The Big Apple: “Want to get noticed? Go jogging without moving your arms”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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.

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Entry from January 29, 2021

“Want to get noticed? Go jogging without moving your arms”

"Want to get noticed? Go jogging without moving your arms” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Tater (then called “Baked Potato") on January 1, 2017.

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Tater
@TrueTorontoGirl
Want to get noticed? Go jogging without moving your arms.
5:43 PM · Jan 1, 2017·Twitter for Android

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Jackie Contreras
@JackieContrera3
If you want to get noticed, jog without moving your arms
2:23 AM · Feb 9, 2017·Twitter for Android

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Jim Barnes
@JimBarn61741884
Replying to @minkpinkustink and @HatfieldAnne
Try running/jogging without moving your arms. You get a lot of attention.
2:47 PM · Mar 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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Fox Riley SCW
@Fox_Riley_SCW
ATTENTION LADIES: Do you want to get more attention?
Try jogging without moving your arms.
10:45 AM · Aug 12, 2020·Twitter Web App

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I’m Dah Fire Dude
@TOffroader
Wanna get noticed, go jogging without moving your arms.
10:27 PM · Dec 24, 2020·Twitter for Android

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January 17, 2021 at 5:00 PM ·
Want to get noticed?
Go jogging without moving your arms.

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