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Jim
Posted 4/10/2011 02:10 (#1717063 - in reply to #1717045)
Subject: RE: New calf and curious observers (pics) - "peanut gallery"!


Driftless SW Wisconsin

I guess the term "peanut gallery" dates me a bit!

Here is the definition from Wikipedia:

A peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the least expensive snack served at the theater would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to show their disapproval. The phrases "no comments from the peanut gallery" or "quiet in the peanut gallery" are extensions of the name.

In the late 1940s the Howdy Doody show adopted the name to represent their audience of 40 children. (bold emphasis is mine)

I think of it more as an audience of children rather than heckling! 

Maybe another New Ag Talk first? Someone must have used the term "peanut gallery" here before!?

Jim at Dawn

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