Fans debate whether the "yada yada" catchphrase originated on Seinfeld or Frasier, with discussion expanding to trace similar phrase origins back through TV history.
Wasn't the same line used by Frazier in one of his episodes??
Question is, who used it first?? Elaine or Frazier??
Mehdi
What is raining? Blood.
Who? The eyes.
How? Day and night.
Why? From grief.
Grief of whom? Grief for the King of Kerbala.-Qanni
Of the two shows, or in general?
There was a question a while back as to when the phrase which goes "___________ _______ _______ ______. NOT!" first came into being.
I first saw that on an episode of M*A*S*H where Frank Burns, directing a group of soldiers using an anti-aircraft gun (for Five O'Clock Charlie) reached for his pistol and pulled out a plunger. He said, "That strikes me funny, not." So the phrase pre-dates current usage by 20 years at least.
It goes back a lot farther than that. It's been documented as far back as Buster Keaton!
Long before "yada yada yada" was used on Seinfeld, it was used by Grace's boss on "Grace Under Fire".
Not all of Seinfeld's catch-phrases are original; they are just so very, very appropriate.
They never claimed to make Yadda Yadda up, they just came up with an interesting idea of what people meant when they said that... and made it funny by the girl meaning "I stole stuff" or "I slept with my ex"...
Did you even see the episode???