working
my last good nerve--annoying
someone. "You are working my last good nerve." (a line often used by the
late and very talented Sal Sclafani, longtime roadman and House Propman at the
Hirschfeld Theatre)
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- Profane Term of the Day: 10-pounds of shit in a 1-...
- Term of the Day: “I got it, Mr. Feller”
- Nickname of the Day: The Illustrated Propman
- Term of the Day: honey badger
- Term of the Day: hit with a rolled up newspaper on...
- Term of the Day: "He had handles on his back"
- Tem of the Day: good soldier
- Tool of the Day: ginsu
- Term of the Day: flop sweat
- Term of the Day: clown hammer
- Term of the Day: Chicken Little
- Term of the Day: Butcher of Broadway
- Term of the Day: "This is a show-and-tell situation"
- Expression of the Day: "I don't know. I'm not paid...
- Term of the Night: bird-dog someone
- Term of the Day: proud of his temper
- Term of the Day: "I don't know. I'm not paid to know"
- Term of the Day: "I'll turn you into a hood orname...
- Term of the Day: Hollywood sober
- Term of the Day: hard-soft rule
- Term of the Day: Happy Valley
- Term of the Day: good government job
- Term of the Day: "Good manners in the sandbox"
- Term of the Day: get it on the load out
- Term of the Day: garden-variety asshole
- Term of the Day: fugazi
- Term of the Day: Don't show your teeth until you h...
- Term of the Day: dinner theater
- Term of the Day: dim the lights on Broadway
- Term of the Day: day work
- Term of the Day: “beat the clock” mentality
- Term of the Day: animal
- Term of the Day: anecdotage
- Term of the Day: And what, quit show business?
- Term of the Day: 20-foot rule
- Term of the Night: constant panic mode
- Term of the Day: crash-and-burn
- Term of the Day: collateral damage
- Term of the Day: chewing the scenery
- Term of the Night: "clear for talent"
- Term of the Day: can’t get arrested
- From the Pit: "You took the gig--shut up and play"
- The Limits of Hospitality: "You're welcome as a gu...
- Term of the Day: "You're killing me"
- Term of the Day: jumping the shark
- Term of the Day: to tank
- Term of the Night: soft hands
- Term of the Night: "Smile when you stick the knife...
- Term of the Night: sins of the father
- Term of the Night: (the) shape up, shaping, shape ...
- Smart-Ass Line of the Night: pull it out of my ass
- Advice of the Night: "You can tell the stories, ju...
- Term of the Night: paper
- Pugilistic Term of the Night: one-punch artist
- Term of the Night: (to be) elevated
- Term of the Day: dry waterboarding
- Term of the Day: conversational headlock
- Term of the Night: cheap it out
- Term of the Night: catch of the day
- Term of the Night: “Watch your cruller”
- Term of the Day: working my last good nerve
- Term of the Day: producer pep talk
- Term of the Day: post-Tony shakeout
- Term of the Day: Polish Tea Room
- Term of the Day: please-and-thank-you house
- Term of the Day: one-way sense of humor
- Term of the Day: orphan
- Term of the Day: on life support
- Term of the Day: run him over with the clown car
- Term of the Day: "My rabbi just got his/her own sy...
- Term of the Day: "moving deck chairs on the Titanic"
- Term of the Day: mook
- Term of the Day: mercury poisoning
- Term of the Day: "It's not my circus, it's not my ...
- Expression of the Day: "It's an old man's job, but...
- Term of the Day: hooks
- Term of the Day: "Hit me with your best shot"
- Term of the Day: (the) Great Land Grab
- Term of the Day: give 'em the hook
- Term of the Day: fahcocked (Yiddish) or "on the va...
- Term of the Day: Debbie Downer
- Term of the Day: “Checks are Bouncing”
- Term of the Day: “Can’t we all get along?”
- Term of the Day: brick in the wall
- Term of the Day: bouncing around
- Term of the Day: box-office poison
- Term of the Day: battlefield conditions
- Term of the Day: annuity-buster
- Expression of the Day: "An actress wouldn't piss o...
- Term of the Day: Broadway schadenfreude
- Term of the Day: above my pay grade
- Overheard Stagehand Line #12: "If the head is carr...
- Term of the Day: "Time to make the donuts"
- Term of the Day: scuttlebutt
- Term of the Day: conniption fit
- Term of the Night: the wheels are coming off this bus
- Term of the Day: a bone crusher
- Term of the Day: shake the trees
- Term of the Day: a runner
- Term of the Moment: coiled and ready to strike
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About Me
- Dylan Foley
- (The photo above is very old.) I presently carry out author interviews for the website LitHub.com, but before that I worked as a book columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger from January 2002 to June 2012. I have written for the New York Observer, the New York Post, the Denver Post and other newspapers.
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