A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from March 07, 2017
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’”

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” is a saying that has been printed on many images. It has been cited in print since at least July 1991, when a newspaper feature added, “Overheard during last year’s college spring break vacation.”
 
The saying has been credited to American stand-up comedian and actor. Robins Williams (1951-2014) since at least 1993. It’s uncertain if Williams said it first; Williams was well-known in 1991, but was not credited.
 
     
Wikipedia: Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco’s comedy renaissance. After rising to fame as Mork in Mork & Mindy (1978–82), Williams went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.
 
30 July 1991, The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), “Scram-Lets” (puzzle) by Clay R. Pollan, [g. 9-E, col. 8:
Overheard during last year’s college spring break vacation: “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Lets PARTY!’”
 
31 March 1993, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Northwest Community sec., pg. 5, col. 2 ad:
“Spring is Nature’s Way of Saying…LET’S PARTY!”
(Westridge Mall.—ed.)
   
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“Spring is nature’s way of saying ‘Let’s Party’” -Robin Williams
     
Google Books
Reader’s Digest Quotable Quotes:
Wit and wisdom for all occasions from America’s most popular magazine

By Reader’s Digest Association.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest
1997
Pg. 174:
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” — ROBIN WILLIAMS
 
6 April 1998, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, “Drive Carefully: High Schoolers Will Be Waitiing for Buses in the Dark, Again” by Mark Archer, pg. 1:
Wildflowers of every variety abound this spring in the fields and roadsides of Lake County. The explosion of plant life, attended by birds, butterflies and grateful humans, is best summarized by, of all things, a bumper sticker:
 
Spring is nature’s way of saying “Let’s Party.”
 
Google Books
The Book of the Party Animal:
A Champion’s Guide to Party Skills, Pranks, and Mayhem

By Dan DiSorbo and Ben Applebaum
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC
2013
Pg. 105:
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s partyl’” —Robin Williams
 
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Robin Williams:
When the Laughter Stops 1951–2014

By Emily Herbert
London: John Blake Publishing Ltd
2014
Pg. ?:
‘Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”’
ROBIN WILLIAMS

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityTime/Weather • Tuesday, March 07, 2017 • Permalink


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