where does the phrase yada yada yada come from
The Yada Yada The episode is one of the most famous of the series, specifically for its focus on the phrase "yada yada". "Yadda yadda" was already a relatively common phrase before the episode aired, used notably by comedian Lenny Bruce,[1] among others. The phrase may have originated with the 1950s "yackety-yack", 1940s vaudeville, or earlier.[2] The Phrase can be heard in the background of After the Fire's[3][better source needed] 1982 version of the song, "Der Kommissar" at the 3:00 mark. The phrase was used by a secretary summing up the boring parts of a letter in the February 16, 1984 Magnum PI episode "The Return of Luther Gillis" 14 years before the Seinfeld episode, in the December 7, 1989 (Season 8 Episode 11) "Cheers" episode "Feeble Attraction" and in the May 13, 1993 Cheers episode "The Guy Can't Help It". On the May 7, 1992 The Simpsons episode "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" Bart says, "Well, Milhouse, tis better to have loved and lost, yada yada yada."