OK so I recognise the Philadelphia spoof when Jared looses his advertising job and is walking down the street, but where is the bit where hes 'beating a dead horse' taken from because it seems familiar as hell??
Jared has Aides
S06E01 Jared Has AidesretroJun 13, 2003, 2:40 AM ET15 months later3 posts by 3 posters
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"Dwid" wrote in message news:3ee971c8$0$46132$[email]...
'beating
Other than a literal interpretation of the famous saying, I don't know. Anyone know?
In article , [email] says...
I always assumed, as you suggest, that it came from the phrase Flogging a dead horse