The Big Apple: “Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from July 18, 2015

“Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization”

"Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on” is a jocular one-liner that was cited on Twitter by Frank Whitehouse on April 22, 2014. The line has been frequently reprinted.

Twitter
Frank Whitehouse
‏@WheelTod
Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on
10:00 AM - 22 Apr 2014

Twitter
❄️Chancy❄️
‏@ChancySeoul
Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on
10:57 AM - 21 Oct 2014

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14. Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on.

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. Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on.

Twitter
I’m a stormtrooper
‏@akmd65
Conspiracy theorists are all so dumb that I suspect they’ve been planted by a secret organization to distract us from what’s really going on
2:09 PM - 18 Jul 2015

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