Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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“Weaned on a pickle”
Lipstick Index (Lipstick Indicator; Lipstick Theory)
“If you’re not angry/confused/mad/outraged, you’re not paying attention”
New York ComPost (New York Post nickname)
Cocktailian
Columny (calumny from a columnist)
Charticle (chart + article)
“Something rotten in the cotton”
Re-Re-Elect (third term election)
Spandering (Spanish-speaker pandering)
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
Imperial Congress
“When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority”
“It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up”
“Ring, relax and wait” (elevator safety procedure)
GoCaGa (Gowanus-Carroll Gardens)
Dungeon Alley (Dungeon District)
PLINO (Pro-Life In Name Only)
Shamnesty (sham + amnesty)
CINO (Catholic/Christian/Conservative In Name Only)
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force!”
“You get what you pay for”
Antiques Row or Antiques District (Atlantic Avenue)
Fiscal Cancer (budget deficits and government debt)
Corruptocrat (corrupt bureaucrat); Corruptocracy
Blind Pool
Rocketeer (postal worker with pneumatic tube)
Republicrat (Republican + Democrat)
Demopublican (Democrat + Republican)
Beer Summit
Coffee Summit
Republocrat (Republican + Democrat)
“If the people lead, the leaders will follow”
Texas Switch
JINO (Jewish In Name Only)
“You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it”
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work”
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who…maintain their neutrality”
“When the people fear the government, you have tyranny”
“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it”
“What kind of woman do you take me for?”/“We’ve already established that” (Churchill?)
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”
“First draft of history” (journalism)
“Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote”
Rethuglican or Rethug (Republican + thug)
Dinosaur Media
Democrap (Democrat + crap)
Demoncrap (Democrat party nickname)
Crown Jewel of Socialism (government-run healthcare)
Republicant or Republican’t (Republican + can’t)
“Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government”
Legacy Media
Pedestrian Manager
Early Bird Special (Early Bird Dinner; Early Bird Supper)
Three G’s of Politics (God, guns and gays)
Electile Dysfunction (ED)
Teabagger or Tea Bagger (Teabagging or Tea Bagging)