The origin of frell

[Vortigar]

Either I'm going nuts or I heard someone say frell in a show from 1964...

The Outer Limits, season 2, episode 1, "Soldier":
Quarlo (the soldier from the future that the episode is about) slams his hand against the wall and proclaims "frell + gobbledygook" during one of his talks with Kagan in the padded cell he gets put in after he's captured.

Now, what I'd want to know is if anyone knows for sure where the word comes from. There must've been someone who asked Bryan about it. Or maybe it comes up in the commentary tracks on a dvd-release I haven't got. Anyone?

aside: Apparently this episode was also the inspiration for the Terminator movies.

[stlscape]

According to Rockne O'Bannon, he came up with it during a lengthy wait at the Denver(?) airport.

[zahncrelnik]

it's, like, frikking hell, you know?

[Vortigar]

Just a wacky coincedence then...

Never realised its a contraction of frikkin' hell (though I use that expression myself quite often).

Thanks anyway.

[zahncrelnik]

I use it rather often myself. ;)

[Moya's Starburst]

I always thought it was a clever way of hiding the use of the f word!

[Digital>X<Anarchist]

Either I'm going nuts or I heard someone say frell in a show from 1964...

The Outer Limits, season 2, episode 1, "Soldier":
Quarlo (the soldier from the future that the episode is about) slams his hand against the wall and proclaims "frell + gobbledygook" during one of his talks with Kagan in the padded cell he gets put in after he's captured.

Now, what I'd want to know is if anyone knows for sure where the word comes from. There must've been someone who asked Bryan about it. Or maybe it comes up in the commentary tracks on a dvd-release I haven't got. Anyone?

aside: Apparently this episode was also the inspiration for the Terminator movies.
Are you "Daniel Jackson"?:cool: