Editing Nippy (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Lyons Corner House recreation, Museum of London.JPG|thumb|upright|A Lyons Corner House recreated in the [[Museum of London]] uses back-projected film of a Nippy serving customers]]

In an episode of the sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' entitled "The Junior", the character [[Mrs. Slocombe]] was embarrassed that she used to work as a Nippy.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Junior|series=[[Are You Being Served?]]|network=[[BBC]] |date=19 October 1979}}</ref>

In [[Dorothy Sayers]]'s 1927 mystery novel ''Unnatural Death'', when a young woman's body is found the ''Daily Yell'' newspaper prints the story under the headline "'Nippy' Found Dead in [[Epping Forest]]." 

===''Nippy'', the musical===
In 1930, the Nippy concept was adapted into a hit musical comedy called ''Nippy'', produced at the [[Golders Green Hippodrome]].  Popular actress [[Binnie Hale]] played the nippy in question.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517232452/http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockphoto.asp?imageid=648188 Stock photography image of Nippy, Music sheet cover]}}</ref> The book was written by [[Arthur Wimperis]] and Austin Melford, [[Billy Mayerl]] wrote the music, and Wimperis and [[Frank Eyton]] wrote the lyrics.<ref>[http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/Programmes/PRG1933.HTM ReadingProgrammes 1927-1933]</ref> Several records were released with songs from the musical, such as the title song and the lively "The Toy Town Party" sung in the show by Hale. Another of Mayerl's attractive melodies, but less known from the show was "It Must Be You".