The Big Apple: “I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, or the elastic…”

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 April 14, 2021

“I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, or the elastic…”

"I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, or the elastic is finally giving up the fight” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.

“Don’t Know If My Pants Are Feeling Loose Because I’m Losing Weight Or The Elastic Is Finally Giving Up The Fight ..: was posted on Twitter by Saulat Rizvi on April 22, 2015. “Don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I am losing weight…or the elastic is finally giving up the fight. #MondayLaugh” was posted on Twitter by BODYTEC on October 12, 2015. The saying probably originated on an image.

Twitter
Saulat Rizvi
@iSaulatRizvi
Don’t Know If My Pants Are Feeling Loose Because I’m Losing Weight Or The Elastic Is Finally Giving Up The Fight ..
10:46 AM · Apr 22, 2015·Facebook

Twitter
BODYTEC
@BodytecSA
Don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I am losing weight…or the elastic is finally giving up the fight. #MondayLaugh
5:54 AM · Oct 12, 2015·Hootsuite

Twitter
Follow @CokeSenpai instead
@Coke_Senpai
I don’t know if my pants are getting loose because I’m losing weight or because the elastic is finally giving up the fight. #RayzBot
8:07 PM · Mar 13, 2016·twittbot.net

Facebook
Mom’s Got Ink
February 21, 2019 at 8:15 AM ·
I DON’T KNOW IF
MY PANTS ARE FEELING
LOOSE BECAUSE I’M
LOSING WEIGHT, OR THE
ELASTIC IS FINALLY
GIVING UP THE FIGHT.

Twitter
Kracked Kiwi
@KrackedKiwi
I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, or the elastic is finally giving up the fight…
4:13 AM · Sep 12, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Cailín beag amaideach Éireannach
@bdaly2468
I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, Or the elastic has finally giving up the fight.
1:24 PM · Apr 12, 2021·Twitter Web App

Faebook
Crazy World
Poster based in Spain · April 14, 2021 at 1:22 PM ·
I DON’T KNOW IF
MY PANTS ARE FEELING
LOOSE BECAUSE I’M
LOSING WEIGHT, OR THE
ELASTIC IS FINALLY
GIVING UP THE FIGHT.

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