Heavens To Murgatroyd - A Lesson in Prewar Linguistics

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Do you remember that word? Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word Murgatroyd?
Heavens to Mergatroyd!

Originally Posted by mckinneyj

>Seems all of these have gone the way of "exit, stage left"...

Was linguistic standard fare in our house. My Dad worked on most of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the early Sixties. Most of what you hear will be the voice of the magnificent real life Daws Butler.

[The-Cardfather]

ON THE LAM..........

I work as a manager at an independent hotel. A few days ago, I was assisting a guest check-in. His last name was Lam, so trying to be funny I said, "You're not on the lam, are you?" This roughly 30 year-old guy looked at me like I had two heads. I then proceeded to explain what the expression meant.
Apparently, he had never heard that expression in his entire life.

I'm turning into my grandfather.

[ALR-bishop]

Cats fur to make kitten britches

[jerrys]

Strike up the band - Frank did a masterful job echoing the conversational style and expressions of our everyday communication in the good old days.

[tschock]

Check out the gams on that tomato!

[mattsey9]

Murgatroyd Darcy,
the belle of Carnarsie,
Went 'round with a fellow named Rodge.
At dancing the rhumba or jitterbug number,
You couldn't beat Rodge at this dodge.

Throughout the cold weather,
the pair danced together,
But when the trees blossomed again,
Miss Murgatroyd Darcy,
the belle of Carnarsie

To Rodgers would sing this refrain:

Leave us go root for the Dodgers,
Rodgers.
That's the team for me.
Leave us make noise for the boisterous boys
on the BMT.

Summer or winter or any season,
Flatbush fanatics don't need no reason.
Leave us go root for the Dodgers,
Rodgers.
That's the team for me.