journalism. Technically, it’s corruption, but there’s no obligation on the part of the recipient to mention …
"Retro Talk": Cultural References Mystify Young
Talk of the Nation, NPR, March 10, 2009
Who said that?
Dallas Morning News By Jerome Weeks We know Humphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam.” But neither did Josef Stalin ever make such cynical observations as “A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic” and “No man, no problem.” In his ingenious new book, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, …
Talk Retro to Me, Baby
Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009