# "Goodnight, funnyman"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodnight-funnyman/434015 "2008-01-18T14:28:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodnight-funnyman/434015/1 "2008-01-18T14:28:58Z")

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Anybody know the origin of this phrase? People say it on the Innernet when someone dies but I seem to remember it from television or something; I just can’t place it.