![]() The Jerky Boys was all just self-deprecating humor featuring a bunch of loveable characters."Ĭheck out the official store website featuring plenty of Jerky Boys merchandise. I never set out to offend anyone and have never apologized to anyone. With characters like the foul-mouthed auto mechanic Frank Rizzo, the Jewish character Sol Rosenberg, and the gay character of Jack Tors, we asked Johnny Brennan if the Jerky Boys would work in today's much different, "PC" climate. The Jerky Boys was all just self deprecating humor featuring a bunch of loveable characters." -Johnny Bennan, Jerky Boys and voice of Mort Goldman on Family Guy. "I never set out to offend anyone and have never apologized to anyone. ![]() Alto Music in Wappingers Falls was an unsuspecting recipient of a phone call on the newest album. The Middletown Motel and Taco Bell of Middletown also made it into popular bits. The famous Sol's Civil War Memorabilia call was actually a call from a doctor in the Hudson Valley that was interested in purchasing the items. Frank Rizzo (the abrasive auto mechanic), Sol Rosenberg (the Jewish guy), and Jack Tors (the gay guy) were just some of the popular Jerky Boys characters. The auto mechanic character Frank Rizzo, "I worked on race cars for 18 years!" is an ode to Brennan's days going to the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY for the races as a young kid. Many of the Jerky Boys' calls can be traced back to the Hudson Valley area. A new Jerky Boys album, the first in nearly 25 years, was released in 2020. He's lived in Cornwall since 1993 and he keeps the Jerky Boys business going to this day. He moved to the Hudson Valley from the New York City area at age 5, when his parents bought a home in the Salisbury Mills. Brennan has lived in the Orange County, NY area most of his life. What's Johnny Brennan up to these days?Īfter success with The Jerky Boys, Johnny Brennan would become known for his voice work in the Emmy-nominated animated series Family Guy as the voice of Mort Goldman. I had become such a fan that I would go on to thank the Jerky Boys, among other comedy heroes, in my high school senior yearbook profile. We sat around for hours in Stephen's room laughing hysterically at what we were hearing. Raw, unedited tape that was captured long before the signing of the comedy duo to a record deal and the initial release of the debut album. Stephen had a bootleg cassette of the Jerky Boys that had been going around, with all the prank calls. I can distinctively recall hangin' out in Lake Carmel, NY with my friend Joe Mason at a young kid by the name of Stephen Pileggi's house. ![]() I've always been a big Jerky Boys fan since the beginning, I mean the very beginning. ![]()
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