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

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Entry from September 13, 2017
“Oysters have always been on my shuck-it list”

Some people have a “bucket list,” but what about a “shuck-it list”? “The Hot Oyster added to the ‘Shuck-it List’ today is the Wallace Bay” was posted on Twitter on July 21, 2010. “I don’t have a bucket list, I have a Shuck It list. All that’s written on it is ‘Oysters’” was posted on Twitter on November 5, 2014.
 
“Oysters have always been on my shuck-it list” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on September 12, 2017.
 
 
Wiktionary: bucket list
Etymology
From kick the bucket (“to die”) + list, hence a “list of things to do before you die”. The term was coined by American and British screenwriter Justin Zackham in his screenplay for the 2007 film The Bucket List. Zackham had created his own list called “Justin’s List of Things to Do Before I Kick the Bucket” which he then shortened to “Justin’s Bucket List”. The first item on his list was to have a screenplay produced at a major Hollywood studio. After a time, it occurred to him that the notion of a “bucket list” could itself be fodder for a film, so he wrote a screenplay about two dying men racing to complete their own bucket lists with the time they had left. Articles about the movie are the earliest known uses.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: buck‧et list
Noun
bucket list
(plural bucket lists)
1. (idiomatic) A list of things to accomplish before one’s death.
     
Twitter 
London Lennies‏
@LondonLennies
The Hot Oyster added to the “Shuck-it List” today is the Wallace Bay - From Prince Edward Island, meat is full & sweet w/ briny flavor YUM!
12:38 PM - 21 Jul 2010
 
Twitter
MKupperman‏
@MKupperman
There are only a few things on my “shuck it” list: Corn, Oysters, and John Schuck. I think that’s it.
12:04 AM - 9 Mar 2011
 
Twitter
The Bert Locker‏
@BertGoldsmith
I don’t have a bucket list, I have a Shuck It list. All that’s written on it is “Oysters”
7:59 AM - 5 Nov 2014
 
Twitter
Baywater Shellfish‏
@BaywaterFarms
Baywater Sweet Oysters: put ‘em on your ‘shuck-it’ list (check out #5)... http://fb.me/3TCDyK6vk
8:47 PM - 17 Aug 2015
 
Twitter
Jeff Greco‏
@jeffgreco
After the bad news from his Dr, noted Boston gourmand @jgee has the oyster adventure of his life. This fall: “The Shuck-It List” #PilotWatch
1:23 PM - 17 Mar 2016
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Oysters have always been on my shuck-it list. (self.oneliners)
submitted September 12, 2017 by mondo_calrissian
 
Twitter
Funny One Line Jokes‏
@lol1liners
Oysters have always been on my shuck-it list.
5:11 PM - 12 Sep 2017

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Wednesday, September 13, 2017 • Permalink


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