The Big Apple: “Last month, I cut my energy bill in half. Didn’t work, though. I still had to pay the full amount”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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 February 03, 2021

“Last month, I cut my energy bill in half. Didn’t work, though. I still had to pay the full amount”

Many people try to cut what they have to pay in half, but cutting bills in half doesn’t work.

“Last month I cut my energy bill in half.Didn’t work though.I still had to pay the full amount. http://bit.ly/18JP8PF via @sickipedia” was posted on Twitter by Fresh Stand Up on February 3, 2015. The joke originated on the Sickipedia website.

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@coolandthegangs
@OVOEnergy joke of the day! Last month I cut my energy bill in half.
Didn’t work though.I still had to pay the full amount.
4:55 AM · Feb 3, 2015·Twitter Web App

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Fresh Stand Up
@FreshStandUp
Last month I cut my energy bill in half.Didn’t work though.I still had to pay the full amount. http://bit.ly/18JP8PF via @sickipedia
6:38 AM · Feb 3, 2015·twitterfeed

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Sickipedia Official
@sickipedia
Last month I cut my energy bill in half.Didn’t work though.I still had to pay the full amount. http://bit.ly/16j9cXm
7:34 PM · Feb 3, 2015·twitterfeed

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Duck
@dregvader
Last month I cut my energy bill in half.
Didn’t work though. I still had to pay the full amount.
6:35 PM · Feb 10, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Last month I cut my energy bill in half.
Didn’t work though.I still had to pay the full amount.
7:49 PM · Feb 3, 2021·Twitter Web App

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