[Publius]

“The Monster That Devoured Cleveland” was a joke line in the old “Dobie Gillis” show. Maynard Krebs used it a lot.

[LouieFisk]

“The Monster That Devoured Cleveland” was a joke line in the old “Dobie Gillis” show. Maynard Krebs used it a lot.”
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Sounds familiar. I recall “Zelda!!”, “Now, cut that out!” and “Work?!??!!”.