How We Got Our NumbersFor our poll of 400 randomly selected Delaware Valley residents, Global Strategy Group offered respondents two options chosen by our staff in each category, along with Other, Neither, Both and Dont Know. In some categories like Culinary Contribution the percentages add up almost to 100 (83 percent Cheesesteak, 13 percent Scrapple, total 96 percent). Jerry Penacoli possesses a net worth of $3 million as of 2019. In it, media critic Catherine Seipp mentions a TV weatherman from Wichita, Rick Segal, who was pressured into resigning from his job because of gerbiling rumors. 10 Won't Stint In Covering The Mummers", http://extratv.warnerbros.com/about/penacoli.php, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Penacoli&oldid=1128652896, This page was last edited on 21 December 2022, at 07:17. Afterward, he appeared in a guest role in Ellen, Cheers and Stargate Atlantis. He functioned as chief host of dawn conversation reveal Folks Are Discussing. In his prime, he prompted Pete Rose to say, To have his body, Id trade him mine and my wifes, and Id throw in some cash.. He also served as the first male host of Lifetime's "Attitudes" with Linda Dano. Army vs. Navy: The nations greatest football rivalry, dripping with hallowed tradition, has been played for most of its 106-game history here in Philly, halfway between West Point and Annapolis. Jerry Penacoli says it hurt, hurt a lot, to be dumped early this month by KYW-TV3, the Philadelphia station that was his working address for the past nine years. Online gossip, reinforced by concepts such as the scoop, seems to preclude the possibility that news can emerge independently from disparate sources. Nor was the scientific community the judicious fact-based counterpart to journalism. Jesus. What was it about his portrayal of a rich businessman onscreen or his marriage to a supermodel offscreen that prompted the resurgence in the rumor? Before going national, Penacoli served as a newscaster and talk show host in several markets starting in Jacksonville, Florida, then WTVJ in Miami, where Jerry served as host of PM Magazine in the early 1980s, and then Philadelphia. (She won for Will & Grace). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (function(d) { So, yknow, to say that the Gere thing stemmed out of some gay phenomenon is kind of crazy cause that was a myth to begin with. In an interview with Extra, the "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star, 67, hinted at a possible reconciliation. Fortunately, Jackson never gave up on his partner and remained by his side during the hard times. Later, Penacoli announced to viewers that he had been declared cancer-free. Or was there only a mirrored hallway, gerbils infinitely repeated in reflection, with the first one not even realjust an image of an image. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The gerbil was successfully removed, and Gere went on to star in his most successful film to date, An Officer and a Gentlemantriumph! SKYSCRAPER: THE PSFS BUILDING VS. ONE LIBERTY PLACE. When Jerry finally recovered, the lovely pair started a healthy routine by walking and biking along the North Shore Trail regularly. Well, Jerry, 64, openly accepts that he is gay. But whatever the variants, the equipment at its most basic is: Tube. The act of gerbiling, according to the Internet, is simple. The paradox of urban legends, though, is this: if they are by definition unsolvableif they are implicitly so very ungrounded from reality as to be legendthen why do we afford them so much attention? Much later, in 2006, another rumor about Gere began making the roundsthis time a rumor about his rumor. Oh, sure. Investigate even a little and youll find a large part of gerbiling lore is taken up not with mechanics, but with the activitys status as urban legend.