Comments on: New Wikileaks Release!!!11!!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:40:33 +0000

Tomato, that has been there since at least the 90s, maybe the 80s (though I was not paying attention to this sort of detail in the 80s)

“Harvard Square” is a cover name for “Car Talk Plaza” and “Cambridge” is a cover name for “My Fair City.” You were looking at the Car Talk studio: http://www.cartalk.com/content/faq/images/dch.jpg
which is where they broadcast the show from.

By: Tomato Addict

Tomato Addict — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:31:34 +0000

Last I visited Harvard Square, someone had a “Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe” sign displayed in an upstairs window.

By: zackoz

zackoz — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:38:40 +0000

Filchem, Grabbit and Runn.

Or, if you like P G Wodehouse: Peabody, Peabody, Peabody, Peabody, Hoots, Toots and Peabody.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:11:12 +0000

What? Car talk stole this gag? Why, I’ll murdify ’em!

By: 6EQUJ5

6EQUJ5 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:47:39 +0000

Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe is a very old gag from vaudeville. The Three Stooges used it, and a cardboard standup of the Stooges with the firm’s nameplate is available online:

http://www.totallycostumes.com/nq-989-the-three-stooges-dewey-chetum-howe-cardboard-standup.html

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:14:54 +0000

Actually, it’s: “Chief Legal Counsel Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe” http://tinyurl.com/34aaw

By: mikeg

mikeg — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:56:01 +0000

3 stooges

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:05:24 +0000

I thought that was “Cheetham”. I musn’t be familiar with the source.

By: Equisetum

Equisetum — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:55:53 +0000

Dewey, Cheatum & Howe!

My first thought was Leisure Suit Larry! Part three, I think.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:13:19 +0000

From High Above Harvard Square, My Fair City!