“Cannibal” sounds like “can o’ bull.” “Can O’ Bull Chief” was a short movie feature in 1928.
A riddle was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on January 21, 2018:
Q: What does a cannibalistic cow eat?
A: Can o bull.
16 November 1928, The State-Times (Baton Rouge, LA), pg. 18-A, col. 7 ad:
People Theatre
(...)
Added—Comedy, “Can O’ Bull Chief”
Google Groups: comp.ai.philosophy
The missing link—CANTOP arguing now
Vivian Waugh
8/2/97
(...)
Meat my own Suture Self! Auto-Braind; Can O Bull stew.
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Kids Puns of the Weak 11-02-04
Stan Kegel
11/2/04
(...)
If Spam were made of Beef could it be considered a “Can-O-Bull”? (Brad Williams)
Twitter
sydney werner
@hii_sydney
Can-o-bull
1:50 AM - 24 Jun 2013
Twitter
Not Your Dad
@CarriePoppyYES
My 5th grade teacher told me about the Donner Party, but I thought it was all a can o’ bull.
2:54 AM - 4 Sep 2013
Twitter
valeria
@ratleria
cannibal or can-o-bull?
7:52 PM - 22 Jan 2014
Reddit—3amjokes
What does a cannibalistic cow eat? self.3amjokes
Submitted January 21, 2018 by KryFuZe
Can o bull.
Twitter
3AM
@3AM_Jokes
What does a cannibalistic cow eat?... Can o bull.
5:22 PM - 21 Jan 2018
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.
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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