A miniature suspension bridge, silver on one side and rusty orange on the other, stands beside an upright paintbrush against blue.

Original artwork, not a still

Jack Paar

Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Comparing a show to painting a giant bridge, the speaker means the work never ends: by the time one end is done, the other needs redoing. It's a vivid image of a relentless, repeating job where finishing merely sends you back to the start.

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