Hvem sagde i'll gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today?
Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy
Hamborgere er Wimpys absolutte yndlingsmad, og han ses som regel bære eller spise en eller flere ad gangen - f.eks. i Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor ser man ham næsten hele tiden kværne kød eller spise burgere - men han er som regel for nærig til selv at betale for dem. En tilbagevendende vittighed involverer Wimpys forsøg på at narre andre gæster i dineren til at købe hans måltid for ham. Hans mest kendte catchphrase startede i 1931 som: "Cook me up a hamburger. Jeg betaler dig torsdag." I 1932 blev det så til det berømte: "Jeg betaler dig gerne tirsdag for en hamburger i dag". Sætningen blev også ændret en smule i afsnittet "Spree Lunch" til "Jeg vil have en hamburger, som jeg gerne betaler dig tirsdag for". Denne sætning er nu almindeligt anvendt til at illustrere økonomisk uansvarlighed og optræder stadig i moderne komedier som The Drew Carey Show og The Office. Den første del af sætningen var endda titlen på episode 6 i fjerde sæson af Cheers "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday".
Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy
Hamburgers are Wimpy's all-time favorite food, and he is usually seen carrying or eating one or more at a time – e.g., in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor he is seen grinding meat or eating burgers almost the entire time – however, he is usually too cheap to pay for them himself. A recurring joke involves Wimpy's attempts to con other patrons of the diner into buying his meal for him. His best-known catchphrase started in 1931 as, "Cook me up a hamburger. I'll pay you Thursday." In 1932, this then became the famous, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." The phrase was also slightly altered in the episode "Spree Lunch" to "I'll have a hamburger, for which I will gladly pay you Tuesday." This phrase is now commonly used to illustrate financial irresponsibility and still appears in modern comedies such as The Drew Carey Show and The Office. The initial part of the phrase was even the title of Episode 6 of the fourth season of Cheers "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday."
J. Wellington Wimpy