"originated in the 1835 English play "A Day Well Spent" by John Oxenford, which Johann Nestroy adapted into the farce "Einen Jux will er sich machen" ("He Will Go on a Spree" or "He'll Have Himself a Good Time").Thornton Wilder adapted Nestroy's play into his 1938 farcical play "The Merchant of Yonkers".