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Neal, while sitting in his room, notices an accident in the street and kindly goes to the man's rescue with his car and takes him to the hospital. The nurse assigned to the case, Billie, mak... Read all Neal, while sitting in his room, notices an accident in the street and kindly goes to the man's rescue with his car and takes him to the hospital. The nurse assigned to the case, Billie, makes a great hit with Neal. That night at the club Neal cannot get the pretty nurse out of h... Read all Neal, while sitting in his room, notices an accident in the street and kindly goes to the man's rescue with his car and takes him to the hospital. The nurse assigned to the case, Billie, makes a great hit with Neal. That night at the club Neal cannot get the pretty nurse out of his mind. He pretends illness, and is rushed off to the hospital, but, much to his disappoi... Read all
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Posted by ESC on December 23, 2001
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In Reply to: Old sayings posted by
Bruce Kahl on December 23, 2001
: : Where did the saying "Good
Night Nurse!" come from?
: "Good Night Nurse" is the name of a 1918 silent movie
short starring Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle with Arbuckle in drag as a flirting
nurse to Keaton's doctor. : But I don't really know if this is the source for
your phrase.
(See Bruce's post for a photo of the above.)
GOOD NIGHT NURSE
-- From Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G by J. E. Lighter:
"good night - interj. (used to indicate or comment on a disastrous conclusion;
also used to indicate surprise or exasperation). - also constru. With 'nurse,'
'Irene,' etc. ..1918 'Independent' (June 22) 472: 'When he draws a bead on one,
it's good night nurse.'"
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Some folks use the old-fashioned exclamation “Good night, nurse!” as a handy substitute for a cussword. But where’d it come from? Grant explains how this phrase became popular in the early 20th century. This is part of a complete episode .
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