The Big Apple: “Interviewer: Your resume says you used to be in the theatre” (joke)

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.

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Entry from August 28, 2018

“Interviewer: Your resume says you used to be in the theatre” (joke)

Some people put experience in the theatre (such as acting experience) on a résumé. A joke was posted on Twitter by FROVO on November 29, 2015:

[interview]
So your resume says you used to be in the theater
yes that is correct
What made you leave it?
well, the movie ended so

Twitter
FROVO
@fro_vo
[interview]
So your resume says you used to be in the theater
yes that is correct
What made you leave it?
well, the movie ended so
2:03 PM - 29 Nov 2015

Twitter
Akash Patel
@AkshPa27
[interview]
So your resume says you used to be in the theater
yes that is correct
What made you leave it?
well, the movie ended so
11:09 AM - 23 Sep 2016

Twitter
♡Bůttercůp♡
@ShrutiDwivedi11
[interview] So your resume says you used to be in the theater. Yes that is correct. What made you leave it? Well, the movie ended so..
3:47 PM - 28 Sep 2016

Twitter
Prasun Mukherjee
@aquaticosunny
Interviewer: your resume says you used to be in the theater ?
Me : Yes
Int : What made you leave it?
Me : well, the movie ended
4:05 PM - 23 Sep 2017

Reddit—3amjokes
Interviewer: Your resume says you used to be in the theatre. What made you leave? self.3amjokes
Submitted August 29, 2018 by porichoygupto
Me: Well, the movie ended, so....

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