Does anyone know where the phrase ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ comes from? It became famous after ‘The Shining’ in 1980, but last night I was re-reading ‘Big Sur’ by Jack Kerouac and it appears in there as well.
So, is it something Kerouac made up, or was it pre existing? Thank you,
peace,
JB
Wasn’t it “No TV and no beer makes Homer something something”?
Now that you mention it…it probably was. And here I was thinking I was all clever. Damn my memory!!!
peace,
JB
Go crazy?
Don’t mind if I do!
This site attributes it to Charles Dickens.
Uh, it was famous before the Shining, which was why the Shining used it in the first place. The following site says it’s a “17th century proverb”: