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Feb 1, 2019 · Here’s how ‘Kiss my grits’ became an iconic Southern catchphrase. This is the story of how one of the South's most ubiquitous phrases was created for a TV show set in Arizona. "Kiss my grits" was first uttered on TV by Alabama native Polly Holliday when she portrayed the sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the show, "Alice."
Feb 1, 2019 · “Kiss my grits” was first uttered on TV by Alabama native Polly Holliday when she portrayed the sassy waitress Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry on the show, “Alice.” But the phrase might have...
Alice is the story of Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin), a recently widowed single mom who finds herself working as a waitress at an Arizona diner while caring for her pre-teen son, Tommy (Philip McKeon).
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Her character coined the popular catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" The phrase became part of the American vernacular. Holliday starred in Alice from 1976 to 1980, and then moved to her own short-lived spin-off show, titled Flo, in which Flo left Arizona and moved back home to Texas. The show was successful during its abbreviated first season, but ...
David Frederick. 667 subscribers. Subscribed. 638. 82K views 3 years ago. "Kiss My Grits" Season 4 Compilation of Flo from sitcom Alice Season 4 ...more. "Kiss My Grits" Season 4...
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May 20, 2019 · Every "KISS MY GRITS" scene from 1970's comedy Alice during Season I
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Flo's catchphrase, "kiss my grits!" (typically directed at her boss, Mel), enjoyed widespread popularity at the time the character appeared on Alice. According to Polly Holliday, the line was originally written as "kiss my honeydew!", but did not get any laughs.
