Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Big Jack Armstrong (born John Charles Larsh on December 4, 1945 in Durham County, North Carolina; died March 23, 2008 in High Point, North Carolina), aka Jack Armstrong, Jackson W. Armstrong, and Big Jack Your Leader, was a Top 40 disc jockey of the 1960s through the 1980s, and an oldies DJ until 2006.His parents were John Edgar Larsh, Jr., who was a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, and Ruth Ella Neal. His father once served as the Acting Dean of UNC's School of Pharmacy.He held a Guinness World Record for "fastest talking human alive" at one point in his career. He developed 2 imaginary sidekicks - the Gorilla, who speaks in a raspy bass, and likes women, banana juice, and whiskey, in that order - and the Old Timer, who wheezes, tells lame jokes, and was always getting shot after one of them.Larsh was known for his distinctive signoff. At WKYC, it was a few catchphrases, spoken over the instrumental version of The Beatles' "And I Love Her". On WKBW, he used "Shimmy Shimmy Walk II" by the Megatons. On most stations, he used no background music. Eventually, it became a Motormouth extravaganza, spoken so fast it was hard to understand.. }
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- Big_Jack_Armstrong abstract "Big Jack Armstrong (born John Charles Larsh on December 4, 1945 in Durham County, North Carolina; died March 23, 2008 in High Point, North Carolina), aka Jack Armstrong, Jackson W. Armstrong, and Big Jack Your Leader, was a Top 40 disc jockey of the 1960s through the 1980s, and an oldies DJ until 2006.His parents were John Edgar Larsh, Jr., who was a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, and Ruth Ella Neal. His father once served as the Acting Dean of UNC's School of Pharmacy.He held a Guinness World Record for "fastest talking human alive" at one point in his career. He developed 2 imaginary sidekicks - the Gorilla, who speaks in a raspy bass, and likes women, banana juice, and whiskey, in that order - and the Old Timer, who wheezes, tells lame jokes, and was always getting shot after one of them.Larsh was known for his distinctive signoff. At WKYC, it was a few catchphrases, spoken over the instrumental version of The Beatles' "And I Love Her". On WKBW, he used "Shimmy Shimmy Walk II" by the Megatons. On most stations, he used no background music. Eventually, it became a Motormouth extravaganza, spoken so fast it was hard to understand.".