"Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on” is a jocular one-line saying about television. The saying was posted on Twitter by “Not Zach G.” on December 17, 2010.
“Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on. Problem solved” was posted on Twitter on January 6, 2011. “Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on. Boom, problem solved!” was posted on Funny Status on July 8, 2013.
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Not Zach G.
@NotGalifianakis
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on
2:12 PM - 17 Dec 2010
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@kvhimi
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on
2:12 PM - 17 Dec 2010
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Letty 💙
@Letty22
Genius! RT @ZachGalifinakis: Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on
2:13 PM - 17 Dec 2010
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Andrew Winchell
@Drewstin77
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on. Problem solved
11:30 AM - 6 Jan 2011
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Rene
@Rene
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on
11:30 PM - 2 May 2011
Funny Status
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough…
July 8, 2013 Movies / Televison Status Updates
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on. Boom, problem solved!
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Are you watching too much T.V but not doing enough reading? Turn your subtitles on. Boom, problem solved!
6:23 PM - 5 Jun 2017
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.
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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