Back in March of 2009 I was laying in bed watching my favorite TV show line up on channel 38 WADL, In the Heat of the Night, The Jefferson’s and finally Good Times. The Good Times episode was so funny, JJ thought he a VD and Thelma and Michael had to help their brother figure out what to do. The only solution was to go to the clinic. While down there JJ obviously uncomfortable starts to chat with a guy played by a very young Jay Leno who asks, “What are you here for?” JJ replies, “I have a cold”. The Jay Leno character says,” That’s funny cuz we’re all here for VD. The laughter ensues from the studio audience and the rest of the show becomes a public service message. Earlier in the day Detroit News columnist Neal Rubin wrote about the ungrateful City Council Member Martha Reeves criticizing Jay Leno’s free concert performances in Auburn Hills, by saying he was not helping lift Detroiters spirits up, because he was not actually performing in Detroit. Of course we at Jaws Jumbo Burgers thought that was very stupid of her to say considering there are no celebrities that would come here to Michigan on their own dime and vacation to do anything for us without getting something out of it, not even the homegrown ones including Ms. Reeves of Martha Reeves & The Vandellas So Neal Rubin in his article was saying can’t we just say Thank You and that was our sentiment as well. So while Good Times was going off, I was feeling as if this was fate, an omen, the universe, God telling me this is no coincidence…Jay coming to Michigan to cheer the out of work, the Neil Rubin article, and seeing Jay Leno on Good Times this must mean something. That night I gave birth to the thought The Thank You Jay Leno Burger, to show Mr. Leno that everybody is not a heel in Michigan. The next day I shared with the rest of the Crew members and they thought it was an excellent idea.
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