what's a peanut gallery?

[pennylane]

my friend mentioned it but refused to tell me what it is. help?

 

[minendo]

Audience.

 

[chiwawa626]

Thats when ur fly is down and the "audience"(2) are waving 🙂

 

[Arkitech]

This phrase first became popular in Paris and other nearby European areas. This term basically came to life from the many still life portraits that the artists in Paris were widely known for. One artisits in particular Ernesto Planter dedicated 7 years of his life to the still life art of the peanut. At first many critics thought him insane when he first announced his intentions, however Ernesto emerged from his studio with some of the world's finest still life art. His galleries became legendary giving birth to the phrase "peanut gallery".





😀

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
This phrase first became popular in Paris and other nearby European areas. This term basically came to life from the many still life portraits that the artists in Paris were widely known for. One artisits in particular Ernesto Planter dedicated 7 years of his life to the still life art of the peanut. At first many critics thought him insane when he first announced his intentions, however Ernesto emerged from his studio with some of the world's finest still life art. His galleries became legendary giving birth to the phrase "peanut gallery".

Hmm I was taught this.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

It's the balcony seats of a theatre where the poor patrons would throw peanuts from.

 

[amnesiac]

You know, instead of posting questions to every single euphimism you've heard and don't understand, why don't you use Google?

Just search for "origin phrase <insert phrase here>"

 

[pennylane]

yeah... i tried that. but i didn't get any definite answers. i was actually showing my friend how efficient anandtech forum people were at answering questions

 

[cherrytwist]

ya know George Washington Carver went insane trying to compress a peanut into a phongraph needle...

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: cherrytwist
ya know George Washington Carver went insane trying to compress a peanut into a phongraph needle...

haha

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Arkitech
This phrase first became popular in Paris and other nearby European areas. This term basically came to life from the many still life portraits that the artists in Paris were widely known for. One artisits in particular Ernesto Planter dedicated 7 years of his life to the still life art of the peanut. At first many critics thought him insane when he first announced his intentions, however Ernesto emerged from his studio with some of the world's finest still life art. His galleries became legendary giving birth to the phrase "peanut gallery".

Hmm I was taught this.

heh 😉

 

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Arkitech
This phrase first became popular in Paris and other nearby European areas. This term basically came to life from the many still life portraits that the artists in Paris were widely known for. One artisits in particular Ernesto Planter dedicated 7 years of his life to the still life art of the peanut. At first many critics thought him insane when he first announced his intentions, however Ernesto emerged from his studio with some of the world's finest still life art. His galleries became legendary giving birth to the phrase "peanut gallery".

Hmm I was taught this.

That's because Arkitech was just pulling your chain........didn't you get the "peanut" and "Planter"? Planter's peanuts? LOL!!!