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 June 16, 2016
“What do you call a potato with glasses?”/“A spectator.”

The potato has a few “-tater” jokes, such as:
 
Q: What do you call a potato with glasses?”
A: A spectator.

 
“What do you call a couch potato? A spec-tater!!” was cited in the newsgroup rec.humor in 1991.
 
“What do you call a helpful potato?”/“A facilitater,” “What do you call a phallic-shaped potato?”/“A dictator” and “What do you call an everyday potato?”/“A commentator” are other “tater” jokes.
     
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
Henry III Joke List
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
6/19/91
(...)
What do you call a couch potato?
A spec-tater!!
 
Welcome to THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER’S NETWORK
SSTN # 79 - September 6, 2005
(...) 
Speck Tater=Takes everything but contributes nothing
 
Twitter
The Gugi Sumit
‏@djsumdog
What do you call a potato with glasses? A spectator.
6:00 PM - 16 May 2008
 
On the Level Blogspot
sunday, march 14, 2010
The Great Potato Joke Spud-off!
 
What do you call a potato with glasses?
A spectater.
   
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. 120:
What do you call a potato wearing glasses?
A spec-tater.
 
reddit
What do you call a potato wearing glasses?
submitted February 26, 2013 by rains1986
A spectator.
 
Made 2B Creative
SPUD-TACULAR LADIES MEETING THEME
Published May 16, 2013 | By Julia
(...)
Speck Tater– content to sit on the sidelines & not participate in any ministry
 
reddit
What do you call a potato with glasses? (self.dadjokes)
submitted July 7, 2014 by queenofcheebah
A spec-tater.
 
reddit
What do you call two people looking at a potato self.3amjokes
Submitted May 15, 2015 by Scatterpulse
Spectators
 
Google Books
The Super, Epic, Mega Joke Book for Kids
By Whee Winn
Grand Rapids, MI: Zonderkidz
2016
Pg. ?:
What do you call a potato that watches football?
A spectator.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Thursday, June 16, 2016 • Permalink


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