The Big Apple: “The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and trying to get it unstuck without hands”

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 February 04, 2017

“The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and trying to get it unstuck without hands”

"The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and trying to get it unstuck without hands” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on GIFs. “The secret to dancing is to pretend you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it unstuck without using your hands” was posted on Twitter on August 22, 2012.

Reddit—Funny
The secret to dancing [FB] (i.imgur.com)
submitted August 22, 2012 by desmarais

Twitter
LUDAchris469
‏@ConyeWest469
The secret to dancing is to pretend you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it unstuck without using your hands.
3:47 PM - 22 Aug 2012

Twitter
Normu
‏@nomusa_x
Apparently ‘The secret to dancing is to pretend you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it unstuck without using your hands’
3:55 PM - 22 Aug 2012

Twitter
Luke Welsh
‏@lukewelsh
the secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and trying to get it unstuck without using your hands #wisdom
5:40 PM - 22 Aug 2012

Twitter
theGeoCa$h
‏@TheGeoCash
The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it out without the use of your hands. #adventuresinreddit
6:28 PM - 22 Aug 2012

WeKnowMemes
The Secret To Dancing Is…
– AUGUST 23, 2012
POSTED IN: FACEBOOK POSTS
(A tweet is shown.—ed.)
The secret to dancing is to pretend you have a wedgie…

YouTube
How to dance by pretending you have a wedgie
Jan McMahan
Published on Apr 6, 2013

Funny Status
The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie…
May 1, 2014 Women Status Updates
The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it unstuck without using you’re hands.

Twitter
Bill Murray
‏@BiIIMurray
The secret to dancing is pretending you have a wedgie and you’re trying to get it unstuck without using you’re hands.
7:23 PM - 15 Dec 2016

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