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Peoria (Ill.) has been an old stand-by with comedians for years—but not only because of the "O" sound. Nor because of the four vowel sounds that give it a nice noisy resonance. But largely, I suspect, because of the fact that it is a whiskey town and a river town and not particularly famous for what is known as the genteel tradition.
The fact is that, while Peoria was a butt of jokes on the vaudeville circuit, there is no documented use of "will it play in Peoria?" before Ehrlichman's use in 1969. It was not in fact used in A Night at the Opera, and the literal references to Peoria in Horatio Alger's Five Hundred Dollars have nothing to do with the phrase.
Peoria Players will present its run of the classic murder mystery, "The Play That Goes Wrong," from March 8-10 and March 14-17 at the theater, 4300 N. University St. For more information and to ...
Playing in Peoria: When Jimmy Buffett helped bring streaking to central Illinois. On the outbreak's one-year anniversary, the Journal Star began a five-part, front-page series on the incident and ...
The Peoria Civic Center is no stranger to big Broadway shows. "Wicked" will be in Peoria this year, and "The Lion King" was here previously. But it took 10 years to get "The Lion King," Edgar said.
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Some of the Peoria-area posts in March had hinted at the upcoming film's content. When one commenter asked, "Whose the 'dude' in the dress hanging with" Ferrell at Maquet's, another replied, "They ...
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