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 Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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“I don’t know if my pants are feeling loose because I’m losing weight, or the elastic…” (4/14)
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“The Black Eyed Peas can sing us a tune, but the chick peas can only hummus one” (4/14)
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“People bad mouth lotteries but everyone pays taxes and odds of winning the lottery…” (4/14)
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“What’s a tired dragon’s favorite steak?"/"Flamin’ yawn.” (4/14)
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“Did you hear about the guy who made a fortune investing in apple? He was in cider trading” (4/14)
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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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The Town Line
I’M JUST CURIOUS: New T-shirt sayings
June 27, 2018
by Debbie Walker
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Wait! I do not snore! I dream I am a motorcycle!