<P> The novel hamburger started as a joke . In February 1937 , members of an area big band , who were regular customers , visited Bob 's Pantry , one asking , `` How about something different , something special ? '' ( emphasis added ) . Bob Wian improvised , creating the first ( then unnamed ) Big Boy , intending the thing `` look ridiculous , like a leaning tower '' . Demand for `` the special '' soared but Wian sought a `` snappy '' name , which became Big Boy . In 1938 the Big Boy hamburger cost 15 ¢ . </P>
<P> The novel hamburger started as a joke . In February 1937 , members of an area big band , who were regular customers , visited Bob 's Pantry , one asking , `` How about something different , something special ? '' ( emphasis added ) . Bob Wian improvised , creating the first ( then unnamed ) Big Boy , intending the thing `` look ridiculous , like a leaning tower '' . Demand for `` the special '' soared but Wian sought a `` snappy '' name , which became Big Boy . In 1938 the Big Boy hamburger cost 15 ¢ . </P>
when did the big boy burger come out
when did the big boy burger come out
February 1937
February 1937