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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Big Apple Shine Parlor
“This recipe says to separate two eggs, but it doesn’t say how far to separate them”
Windy City (Wellington, New Zealand nickname)
Windy Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand nickname)
Big Apple Florist
Big Apple Concession (City Park in New Orleans, 1947-1949)
Windy City (Port Elizabeth, South Africa nickname)
“When a recipe tells you to separate two eggs, how far is acceptable?” (joke)
Big Apple Grocery Store
Big Apple Grocery Store (Harlem, 1945-1949)
“Big Apple Dreamin’” (song by Alice Cooper, 1973)
Big Apple Elevator Service and Consulting (2006-present)
Big Apple Copy Center
“Wow! BoJack and Todd in the Big Apple!” (BoJack Horseman episode, 2016)
Big Apple Hostel (1994-2014)
Big Apple Car, Inc.
Big Apple Copy Center (1979-present)
Big Apple Hostel
Big Apple Car, Inc. (1983-present)
Big Apple Elevator Service and Consulting
“Wow! BoJack and Todd in the Big Apple!” (BoJack Horseman episode, 2016)
“Big Apple Blues” (song by Slade, 1977)
“I wish people randomly offered me weed as often as middle school health classes said they would”
“Big Apple” and Donald Trump (Fortune magazine photo, 1989)
“If an ice cream van breaks down, do they have to put out cones?”
“Apple” lyric in the Michael Jackson song “Human Nature” (1982)
“Big Apple Blues” (song by Slade, 1977)
“Apple” lyric in the Michael Jackson song “Human Nature” (1982)
“Talk dirty to telenarketers. They will hang up faster than you”
“What kind of vegetable might you find in your basement?”/“Cellary.”
“The Big Apple Can Bite Me” (Cybill episode, 1996)
“The world is your taco”
“The Big Apple Bites” (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode, 2018)
“The Big Apple” (Kate Plus 8 episode, 2010)
“Nueva York! New York City! The big apple!” (Against All Odds film, 1984)
“Big Apple” (Perry Mason, “The Case of the Jilted Jockey” episode, 1958)
“The Big Apple” (Strut episode, 2016)
“Bad Seed in the Big Apple” (Beyblade episode, 2003)
“Back in the Big Apple” (The Real Housewives of New York City episode, 2021)
“The world is your taco. Fill it with what you want”
“The Big Apple” (Gimme a Break! episode, 1984)
“Big Apple Blues” (The Facts of Life episode, 1988)
“50K don’t get you to first base in the Big Apple” (Wall Street film, 1987)
“It’s another fabulous morning in the Big Apple!” (Madagascar film, 2005)
Big Apple Games (video games, 1986)
Big Apple Games (video games, 1986)
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (short film, 1979)
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (short film, 1979)
“The Girl Who Went To The Big Apple” (Asia’s Next Top Model episode, 2016)
“50K don’t get you to first base in the Big Apple” (Wall Street film, 1987)
“Big Apple, 3 AM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time video game, 1992)
“Big Apple, 3 AM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time video game, 1992)
“It’s the dream, the Big Apple” (Howard Stern’s Private Parts film, 1997)
“The Boys on the Big Apple” (Harper’s Bazaar article, May 1947)
“New York. The Big Apple” (The Hurt Locker film, 2008)
“Bite the Big Apple” (The Devil’s Advocate film, 1997)
“Bacteria: rear entrance to a cafeteria”
“Big Apple” nightclub (The Three Faces of Eve film, 1957)
“Make Tax Day the day before Election Day”
“Big Bugs in the Big Apple” (James and the Giant Peach film, 1996)
“My toxic trait is once that sun starts shining I wanna quit my job”
“I want to be a nice person, but everyone is just so stupid”
“I want to be a nice person, but people are so stupid”
“I want to be a nice person, but everyone is so stupid”
“What has 12 faces and 42 eyes?”/“A pair of dice.”
“I really don’t know how fast light travels, but it gets here too early in the morning”
“My toxic trait is once the sun starts shining I wanna quit my job”
“In Case of Fire: Exit building before posting on Facebook”
“Doctor, when do you think Covid19 will be over?”/“I don’t know. I’m not a journalist.”
“In Case of Fire: Please leave the building before posting it on social media” (sign)
“Move Tax Day to the day before Election Day”
“What has 3 feet, but can’t walk?”/“A yardstick.”
“Tax Day should be the day before Election Day”
“What has three feet and cannot walk?”/“A yard stick.”
“Spreading liberty from a political party is like spreading chastity from a whorehouse”
Vaxxie or Vaxie (vaccine/vaccination selfie)
“Auto-correct walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
“What has three feet, but can’t walk?”/“A yardstick.”
“The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen”
“When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest work, I’m no longer young”
Vaxie or Vaxxie (vaccine/vaccination selfie)
“New York is a sucked orange” (not Big Apple; Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860)
New Orange (not Big Orange; 1673-1674)
“Big Apple” (Dan Burley’s Original Handbook of Harlem Jive, 1944)
“Never trust an electrician with fuzzy hair”
“How do you know if someone is vaccinated?”/“Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.”
“Man charged with stealing hay denied bale”
“On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese…”
“I always tell my kids to stay in school. But they keep coming back”
“Haven’t gotten anything done today. Been in the produce dept., trying to open this stupid bag”
“I got arrested yesterday for stealing hay from a farmer. I’ve been refused bale”
“Mondays are my favorite day to question all my life decisions”
“Did you hear about the guy who got arrested for stealing hay? He made bale”
“For Lease Navidad” (pun on “Feliz Navidad”)
“I quit my job testing treadmills. I felt I wasn’t going anywhere”
“Bacon is 73% fat and very salty. Me too, bacon. Me too”
“COVID-19 & the flu are like Superman & Clark Kent. You never see them in the same room…”
“Hockey is a dangerous sport last time I checked”
“Blackened Chicken Recipe: 1. Clean chicken 2. Place chicken in oven 3. Go check Facebook”
“We need to quit calling DC a swamp. A swamp is a place with an amazing ecosystem. DC is a sewer”