He has co-written for The Go-Go's (" Unforgiven ") and former Avengers singer Penelope Houston (" The Angel and The Jerk " and " New Day "), co-written a song with Rancid (" Radio "), and sung backing vocals with Melissa Auf der Maur on Ryan Adams ' " Do Miss America " ( where they acted as the backing band for Iggy Pop on his Skull Ring album (" Private Hell " and " Supermarket ").

A box office hit earning over $ 73 million ( making the movie the 9th highest-grossing of 1979 ), The Jerk has been praised as not only one of Steve Martin's best comedic efforts, but also one of the funniest of all motion pictures: In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted The Jerk the 48th greatest comedy film of all time.

He has also appeared in several movies, including The Man from Planet X ( 1951 ) with Robert Clarke, The Tarnished Angels ( 1958 ) with Robert Stack, Blue Denim ( 1959 ) with Brandon deWilde, In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) with Rod Steiger, Speedway ( 1968 ) with Elvis Presley, The Jerk ( 1979 ) with Steve Martin, Teachers ( 1984 ) with Nick Nolte, and Innerspace ( 1987 ), in which he played Martin Short's doctor.

Jerk cooking has developed a following in US and Western European cosmopolitan urban centers with Caribbean / West Indian communities.

Jerk cooking and seasoning has followed the Caribbean diaspora all over the world, and forms of jerk can now be found at restaurants almost anywhere a significant population of Caribbean descent exists, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States.

The band has worked with many prominent Vancouver musicians including Veda Hille, Ida Nilsen, Torston Muller and members of The Beans, Black Mountain, Jerk With a Bomb, Gaze and Standing Wave.

Though the group had a fairly short career and limited commercial success, their hit " Cool Jerk " has stood the test of time.

Additionally, " Cool Jerk " has made many best-of lists, including " 100 Greatest Rock Bass Performances " (# 70 ) and " VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs " (# 48 ).

*" Cool Jerk " has been covered by many bands, most famously by the Go-Go's, who recorded three studio versions of the song.

He has collaborated and performed with many well-known noise artists, including Merzbow, Pain Jerk, Richard Ramirez from Black Leather Jesus and Sonic Disorder.

" Jerk It Out " has seen wide use in the media.

Miss Carroll has also appeared in many films and television programs, including the Academy Award nominated film version of James Joyce's The Dead, directed by John Huston and starring Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann, The Friends of Eddie Coyle starring Robert Mitchum, The Jerk starring Steve Martin, Mambo Kings, Rocky starring Sylvester Stalone, The Love Affair starring Warren Beaty and numerous television shows and soaps such as General Hospital, Edge of Night and Loving Couples.

Xome has performed with artists such as Incapacitants, C. C. C. C., Killer Bug, Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide, Seiichi Yamamoto, Violent Onsen Geisha, Pain Jerk, Death Squad, Government Alpha, TV Pow, Daniel Menche, Kazumoto Endo, K2, Emil Beaulieau, Melt Banana, MSBR, Stimbox, Prurient, Thomas Dimuzio, Cock E. S. P., Pedestrian Deposit, Black Leather Jesus, T. E. F., Sickness, Cerebral Roil, Pop Culture Rape Victim, Vertonen, Guilty Connector and others.

Jerk embarked on a national tour in 2003 to promote the album, and performances included support slots for Marilyn Manson, Insane Clown Posse, Killing Joke and Disturbed on the Sydney leg of their Australian tours.

Max ( the " Jerk ") Golob was indicted with Frank Abbandando for first-degree murder in the slaying of gangster John (" Spider ") Murtha on March 3, 1935.

She was praised for this early work and for appearances on The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show and in other television work, and for her roles in films like Silent Movie, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven and Annie.

§ The tracks on the " 5th Anniversary EP ", were " Jamaica Jerk ( Off )" / " Bring Back The Skins " / " End Of The World " / " Big Everything ".

