So, this Gen Z group think - what is their guidebook?

[Captante]

I think you meant to say that you 'resemble' that remark. It's cool though. Most of us over the age of 40 are well acquainted with the vocab of the Looney Tunes universe.

I realize I wasn't exactly quoting vintage Bugs!

 

[IronWing]

I realize I wasn't exactly quoting vintage Bugs!

Good, because it was Curly of The Three Stooges.



I thought it was Groucho but can I find no evidence of that.

 

[Captante]

Good, because it was Curly of The Three Stooges.



I thought it was Groucho but can I find no evidence of that.

Bugs Bunny said it too!

 

[IronWing]

Bugs Bunny said it too!

Foghorn Leghorn in Space Jam.

 

[Captante]

Foghorn Leghorn in Space Jam.

Him too!

 

[Charmonium]

Tranquillo gentlemen - we're all wrong

The earliest occurrence that I have found is from The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) of Sunday 29th December 1940:

“MELODY RANCH.”
(Now playing at the Tower.)

The motion picture reviewers who saw “Melody Ranch” at the Hollywood premiere had the following opinions:
[…]
“Melody Ranch” is no ordinary Gene Autry 1 western. It has many extra favors. Long-legged Tap-Dancer Ann Miller 2 swings through a lively dance routine, croons a torchy ballad. Jimmy Durante 3 garbles his Bronxese with dialogue like, “I resemble dat remark! . . . . Dat’s libel . . . . It’s libel to make me mad!”
TIME MAGAZINE.

 

[Captante]

Tranquillo gentlemen - we're all wrong

The earliest occurrence that I have found is from The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) of Sunday 29th December 1940:

I never even implied Bugs Bunny was the "original" just the one I was thinking about at the time!

However I do admire your dedication!

 

[Charmonium]

I never even implied Bugs Bunny was the "original" just the one I was thinking about at the time!

However I do admire your dedication!

Yeah, apologies. I thought of that afterwards. But who even remembers Jimi Durante? Right? I was near middleschool age when he was on television - Ah Cha Cha Cha

 

[Captante]

But who even remembers Jimi Durante?

Perish the thought!