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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“Money can’t buy happiness; it can, however, rent it”
“Anyone who says money can’t buy happiness doesn’t know where to shop”
Smashed Potatoes
“At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas”
“Wall Street is where people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from people who take the subway”
“An economist’s guess is liable to be as good as anybody else’s”
CutGo (cut-as-you-go)
“I don’t need you when I’m right”
“Washington’s face was on all our money; now, Washington’s hands are on it, too”
“Stroke of the pen, law of the land” (executive orders)
One-Armed Economist (who doesn’t say “on the other hand”)
Black and Bleu Salad
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“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating”
Pinstripe Bowl