The Big Apple: “Exercise can add years to your life” (joke)

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 May 03, 2015

“Exercise can add years to your life” (joke)

"Exercise can add years to your life.. For example I ran a mile today and now I feel like I’m 95” is a joke that was cited on Twitter on April 7, 2014. The original author of the joke is unknown. The amount of miles run and the old age that a person feels like having achieved both have been given varying numbers in the joke.

Twitter
Emm
‏@Emmalie_starr
Exercise can add years to your life.. For example I ran a mile today and now I feel like I’m 95
5:45 PM - 7 Apr 2014

Twitter
Dabbalicious
‏@StevieDabbs
Exercise really does add years to your life. I ran four miles today and I feel like I’m 69.
Grand Forks AFB, ND
6:57 PM - 7 Apr 2014

Twitter
Mitch Nelson
‏@Bas1cMitch
Exercise can add years to your life. For example I jogged 5 miles yesterday and I feel like I’m 65
12:48 PM - 9 Apr 2014

Twitter
Play Radebe
‏@play_afrika
Exercise can add years to your life. I jogged only 2 miles and I already feel like I’m 70.
12:46 PM - 25 Apr 2014

Twitter
Sara Marshall
‏@gangstamarsh
“Exercise can add years to your life. For example I ran 4 miles today and I now feel like I’m 73” #joggingproblems
2:14 AM - 11 May 2014

Twitter
Fuck The World
‏@lFuckTheWorldl
Exercise can add years to your life. For example, I just ran 2 miles and I now feel like I’m 82.
12:25 PM - 5 Mar 2015

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Exercise/Running/Health Clubs • Sunday, May 03, 2015 • Permalink