The Fat Lady Sings
What? A positive trace to the 1970's? I used this in the 1950's and know it was common long before that.
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Dizzy was something else. There is a story,circulated in the 50's,that I like. Dizzy was reporting a game."It's a high fly ball to center field. He's moving back,back. Now he's under it and makes the...
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>Fat singers are a staple of opera, and cartoon spoofs thereof,>but how does that relate in any way to things being OVER? >[...] So I'd dispute whether any of that relates to the...
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I, a non-opera fan, am not aware that the singing takes place at the END, any more than at the beginning. If you mean to say that, well, it ain't over till it's STARTED in some form...i.e., we might...
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The version I grew up with was, "The game's never over till the last man is out." My old pappy's take on that was, "The game's never over till the first Cub is up." My old pappy was a dyed in the wool...
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I know we did this thread before. I had conversation with Dave about the 1976 cite listed in Eliza's cite:<quote>The latest edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1992) finds in "Southern...
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I know it has been 40 years or better since I have heard Andy Griffith's first record. I just ordered it on CD. The line we are discussing would have been perfect for his routine "Carman Opera" which...
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Just did a relatively extensive search (what the hell does that mean?) on "Dandy" Don Meridith sayings. The "fat lady sings" line could have been said by him, and I think it probably was at some point...
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I just broke down and ordered it. It only costs $5 and I figure that it could disprove the Cook origin story once and for all. Plus, who knows what else is in there?
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Dave! You 'da man!That's why you get paid the big bucks, right? :)
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The other famous Dean Story (this one actually from his playing days). He'd been knocked out of a game (liner to the head) and been taken to the hospital for X-rays in case of a fracture. Headline...
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Yes! I forgot that one. I heard that one many years ago. What a great headline.
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You don't have to be an opera fan to know that operas often end with an extended aria for the soprano, who has been (1) stabbed (2) poisoned (3) strangled, or who is suffering from some illness...
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> You don't have to be an opera fan to know that operas often end with...Yes you do!I assume operas are full of fat ladies, and I assume they are singing all the time**! Certainly it's logical to...
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That's cause Chuck Jones was squashing 3 massive operas into 6 minutes of animation (even opera fans think Wagner is a bit long-winded).That said, there is aparently some actual truth to the fat...
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> even opera fans think Wagner is a bit long-windedNow aren't you sorry you wasted that Mark Twain quote YESTERDAY, Jim?!
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The "Southern Words and Sayings" pamplet just arrived yesterday. Pretty worthless overall, but it does have "Church ain't out 'till the fat lady sings."So it does antedate the sports broadcasting...
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Here are the Soprano categories:Coloratura (highest soprano)LyricDramatic (these are the ones that specialize in Wagner)Spinto (not sure...think it's just higher than a mezzo-soprano)
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