# Betty Grable: SO goddam adorable

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-grable-so-goddam-adorable/611731>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 4, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-grable-so-goddam-adorable/611731 "2012-02-04T04:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-grable-so-goddam-adorable/611731/21 "2012-02-05T16:42:50Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> We watched that last night. (And _Mrs. Miniver_ afterward.)

Have you seen _Downton Abbey_? Julian Fellowes shamelessly stole the whole flower-show scene, and denies left right and sideways that he did!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-grable-so-goddam-adorable/611731/22 "2012-02-05T16:49:04Z")

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Yes, we watch _Downton Abbey_. I’d seen _Mrs. Miniver_ once before, but the SO hadn’t. She said she’d seen the flower show scene in other things. I didn’t think of _Downton Abbey_, and she didn’t specify.

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