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TarJak
04-27-07, 01:48 AM
I'm trying to find the root of the cultural reference: "I'm here all week, try the veal". this has some variations that I know of including

"I'm here all week, try the fish".
"I'm here till <insert chosen day of week here>, try the veal/fish/beef etc".

I've searched for over 2 hours online and can't find any reference to the originator.
P_Funk
04-27-07, 01:49 AM
Well first of all, where does veal come from?:p
TarJak
04-27-07, 01:53 AM
Cue canned laughter...:rotfl:
Camaero
04-27-07, 02:16 AM
Never heard it... Aussie thing?
Tchocky
04-27-07, 02:19 AM
Standard MC/stand-up comic line as far as I know
The Avon Lady
04-27-07, 02:37 AM
Sounds like a Basil Fawlty line.
Tchocky
04-27-07, 02:41 AM
I'm here all week, try the veal substitute. Some kind of Japo-Danish combination.
The Avon Lady
04-27-07, 02:47 AM
Sounds like a Basil Fawlty line.
I was joking but I may have been right (http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=%2Bfawlty+%2B%22veal+substitute%22). :88)
Rilder
04-27-07, 05:15 AM
It was made up by some people who have no lives... Bada BING, I'm here till Monday, be sure to try the Spam!
Platapus
04-27-07, 02:45 PM
I'm trying to find the root of the cultural reference: "I'm here all week, try the veal". this has some variations that I know of including

"I'm here all week, try the fish".
"I'm here till <insert chosen day of week here>, try the veal/fish/beef etc".

I've searched for over 2 hours online and can't find any reference to the originator.

That line was used in the first Shrek movie. But since most of that movie was pokin fun at other movies, that line probably came from somewhere else.
Oberon
04-27-07, 02:59 PM
Sounds like a Basil Fawlty line.
I was joking but I may have been right (http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=%2Bfawlty+%2B%22veal+substitute%22). :88)

Basil the Rat....great episode :D

"Carnegie: Basil..the little...
Polly: Ratatouille. The chef calls the ratatouille Basil, because he
puts quite a lot of basil in it.
Manuel: (horrified) He put Basil in ratatouille?
Polly: Yes...
Manuel: Aaahh! (he runs into the kitchen, followed by Polly, still
clutching her net)
Sybil: (to Mr Carnegie) He's from Barcelona."

:lol: :lol: :lol: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :lol: :lol: :lol:
TarJak
04-29-07, 09:00 PM
Never heard it... Aussie thing?

Nope defineately US borne from what I can discern. This is a realatively old reference but I think it's 20th century probably '50s or '60s possibly some Las Vegas comedian who had to pay the bills.

I still can't find anyone who knows for sure what it's origins are.
Gildor
04-30-07, 12:31 PM
The earliest I have heard the phrase, "Try the veal" was by the great comedien Jackie Mason in the early 1960s. He was a one-liner type standup comic in the US. http://www.jackiemason.com/

I am not sure if he originated the phrase though, but whenever I hear the phrase I recall Jackie's voice.

Another comic it could be attributed to is Henny Youngman. He is the classic," Take my wife, PLEASE" one-liner guy.
TarJak
05-02-07, 10:02 PM
thanks Gildor. It's a couple of leads anyway.:up:
kurtz
05-02-07, 10:08 PM
I'm sorry it 0400, what's funny about veal? or being here all week?
TarJak
05-04-07, 01:25 AM
Dunno how it's funny. Just interested in finding out who said it first and why.:doh:
Etienne
05-05-07, 01:47 PM
It's a standard sign off for stand up comics in the US.

At the end of an act in a comedy club (IE, a bar where they have stand up shows every nights), the comedian will usually thank the audience, and sometimes say until when they will be performing (The implication being to come back and see him again)

As for the veal, well, I guess a guy liked the veal at the place he was working in, and it stuck.