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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Entry from March 05, 2021
“What do you call a dancing pig?”/“Shakin’ bacon.”

“What’s shakin’ bacon” is a saying that has been printed on many images.
     
“What do you call a go-go-dancing pig?  Shakin’ bacon” is a riddle that was printed in the book Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest, Joke Book Ever (2000). “What do you call a dancing pig? Shakin’ bacon” was printed in the book The Everything Kids’ Gross Jokes Book: Side-splitting Jokes That Make Your Skin Crawl! (2005) by Aileen Weintraub.
   
“is a dancing pig, shaken bacon?” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on March 5, 2021,
 
         
Google Books
Jokelopedia:
The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest, Joke Book Ever

Compiled by Ilana Weitzman, et al.
New York, NY: Workman Publishing
2000
Pg. ?:
What do you call a go-go-dancing pig?
Shakin’ bacon.
     
Google Books
The Everything Kids’ Gross Jokes Book:
Side-splitting Jokes That Make Your Skin Crawl!

By Aileen Weintraub
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2005
Pg. ?:
What do you call a dancing pig?
Shakin’ bacon.
 
Google Books
Jumbo Jokes And Riddles Book:
Hours of Gut-busting fun!

By Beth L. Blair
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2007
Pg. ?:
What do you call a dancing pig?
Shakin’ bacon.
     
Twitter   
Georgia
@gmuurs
what do you call a go go dancing pig? -shakin’ bacon.  hahahahahhaha i love mcas <3

10:40 AM · May 20, 2010·Twitter SMS
   
Twitter
DownstairsUp
@DownstairsUp
Replying to @mikemcmillon
RT @mikemcmillon What’s Shakin’ #Bacon?
My guess: A dancing pig.
2:34 PM · Nov 4, 2011·Tweetie for Mac
   
Twitter
sydney
@SydneyThomas_
Replying to @jack_innthebox
@jaybenz3 “what’s shaking bacon” with two pigs on it like dancing hahahah i figured you’d love ittt!
10:35 PM · Jun 27, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
19 October 2012, Ocala (FL) Star-Banner, “Matt Manatee submissions for Oct. 19,” pg. ?:
Q: What do you call a go-go dancing pig?
A: Shakin’ bacon
Andrew Freeman, fourth grade
Fort McCoy School
     
Twitter
Nasty Girl ♔
@mslaylayel
What do u call a dancing pig? Shaken bacon
9:00 PM · Oct 31, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Louis K Lowy
@LouisKLowy
What do you call a go-go-dancing pig? Shaken’ bacon. Sam E Lakeside bad #joke of the day. http://tinyurl.com/DLfanpage #humor
6:25 PM · Aug 10, 2015·Twuffer
 
Twitter
Bigi jackson
@MyrAcleHysmith1
What do you call a go-go dancing pig?: shakin’ bacon
12:31 AM · Jan 23, 2017·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Llamalivesmatter July 7, 2020
What do you call a dancing pig?
SHAKING BACON
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/jiohdi1960 March 5, 2021
is a dancing pig, shaken bacon?

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Friday, March 05, 2021 • Permalink


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