Homer Simpson is a plagerist

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Homer Simpson is famous for coining the expression "Doh" I believe its even in the dictionary. However he is not the person who first made this famous. Does anyone know who this person was?

[TheSilverKnight]

Me ~D

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Anthony Buckeridge.

[Azi Tohak]

Homer the Greek?

Azi (yeah right...like I really want to admit to THAT)

[Gawain of Orkeny]

http://www.altoentertainment.com/gallery/celebs/h/oliver-hardy/mp-05003160.jpg
DOH

[JAG]

http://www.altoentertainment.com/gallery/celebs/h/oliver-hardy/mp-05003160.jpg
DOH

Doh in more ways than one Gawain!

Classic.

[PanzerJaeger]

LoL

Was it oliver hardy?

[edyzmedieval]

We've found a way to replace "Gah!" ~D

[Al Khalifah]

The origins of D'oh!

Matt Groening initially conceived it as an "annoyed grunt," and it is still written that way in most Simpsons TV scripts. In fact many titles that feature the word D'oh are referred to as annoyed grunt, for example, E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt).

"D'oh!" originates from the Laurel and Hardy films. Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer) was inspired by Jim Finlayson, who said "doooooh" (long and slow) whenever something angered him. However, Matt decided that to suit the speed of animation, it would be better said faster. And so, D'oh! was born.
So there you go.

[Ja'chyra]

Can a cartoon character be a plagiarist? ~:confused:

If a tree falls in the forest when no one is there does it make any noise :bow:

Does anyone care ~:handball:

[Al Khalifah]

Homer Simpson is Fred Flinstone anyway.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

LoL

Was it oliver hardy?

Give the man a cigar.

[Strike For The South]

He is not thats heresy give me sources sources I say ~:mad:

[Gawain of Orkeny]

He is not thats heresy give me sources sources I say ~

Have you ever watched a Laurel and Hardy Movie? He does it all the time. Usually while grabing the edges of his derby .

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The one that has attracted press attention is doh. Most of us would associate it—or d’oh as Matt Groening would write it and Dan Castellaneta would say it—with that famous American cartoon export The Simpsons, which has broadcast it across the world.

But, as the OED’s entry shows, the little exclamation doh!, with its candid admission of foolishness on the part of the speaker (or of frustration at the way things have turned out), has been around rather longer than the Simpsons. Indeed, Dan Castellaneta has said that he based Homer’s noise on those that were uttered by James Finlayson, a Scots actor who appeared in many of Laurel and Hardy’s comedies. The first example in the OED’s entry—the first time the sound appeared in print with this spelling—is from a British school story of 1952 by Anthony Buckeridge. After lurking for a couple more decades, the little noise really burst forth in print from the early nineties on. Hey, that’s just after the Simpsons appeared! Doh!

http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-doh1.htm

:book:

[PanzerJaeger]

Laurel and Hardy are hilarious. ~D

[GoreBag]

More plagiarism from the Simpsons - "Christpuncher" is the name of a joke metal band from somwhere in the US, which was used a name for Homer's biker gang.

[Roark]

Hmm... I thought they were the Hell's Satans...