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Jacko (Mark Jackson)

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The Resume

    (August 30, 1959- )
    Born in Australia
    Australian rules footballer (full forward)
    Played for South Fremantle, Richmond, Melbourne, Geelong and St. Kilda (West Australian Football League, 1979–mid-1980s)
    Co-authored ‘Jacko: Dumb Like a Fox (1986)’
    Did Energizer commercials in the mid-late 1980s (‘New Energizer, it’ll surprise ya — OY!’)
    Appeared in ‘The Highwayman’ (NBC, 1988)

Why he might be annoying:

    His career has been all over the place — boxing, footy, acting, and music (‘I’m an Individual’).
    He was probably completely unknown to North America before the Energizer ads (and not much better known afterward).
    He was a cheeky and practically undisciplined player.
    Though ‘I’m an Individual’ hit #1 on the Australian Singles Chart (ARIA), that was pretty much as far as his music career went (his 1991 follow-up bombed).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an Energizer advertiser before the pink bunny with the drum.
    In only one game (21st round, 1985) did he not score any goals.
    He could do handstands and twirl the football on his finger like a Harlem Globetrotter — usually to give his superiors and officials conniptions.
    He was a boxer.
    He was one of the Beasts on the first Australian episode of Hole in the Wall.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 48.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 162 Votes: 63.58% Annoying