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fredpuli47 | 09:23 Sat 07th Nov 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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When did the expression ' I kid you not ' come into common use ? Was it someone's catch-phrase ?
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It was the catchphrase of Jack Paar, American radio and TV comedian, host of the Tonight Show 1957/62
17:23 Sat 07th Nov 2009
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Thanks, moonshadow. That led me to the Caine Mutiny. Apparently, Humphrey Bogart playing Queeg, says it.The film is three years earlier than Jack Paar's ' Tonight Show' first appearance but the phrase passed unnoticed until Paar started to use it.
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