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Undertow<br />
Terry O’Brien’s legendary column... social satire, shameless plugs — and general self-indulgence<br />
Thoroughly enjoying this 11th week<br />
of March. Getting Done Dirty of the<br />
Week: “Crossing Broad,” an otherwise<br />
delightful Philly sports blog, recently<br />
listed their Top 10 Car Commercial<br />
Catchphrases and my iconic character, Larry<br />
Crinkle, was nowhere to be found. (For the<br />
uninitiated, Larry Crinkle is a character I’ve<br />
played in a series of commercials for Davis<br />
Honda in Burlington, where you should buy all<br />
your Hondas. (And no, they weren’t national<br />
spots, I am still very poor.) I guess, technically,<br />
Larry didn’t have a catchphrase, but I feel like<br />
the whole character is a catchphrase.<br />
Jay Gaskill of Villas Liquors accepted<br />
my razzing last week in the good-natured<br />
ball-breaking sentiment in which it was<br />
meant. (I mean, he’s a Cowboys fan.) He<br />
told me about the time he and a buddy trolled<br />
Eagles fans by wearing New Orleans Saints<br />
shirts to work, which led to, you guessed it,<br />
ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE on social media and<br />
in that granddaddy of local outrage, Spout Off.<br />
Apparently, they should have been fired for<br />
not being Eagles fans. (I mean, it’s weird to be<br />
a Cowboys fan, but that’s a whole other conversation.)<br />
Jay, take it from me, a guy whose<br />
brother died of Covid but received a scathing<br />
hate email for making a Covid joke sent by<br />
some brave person who didn’t put their name<br />
on it, you receive the most flak when you’re<br />
over the target.<br />
For the second week in a row, I ran into<br />
Steve Bistak at Cape Harbor Shell while I was<br />
dropping off magazines. I thought, “Wow,<br />
what a weird coincidence.” That’s when Steve<br />
told me he works there, that owner Jerry<br />
Mancuso is his neighbor and was having<br />
trouble finding help, so Steve offered up his<br />
services. It makes me sad to think of how<br />
desperate Jerry must have been to hire Steve<br />
Bistak. (Shakes head sadly.)<br />
Bravado is a new coffee shop in Villas (in<br />
the old Boyd’s Barbecue) and, based on my<br />
one visit, it’s pretty damn good. Took a little<br />
while to get our coffee and breakfast sandwiches,<br />
but they were slammed and had only<br />
two people working at the time (not a criticism,<br />
I know everyone is desperate for help;<br />
just look who Jerry Mancuso had to hire), but<br />
when we got them they were delicious. The<br />
interior also received a nice update. Good<br />
luck, dudes.<br />
Also, congratulations are due for Grana<br />
BYOB, which recently opened in the former<br />
Godmother’s. I mentioned them in passing<br />
last week but was remiss in not offering a<br />
“good luck, dudes.” So, good luck dudes.<br />
You’ve heard me speak before about<br />
the Bayshore Stroller (dude who appears to<br />
spend all his time just walking the length of<br />
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