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The phrase was associated with the advertising agencies then located on Madison Avenue in New York, [1] and with the "men in the grey flannel suits". [2] Comedians, [2] when mocking corporate culture, were certain to use it, along with expressions such as the whole ball of wax and the use of invented words adding the suffix -wise (e.g.
The title of the show comes from a common prank campers play on each other: a group of children steal a boy's boxer shorts and raise them up a flagpole. Hence, when people see them waving like a flag, other children salute them as part of the prank. In the first episode of the series, Michael falls victim to this prank.
Their second album entitled Run It Up the Flagpole was released on September 1, 2009. [ 20 ] After a hiatus in 2010, Farewell announced on October 16, 2011 that they are working on a new album to be released in the winter of 2012. [ 21 ]
raise the flag (ellipsis of raise the flag and see who salutes) as a variation of the catchphrase run it up the flagpole (ellipsis of let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it) "Horst-Wessel-Lied" (known also as "Die Fahne hoch", rendered in English as "Raise the Flag"), the Nazi Party anthem
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Leading up to a big dance, Dina gets a secret admirer whom she hopes is Michael. Meanwhile, Michael and Sponge, co-DJs for the dance, deal with difficulties in their preparations. To Dina's horror, Donkeylips is revealed as her admirer.
Rally Round the Flag, Boys! is a 1958 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey from a screenplay he co-wrote with Claude Binyon, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Max Shulman. Released by 20th Century Fox , the film stars Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Joan Collins , and Jack Carson .
Flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s. The fad was begun by stunt actor and former sailor [2] Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, who sat on a flagpole, either on a dare by a friend [3] or as a publicity stunt. [2] Shipwreck's initial 1924 sit lasted 13 hours and 13 minutes.