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The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the first recorded usage of the phrase catbird seat to this story. [1] Mrs. Barrows likes to use the phrase. Another character, Joey Hart, explains that Mrs. Barrows must have picked up the expression from the baseball broadcaster Red Barber and that to Barber, "sitting in the catbird seat" meant "'sitting pretty,' like a batter with three balls and no ...
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright.He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books.
"The catbird seat" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties. It derives from the secluded perch on which the gray catbird makes mocking calls.
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The Catbird Seat, one of Nashville's most prized — and pricey — prix fixe tickets is ready to showcase its newest head chef. Or in this case, chefs. Nashville's The Catbird Seat restaurant ...
The Battle of the Sexes is a 1959 British black and white comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, and Constance Cummings, and directed by Charles Crichton.Based on the short story "The Catbird Seat" by James Thurber, [3] it was adapted by Monja Danischewsky.
Google Books lists it as having been originally published in Issue 28 of Tales for Travellers under the title "A Couple of Hamburgers; and The Catbird Seat". "Tales For Travellers Collection 3" is listed as having something by James Thurbur, but I can't tell what.