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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Entry from January 31, 2018
“I bought cherries and cherry bombs. Bought a Bing, bought a boom”

“Bada bing, bada boom!” is an expression to emphasize something regarded as surprising, sudden, effortlessly achieved or impressive. There have been many puns on the expression, with a few printed on images.
 
“Bought U a BDay gift at a pawn show. Bing Crosby Tape and Old Boom box. So Bought A Bing Bought A boom” was posted on Twitter on October 9, 2009. “‘Bought a Bing, bought a boom.’—man shopping for cherries and cherry bombs” was posted on Twitter by Ken Jennings on May 6, 2012.
 
“‘Bought a Bing, bought a boom.’ -man investing in Microsoft and Apple”—referring to the Bing web search engine—was posted on Twitter on May 6, 2012. “Went to a cherry store and a stereo next door to it? What did I buy?  Bought a bing bought a boom” was posted on Twitter on February 26, 2013. “Went to a cherry vendor, then to a sailboat parts store. Bought a Bing, bought a boom” was posted on Twitter on October 1, 2013.
 
“Went shopping the other day. Cherry store, microphone store. What for you ask? Bought a bing, bought a boom” was posted on Twitter on September 7, 2015. “I went to go shopping for cherries and microphones the other day: bought a bing, bought a boom” was printed in the magazine Fast Company on June 13, 2017.
   
         
Wiktionary: bada bing bada boom
Interjection
bada bing bada boom

1. To express that a task was easily completed; simple to accomplish.
2. Used to euphemize what is said, sometimes to the extent that only the initiated will understand what is implied.
       
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
bada bing
interjection \ ˌbä-də-ˈbiŋ , ˌba- , ˌbə- \
chiefly US
—used especially to emphasize something regarded as surprising, sudden, effortlessly achieved, or impressive
 
Wikipedia: Bada Bing
Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for the catchphrase “bada bing”, a phrase popularized by James Caan’s character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather. The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go bar where scenes were filmed. The Bada Bing is loosely based on Wiggles, a strip club owned by New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo before it was shut down.
 
Wikipedia: Bing cherry
Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains a major cultivar in Oregon, Washington, California, Wisconsin and British Columbia. It is the most produced variety of sweet cherry in the United States.
 
Twitter
Kat Vickers‏
@KatVickers
Replying to @Cheezburger
@ICHCheezburger Bought U a BDay gift at a pawn show. Bing Crosby Tape and Old Boom box. So Bought A Bing Bought A boom.
12:38 PM - 9 Oct 2009
 
Twitter
Ken Jennings‏
@KenJennings
“Bought a Bing, bought a boom.”—man shopping for cherries and cherry bombs PLEASE DON’T UNFOLLOW OR I’LL KICK THIS PUPPY
10:10 PM - 6 May 2012
 
Twitter
Matt Loewen‏
@Loewenmatt
Replying to @KenJennings
@KenJennings “Bought a Bing, bought a boom.” -man investing in Microsoft and Apple.
11:28 PM - 6 May 2012
 
Twitter
Rudy Figueroa Jr‏
@rfig10
Went to a cherry store and a stereo next door to it? What did I buy?  Bought a bing bought a boom
11:40 PM - 26 Feb 2013
 
Twitter
Stefan Goodreau‏
@sgraps
Went to a cherry vendor, then to a sailboat parts store. Bought a Bing, bought a boom.
1:06 PM - 1 Oct 2013
   
Twitter     
Nelly‏
@MelsomGreem
I wanted a Christmas album that was really a classic, and I wanted a large stereo to play it on, so bought a Bing, bought a boom…box. Sry.
10:29 AM - 17 May 2014
   
Twitter
Peggy Brennan‏
@PeggyBrennan_
Went shopping the other day.
Cherry store, microphone store.
What for you ask?
Bought a bing, bought a boom.
12:22 AM - 7 Sep 2015
   
Twitter
Colony Theatre Co‏
@Colony_Theater
Went to a cherry store, went to a microphone store.  Bought a bing bought a boom
11:44 PM - 29 Apr 2017
     
Fast Company
06.13.17 MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE
This Guy Spent A Year Exploring The Subculture Of Competitive Punning
Yes, you read that right.

BY ANJALI KHOSLA
(...)
“The best pun I heard during the course of writing the book was: ‘I went to go shopping for cherries and microphones the other day: bought a bing, bought a boom,’” Joe (Berkowitz—ed.) told me.
 
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I went to go shopping for cherries and microphones the other day: bought a bing, bought a boom. (self.dadjokes)
submitted June 17, 2017 by AspenTD
 
Reddit—Jokes
I went shopping today and picked up a cherry and a microphone stand…
submitted August 28, 2017 by NAMED_MY_PENIS_REGIS
Bought a bing, bought a boom!
 
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Went to the store yesterday to buy a cherry and a microphone stand. (self.dadjokes)
submitted October 12, 2017 by Mycareer
Bought a Bing, bought a boom.
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Went shopping for cherries and a microphone- bought a bing bought a boom.
submitted January 31, 2018 by wonliners

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