The Big Apple: “On what charge was the guy arrested for rearranging his dinner table?"/"Dish-orderly conduct.”

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 December 13, 2021

“On what charge was the guy arrested for rearranging his dinner table?"/"Dish-orderly conduct.”

"On what charge was the guy arrested for rearranging his dinner table? Dish-orderly conduct” was posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on March 31, 2020. The joke was re-posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on December 13, 2021.

“Dish-orderly” sounds like “disorderly.”

Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/chacham2 March 31, 2020
On what charge was the guy arrested for rearranging his dinner table?
Dish-orderly conduct.

Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/chacham2 December 13, 2021
On what charge was the guy arrested for rearranging his dinner table?
Dish-orderly conduct.

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/chacham2 December 13, 2021
A guy was arrested for rearranging his dinner table.
He was charged with dish-orderly conduct.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Food/Drink • Monday, December 13, 2021 • Permalink