The Big Apple: “Cop: You’re going to prison for forgery. Me (slides him a 37 dollar bill): What about now?”

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.

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Entry from September 27, 2021

“Cop: You’re going to prison for forgery. Me (slides him a 37 dollar bill): What about now?”

A joke about forgery was posted on Twitter by Jon on July 17, 2020:

Cop: you’re going to prison for forgery.
Me *slides him a 37 dollar bill* what about now?

Twitter
Jon
@ArfMeasures
Cop: you’re going to prison for forgery
Me *slides him a 37 dollar bill* what about now
11:10 AM · Jul 17, 2020·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Ew_its_Jack October 12, 2020
The Negotiator
Cop: you’re going to prison for forgery Me: slides him a 37 dollar bill what about now

Twitter
incorrect obey me!
@wrongobeyme
cop: you’re going to prison for forgery
mammon *slides him a 37 dollar bill* what about now
11:39 AM · Dec 30, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
swollenvoice
@swollenvoice
Cop: You’re going to prison for forgery.
Me: *Slides him a $143 dollar bill* What about now?
7:04 PM · Feb 16, 2021·Twitter for Android

Reddit—NotFunnyButHilarious
Posted by u/invertedparadX June 23, 2021
Cop: you’re going to prison for forgery
Me [slides him a 37 dollar bill]: what about now?

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/thebait123 September 21, 2021
Policeman: You’re going to prison for forgery.
Me: Slides him a $37 bill. What about now?

Twitter
Matt Holme
@mattholme0
Policeman: “I’m arresting you”
Me: “ What for?”
Policeman: “Forgery”
Me(pushing a £43 note towards him)"What about now?”
#lunchpun
#RateMyPun
7:00 AM · Sep 23, 2021·Twitter for Android

LaffGaff
Forgery
September 26, 2021 by laffgaff
Policeman: You’re going to prison for forgery.
Me: Slides him a $37 bill. What about now?

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