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Wikipedia: Henny Youngman
Henry “Henny” Youngman (original Yiddish surname Yungman; 16 March 1906 – 24 February 1998) was an English-born American comedian and violinist famous for his mastery of the “one-liner”; his best known one-liner being “Take my wife ... please”.
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alan henson
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I have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life. If I die next Tuesday.
12:27 PM - 11 Jan 2012
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Gasoline Alley
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I have enough money to last the rest of my life...if I die before four o’clock.
~Henny Youngman
8:16 AM - 12 Mar 2013
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Jackie Mason: “I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.” Henny Youngman variant: “if I die by 4PM.”
8:32 PM - 27 Aug 2017
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I have enough money to last the rest of my life…
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If I died next Tuesday.
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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