Where is the saying " Do it to it like sonny pruitt" from?

Question

Where is the saying " Do it to it like sonny pruitt" from?

Answer 1

Although it refers to the character "Pruitt" (i.e., Sonny Pruitt the character played by actor Claude Akins on the television show "Movin' On" -- 1974-75 NBC), the phrase is found at the close of C.W. McCall's "trucker" song titled, "Round The World With The Rubber Duck" ("Round The World With The Rubber Duck"-1976 Polydor Incorporated).  The phrase is heard on the trucker's CB radio:

[On the CB.]

"Ah, ten-four, Pig Pen, what's your twenty? Australia? Mercy sakes, ain't nothin' down there but Tasmanian devils and them Q-alla bears. What's that? No double-nickel limit? We gonna be there in a short, Pig Pen. This here's the Rubber Duck, ten-ten and ***doin' it to it like Pruitt*** [emphasis added] used 'ta do it to it . We gone. 'Bye-'bye."

For the full lyrics of the song, please see:

http://www.lyricstime.com/c-w-mccall-rou...

For a discussion of the works of C.W. McCall, please see:

http://www.cw-mccall.com/works/    and

http://www.cw-mccall.com/works/duck/roun...

For more information regarding the television series "Movin' On," please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movin'_On_(...