Here is a great documentary-style tale of one Mr. Willy Terry, a staple on the corner of Ponce and Briarcliff (or sometimes Ponce and North Highland Ave) for the past 15 years. The name doesn't ring any balls you say?...hmmm... perhaps you never got his name, but you DO know who he is.
Occupation (speculation) includes: male prostitute, professional bus-rider, and contractor (note: I would contend that all three of those could be dubbed as "contractor")
Aliases include: the bicycle man, Willy St. Charles, the three-legged man, Lefty, Potato Pants, and MARTA Man.
Conspiracy theorists believe that what is in those white bike shorts is a sock or a tumor. It's not a tumaaah.
Oh hell...enough with the set up...the videos speak volumes (and will surely have you LOL'ing). I particularly love the commentary of J Dawg and Zack from the "good" Exxon (on Briarcliff), but I'm anxious to hear comments from ISIOP readers.
Enjoy.
...and the 2nd half is just as fun.
Willy claims to have made love to 1,000 women in his lifetime. Wilt Chamberlain got a book deal out of such lofty claims (not to mention a few STD's). Perhaps there is a book deal or Nike sponsorship in Willy's future. Just Do It, Willy...Just Do It!
Friday, June 1, 2007
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This is spectacular. I well remember the gasps from the first time I, and a carload of friends, spotted Willy on his corner. We also speculated about the nature of his package.
Who did this video? It's cool.
i need a bath. the idea of that guys' johnson makes me taste bile and feel crusty. god he is awful.
Is this the same guy that used to hang out on the corner of Clairmont & N. Decatur in the mid 90's?
RE: MS. Beck
I believe it is. I used ride the MARTA bus going through the VA hospital on Clairmont. He got on at the hospital on my bus at least twice that I can remember. The wierd thing was that when he first got on the bus, he had this smiling pleasant face, then you see all of him. He had that smile the entire way to the Decatur train station & it made his presence even more uncomfortable.
That "good" Exxon is actually on Moreland, not Briarcliff, but I'm a nitpicker like that.
This guy is in everyone's top 5 list of streetpeople in the intown neighborhoods. Other perennial favorites include the guy with hair formed into what looks like a beaver tail who wanders around Va-Hi and L5P muttering angrily, and the white haired big guy in L5P who always wears a tank top and looks like a down-on-his-luck pro wrestler.
I look forward to future installments illuminating the lifestyles of the not-at-all-rich-yet-famous.
that's Big Dick Walking Stick!! He seems nice.
WELL....I REALLY ENJOY SEEING MR. TERRY EVERYDAY..BUT..I JUST NOTICED HIS "BIG PACKAGE" LEANING TO THE LEFT TODAY SEPTEMBER 12,2007 AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING PASS HIM FOR THE PAST 3MTHS. SO I'M NOT AS CREEPED OUT CAUSE I LOOKED FOWARD TO THE MORNING SMILE AND HELLO AS I DROVE BY. AND I NEVER FELT LIKE HE WAS STARING AT ME IN A PERVERTED WAY AT ALL. WITH ALL THE BAD THINGS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD,IT'S NICE TO SEE A NICE SMILING FACE EVERY MORNING. AND ON THE FEW DAYS I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM,I WONDERED IF EVERYTHING WAS O.K...AND THEN WE FOUND THESE VIDEOS ;)
Willie is his name and 'making people happy' is his game. Go vote for him before July 11 on Creative Loafing's "Best Of" poll for "Steet Character!" He loves it.
http://posting.atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gbase/BestOf/BestOf
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