The Big Apple: “Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical…really…it’s like the trash took itself out”

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 August 18, 2021

“Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical…really…it’s like the trash took itself out”

"Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical...really...it’s like the trash took itself out” is a saying that has been printed on many images.

“Sometimes getting unfriended on facebook is magical .. really.. it’s like the trash took itself out” was posted on Twitter by Johnathon Quinones on February 6, 2014. The saying probably originated with a meme on Facebook.

Wikipedia: Facebook, Inc.
Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Johnathon Quinones
@Wolfdraggon
Sometimes getting unfriended on facebook is magical .. really.. it’s like the trash took itself out.
7:16 PM · Feb 6, 2014·Facebook

Twitter
Shamira92
@Shashashamira
sometimes getting unfriended on facebook is magical .. really.. it’s like the trash took itself out
11:01 AM · Feb 18, 2014·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Bev
@lil_bev
sometimes getting unfriended on facebook is magical .. really.. it’s like the trash took itself out
1:30 PM · Feb 18, 2014·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Kevin Cieri
@kevin_cieri
Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical. . .it’s like the trash taking itself out. . .
8:41 AM · Mar 6, 2014·Facebook

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Men’s Humor
@MensHumor
Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical...really...it’s like the trash took itself out.
3:00 PM · Sep 4, 2014·Twitter Ads

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@AddeAdde95
Sometimes getting unfriended on facebook is magical, it’s like the trash took itself out.
10:39 AM · Jul 21, 2021·Twitter for Android

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