Date:    Fri, 22 May 1998 23:57:30 EDT
<br>From:    Bapopik <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: "It's all good" (Goodwill Games?)
<br>
<br>     Using the ADS-L search archive, I found this posting, "it's all good," by
<br>Judi Sanders of CSU-Pomona, 2 November 1997:
<br>
<br>>I can't speak to the origin of "it's all good" except to say that it is not
<br>in RHDAS, >Major's "Juba to Jive" nor Smitherman's "Black Talk."
<br>
<br>>I can say that it is widely used by youths (both male and female, and of all
<br>races) >across the country.  Connie Eble collected it this year at UNC, Pam
<br>Munro >collected it this year at UCLA (as she did in 1994), and we collected
<br>it at CFP.  >I've also collected it from Cincinatti in an internet survey.
<br>
<br>>Not quite an answer to the origins.  I'd be interested to hear if anyone's
<br>traced it.
<br>
<br>>Judi Sanders
<br>
<br>     I saw this ad today on the New York City subway:
<br>
<br>Something's coming to New York
<br>  and it's all good
<br>The Summer of Goodwill
<br>It's good to go
<br>Call 1-800-GOODWILL
<br>1998 Goodwill Games
<br>
<br>     The 1998 Goodwill Games Fact Sheet
<br>(www.businesswire.com/emk/goodwill/goodfact.htm) states that the games will be
<br>in New York City July 19-August 2nd.  The Goodwill Games had been held in
<br>Moscow (1986), Seattle (1990), and St. Petersburg, Russia (1994).
<br>     A portion of the revenues had gone to charity, so "it's all good."
<br>     Did the 1990 Seattle games or the 1994 games use the "it's all good"
<br>phrase?
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