“A backyard barbecue draws two things…flies and relatives” was popularized by a list of “Truisms” that has been on the Internet since 2003. The saying has been put on T-shirts.
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A backyard barbecue draws two things…flies and relatives. - Funny Printed T-Shirt [BLK3051]
The Mornin’ Mail
Monday, March 31, 2003 Volume IX, Number 200
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A backyard barbecue draws two things…..flies and relatives.
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Date: 15 Apr 2003 12:35:51 GMT
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Subject: Truisms
A backyard barbecue draws two things….flies and relatives.
Pawprints: JCHS Alumni Newsletter (June 2003)
Truisms
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A backyard barbecue draws two things….flies and relatives.
1 June 2004, Anniston (AL) Star, “Truisms” submitted by Bessie Certain, Huntsville:
A backyard barbecue draws two things ... flies and relatives.
Quotes Find (January 26, 2012)
A backyard barbecue draws two things…flies and relatives.
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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