Sunday, November 13, 2011

Whatever Became Of Jenny/867-5309?

We at The RedSquirrel Report has seen enough hellish accounts from the 'occupy Wall Street' protests taking place across the country. The reports of these leftist animals crapping on cop cars, the rapes, riots, disease, and death taking place at these microcosms of unchecked liberalism has your bushy-tailed correspondent looking for a fun, light news story to take our minds off of our society's demise.

We thought that we would do a 'Whatever became of?' post about one of the most popular, enduring pop hits from the 1980's, Jenny/867-5309.

Jenny/867-5309 was a top 10 pop hit from 1982 for Tommy Tutone. I thought that I would begin the story by dialing the number.

A man answered the phone. Incredibly, it was Jenny's angry dad. At first, he wanted to just yell at me and hang up, but I told him that I am with The RedSquirrel Report, and that I would be willing to tell the world his story. So, he relented.

Astonishingly, It appears that Jenny's parents never moved, or have ever changed the most popular phone number in history. Jenny's dad told me:

'Yeah, that punk Tommy got her name and number off the wall. Soon, the number was on lots of walls. All over the country. Then it seemed every horndog in the world would be trying to call her. The assholes sometimes would call at 2:00 in the morning, waking me and the wife up. It was hell.'

In 1990, sick of curious callers, Jenny's parents changed 867-5309 slightly, to a 1-900 number.  From 1990 until 1995, it was a  'Dial-An-Insult' phone line. For $1.99, Jenny's dad would insult you for calling.

Needless to say, it was a howling success.

But back to Jenny. What ever became of her? All Jenny's dad would tell The RedSquirrel Report, is that she is 51 years old, and would like to remain anonymous.

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