Did a stand-up comic, most likely at a dinner club, ever tell his audience, “I’ll be here all week, try the veal, and don’t forget to tip your waitress.”
Googled it, SDMB threads were the 3rd result.
What a weird OP.
“Take my wife… please.” Badum-tssh.
Didn’t Andy Kauffman do a lot of these really cheesy cliches? The tropes were old in the 70s, at least. I’m betting old Vaudeville acts were the original source.
Ambi: Why is it weird? Besides being Googleable?
I go to a fair amount of local comedy these days, and the “tip your wait staff” thing is alive and well.
Isn’t it interesting how OP can refer to the post or the poster?
I have been to comedy clubs where standups have said some variation of “Thank you, I’ll be here all week, and please remember to tip your server.”
Don’t remember anyone pushing a particular entree, though.
You’re asking if any stand-up comedian ever said that well-worn stand-up cliche? The answer is yes.
Convenient also.
Tip your waitresses was a pretty common sign off for comedians in clubs. I remember a few of the 80s Comedy TV shows would show it (especially Rascals Comedy Hour for those who also lived in NJ). “Try the veal” I’ve only seen online when someone is trying to mimic the sentiment
Blob: We’ve never interacted before, so how do you have a clue what I’m like! If you think I’m odd, put me on ignore!
To those who actually attempted to contribute to the thread, thank you.
That’s because Google knows you and where you go on the innertubes. It gives us folk of the SDMB an inflated belief of our importance. :o
Standup here. Yes, we will sometimes suggest you tip your servers, especially when acting as the MC.
I was (briefly) a stand-up in the 1980’s, I’ve said it, in mocking way.
Be sure to tip the veal and try your waitress!
I’m pretty sure he’s trying to figure out where the cliche came from, and if it was ever actually something someone said before it became a cliche, or was it like “Beam me up, Scotty,” or “Elementary, my dear Watson,” being some sort of amalgam of normal sayings.
I, unfortunately, have no clue. I opened the thread hoping to find the history of the phrase, too.
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I don’t see vaudevillians uttering the line. I’m leaning toward the old Catskills performers in the Borscht Belt as the original, non-ironic utterers.
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