Peter Hartlaub (San Francisco Chronicle/thanks, Amy):
1981: Nintendo's Donkey Kong, an arcade game that features a plumber dodging fireballs and barrels thrown by a giant ape, becomes an overnight sensation.
Nov. 17, 1992: Rapper Ice Cube brings the phrase to the masses on his The Predator album, in the first line of the track "Now I Gotta Wet'cha."
It's on like Donkey Kong ...
Jan. 4, 2011: In a Board of Supervisors meeting to decide on a new interim mayor, San Francisco supervisor Chris Daly promises revenge against a rival politician who switched a vote, declaring "It's on like Donkey Kong." In a search of close to 300 newspaper and magazine articles and television program transcripts, this appears to be the first time the phrase was used publicly by an American politician.
-eddie
January 9, 2011
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