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I think of it as yiddish derived, but not sure, maybe just a New York thing.

Roberta will straighten me out.

Yeah! Maybe a New York thing.

I think its pretty funny. Im stealing it.

Was it Jack Benny said that? I can't remember.

I don't either.

I can't just say I ever liked Jack Benny.

But, looking back, he was on my screen and I watched him.

He was a bit before my time but I watched some, I liked Rochester a lot.

I don't know if Jack Benny said it or not. But my mother, grandmother, aunts, and I have said it on more than one occasion.

You say it when you're feeling left out.

Let's say Gracie, Andy, and osso decide to have lunch somewhere together. I'm sitting right there. I say. "What am I? Chopped liver?"

Gracie, if you're gonna use the expression, that's the only way to say it. What am I? Chopped liver?

Although I'm sure that people in Noo Yawk use the expression, the derivation is definitely Jewish. Who else makes chopped liver.

If you're interested in more similar expressions, I suggest you check out this thread: http://able2know.org/topic/10418-1

When ever I say the chopped liver line, I almost always do it in a very broad New York accent. It just seems to demand it.

In memory, I didn't like or get any of it, tv while irritated. On the other hand I liked a lot of other stuff, involving Hopalong Cassidy. Just impressions.

I didn't like Rochester any more than Benny.

Nuts, I was bitchy even back then.

Now Hopalong was before my time, but I sure liked Rawhide, yip yip

Yeah, Im definitely gonna use that. Haha! I've never heard that before in my life.

Im gonna look up people saying it on Youtube, (Im weird like that + I love Youtube.) Lol! Let's see if it sounds as funny/weird as I imagine it does. It sure sounds weird when I say it.

Given the premise, I would smile.

Okkkkaaaayyy. Now I dont know what you guys are talking about.

Oh, it was Billy Crystal used it in the Princess Bride, don't know why that made me think of Jack Benny.

Then you won't even know what comes after "Say goodnight, Gracie."

Couldnt find any videos. Figures.

All I saw was this guy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2KYt1UvYUE

Haha!!!! You are correct.

I don't know about today, but back in the day it was one of the most common expressions in the urban centers of the East Coast. You heard it all the time. Undoubtedly of New York Jewish origin, it was just as popular in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore etc. Probably in L.A.,too, come to think of it, but I didn't visit the West Coast until I was quite a bit on in years, probably already late 40s, early 50s.

I have the other half of your sneer, Boida. I can only curl the right side.

Roberta's name is Boida?

that's how it sounds when she says it...