Aside from that
One of those niche curiosities, I tried to run down an old joke that’s variously attributed to Bob Newhardt, Tom Lehrer, and many others. I’ve seen a lot of variation in wording, but the core joke was always:
Well, aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?
The inestimable Barry Popik has the earliest citation to a famous midcentury political humor column:
22 May 1957, The Evening Star (Washington, DC), “Potomac Fever” by Fletcher Knebel, pg. A-23, col. 4:
What TV interviewing would have been at the time of the Civil War: “Well, aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, what did you think of the play?”
By the time I found this I had gone through a fair amount of false leads and slop, so I wanted to confirm and provide a convenient copy for future citations. The Library of Congress has helpfully digitized this page:
And here’s the page pdf for convenience.