Paying Their Dues: Difference between revisions

* The rock group ''Boston'' had a song about having paid their dues.

{{quote| "''We were just another band out of Boston. On the road and trying to make ends meet...''"}}

* The late, great Paul Newman's first screen appearance was a minor role in an episode of the now-forgotten sci-fi anthology ''[[Tales Of Tomorrow]]''.

* The [[Professional Wrestling]] industry had a hard-on for ensuring that wrestlers come up the pipeline naturally rather than through shortcuts. Many wrestler guests on the reality show [[Tough Enough]] seemed to be there for no other reason than to vent at the contestants as to how far they were ahead of thousands of others looking for the same break and how much they resented having to deal with these debutantes.

** This term is used a *lot* in professional wrestling, partly as a need for experience, and partly as a need to understand locker room etiquette.