The Big Apple: “Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?"/"The ghosts are exercising themselves.”

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.

Recent entries:
• Entry in progress—BP (3/31)
• Entry in progress—BP (3/31)
• Entry in progress—BP (3/31)
• Entry in progress—BP (3/31)
• Entry in progress—BP (3/31)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

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.

This site is edited by Barry Popik.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry from October 07, 2021

“Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?"/"The ghosts are exercising themselves.”

"Exercise” shouldn’t be confused with “exorcise,” but there are jokes.

“Why are there no haunted gyms? All the ghosts have been exercised” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 31, 2019. “Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exercising themselves” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 23, 2021. “Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves. #LaughoftheDay”—“exorcising” instead of “exercising”—was posted on Twitter by Jimmy RevJim Olsen on October 8, 2021.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Tonynferno October 31, 2019
Why are there no haunted gyms?
All the ghosts have been exercised

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/InevitableDeadbeat September 23, 2021
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym?
The ghosts are exercising themselves.

Twitter
Frank Schorsch
@WhosThisFrank
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exercising themselves!
6:19 PM · Oct 5, 2021·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Jimmy RevJim Olsen
@mybuddyjimmy101
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves. #LaughoftheDay
4:44 PM · Oct 8, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
GNolan
@GNolan01
Why have you never heard of a haunted gym? The ghosts are exorcising themselves.
9:58 PM · Oct 8, 2021·Twitter Web App

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Exercise/Running/Health Clubs • Thursday, October 07, 2021 • Permalink