More News:

August 12, 2016

That Happened: Frank Rizzo, Kevin Hart, lumberjack bike thieves, etc.

Our weekly week-in-review

ThatHappened Week in Review
Bike Thief lumberjacks Leigh McKenzie/for PhillyVoice

They come with fire, they come with axes, gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning. Destroyers and usurpers, curse them.

Protesters put a white KKK hood on the statue of Frank Rizzo.

“I mean, technically I’m Italian and Catholic, so I wasn’t allowed to join the KKK, but I see your point,” says the ghost of Rizzo. “P.S. You’ll be happy to know I’m totally in Hell now. That’s right, crumb bums: Hell is real and I’m in it.”


  • This is That Happened
  • It used to be called Week in Review
  • It’s got true parts and false parts
  • Cool?

Cape May business owner ‘Bamboo Jerry’ turns heads with his roadside display of plastic pink flamingos in South Jersey.

Meanwhile, North Wildwood business owner ‘Achoo Lenny’ continues to delight visitors with his beachside display of used tissues.


Philly-born comedian Kevin Hart signs a deal to put out a rap album under his “alter ego.”

So be on the lookout for a new album by Tall Unannoying Man Who Says No To A Movie Deal Every Once In A While.


“Skinny Joey” Merlino is released on $5 million bail and fitted with an ankle bracelet. 

“Better make it extra tight — I’m so skinny!” he says. “Also, I’m a well-connected flight risk!”


Bon Appetit names the Classic Lox Sandwich from Philly Style Bagels in Fishtown the best sandwich in America.

So we have to be proud about that now, apparently.


Two men in Fishtown are caught on video cutting down a tree to steal a bike locked to its trunk. 

“I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees.

They say ‘don’t lock your bikes to us, please.’”


A pool in Abington Township is closed due to the discovery of a “crypto” parasite in the water. 

“I am Cryptosporidium, and I can make you sick

so wipe your butt before you go swimming, you d--k.”


Police are looking for a man they say bit and punched a SEPTA bus driver.

“My name is Bitesy, they say I’m insane

I bit a bus driver. Vaccines cause autism. Investigate 9/11.”

Videos