Various Funk Brothers also appeared on such non-Motown hits as " Cool Jerk " ( The Capitols ), " Agent Double-O Soul " ( Edwin Starr, before that singer joined Motown itself ), "( I Just Wanna ) Testify " by The Parliaments, and blues giant John Lee Hooker's " Boom Boom.

It was after this point that Jerk had a line-up change with Devoy on vocals joined by guitarist Charles Cilia and former Candy Harlots bassist Leeno Dee.

The CD single to " Alaska ", released on December 2, 2003 includes the tracks: " The Jerk " and " The Cup & the Lip ".

Paul Simonon wrote three of the Clash's songs: " The Guns of Brixton " on London Calling, " The Crooked Beat " on Sandinista !, and the B-side " Long Time Jerk ".

* Myoclonic Jerk Podcast-Episode 6-Interview with Lee Ross on naive realism and the fundamental attribution error.

* 2010 Ivan Brunetti Interview on The Myoclonic Jerk Podcast

It became popular on Canadian campus radio, and the band landed a contract with IRS Records in 1994, releasing their second album, Jerk, that year.

Jerk seasoning principally relies upon two items: allspice ( called " pimento " in Jamaica ) and Scotch bonnet peppers ( among the hottest peppers on the Scoville scale ).

In between, she signed on with then Hollywood agent Ruben Malaret, who negotiated the reprised role of Mama Johnson in the 1984 made-for-TV movie The Jerk, Too.

The song achieved airplay only on local radio stations, but their next single — the J. J. Jackson-written " Jerk It " — was more successful, reaching # 111 ( pop ) and # 33 ( R & B ) in the spring of 1965.

Throughout The Knickerbockers ' three years of recordings, the group tirelessly pursued current trends ; the vocals on " Jerk Town ," for example, are heavily derivative of the Four Seasons.

Along with Fredrik Ljungdahl, Jens Matthies, Jim Kjellin, Kjell Emanuelsson, Michael Wynne and Jerk Gustafsson, went on to found MachineGames, which was later acquired by ZeniMax Media.

Outside of Sweden, they may be best known for the song " Jerk It Out ," which was originally featured in the snowboarding video Afterbang in 2002, as well as the Electronic Arts video games SSX 3 and FIFA Football 2004, and on the PlayStation 2 game LMA Manager 2005.

Seeking to capitalize on the popularity of the dance, and dance songs in general, Storball and Jones wrote a song about the pimp jerk, renaming it " Cool Jerk " in order to prevent possible banning by radio stations.

" Cool Jerk " was released on July 2, 1966 and was a smash hit, reaching as high as # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 2 on the Billboard R & B charts.

Joakim Åhlund is also the lead guitarist and songwriter for the band Caesars, who are best known for their hit single " Jerk It Out ".

In 2003, Jerk released their full-length album When Pure Is Defiled, which was co-produced by Sean Beavan and Lamar Lowder.

Jerk received exposure in the North American market when their song, " Sucked In ", featured in the soundtracks of the video games NHL 2004 and Need for Speed: Underground.

It wasn't until 1990 that The Time scored a # 1 R & B hit with " Jerk Out ," a Dance-funk cut from their reunited fourth album, Pandemonium.

The Capitols were a Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio widely known in the late 1960s for their Billboard hit single " Cool Jerk ".

Attempting to exploit the success of their hit single, the Capitols released two albums in 1966, " Dance the Cool Jerk " and " We Got a Thing ," both featuring mostly covers of popular Motown and soul songs.

* The California Raisins did a cover of " Cool Jerk " on their album Meet the Raisins.

This spawned their highest selling single, " Jerk Out " and the album featured more input from the band than any other Time album.

" Jerk It Out " is a song by Caesars which originally appeared on their album Love for the Streets and is also featured on the follow-up Paper Tigers in remixed form.

A number of video games have featured " Jerk It Out " as part of their soundtrack.

In 1981, the duo's single, " Hip Shake Jerk ", became a hit in Australia, reaching No. 12, and their first album, On the Uptake was quickly released there.

Upon being given life by Lord Zedd, Turkey Jerk regarded Bulk and Skull as his parents and wished to fight the Rangers in order to fulfill their goal.