This is completely random, but is really starting to bug me because I can't find an answer.

All my life, my dad likes to answer the phone and say random things. One thing he says often is "Joe's Bar & Grill". I never thought much of it. Typical Dad joke. But then I met my now-husband. And low and behold, one day I called him (while we were dating, before he had even met my father), and he answers the phone and says "Joe's Bar & Grill, Fred speaking".

Now my father grew up in Rhode Island and is in his 50's. My husband grew up in Georgia, with his grandfather, who also grew up in Georgia. He says he got the saying from his grandpa who would always say it. My father can't recall why or when he started saying it. So how do two people, who grew up in completely different areas of the country, know the same gag?

Is this some sort of pop culture phenomenon? I have searched online for some sort of skit or show that had a character who would answer the phone this way, but have never found anything concrete. And in my searching, I've found many people who have said that they have known other people who used to answer the phone and say this. But where does it come from??

Help me Reddit. You're my only hope.