Entry in progress—B.P.
Google News Archive
27 August 1959, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), “Shop With Sue,” pg. 8, col. 6 ad:.
Colleague — Someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
Google Books
The public speaker’s handbook of humor
By Helen Eisenberg and Larry Eisenberg
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker
1972, ©1967
Pg. 93:
Expert: Someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
Google Books
Quote Unquote
By Lloyd Cory
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books
1977
Pg. 107:
An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
(WISCONSIN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION)
GOogle Books
The Big Book of Business Quotations
By Editors Of Perseus Publishing, Basic Books
New York, NY: Basic Books
2003
Pg. 22:
An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
Sam Ewing (1920-2001) U.S. author. Quoted in Reader’s Digest (December 1992)
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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“In Texas, the shortest distance between two points is likely under construction” (5/27)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
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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