The phrase "Yada Yada Yada" was popularized by an episode of the TV series Seinfeld in 1997, but several sources say it can be traced back to the comedian Lenny Bruce in the 1950s, and probably goes back to vaudeville days. This morning, with the iPod on shuffle, I heard "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" recorded on Decca by Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers in 1937. At 1:44 into the song, as Louis takes a solo, the Mills Brothers break in with "Yada Yada Yada." OK, it's just a nonsense filler, and not used as a substitute for a detailed description of something, as it was in the Seinfeld episode, but there it is.
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You've reminded me of the Lenny Bruce bit, "Father Flotsky's Triumph."
"Yadda yadda, warden!"
I'd like to hear more about the Lenny Bruce bit.
try also biblical account...
thus thus and thus....in the recounting of an incident but not wanting to go over every detail...he simply said thus and thus and thus...hence yada yada yada....
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