The Big Apple: “I look forward to paying off all of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke”

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 October 26, 2014

“I look forward to paying off all of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke”

"I look forward to paying off al of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke” is a jocular line that began as an e-card and first appeared on Twitter on August 12, 2011. The line immediately became popular on Twitter.

Twitter
someecards
‏@someecards
I look forward to paying off all of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke. http://some.ly/pmOs4h
8:23 AM - 12 Aug 2011

Twitter
Some Ecards
‏@ecardsayings
I look forward to paying off all of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke. #someecards
9:26 PM - 23 Jun 2012

Twitter
Phil Martin Cassidy
‏@MartinCassdy
I look forward to the government paying off all the bank debt and We can go back to just being broke..............#vinb
5:36 PM - 7 Nov 2012

Google Books
More One Liners, Jokes and Gags
By Grant Tucker
London: The Robson Press
2013
Pg. ?:
I look forward to paying off all my debt and finally getting back to just being broke.

Twitter
PostGradProblems
‏@PostGradProblem
I look forward to paying off all of my debt, and finally getting back to just being broke. #PGP
9:05 AM - 6 Sep 2013

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Banking/Finance/Insurance • Sunday, October 26, 2014 • Permalink