Chewing Gum for the Eyes

Todd E Van Hoosear (vanhoose@lalaland.cl.msu.edu)
Sun, 30 Jun 1996 21:01:37 -0400 (EDT) 



From: Sam Hobbs <samh@gdsassoc.com>
Newsgroups: alt.quotations
Subject: Re: WHO SAID IT?
Date: 6 Jun 1996 13:07:49 GMT


Garv Austin <garv@ns.net> writes:
> Who said it?

>

> "TV - chewing gum for the eyes." (or something close to that) Thanks.



alt.quotation.faq's have this one:
<http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/quotes/faq/>


    So much chewing gum for the eyes.
          anonymous
          in James Beasley Simpson Best Quotes of '50, '55, '56  (1957) p. 233
          (A small boy's definition of certain television programmes.
          Commonly attributed in a different form to Frank Lloyd Wright
          and others.)


ObQuote:
    When he moved away I found my pen and copied down that line.
            >>> Tom T. Hall

            _Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine_ (lyrics)
            especially relevant to alt.quotations



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