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ilterozk on July 18, 2025 10:49 am It would be interesting to see the mark of the movies that used this idiom. I mean not only The Godfather movie itself but other gangster movies in 90s seem to have made an effect.
Mirar on July 18, 2025 10:54 am 90s is probably Simpsons season 7: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rLSv8ZKyQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rLSv8ZKyQ) 2005 though?
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Is this because of The Sopranos?
It would be interesting to see the mark of the movies that used this idiom. I mean not only The Godfather movie itself but other gangster movies in 90s seem to have made an effect.
90s is probably Simpsons season 7: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rLSv8ZKyQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rLSv8ZKyQ)
2005 though?