“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911”

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:
•“Unless you’re music, I don’t want to listen to you in the morning” (5/8)
•“Took my own lunch to work and didn’t buy a coffee today so I should be able to afford to buy a house any day now” (5/8)
•“Unless you’re music, I don’t wanna listen to you in the morning” (5/8)
•Entry in progress—BP24 (5/8)
•Entry in progress—BP23 (5/8)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

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.

This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.

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 March 09, 2024

“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911”

“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911” was posted on Facebook by Katy Haseley to the group Home Groan Puns on January 30, 2024. This is a pun on “call 911,” the emergency telephone number.

“If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 999” was posted on X/Twitter by Robert Wilkinson on March 10, 2024. “999) is the emergency number in the United Kingdom

Facebook
Katy Haseley
January 30 ,2024 at 1:23 PM ·
If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911.

Facebook
Lou Buhat
January 30, 2024 at 6:01 PM ·
If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 911, if you carrot all. Beets me why you wouldn’t !!

X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
If there’s a vegetable emergency, Kale 999.
7:33 AM · Mar 10, 2024

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Food/Drink • Saturday, March 09, 2024 • Permalink

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.