Haha, I was sure I'd read that post, but had to look for quite a while to find it again, myself, for some reason.
> I guess these days not everyone hears it growing up?
I'm actually not sure I heard it until after it was on The Office and it was suddenly everywhere, constantly. If I did, it wouldn't have been long before that. "Your mom" was big (LOL, yeah she was) when I was a kid, though.
Didn't expect my first comment to be so controversial!
I just asked a few friends if they thought it came from the show or not. The first person that responded thought it had come from the show as well. The second knew the joke hadn't originated from there, but attributed its popularity to appearing on the show.
- kevin___
I'd not be a bit surprised if a double-digit percentage of viewers thought the joke originated there.