"Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"
— Mike Lange
January 1, 1970
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Sports announcers
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Sportspeople from California
Original Language: English
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According to Smizik in Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins (Sports Publishing, 2006, ISBN 10:1582611998), Lange credits a Pittsburgh mall security guard with giving him the phrase. After giving Lange directions to a location in the building, the guard gave him a piece of paper with the phrase written down on it.
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According to Smizik in Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins (Sports Publishing, 2006, ISBN 10:1582611998), Lange credits a Pittsburgh mall security guard with giving him the phrase. After giving Lange directions to a location in the building, the guard gave him a piece of paper with the phrase written down on it.