"I knew that"--Martin Short doing Nathan Thurm
Posted by ESC on May 06, 2002
In Reply to: "I knew that"--Martin Short doing Nathan Thurm posted by Bruce Kahl on May 05, 2002
: : : Maybe five or six years ago we started hearing a frequent semi-comic rejoinder (here in America): "I knew that". This was something people were saying whether they had actually known the fact under discussion or not.
: : : I have a feeling it is a phrase that was popularized by some character on a TV sitcom, or a movie of that sort. I also have a feeling there is some sociological comment wrapped up in the apparent humor of it, but I'm not sure what. Any comments?
: : : Thanks. - Patty
: : It sounds like a Pee Wee Herman phrase ("I meant to
do that"). But I didn't find it on any of the Pee Wee sound pages -- www.geocities.com/
Hollywood/Bungalow/5153/sounds.html
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: I think it might have been Martin Short on Saturday Night Live who portrayed Nathan Thurm, an agitated, cigarette smoking lawyer ("I knew that, Yeah, I knew that, Do you think I didn't know that?")
I knew that.