The Big Apple: “Save the earth—it’s the only planet with chocolate”

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.

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 October 05, 2010

“Save the earth—it’s the only planet with chocolate”

"Save the earth—it’s the only planet with chocolate” is a humorous saying that has been printed on bumper stickers and T-shirts. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1998.

Bumper Art
Save the Earth It’s the Only Planet With Chocolate
bumper sticker

Zazzle.com
Save The Earth Its The Only Planet With Chocolate
T-shirts & Shirts

Google Groups: comp.dcom.sys.nortel
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.nortel
From: (Ross Schacher)
Date: 1998/06/17
Subject: Re: Printing TN’s by NCOS

Save the Earth! It’s the only planet with Chocolate!

Google Groups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
From: “ChessieCat”
Date: 2000/03/24
Subject: Re: Dull Women Have Immaculate Houses - Happy Dance!

My motto is “Save The Earth It is the only planet with chocolate!” (VBG) I will chart this some day. Susan C.

Google Books
Tsog: The Thing That Ate the Constitution
By Robert Anton Wilson
Tempe, AZ: New Falcon Publications
2002
Pg. 19:
Save the Earth! It’s the only planet with chocolate.

5 June 2003, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, “The Vent,” pg. B2:
One more reason to save the Earth: it’s the only planet with chocolate.

Essential Baby
~Dragonfly~
17/03/2005, 12:24 PM
SAVE THE EARTH, ITS THE ONLY PLANET WITH CHOCOLATE!

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Food/Drink • (0) Comments • Tuesday, October 05, 2010 • Permalink