The Big Apple: “Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout”

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.

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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.

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Entry from February 03, 2017

“Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout”

"Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many ecards. The saying was posted by “Madame Ovary” on Twitter on February 26, 2013.

Twitter
Madame Ovary
‏@JaneErrrr
Unless you fell off the treadmill no one wants to hear about your workout.
9:00 AM - 26 Feb 2013

Twitter
Leonie Rynn Mathieu
‏@lrynn
“@wilsonhugs: Unless you fell off the treadmill no one wants to hear about your workout.” Lol. Too true!!! 😂😂
10:04 AM - 26 Feb 2013

Facebook
Sarcastic Sweetness
October 13, 2013 ·
Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no-one wants to hear about your workout

Funny Status
Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your…
March 31, 2014 Health Status Updates
Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout.

Twitter
Bill Murray
‏@BiIIMurray
Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout.
3:30 PM - 8 Jan 2017

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