6-8 weeks in Phineas and Ferb?
I was watching Phineas and Ferb S02. In the episode "Phineas and Ferb Busters" , I was surprised to find a dialogue.
At the Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc., Heinz Doofenshmirtz gets a package in a mail. Norm receives it and says,
You will be delighted if you get a package in 6-8 weeks!
I was startled after hearing the words 6-8 weeks because it is Stack Exchange's infamous meme originated by Jeff Atwood. But its earliest reference was from Muppet Babies. Crazy Frog also has a reference of 6-8 weeks.
Now, I am interested to know from where the animators got the idea of using it because the season 2 was from 2010 which is after the starting of Stack Overflow and it became famous by then. Is it a coincidence that they might have been used Jeff's words?
From where did the animators get the idea to refer 6-8 weeks? Is there any word from the animators?
Best Answer
Before the days of Amazon, when items were advertised for sale on the TV with a "call now! Our operators are standing by" number or on the back of a cereal box, typical shipping was 6-8 weeks.
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