“Like a good neighbor, stay over there” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a parody of the State Farm insurance jingle, “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.”
“Like a good neighbor, stay over there. #WordOfAdvice” was posted on Twitter by JayQue on June 14, 2011. The saying most likely originated from an image.
Wikipedia: State Farm
State Farm is a large group of insurance and financial services companies throughout the United States with corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. The group’s main business is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a mutual insurance firm that also owns the other State Farm companies.
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The State Farm jingle (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”) was written by American songwriter Barry Manilow in 1971. A cover was released by Weezer in 2011.
Twitter
JayQue
@ImJustJermayne
Like a good neighbor, stay over there. #WordOfAdvice
4:56 PM - 14 Jun 2011
Twitter
Shortness
@JustLyn1981
Like a good neighbor, stay over there.
7:03 AM - 16 Jun 2011
Twitter
TONY ♕
@diaryofswag
Like a good neighbor, stay over there.
10:26 AM - 19 Jun 2011
November/December 2013, Jack and Jill, “Exclusive Interview: Grumpy Cat,” pg. 15:
What’s your favorite Grumpy Cat meme?
My personal favorite is “Like a good neighbor, stay over there.”
Google Books
Grumpy Cat Coloring Book
By Grumpy Cat
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.
2014
Pg. ?:
Like a Good Neighbor…
STAY OVER THERE
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Like a good neighbor, stay over there.
submitted December 9, 2014 by flyingbearfishicorn
Reddit—Jokes
Like a good neighbor . . .
submitted September 3, 2016 by farrenkm
. . . stay over there!
Twitter
Brittany
@atexashoneybee
#FailedAmericanSlogans Like a good neighbor , stay over there
9:10 PM - 29 Jan 2017
Complex
The 50 Funniest Grumpy Cat Memes
BY GRUMPY CATS
JUL 14, 2017
Like most Internet sensations, Tardar Sauce, a.k.a. Tard, a.k.a. Grumpy Cat, first achieved digital fame thanks to a viral Reddit post in 2012. Since then, this frowning feline became the meme to end all cat memes (sorry, Chemistry Cat and Ceiling Cat).
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40. A Good Neighbor
“Like a good neighbor. Stay over there.”
Twitter
Joan kulling
@KullingJoan
Funny doormat outdoor welcome mat “Like a Good Neighbor… Stay Over There” 40x60cm coir
8:11 PM - 25 Aug 2018
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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