The Big Apple: “I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but…”

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 July 30, 2022

“I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but…”

"I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone” was posted on Twitter by The Real American Dadass on May 13, 2018. The saying, with an image by Real American Dadass, was posted on Facebook by Wendy Calcutt on July 22, 2021.

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The Real American Dadass
@R_A_Dadass
I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone.
10:46 AM · May 13, 2018·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
The Real American Dadass
@R_A_Dadass
I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone.
8:49 AM · Jul 9, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

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Toby Lee
@TobyLee41723424
You are right I could probably live without coffee but then again I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone!!
10:48 AM · Jul 10, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Facebook
Wendy Calcutt
July 22, 2021 at 8:59 AM ·
("I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone” is shown on an image by Real American Dadass.—ed.)

Twitter
AMERICAN BADASS 🇺🇲
@SWFLPatriot
I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone.
11:17 AM · Nov 5, 2021·Twitter for Android

Twitter
AMERICAN BADASS 🇺🇲
@SWFLPatriot
I mean, yeah, I could probably live without coffee, but I wouldn’t wish that science experiment on anyone.
9:13 AM · Jul 30, 2022·Twitter for Android

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