In Popular Culture
Van Morrison refers to Humphreys in his 1982 song "Cleaning Windows," which appears on the album Beautiful Vision.
Tony Hancock mentions Humphreys in one of the links between sketches on his 1960 LP Pieces of Hancock. Hancock is recounting his supposed court appearance following arrest after participating in a demonstration against legislation on tenancies, saying "Christmas Humphreys was on the bench. Nice fellow, you must know him - a little bloke, wears a wig, you can see the join if you look closely."
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“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
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—C. John Sommerville (20th century)