The Big Apple: “The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel”

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 April 06, 2018

“The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel”

"The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on October 15, 2011.

Twitter
kayo-fay
@kayofay
The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel.
3:12 PM - 15 Oct 2011

Twitter
Z.
@Zackslife
The faster I type my password the more Secret Agenty I feel
3:16 PM - 15 Oct 2011

Twitter
Kene
@KingZeely
The faster I type in my password, the more secret ‘agenty’ I feel. hehe
4:17 PM - 15 Oct 2011

Twitter
Hannah
@Scithancer
The quicker I type my password, the more secret-agenty I feel.
4:04 PM - 17 Oct 2011

Twitter
sarcasm
@autocorrects
The faster I type in my password, the more secret agent-y I feel.
8:30 AM - 22 Aug 2012

Funny Status
The faster I type in my password, the more secret…
January 17, 2013 Computer Status Updates
The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel.

Facebook
Janis Ian
December 3, 2017 ·
QOTD: “The faster I type in my password, the more secret-agenty I feel.”

Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
The faster I type in my password, the more secret agenty I feel.
4:23 PM - 6 Apr 2018

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