"Girls, you're both Pretty!"
"Girls, you're both Pretty!"
Chevstriss
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#1"Girls, you're both Pretty!"
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:37am
Anyone know where this phrase originated? I've heard it for at least 15 yrs, and had assumed it was from Gypsy, (a la Sing Out Louise) but now I'm not so sure, can't find the exact quote in there.
Someone has suggested it came from Power Rangers? I'm betting it has an older source.
#2re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 12:17pm
"Girls, you're both Pretty!"
I would assume it would have something to do with someone placating PJ & Reg.
Chevstriss
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#2re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 12:25pmcould it be Valley of the Dolls?
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#3re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:04pm
LOL, Brian!
As far as the question, I don't think that is an expression that I hear as a rule? I mean my mom might have said it to my sister and I when we were little or something.
#4re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:10pmMy alternative theory: it's a quote from Martin Lane, trying to calm down Patty and Cathy.
#5re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:17pm
I first heard it in a Charlotte Rae imitation, as Mrs Garrett refereeing between two of the girls on Facts of Life.
And, for the record, Reginald is MUCH prettier than I am.
Especially since he had all that work done.
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
Chevstriss
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#7re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:20pm
I've always heard it from directors, musical directors or choreos. It's offically "Girls, Girls, you're both pretty" no matter the gender or number of people arguing.
Recently it has become Glenn Beck's fav phrase so you hear it quoted on chatty news shows alot recently.
Unfortunately people are crediting it to Beck and it DEFINATELY precedes his infamy.
#8re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:23pm
It could actually be The Patty Duke Show...
#9re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:28pmI always think of The Brady Bunch when I hear that.
#10re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:33pm
Does it need to be *from* something? Everything you really need is in there - the instruction to shut up, and the implication that you're arguing over something really petty. Could just be a saying.
Can't say I've ever seen Reg need placating, but he is VERY pretty. Anyway. ^_^
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#11re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 2:06pm
Girls, gilrs..
Put on your big girl panties, and deal with it.
#12re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:07pm
Isn't it from WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?!
I thought that was something the maid said to Joan and Bette to try to calm them down during one of their histrionic arguments...
P
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#13re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:20pm
Can you actually know what the quote is officially without knowing anything else about it?
I do know it is not from Gypsy. And it is not from Valley of the Dolls. I don't recall it every being said on The Facts of Life, but I don't say that with utmost certainty.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:47pmDoes it strike anybody as unusual that Glenn Beck would toss around that phrase?
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#15re: 'Girls, you're both Pretty!'
Posted: 9/28/09 at 10:46pm
Namo - no, because of what I think drives his insanity.
And I don't like that, by the way. We have standards.
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