who coined the term that's what she said
Said the actress to the bishop
By 1973 , `` that 's what she said '' had already been characterized as an `` ancient one - liner '' . In the early 1990s , it was popularized as a recurring joke in the Saturday Night Live sketch `` Wayne 's World '' . In the movie of the same name , the character , Wayne Campbell , uses the phrase after his partner Garth says , `` Hey , are you through yet ? ' Cause I 'm getting tired of holding this '' , in regard to a picture he is holding . An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line `` That 's what she said , yeah . '' 
By 1973 , `` that 's what she said '' had already been characterized as an `` ancient one - liner '' . In the early 1990s , it was popularized as a recurring joke in the Saturday Night Live sketch `` Wayne 's World '' . In the movie of the same name , the character , Wayne Campbell , uses the phrase after his partner Garth says , `` Hey , are you through yet ? ' Cause I 'm getting tired of holding this '' , in regard to a picture he is holding . An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line `` That 's what she said , yeah . ''
By 1973, `` that's what she said '' had already been characterized as an ``ancient one - liner.''  An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line ``That's what she said, yeah.''
By 1973 , `` that 's what she said '' had already been characterized as an `` ancient one - liner '' . An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line `` That 's what she said , yeah . ''
In the movie of the same name, Wayne Campbell uses the phrase " that 's what she said" after his partner Garth says , "Hey, are you through yet? Cause I 'm getting tired of holding this" , in regard to a picture he is holding . An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line `` That 's what she said , yeah . ''
In the movie of the same name , the character , Wayne Campbell , uses the phrase after his partner Garth says , `` Hey , are you through yet ? ' Cause I 'm getting tired of holding this '' , in regard to a picture he is holding . An 1896 recording by Len Spencer of the song `` All Coons Look Alike to Me '' includes the suggestive line `` That 's what she said , yeah . ''