In Popular Culture
- In Preston Sturges' 1941 film Sullivan's Travels, Joel McCrea, playing a Hollywood film director who wants to experience how the downtrodden masses live, ends up in his first foray in an "owl wagon", where he meets failed actress Veronica Lake, who buys him ham and eggs.
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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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