Heavens to Murgatroyd


	Heavens to Murgatroyd
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-murgatroyd.html"><P class="meanings-body">'Heavens to Murgatroyd'  is American in origin and dates from the mid 20th century. The expression was popularized by  the  cartoon character Snagglepuss -  a regular on the <EM>Yogi  Bear Show</EM> in the 1960s, and is a variant of the earlier '<A href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-betsy.html">heavens to Betsy</A>'. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-murgatroyd.html"><P class="meanings-body"><IMG width="119" hspace="4" height="149" align="right" alt="bert lahr" src="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/../images/lahr.jpg" />The first use of the phrase wasn't by Snagglepuss  but   comes from the 1944 film <EM>Meet the People.</EM> It was spoken by Bert Lahr,   best remembered for his role as the Cowardly Lion in  <EM>The Wizard of Oz</EM>. Snagglepuss's voice was patterned on Lahr's, along with the 'heavens to Murgatroyd' line. Daws Butler's vocal portrayal of the  character was so accurate that when the cartoon was used  to promote Kellogg Cereals, Lahr sued and made the company distance him from the campaign by giving a prominent credit to Butler. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/134BF7F2-07FC-4668-A00C-C7FD71FF0C17/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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