I tossed this one out on another mailing list I frequent (for "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." fans, if it matters) and they threw the answer right back. Let's see how you guys do.
In an episode of U.N.C.L.E., Vincent Price and Leo G. Carroll played two characters, one good, one evil, who refer to their previous clashes. The in-joke was that there was a history between Vincent Price and Leo G. Carroll, too. They'd worked together on stage at least once before, in a hit Broadway play.
Clue: The famous movie version of said hit play is known under a different name from the stage version, and with a very different cast; Price and Carroll aren't in the film. But the movie's title has passed into English slang as a verb.
What was the title of the original play? The movie?
-- Paul W.
In an episode of U.N.C.L.E., Vincent Price and Leo G. Carroll played two characters, one good, one evil, who refer to their previous clashes. The in-joke was that there was a history between Vincent Price and Leo G. Carroll, too. They'd worked together on stage at least once before, in a hit Broadway play.
Clue: The famous movie version of said hit play is known under a different name from the stage version, and with a very different cast; Price and Carroll aren't in the film. But the movie's title has passed into English slang as a verb.
What was the title of the original play? The movie?
-- Paul W.
