This is the story of how one of the South’s most ubiquitous phrases was created for a TV show set in Arizona. “Kiss my grits” was first uttered on TV by Alabama native Polly Holliday.

If you remember the TV show Alice from the late 70s you probably remember the character Flo whose tag line was kiss my grits. Skip to content. Home page Seeking Alpha - Power to Investors.

That there is a reason my sister is the one who majored in dance and I am... Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. ... Kiss my grits! Published: Jun. 12, 2007, 2:23 p.m. By .

“Kiss my grits” was the cheeky catchphrase of Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry, a character on the popular seventies sitcom Alice.

Ain't nothin' funnier or phonier than a Yankee politician tryin' to woo the South. You can come down here kissin' our babies, eatin' our grits and tossin' out the "Y" word (y'all) as if it was ...

While surfing around to determine whether Flo "Kiss My Grits" Castleberry did in fact qualify as a cougar (long story, next week's essay), I came across this list on the blog TVMunchies: ...

Even now, some of the sayings that permeate our conversations have their origins in none other than '70s television—that's right, "Kiss my grits" is not just a Southern saying, and "Marcia! Marcia!

A handful of residents still in the Outer Banks on Wednesday pride themselves on being resilient in the face of any storm, including Hurricane Florence.

Kiss my grits, Mitt ... I own my home debt-free, pay my bills on time, ... To borrow Flo’s line from the old TV series “Alice,” Mitt, kiss my grits! Gary Smith .