The Big Apple: “Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy…”

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 July 09, 2021

“Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy…”

A joke about voting was posted on Sickipedia on July 9, 2021:

“Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy hoping that what comes next doesn’t suck.”

Sickipedia
Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy hoping that what comes next doesn’t suck.
Joke by Irrumation in Politics - Joe Biden · July 9, 2021 04:11 AM

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WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ
@SarcasmLiving
Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy hoping that what comes next doesn’t suck.
3:30 AM · Jul 9, 2021·TweetCaster for Android

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John West 🕯
@JohnWest_JAWS
Voting is like going to the movies.
You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy hoping that what comes next doesn’t suck.
Try harder people.
2:40 PM · Jul 9, 2021·Twitter Web App

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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Voting is like going to the movies. You suspend disbelief in a world of ridiculous fantasy hoping that what comes next doesn’t suck.
7:04 PM · Jul 9, 2021·Twitter Web App

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