A popular paycheck joke is:
“I’m a magician. I can make my paycheck disappear.”
“You’re (magician Doug Henning—ed.) good…but the government is faster at ,making a paycheck disappear!” was printed in a 1976 newspaper comic strip.
30 January 1976, Hartford (CT) Courant, “Lansky’s Look” (comic strip), pg. 18, col. 4:
TELEVISION: ...I’M DOUG HENNING THANKING YOU FOR WATCHING ‘THE MAGIC SHOW’...
MALE TELEVISION VIEWER: “You’re good…but the government is faster at ,making a paycheck disappear!”
3 October 1978, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, pg. B-2, col. 1:
Magicians are no longer held in awe, now that so many of us have learned how easy it is to make a paycheck disappear.
Google Groups: rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft
Ghosts on stage?
Reginald Rozee
8/29/94
(...)
I may not be a FANTASTIC magician, but I can always make my paycheck disappear!!
Twitter
Ken Nicholson
@newsken
As soon as the deposit cleared the bank, I made my paycheck disappear! #magician #bills
10:58 AM - 17 Jun 2011
Twitter
JG
@jgur16
@RMGCharlie , @rmgrover is also a magician, he can make your future paychecks disappear!! #Roverphysics #rovermagic
2:57 PM - 2 Dec 2011
Twitter
Shawn Segundo
@shawn2nd
Should’ve been a magician with how fast imma bout 2 make this paycheck disappear. #rent #creditcards #owned
5:48 PM - 30 Jan 2012
Thought Catalog
MARCH 21, 2014
9 People You Become On Payday
Christopher Hudspeth
(...)
9. The Responsible Magician
A black hole of bills allows you to perform a mind-blowing magic trick in which you make an entire paycheck disappear in the blink of an eye. Presto!
Twitter
Andy Sithong
@Andy_76o
I think I’m a pretty good magician. I can make my paychecks disappear so fast you can’t even see them anymore. 🙃
4:26 PM - 8 Oct 2016
Reddit—Jokes
I think my girlfriend is a magician.
submitted February 18, 2017 by TommehBoi
She makes my paycheck disappear.
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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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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