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unusual facts about Jerk



David Bedzhanyan

He also holds the current world record for the clean & jerk in the 105 kg division.

Eric Wickman

Wickman was born Martis Jerk in the small village Våmhus, 15 km north of Mora in the province Dalarna, Sweden.

Headkase

After forming in early 2001, Headkase self-released a demo/EP titled The Beginning and eventually went on to open for such touring acts as Hed PE, Killing Joke, Skinlab, Jerk, Blood Duster, Devolved and Testeagles.

Jerkin'

Also people who dance the jerk wear hightop or retro shoes, including Chuck Taylor and Nike hightop shoes.

Once a Jerk, Always a Jerk

Once A Jerk, Always A Jerk is the debut, solo comedy album by prank call artist, Kamal Ahmed, former member of The Jerky Boys.

Pretty Girls Everywhere

The group can be seen miming "Doin' the Jerk" on the 1965 beach party movie Beach Ball.

Read The Book, Seen The Movie

Read The Book, Seen The Movie is the first studio album by American rock band Cadillac Blindside, released on December 26, 2000 by Soda Jerk Records.

Running Antelope

The next day another 3,000 were killed and the camp settled in near a creek to jerk the meat and prepare pemmican.

Skinny Jeanz and a Mic

Many critics notedname="XXL" /> Several songs are built on the same formula of "You're a Jerk", with Allmusic noting that, "Dot Com," "Colors," "Turnt," and "So Dope" (which the chorus is a sound bite from the 1992 film Class Act) all have the cheesy drum machines, samples, and off-kilter lyric approach that make "Jerk" so good.

South's Oldest Rivalry

This made Curry a very unpopular figure among Virginia fans, who referred to him by such terms as "Benedict Curry", "Benedict Ronald", or "WHN" (an abbreviation of "What's his name?"), and he won the "Sports Jerk of the Year" award for his actions in the nationally syndicated Tank McNamara comic strip.

Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost

His iconic derby hat is, therefore, a "doiby." Although he shares traits with The Ghostly Trio as far as loving to scare the living and being somewhat of a tough guy jerk, he isn't as cruel to his cousin as the Trio is, though he does make fun of him occasionally for being friendly.

Tapper

Most of the home versions of Tapper featured the Mountain Dew logo, but retained the bartender character of the original arcade game instead of the soda jerk in Root Beer Tapper.

The Capitols

It has been used in Cool Whip commercials (lyrics changed from "cool jerk" to "cool whip") and for many movie soundtracks, including More American Graffiti (1979), Night and the City (1992), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and Calendar Girl (1993).

The Jerk

There was a 1984 TV movie sequel The Jerk, Too, starring Mark Blankfield as Navin (the Steve Martin role in the original), and it co-starred Woody Allen's one-time girlfriend Stacey Nelkin.

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Thomson notes that Clark Gable was a rising star at thirty: “Now, in our collective recollection, Gable may seem older, worldlier, and more grown-up than Cruise was at thirty. But when did Gable ever risk playing the jerk to whom Cruise was totally committed in The Color of Money? When was Gable as uninhibitedly tender as Cruise managed in Risky Business? And could Gable have survived the black-hole narcissism of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man?”

This Space for Rent

He fails his first audition (a PSA for genital warts) and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk".

Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games

Masashi Ouchi of Japan originally won two gold (snatch and total) and one silver (clean & jerk), but was disqualified after he tested positive for Stimulant.

Ziggy Steinberg

Steinberg produced and wrote the screenplay for "The Jerk, Too," the sequel to Steve Martin's "The Jerk" as well as "Porky's Revenge," the sequel to "Porky's." He then wrote and directed "The Boss' Wife" for Tri-Star Pictures.


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