# Why did Cole Porter think the pants of the Roxy Usher were "The Top!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253 "2005-08-30T14:46:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253/21 "2005-08-31T17:23:38Z")

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Sherman Billingsley draws the daily comic strip “Curtis”, doesn’t he? Oh, wait, that’s Ray Billingsley.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253/22 "2005-08-31T17:53:34Z")

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> [@Eve](#):
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> How many names in the Bells Are Ringing number “[Drop That Name](http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64681.html)” would be recognizable to the average 2005’er?

I didn’t know 8 1/2 (the half being Roz Russell’s husband Freddie).

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**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253/23 "2005-08-31T18:12:39Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> He played The Beaver’s mom.

No! He was the kid from “A Christmas Story.”

No, no! He’s a city in Montana!

Enough! 🙂 I’m sorry to have started this little Rosana Rosanadana sidetrack in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253/24 "2005-09-01T01:58:10Z")

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> [@Eve](#):
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> How many names in the Bells Are Ringing number “[Drop That Name](http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64681.html)” would be recognizable to the average 2005’er?

I knew all but 10 of the real ones.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-cole-porter-think-the-pants-of-the-roxy-usher-were-the-top/319253/25 "2005-09-01T04:55:38Z")

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One of the pleasures of my life is that I will never again see Jule Stein on TV. That rictus grin! _shudder_

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