“Nice place you got here. Be a shame if anything happened to it” is gangster talk from at least the 1920s. The speaker wants to extort money from the establishment.
“That’s a nice ham you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if somebody put an ‘s’ at the front and an ‘e’ at the end” is a jocular variation that was posted on Reddit—Jokes on November 9, 2016. The “ham”/“shame” joke has been printed on several images.
Reddit—Jokes
That’s a nice ham you’ve got there…
submitted November 9, 2016 by BartVader5000
... it’d be a shame if somebody put an ‘s’ at the front and an ‘e’ at the end.
Twitter
Barry McCann
@Bazzinho9
That’s a nice ham you’ve got yourself there.
... it’d be a shame if somebody put an ‘s’ at the front and an ‘e’ at the end.
12:24 PM - 9 Nov 2016
Twitter
Ludvig Alfredsson
@luddini
“That’s a nice ham you got there! It would be a shame if you put an ‘s’ in front of it and an ‘e’ at the end.”
9:44 PM - 12 Nov 2016
Twitter
Mary Dzurik
@MaryDzurik
Thats a nice ham you got there. It would be a shame if someone were to put an “s” in the front and an “e” at the end.
6:21 PM - 20 Nov 2016
Twitter
sara rubio
@saraarubioo_
that’s a nice ham you got there, it would be a shame if someone put an “s” at the front and an “e” at the end
9:32 AM - 23 Nov 2016
Reddit—Jokes
That’s a nice ham you got there
submitted February 28, 2017 by tbsgrave
It would be a shame if someone put an “s” in front of it and an “e” behind it
Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
That’s a nice ham you’ve got there…
It’d be a shame if somebody put an ‘s’ at the front and an ‘e’ at the end.
4:52 PM - 18 Apr 2017
Reddit—Jokes
That’s a nice ham you got there.
submitted July 9, 2017 by JabbaTheThicc
It’d be a shame if someone put an “s” before it and an “e” after it.
Reddit—Jokes
That’s a nice bit of ham you got there…
submitted December 29, 2017 by AsianNationLoL
...it would be a “shame” if someone were to put an ‘S’ at the front and an ‘E’ at the end.
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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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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