Zoom meetings became popular in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. A jocular line was posted on Twitter by Madeline Hayman-Reber on September 8, 2020:
“Blowing on the wine in your coffee mug to convince the rest of the zoom meeting that it is tea.”
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Madeline Hayman-Reber
@MadelineHayman
Blowing on the wine in your coffee mug to convince the rest of the zoom meeting that it is tea
5:39 AM · Sep 8, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Blowing on the wine in your coffee mug to convince the rest of the zoom meeting that it is tea
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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