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 July 11, 2016
“What newspaper do cows read?”/“The Daily Moos.”

The Daily News (New York, NY) has a cow riddle:
 
Q: What newspaper do cows read?
A: The Daily Moos.

 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1979.
 
“What newspaper do cows read?”/“The Moo York Times” is a similar cow joke.
 
   
Wikipedia: New York Daily News
The New York Daily News is an American newspaper based in New York City. It is the fourth-most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States. It was founded in 1919, and was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format. As of 2014, it is owned and run by Mortimer Zuckerman, and is headquartered at 4 New York Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
     
Google Books
Biggest Riddle Book in the World
By Joseph Rosenbloom
Illustrated by Joyce Behr
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1976
Pg. 48:
What newspaper do cows read?
The Daily Moos.
 
Google News Archive
30 December 1979, The Evening News (Newburgh, NY), “Riddles,” pg. 11E, col. 1:
What newspaper do cows read?
The Daily Moos.
   
Google Books
Fabulous and Funny Clean Jokes for Kids
By Bob Phillips, Steve Russo
Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers
1996
Pg. 10:
Barnaby: What newspaper do cows read?
Basil: I’m blank.
Barnaby: The Evening Moos.
 
April-May 1999, Children’s Digest, “Riddles,” pg. 16:
Question: What newspaper do cows read?
Answer: The Evening Moos!
 
Google Books
Laughin’ Jammin’ Slammin’ Jokefest
By Jacqueline Horsfall and Terry Pierce
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2007
Pg. 233:
What newspaper do cows read in bed?
The Evening Moos.
 
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Published on Jan 23, 2016
What newspaper do cows read?
The Daily Moos.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet • Monday, July 11, 2016 • Permalink


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