The Big Apple: “I thought I liked seeing movies, but turns out I like eating candy in a dark room”

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 05, 2021

“I thought I liked seeing movies, but turns out I like eating candy in a dark room”

Cara Weinberger posted on Twitter on December 10, 2019, a comment about movies that received over 180,000 likes:

“I thought I liked seeing movies, but turns out I like eating candy in a dark room where it’s illegal to talk to me.”

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Cara Weinberger
@caraweinberger
i thought i liked seeing movies but turns out i like eating candy in a dark room where it’s illegal to talk to me
11:19 PM · Dec 10, 2019·Twitter Web App

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grace.
@sara_elhendawi
i thought i liked seeing movies but turns out i like eating candy in a dark room where it’s illegal to talk to me
9:34 AM · Dec 13, 2019·Twitter for Android

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P Λ P I
@IVANZXT
i thought i liked playing video games but it turns out i just like eating candy in a dark room where nobody can talk to me
3:15 PM · Jan 23, 2020·Twitter for Android

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Gray Wolf
@lomari0705
I thought I liked seeing movies, but it turns out I just like eating candy in a dark room where no one’s allowed to talk to me.
3:08 PM · Dec 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
I’m A Fuckin’ Princess
@Just_ReneaR
I always thought I liked watching movies.. but now I realize I just liked eating candy in a dark room.. where noone is allowed to talk to me.
12:07 AM · Mar 14, 2021·Twitter Web App

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