See you in the funny papers
Posted by ESC on October 02, 2003
In Reply to: See you in the funny papers posted by Tim on October 01, 2003
: Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "See you (ya) in the funny papers"?
SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS - Jocular farewell suggests that that the person addressed is rather laughable. U.S. 1920s. Extinct by the 1950s. From Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day by Eric Partridge, updated and edited by Paul Beal, Scarborough House, Lanham, Md., 1992)
- See you in the funny papers Tim 02/October/03
- See you in the funny papers R. Berg 02/October/03
- See you in the funny papers Tim 03/October/03
- See you in the funny papers R. Berg 02/October/03