Where does the term 'Gordon Bennet' come from?

Answer 1

Gordon Bennett (expression), an exclamation of surprise or shock.
According to Cassell's Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins, the phrase is a euphemism for the blasphemous expression "Oh God!". A famous newspaperman James Gordon Bennett, Jr. is said to have originally inspired the particular form of this phrase.

Bennett — the son of James Gordon Bennett, senior — was a New York newspaper proprietor and playboy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries who became widely known in North America and Europe for his extravagant lifestyle and shocking behaviour. He has been described by the Dictionary of American Biography as having been "one of the most picturesque figures of two continents". For example, he arrived late and drunk at a party in the mansion of the family of his fiancée, socialite Caroline May, and then urinated into a fireplace in full view of his hosts. The engagement was broken off immediately, and the subsequent notoriety caused Bennett to move to France. This incident appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Greatest Engagement Faux Pas.

Answer 2

Spencer Gordon Bennet

He was born on 5th January 1893 in Brooklyn, New York.

Known as the "King of Serial Directors" he directed more film serials than anybody else. He first entered show business as a stunt man, when he answered a newspaper ad to jump from the Palisades of the Hudson River while wearing a suit for the serial film Hurricane Hutch. The gig at that time paid $1 per foot he had to fall.

He made his directorial debut in 1921's Behold The Man but made his serial directorial debut in 1925 with Sunken Silver. He would keep making serials, as well as B westerns features, until the very end of the genre, directing the very last two made in the United States in 1956, Blazing the Overland Trail and Perils of the Wilderness. After the serials ended he directed a handful of features, his final directorial credit with 1965's The Bounty Killer which was also the final film to feature noted cowboy star Gilbert "Broncho Billy" Anderson. When he died in 1987, his tombstone was engraved "The Final Chapter".

Over his long career Bennet directed over a hundred serials including both Superman serials, The Adventures of Sir Galahad, Batman and Robin, The Tiger Woman, Captain Video, and numerous western serials. Among his western b-features were his long running Red Ryder series, featuring Red Barry.

Answer 3

it came from the real person Gordon Bennett.He was a famous journalist.It is a phrase which is used when taken by surprise. It first came about when he went to a resturant and for some reason he pulled the cloth of the table leaving the plates on there and this lady go "Oh my god! Its Gordon Bennett". Since then the phrase Gordon Bennett came about.