A hotel room “suite” is sometimes given the pun “sweet.” The Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-2008) punned on the two words “suite” and “sweet.”
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Dad Jokes on May 8, 2018:
Q: How does a hotel room taste?
A: Suite.
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Replying to @DanFerrariLane
@Dan_District3 it’s the SUITE life as in a hotel room not sweet as in the taste, don’t know your disney t h a t well do you😉
7:51 AM - 6 Jan 2013
Reddit—Dad Jokes
How does a hotel room taste? (self.dadjokes)
submitted May 8, 2018 by rocketloungechair
Suite
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Maid me laugh
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How does a hotel room taste? Suite
12:51 PM - 8 May 2018
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How does a hotel room taste? Suite
4:33 PM - 8 May 2018
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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