[Spridgets] Grand Poobah

[David Lieb]

>>From Wikipedia:
> "The expression "The Grand PooBah" is believed to have first been 
> introduced on television in the show The Flintstones. Fred Flintstone and 
> his friend Barney Rubble were members of the Loyal Order of Water 
> Buffaloes Lodge No. 26. A highranking elected position within this 
> organization is Grand Poobah orGrand Imperial Poobah."

OTOH, the concept was swiped wholesale from the Gilbert and Sullivan 
operetta "The Mikado" from 1885, wherein one of the characters was named 
Pooh Bah and was "lord high everything else" (Koko, as lord high executioner 
rounded out the roster of public officials).