“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is an old saying. There is a jocular response:
“Why are doctors so afraid of apples, anyway?”
“Why are doctors afraid of apples?” was cited on Twitter on April 21, 2009. The joke went viral in 2012.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But if the doctor is cute, forget the fruit” is another joke on the old adage.
yet another line
why are doctors so afraid of apples? 😉
lined on Friday, April 17, 2009
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Nathanael Youngren
@nateyoungren
Why are doctors afraid of apples? Seems like they need to get their hands on “breaking intimidation”
9:53 PM - 21 Apr 2009
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Dave Hall
@davidphall
An apple a day keeps the doctor away- Why are doctors so AFRAID of APPLES?
9:58 AM - 3 Feb 2010
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¢armel d ¢oleman
@Carmel_Coleman
Why are doctors so afraid of apples anyway?
5:26 PM - 17 Mar 2012
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December 17, 2012 ·
Why are doctors so afraid of apples anyway?
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Matthias
February 14, 2013 ·
Why are doctors so afraid of apples anyway?
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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