“You can’t make a Hamlet without breaking eggs”
"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs" is an old proverb. "You can't make a Hamlet without breaking a few eggs/egos/legs" is a theater joke. "You…
“You can’t make a Hamlet without breaking egos”
"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs" is an old proverb. "You can't make a Hamlet without breaking a few eggs/egos/legs" is a theater joke. "You…
“You can’t make a Hamlet without breaking legs”
"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs" is an old proverb. "You can't make a Hamlet without breaking a few eggs/egos/legs" is a theater joke. "You…
“You can’t spell subtext without buttsex”
An anagram of "subtext" is "buttsex." "You can't spell subtext without buttsex" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "Do you seriusly mean to…
“You can’t set a Hallmark movie in Texas. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down here”
The Hallmark Channel is known for its Christmas movies, with many movies featuring an unexpected snow. "You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down…
“You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down here”
The Hallmark Channel is known for its Christmas movies, with many movies featuring an unexpected snow. "You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down…
“You cannot pretend to play the air guitar”
"Air guitar" is pretending to play the guitar by fingering the air. "How do you pretend to play the air guitar???" was posted on Twitter on December 8, 2011. One can't…
“You have Van Gogh’s ear for music” (no ear for music)
Film director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was making the film comedy Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) when he listened to an actor sing. The actor couldn't sing. "You have Van Gogh's ear for…
“You know you’re getting old when you clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to”
"You know you're over 30 when you now clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has several small…
“You know you’re old when you clean to the music you used to drink to”
"You know you're old when you clean to the music you used to drink too" was posted on Twitter by [Sparkling heart] on February 20, 2021. "You know you're old when you clean…
“You know you’re over 30 when you now clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to”
"You know you're over 30 when you now clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has several small…
“You know you’re over 40 when you now clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to”
"You know you're over 30 when you now clean your house to the music you used to get drunk to" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has several small…
“You never cut funny” (scriptwriting adage)
The movie My Favorite Year (1982) was based on the Sid Caesar variety television show Your Show of Shows (1950-1954) -- a live television comedy legacy in New York City continued with Saturday…
“You should try anything once—except incest and folk dancing”
"You should try anything/everything once -- except incest and folk dancing" is a popular jocular saying of unknown authorship. "His hobby is to try anything once— except fretwork…
“Your Broadway and Mine” (Walter Winchell poem)
New York-born newspaper gossip columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) got his start on the Vaudeville News in 1920. He published the Broadway-themed poem "Your Broadway and Mine" on March…
“Your kilt should be short enough for dancing a jig, but long enough to hide your lucky charms”
"St. Patrick's Day Tip: Your kilt should be short enough for dancing a jig, but long enough to hide your lucky charms" (also "Make sure your kilt is short enough to do a jig,…
2 Dow Shay (two show day)
"Two dow shay" is a spoonerism for "two show day." Two shows a day is a business day in the theater, and the joke is that it's so exhausting that even the term can't…
5000 or M5 (dance move)
A "dip" dance move has also been called "Death drop" (or "Deathdrop"), "Shablam," "Shawam" (or "Shawham") and "5000." At the…
Actors Stewdio (Jim Downey’s Steak House nickname)
Wikipedia: Actors StudioThe Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the…
Aimez-vous Glamis (name used to avoid the “Macbeth” curse)
William Shakespeare's play Macbeth includes witches, and theater tradition has it that the play is cursed. Saying the play's name or its lines (outside of an actual performance) is said…