WHO IS IN THE FAB FIVE OF JERKS? VOTE HERE!!!

[jbissell]

the aging athlete/muscle:
Hulk Hogan/The Ultimate Warrior
Lawrence Taylor/Bill Romanowski
Roger Clemens/Barry Bonds

Romanowski! Nice call. He's douchebag jock personified. 

You know the guy is a jerk when the second section of his wiki is titled "Altercations".

The worst is probably in 2003 when he punched his own teammate, breaking his eye socket and forcing the guy to retire. Plus he's an admitted steroid user. Hell, he even has an autobiography. Now this creep is coaching his son's freshman football team. 

And he's got a blog: http://www.billromanowskiblog.com/

[Jonathan Steven]

I think I mentioned this in Fot Chat, but I'd like to petition to move Penn Jilette off the list, I know the guy is a blowhard and a libertarian mouthpiece but I don't think his jerkitude has any mass appeal as most people kind of ignore the guy.

I also appreciate what he did for Jad and David Fair with regards to getting more of the Half Japanese catalog out and that was certainly NOT jerky.

[Ramsobot]

Submitted for your consideration, Prince is a jerk. I can not verify either of these stories as I heard them on a podcast (I don't want to say which one, but I will say that Tom feels as though it is "never funny") but I present them as evidence nontheless:

1) Prince was set to appear on TRL but he and his entourage were running very late. Finally at the end of the show when they make their way to the set, Carson Daily speaks with Prince.

"Hey, Prince, we're glad to have you, but it would've been great if you were here on time because we had a lot of great stuff we wanted to do with you."

Prince replies: "I don't use time."

"Well, what do you use?"

Prince thinks this over for a moment, and then gives his answer. "Truth."

An awesome reply, but very jerky if true.

2) Prince, briefly dated Carmen Electra and (allegedly) while they lived together she was instructed not to speak to him unless spoken to. Jerk.

3) Batdance.

[Wes]

I'm still leaning towards Bill Belichick as the sports representative on the list.  The Jerk Squad needs a Hannibal Smith type, a gruff, crusty, old guy leader. I think Belichick has what it takes to be the Warren Oates of jerks.

[dave from knoxville]

Jeremy Shockey. Is that how you spell it?

Also, Peyton Manning.

[dave from knoxville]

Just kidding

[Jason]

I also appreciate what he did for Jad and David Fair with regards to getting more of the Half Japanese catalog out...

Your Honor, ladies and gentleman of the jury, the prosecution rests its case.

[Pat K]

I think I mentioned this in Fot Chat, but I'd like to petition to move Penn Jilette off the list, I know the guy is a blowhard and a libertarian mouthpiece but I don't think his jerkitude has any mass appeal as most people kind of ignore the guy.

I also appreciate what he did for Jad and David Fair with regards to getting more of the Half Japanese catalog out and that was certainly NOT jerky.

Agreed. Unfortunately, as much as I want to completely write that jerk off, his involvement with 50 Skidillion Watts is sort of the FWD equivalent of a presidential pardon.

[senorcorazon]

1) Prince was set to appear on TRL but he and his entourage were running very late. Finally at the end of the show when they make their way to the set, Carson Daily speaks with Prince.
"Hey, Prince, we're glad to have you, but it would've been great if you were here on time because we had a lot of great stuff we wanted to do with you."
Prince replies: "I don't use time."
"Well, what do you use?"
Prince thinks this over for a moment, and then gives his answer. "Truth."
An awesome reply, but very jerky if true.

This actually gets him off the jerk list for me because it was in reply to Carson Daly, and featured on TRL. I think Prince is just morphing into the Dave Chappelle impression.

[Raffy]

So I was listening to Tuesday's show while unpacking my apartment and laughing out loud at the Fab-Five of Jerks (or the Traveling Wilbury's of Jerks) when somebody called in about Philip DeFranco. Based on Tom's reaction I HAD to see a video of this guy.
I watched this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8gjTKB_aVg[/youtube]

I was not prepared for it. He's the kind of bad where you don't even know how to explain it. How is he awful? I can't even try to summarize it. There's no way. It's almost like the belief in God. There's no way explaining how you have faith, it's just that you do. Accordingly, there's no way to explain how awful he is you just have to watch it. I think Philip DeFranco is the Jesus of jerks.

He even ended it by saying "...and you've just been 'Philled' in." Amazing.

[Spoony]

Jim Kelly needs a spot on this list. Do we have a Drunk Jerk yet?

[Phantom Hugger]

So I was listening to Tuesday's show while unpacking my apartment and laughing out loud at the Fab-Five of Jerks (or the Traveling Wilbury's of Jerks) when somebody called in about Philip DeFranco. Based on Tom's reaction I HAD to see a video of this guy.
I watched this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8gjTKB_aVg[/youtube]

I was not prepared for it. He's the kind of bad where you don't even know how to explain it. How is he awful? I can't even try to summarize it. There's no way. It's almost like the belief in God. There's no way explaining how you have faith, it's just that you do. Accordingly, there's no way to explain how awful he is you just have to watch it. I think Philip DeFranco is the Jesus of jerks.

He even ended it by saying "...and you've just been 'Philled' in." Amazing.

If you loaded up the Large Hadron Collider with the fundamental particles of Ego and Obliviousness the resulting reaction could produce a Phillip Defranchole.

[Tom Scharpling]

You can vote for as many people as you want when you vote, but you can only vote once a day.

And please keep in mind that we are voting for the FINAL THREE MEMBERS of the Fab Five Of Jerks. So far the squad consists of:

Philip DeFranco
Mike Francesa

So we need a diverse variety of jerks to balance out this team.

Frank Sinatra was removed because the jerks need to be living jerks.

I have added names suggested by posters on the thread.

Vote often and remember - your influcence counts - USE IT (to decide who are the Fab Five of Jerks)!

Tom.

[Phantom Hugger]

Am I not seeing Phillip Defranco? Or is he such a lock that he's not listed?

[daveB from Oakland]

Thanks for adding Nancy Grace on there ... a step towards equal opportunity and representation in the world of jerk-dom.