Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 15:39:31 -0400
From: "(Jerry Miller)" miller[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEWTON.FRANKLINCOLL.EDU
Subject: Re: Anodyne Expletives
I stand corrected on my earlier comments on "Mother of Pearl" - a colleague
has just jogged my mind back to reality when he said that expression was one
of W. C. Fields' "sanitized" movie curses (w. Godfrey Daniel & Shivering
Shinola). I am now fairly sure that is where I picked it up originally, or
from an old newsroom colleague of mine who knew ever line Fields ever
uttered.
jmiller