“What did the painter say to the wall?”/“One more crack and I’ll plaster you!”

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. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

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 August 16, 2017

“What did the painter say to the wall?”/“One more crack and I’ll plaster you!”

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sukatra - What did the painter say to the wall?
7:40 PM - 30 Sep 2008

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RT @Jack_In_ChicagoWhat did the painter say to the wall? “One more crack and I’ll plaster you!” 😊
11:06 AM - 5 Mar 2009

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