Jerry's Disco: 'That's the Story!!!"

[LStarFish65]

I remember "Jerry's Disco" teens would have so much fun there back in the late 70's to the very early 80's. They would play..."Come To Me", by France Joli"...great memories...

[LightenUpMcGraw]

You think your going out of your mind when you ask your sisters if they remember this guy and the phrase "whats the story" I was really little but its still in my head. Now FINALLY I have found it and I guess I am still crazy but I know I really saw it. Man its great to track these things down from ones youth. Like I remember "Koogla" peanutbutter, in chocolate, vinilla, bananna etc. mom never would let me get it, Here comes Koogla with the Koog Koog Koogily eyes! or something to that effect.

[LastTree]

Holy crow I remember this cheesy commercial.

[coolitababy]

I want to see the original one. Anyone got it?

[ivyshoots]

"If you're a pleece man, fire man, teacher, garment worker, or member of AAANNNY union at all, I can get it for you wholesale!"

[wilbar2922]

I bought a black and white portable TV at his store in Bayside. It was on a week night and the place was crowded.

[jesman127589]

JGE just show your union card, your teacher I.D. and your in. Because JGE is

not open to the general public. So Jerry what's the story!

[kingskid4real]

here's the genesis of the tag line from a '74 article:

Rehearsing the commercial, Jerry Rosenberg asked a moonlighting policeman to sit down and listen to a typical customer. The policeman said, "All right, so what's the story, Jerry?" Staring hard at the man, Mr. Rosenberg broke out in a grin and said: "I like it. Let's use it."

[kingskid4real]

there really was a Jerry's disco? crazy, man

[yajustgotaloveit]

What about the original, the one that made the largest impression ever of all commercials, at least to me?

[UtilityRecording1]

I remember when JGE had a jewelry store-- the commercial was a big musical production number, which was very different from the regular JGE ads!

[ccrdbamom]

this is my grandpa

[rp29064]

would love to see more JGE commercials! Thats the story!

[Philflash]

This is great! I want to see more JGE commercials. Everyone used to say, "So thats the story?"

[scottnownow]

Sure, I remember those ads! And when Jerry raised his hands at the end to say, "that's the story!" his belly would show under his shirt. really funny...we used to imitate those ads affectionately as kids.

[mlaura40s]

@scottnownow I also remember that commercial when I was a child, I was 4yrs old @ the time and also imitated Jerry. My father (RIP) laughed & thought I was cute when I imitated him.

[sytunsen]

I remember him from the commercials for JGE appliance... anyone remember that one??

[danr27]

I definitely remember the JGE commercials--"you can get it wholesale at JGE"--but have no recollection of Jerry's Disco.

[puck30]

@danr27 I remember this comercial, I think the Disco lasted about a month. I remember the JGE ones too. Jerry was pre-Crazy Eddie

[Knugabug]

Dats da stowee Jarry? Dats da stowee!!! Almost as famous as Yum Yum Eattum Up Yum Yum!

[beulah1361]

WOW! I cant believe you found this!!! I used to go to elementary school with Jerry's son Jeffery at PS 169 in Bay Terrace. Jerry came and gave all of us kids in the class a t-shirt and an autographed pic! I loved his commercials!

[kenneth11361]

Didn't he have a store in Bayside???

[EarlSnohomish]

Damn! Though I don't recall this particular one, you couldn't miss Jerry's JGE commercials during the '70s. My brothers and I always went around saying "That's the story!!!" back then.

[adelgado75]

I don't remember this one either. But I remember the pot-belly guy very well..

[thekleins4]

To CCRDBSMOM

Do you have any of the old videos of your father in law and can you post them on You Tube?

They were a great!!!

From a fan of your father in law

Bob

[shelby412]

Yesterday,for some unknown reason,Whats the story,Jerry popped into my head.I asked all my coworkers,who are int heir 20's,so of course,none of them knew it.Thanks for clearing it up for me.

[frankiemionetto]

Bring This Place Back!

[spikeri812]

i can't believe i found this hahaha

[Reg197844]

Wow, what a find! I remember walking around my house as a kid yelling "That's the storyyyyyyyy!"

[jolivia]

I loved the JGE 'what's the story' TV ads. I later became a union member-too bad JGE was gone by then. I must've missed the disco ad (not that I would've went, as I was a full-fledged punk rocker at the time). great memories!

[gtc1961]

So, wait, he had a disco after the appliance company folded? I really don't remember that.

[wmbrown6]

This ad was from 1979 (Feb. 18 fell on a Sunday that year).

[auxmike]

Can you please tell me what company Jerry originally did commercials for??

[wmbrown6]

JGE Electronics (the "JGE" stood for Jamaica Gas & Electric). He was to the viewer's right while the JGE sign (typeset, from what I recall, in Standard Bold a.k.a. Akzidenz-Grotesk Bold) was to the viewer's left.

[auxmike]

Thanks! I grew up with this commercial and we used that expression ALL the time around the house.A classic...

[ccrdbamom]

He was my father in law. He did the commercials himself when the ad company he hired didn't produce to his liking. He wasn't an actor, just a regular guy and felt he could do the ads the best of anyone... and he did!

[NYVoice]

"When you come to JGE, you get the best deals..." etc, etc. I loved when he approached the camera as if the door were locked and couldn't get out. He turned up everywhere, commercials, telethons, you name it. He must have a been a riot to hang with. Fond memories for sure.

[ccrdbamom]

He hired an ad company and then decided to make his own commercials JGE appliances.

[TheSlovak223]

Wow!!...He lost a little weight when he made the disco commercials.

[ccrdbamom]

He had a heart attack and wasn't in great health for many years after that.. it wasn't all on purpose. He was my father-in-law.

[sabbathunter]

Is Jerry still alive?

I would love to find those original JGE commercials somewhere.