“Find someone who makes you feel the same way music does”
"When you find someone who makes you feel the same way music does, that's when you found someone special" is a music saying that has been printed on many images. "If someone…
“Fools rush in and get the best seats”
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" was written by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) in An Essay on Criticism (1711). The line is famous and has many parodies. "Fools rush in and…
“For my next trick, I will eat a percussion instrument in a bap. Drum roll please”
A "drum roll" isn't a sandwich (such as a "drum" in a "roll"), but there's a joke: "For my next trick, I will eat a percussion instrument in a bap. Drum…
“Fracture a femur” (version of “break a leg,” meaning good luck)
"Fracture a femur" is another way of saying "break a leg" in the theater, where it is bad luck to wish someone good luck. "'Fracture a femur' is certainly poetic…
“Get your hero up a tree, throw stones at him, then get him down” (playwriting adage)
The three act structure of drama has been described as: Act One -- get your hero character up a tree,Act Two -- throw stones/rocks at him, andAct Three -- get him down. The…
“Ghostbusters” (1984, 1989)
Ghostbusters (1984) was a blockbuster comedy film, directed by Ivan Reitman, with a script by and starring Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Comic actor Bill Murray was the lead…
“Give My Regards to Broadway” (1904)
This standard is now 100 years old. We're able to reproduce the lyrics in full. George M. Cohan's statue stands in the heart of Time Square, at Duffy Square, on the same traffic island as…
“God Bless New York City, My Big Apple Pie” (song by Y’all, 1995)
The folk/county duo "Y'all" (James Dean Jay Byrd and Seven Cheslik-DeMeyer) recorded the song "God bless New York City (my Big Apple pie)" on the album Big Apple Pie…
“God shared his grapes with me” (“America the Beautiful” mondegreen)
"God shared his grapes with me" is a mondegreen of "God shed his grace on thee," a line in the patriotic hymn "America the Beautiful." The misheard lyric has been…
“Gongs are just really flat bells”
Gongs have been compared to cymbals and bells. "A gong is really just a squinting cymbal #asianjoke" was posted on Twitter on April 9, 2012. "A gong is just an asian status…
“Good bass players stay out of treble”
"Good bass players stay out of treble" -- "treble" is a joke on the word "trouble" -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Bass players try to stay…
“Good Boys Do Fine Always” (GBDFA music mnemonic)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Another GBDFA mnemonic is "Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart." An ACEG mnemonic is "All Cows Eat Grass." EGBDF mnemonics include “Every Good Boy…
“Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart” (GBDFA music mnemonic)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Another GBDFA mnemonic is "Good Boys Do Fine Always." An ACEG mnemonic is "All Cows Eat Grass." EGBDF mnemonics include “Every Good Boy Deserve…
“Good theatre can be made with two boards and a passion” (theatre adage)
According to a popular adage, good theatre can be made with just "two boards and a passion." The saying is often also given as "three boards and a passion," "four boards…
“Gospel is about God; blues is about women”
the difference between gospel music and blues music is that "Gospel is about God; blues is about women." The music saying has been cited in print since at least the 1970s and is of…
“Got thrown out of Mime Club yesterday. Must have been something I said”
"The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club" is a saying in the novel Fight Club (1996) and the 1999 film. What would be a similar saying for Mime Club?…
“Grandkids: the reward for not selling your kids to the circus during their teenage years”
An old threat of parents was that they would sell their children to the circus if the kids misbehave. Today, the old threat is mainly used as a joke. "Grandkids: the reward for not selling…
“Great wine is like great jazz. It confuses me and I’m pretty sure it’s all the same”
Is great wine like great jazz? This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on March 20, 2016: "Great wine is like great jazz. It confuses me and I'm pretty sure it's all the same."…
“Green Acres Theme” (1965)
Husband (Eddie Albert): Fresh air!Wife (Eva Gabor): Times Square! Who can forget that classic theme song (1965) to the television situation comedy Green Acres? The show itself was pretty awful.…
“Hakuna Fermata. It means keep playing for the rest of your days”
"Hakuna Fermata. It means keep playing for the rest of your days" is a jocular music saying that has been printed on many images. "Hakuna matata" is Swahili for "no…