# When I nod my head you hit it...

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**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-nod-my-head-you-hit-it/811043 "2018-03-22T20:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-nod-my-head-you-hit-it/811043/1 "2018-03-22T20:43:57Z")

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Where did this originate? The Stooges? Laurel and Hardy? Or earlier vaudeville? Checking around turns up some TV references but they can’t be the earliest.

Dennis

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-nod-my-head-you-hit-it/811043/2 "2018-03-22T21:16:26Z")

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Rocky and Bullwinkle. “Mr Know-It-All” segment “How to Open a Jar of Pickles.”

“Now, then: When I nod my head, hit it with the hammer.”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2pD_TIFRp5A/hqdefault.jpg "Mr. Know-It-All: How to Open a Jar of Pickles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pD_TIFRp5A)