Alright, so listen up, y’all. I’m gonna tell ya ’bout this fella, Jersey Jerry. Don’t rightly know where he come from or what his mama fed him, but he’s all over the internet now, like ants on a dropped watermelon.
Now, I ain’t too good with this computin’ stuff, but my grandkid showed me. This Jersey Jerry, he used to be a pipe-fitter, workin’ with them pipes, you know, like the ones under your sink. A union man, they say. Hard work, honest work. But then, bam! He up and quits and joins this here “Barstool Sports.” Sounded like a place where fellas sit around drinkin’ and arguin’ ’bout sports, which ain’t too different from what happens down at the feed store, ‘cept they film it.
- He’s got this show, “Jerry After Dark.” Lord knows what happens after dark, probably more of that sport talkin’ and such.
- And they say he’s a Steelers fan. Well, bless his heart, that’s fine. Football is football, ain’t it? As long as they ain’t makin’ too much noise on Sunday afternoons when I like to take my nap.
This Barstool place, they call it a “pirate ship.” Now, I seen pirates in movies, all eye patches and parrots. Don’t reckon this is that kind of pirate ship, though. More like a bunch of fellas doin’ their own thing, makin’ a ruckus, and gettin’ paid for it. Good for them, I guess.
They also say Jersey Jerry was on some podcast called “Brilliantly Dumb.” Now, ain’t that a name? Brilliantly dumb. Sounds like my cousin Earl. He was always sayin’ the dumbest things, but he could fix a tractor with a piece of wire and a prayer. Maybe this Jersey Jerry is like that, too. Dumb like a fox, they say.
My grandkid showed me some videos. Jersey Jerry, he’s just a regular fella, talks like one of us, not all fancy-pants like them fellas on the TV news. He laughs a lot, tells stories, and folks seem to like him. He says stuff like “Mama, I made it!” Which is cute, I reckon. Reminds me of my own boys, always yellin’ for their mama when they needed somethin’.
And get this: he’s got somethin’ called “Friend of Jerry,” comes out every Monday. Sounds like he’s makin’ friends all over the place. My grandkid says he’s got a big followin’, lots of folks watchin’ him online. Well, I’ll be. From pipes to the internet. That’s somethin’, ain’t it?
They also say he wants folks to get together and watch games, like them Steelers games. He thinks fellas should find other fans in their town and get together to watch games. Kind of like a church social, but with more yellin’ and less casseroles. That ain’t a bad idea, I guess. People need folks to holler with when their team scores.
From what I gather, this Jersey Jerry fella is just tryin’ to make a livin’, same as the rest of us. He just found a different way to do it, talkin’ about sports and makin’ folks laugh. And bless his heart, if he can do that and keep his belly full, then more power to him. It’s a crazy world we live in, ain’t it? Folks makin’ a livin’ in ways we never even dreamed of. But hey, that’s life. You gotta roll with the punches and find your own way to hoe your row.
So, that’s the story of Jersey Jerry, as best as I can tell it. He’s a fella who went from fixin’ pipes to talkin’ on the internet. He likes the Steelers, he likes to laugh, and he likes to make friends. And that, in my book, ain’t a bad thing at all. He seems like a good egg, this Jersey Jerry. I hope he does well for himself. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my biscuits.
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