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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“You’re a fake, a phony, and a fraud” (talk radio catchphrase)
Stock Picker’s Market (Stock Pickers’ Market)
Cupset (World Cup + upset)
FDA-hole (Food and Drug Administration + asshole)
Debtcropper (debt + sharecropper)
Snow-Trolling
Big Apple Awards (New York City public school teachers)
Tealiban (tea party + Taliban)
Apoplithorismosphobia (fear of deflation)
Fat Goldfinger (fat finger + gold/Goldfinger)
Coffice (coffeehouse + office)
J-E-T-S (Just Exit The Stadium)
“Moose on the table” (big or difficult issue)
Crogel (croissant + bagel)
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy”
Pickleback (whiskey and pickle brine)
“Rome wasn’t built in a day.”/ “I wasn’t on that job.”
“Never eat spinach with a stranger”
“There’s no quit in him”
“Where New York Comes to Talk” (WABC-AM)
Jew York (Jew + New York); Hymietown
Disloyalty Card
Veggie Burger
Corrupticut (corrupt + Connecticut)
“His shooting range starts when he enters the gym” (basketball saying)
“The biggest doves in Washington wear uniforms”
“Wake up and smell the bagels”
LGBTPed (LGBT + pedophile)
“A band has three years to write the first album and three weeks to write the follow-up”
Jew World Order (Jew + New World Order); JWO
Constitutional Carry
Stupor Bowl (stupor + Super Bowl)
“People are hired for their talents and fired for their behavior”
Agent Orange Corn (GE corn)
Tell-lie-vision
Space Cake (containing cannabis)
“Steal a little and they throw you in jail; steal a lot and they make you king”
FBLie (FBI + lie)
“Steel prices cause inflation like wet sidewalks cause rain”
Lee Harvey [lastname] (crime patsy nickname)
Snowplowgate or Snowgate or Plowgate
Bridgegate (George Washington Bridge lane closures)
Hipsturbia (hipster +suburbia)
“That makes as much sense as government cheese”
Sloppy Dog (sloppy joe + hot dog)
Playcation (play + vacatinn)
Wine O’Clock
Beer O’Clock
“Going broke safely”
“My bank account needs month-to-month resuscitation”
Bear O’Clock (bear + beer o’clock)
“I always start my diet on the same day—tomorrow”
EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony awards)
“Government is like fire; when controlled, it warms you”
Jock Tax
Red Diaper Baby (child of Communists)
“Didn’t do her any good, didn’t do her any harm”
Obsessive Coffee Disorder (OCD)
Silverite
Snowtard (snow + retard)
“Bluegrass is music sung from the heart, through the nose”
“Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane” (good athlete, but poor player)