"Days of Wine and Roses" is a phrase from the 1896 poem "Vitae Summa Brevis" by Ernest Dowson. The title was used for a teleplay written by JP Miller in 1958, and a film adaptation in 1962 directed by Blake Edwards.

References

• The Disney park stage show Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses parodies the title.
• According to Elmo's World: Families, "The Days of Swine and Roses" is the title of an Oinker Sisters album.