Where does the saying, "Let the show begin." come from?
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As far as I know it comes from the theater, when the director would say "let the show begin". hope this helps
139982
Yep, this was the show that introduced hime to America (and the rest of the world). He used to say "Up your nose with a rubber hose" - used to have a t-shirt with this quote :)
793676
Sorry you've had such rubbish answers. \n\nI'm usually quite good at this sort of thing, but I'm afraid I can't find any info on the origins of this phrase.\n\nI hope someone more knowledgeable answers you soon!
1130808
Yes, that's where the phrase comes from in the first place
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Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Part 2 Lyrics\nby Emerson, Lake And Palmer\n[ Download Free Lyrics Software featuring Emerson, Lake And Palmer ] [ Send to a friend ]\n\n(Emerson/Lake)\nWelcome back my friends to the show that never ends\nWe're so glad you could attend\nCome inside! Come inside!\nThere behind a glass is a real blade of grass\nbe careful as you pass.\nMove along! Move along!\n\nCome inside, the show's about to start\nguaranteed to blow your head apart\nRest assured you'll get your money's worth\nThe greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth.\nYou've got to see the show, it's a dynamo.\nYou've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....\n\nRight before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies\nAnd he laughs until he cries then he dies then he dies\nCome inside the shows about to start\nGuaranteed to blow your head apart\n\nYou gotta see the show\nIt's a dynamo\nYou gotta see the show\nIt's rock and roll\n\n\nSoon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline\nWill perform on guillotine\nWhat a scene! What a scene!\nNext upon the stand will you please extend a hand\nto Alexander's Ragtime Band\nRoll up! Roll up! Roll up!\nSee the show!\n\nPerforming on a stool we've a sight to make you drool\nSeven virgins and a mule\nKeep it cool. Keep it cool.\nWe would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown\nwere exclusively our own,\nAll our own. All our own.\nCome and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show!\nSee the show!
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"NBC Cable Networks" issued a press release back in June that, I guess, explains the phrase:\n\n"’Characters Welcome’ delivers a clear message that establishes an immediate emotional connection with our audience."\n\nhttp://www.nbccableinfo.com/insidenbccable/networks/usanetwork/resources/inthenews/062005.html
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actually this question was AOL's home page the other day I believe. The saying came from the horse racing track. People would offer a tip and a horse that would win and if was an insider ( jockey, trainer, ect)  or reliable tip they would say it came "straight from the horses mouth"
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THE OPERA AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS, \n\n"The outcome of any contest isn't known until the final results are in. Thus, don't make premature judgments or give up too soon. Often associated with Wagnerian opera, specifically Brunhilde's 'Fire Song,' in 'Die Walkure,' and the fact that Wagner may seem interminable to nonaficionados. Thus one's impatience would be relieved when 'the fat lady sings.' Originated in the United States in the 1970s. Bartlett's 'Familiar Quotations' attributes the coinage to San Antonio TV sports commentator Dan Cook. Ralph Graves claims in the August 1991 issue of 'Smithsonian' that it has its roots in Southern proverbial lore: 'Church ain't out till the fat lady sings. There are still other attributions, but nobody really knows who coined this popular saying." From the "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996)."\n\nThe site listed below gives another explanation, though.
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“I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.'' \n— Elvis Presley(1935-1977)
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write it down and make ten copies.  Then flush all of them down the toilet.  The show blows.  Plus, networks won't use unsolicited ideas because it leads to lawsuits.  Your best bet is to submit this question to Lorne Michaels. c/o SNL (30 Rockefeller Center, NY, NY.)
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I think it comes from medevil times when they believed that if you actually went and got some of the hair of the dog that had bitten you it would heal faster or something. I know it is something along those lines. Actually here this is from wikipedia:\n\n"The origin of the phrase is unclear, but instances of the phrase have appeared in English literature since the time of Shakespeare. E. Cobham Brewer writes in the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898): "In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs of the dog that bit you applied to the wound will prevent evil consequences."
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I dont know really.  I guess its self explanatory.  It's from Adam Sandler's The Goat Song if thats what you are asking.
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From one of the speeches in Henry VI part 2 (that's a Shakespeare play!)\n\nHere's the speech. The origin of Mum's the word comes in the third line:\n\n\n    Hume must make merry with the duchess' gold;\n    Marry, and shall. But how now, Sir John Hume!\n    Seal up your lips, and give no words but mum:\n    The business asketh silent secrecy.\n    Dame Eleanor gives gold to bring the witch:\n    Gold cannot come amiss, were she a devil.\n    Yet have I gold flies from another coast;\n    I dare not say, from the rich cardinal\n    And from the great and new-made Duke of Suffolk,\n    Yet I do find it so; for to be plain,\n    They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour,\n    Have hired me to undermine the duchess\n    And buz these conjurations in her brain.\n    They say 'A crafty knave does need no broker;'\n    Yet am I Suffolk and the cardinal's broker.\n    Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near\n    To call them both a pair of crafty knaves.\n    Well, so it stands; and thus, I fear, at last\n    Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wreck,\n    And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall:\n    Sort how it will, I shall have gold for all.
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U.K. origin. Means watch your pints & quarts to an ale drawer. Now it means to mind your manners.
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the original theme was whistled, and lip-whistled by darren mcgavin in the show opening. the music was by gil melle.
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Comes from "take the cake"\n\nCake: When someone takes the cake they are regarded as having come first in some, often trivial, activity or other. Most authorities consider that this saying goes back to the days of slavery in the USA. The slaves used to hold competitions to see which couple could produce the most elegant walk. The best promenaders won a prize, almost always a cake. The extravagant walk required for this type of competition came to be called a Cakewalk and this gave rise to the old fashioned expression "it's a cakewalk". However the meaning later came to emphasise the trivial nature of the competition and began to imply that the effort needed was minor and of little account. In consequence the modern saying "it's a piece of cake" could well be based on these old customs. \nThere is a much older possible origin, going back to the ancient Greeks. A "cake" in those times was a toasted cereal bound together with honey. It was given to the most vigilant man on night watch. Aristotle is quoted as having written in "The Knights": "if you surpass him in impudence, then we take the cake".
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They made a bet in the beginning of the show.  It is a running bit House does.