The Big Apple: “What do you call a math balled?"/"A musical number.”

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 June 07, 2021

“What do you call a math balled?"/"A musical number.”

A math riddle is:

Q: What do you call a math balled?
A: A musical number.

The joke was posted on Facebook by Zachary Dykeman on June 4, 2021.

Facebook
Zachary Dykeman asked a question .
June 4, 2021 at 5:23 PM ·
What do you call a Math Ballad?
Musical number

Twitter
Joe William Bowles II
@JoeWBowles
What do you call a Math Ballad?
A Musical number
5:27 PM · Jun 4, 2021·Twitter Web App

Twitter
mariana Z
@mariana057
What do you call a Math Ballad?
Musical number....
8:47 PM · Jun 7, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

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New York City • Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus • Monday, June 07, 2021 • Permalink