Well, shut my mouth and call me Shirley! Butter my buns and call me a biscuit! A listener shares several of these humorous imperatives. Grant explains that the roots of these phrases probably go back to the 1940s. Phil Harris, the bandleader on Jack Benny’s radio comedy show, was known for using such colorful catchphrases. An early version was “cut off my legs and call me shorty.” This is part of a complete episode.
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