The Big Apple: Big Crapple

Above, a plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

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.

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Entry from June 06, 2006

Big Crapple

For those who think "the Big Apple" is a load of crap, there's always "the Big Crapple."

http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xxvi/12.4.98/ae/1999.html
The Big Crapple?

http://www.ncbuy.com/news/category_weirdnews.html?nav=THIS&qdate=2003-09-16
Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs
2003-09-16 00:00:00 - New York, NY
Maybe New York should be called the "Big Crapple." According to a survey by the American Society for Microbiology, 41 percent of travelers never bother to wash their hands in the city's restrooms. By comparison, only 4 percent of visitors to Toronto forget to wash their hands.

http://allpurposedark.blogspot.com/2006/03/nyc-culinary-adventure.html
Sunday, March 12, 2006
NYC Culinary Adventure
So we're in New York (or the Big Crapple) this weekend.

http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/06/05/homeland_securi.php
June 05, 2006
Homeland Security Makes NYC Out to Be Big Crapple

(Google Groups)
What's a Hoagie?
... of real disappointment. -- Lorrie -- did one year and six months hard time in the Big Crapple, and spent every summer in Philly.
rec.food.cooking - Dec 20 1994, 8:11 pm by Lorrie Wood

(Google Groups)
Mancow's show on Monday morn
... Anyway, it sounds like a really boring show. I hope Mancow doesn't change his tune and forget that he's the one who continually called NYC the "Big Crapple". ...
alt.fan.howard-stern - Feb 5 1996, 12:15 pm by Troy Hakala - 83 messages - 18 authors

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