A hamburger riddle is:
Q: How did the jury find the hamburger?
A: Grill-ty as charred.
The hamburger joke has been cited in print since at least 1978.
“What did the hamburger say when it pleaded ‘not guilty’?"/"I’ve been flamed!” is a related hamburger riddle.
Google Books
One Hundred and One Hamburger Jokes
By Phil Hirsch
New York, NY: Scholastic Book Services
1978
Pg. 93:
How did the jury find the hamburger?
Grill-ty as charred!
26 May 2002, Houston (TX) Chronicle, “Forget apple pie / To much of the world, for better or worse, the burger is a symbol of America. You want fries with that?” by Renee Kientz, pg. E1:
Food for thought, anyway. “How did the jury find the hamburger”? “Grill-ty as charred.”
16 May 2008, Liverpool (UK) Echo, “Your Jokes,” pg. 18:
How did the jury find the hamburger? Grill-ty as charred!
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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.
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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