“That’s the way-it-goes,” nodded Marshall Reid. Left a wife and two kids to starve, and ran off with another woman. “When he was young, he was a handsome guy. “There goes George,” observed an onlooker. In a Chicago cafe the other night, an elderly man passed a table. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 1934 December 21, Lowell Sun, All In A Day by Mark Hellinger (King Features Syndicate), Quote, Column 7, Lowell, Massachusetts. An explanatory anecdote was given to introduce the punchline. The remark was ascribed to someone named Marshall Reid. The earliest citation located by QI appeared in a syndicated news column in December 1934. Detailed citations are given further below. In addition, there is good evidence that Frank Case, Jane Ace and several other individuals employed the joke. Quote Investigator: Groucho Marx did deliver this comical line during the film “Go West” in 1940, but the expression was already in circulation. The pun has also been attributed to hotelier Frank Case and radio performer Jane Ace. The statement is a scrambled version of the following comforting aphorism about the mitigation of injuries: The slang term “heel” refers to a contemptible person: Groucho Marx? Marshall Reid? Fanny Brice? Frank Case? Jane Ace? Goodman Ace? Rudy Vallée? Verree Teasdale? Robert Bloch? John Lennon? Ann Landers? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: The following humorous pun about comeuppance for poor behavior has been attributed to the famous comedian Groucho Marx.
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