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J.C. (still underage) was placed in state custody and soon thereafter into foster care with the family of a wealthy state senator named Teddy "Bud" Jacobsen. Although later it would become clear that the Jacobsen family only took custody of J.C. so that he would be available to perform as The Spider Boy at parties, the senator quickly took a liking to J.C. and funded his higher education. | J.C. (still underage) was placed in state custody and soon thereafter into foster care with the family of a wealthy state senator named Teddy "Bud" Jacobsen. Although later it would become clear that the Jacobsen family only took custody of J.C. so that he would be available to perform as The Spider Boy at parties, the senator quickly took a liking to J.C. and funded his higher education. | ||
| − | J.C. was heavily influenced by his mentor Bud, and in fact followed him into politics. He would eventually rise to the level of U.S. congressman, much to the amazement of all who were aware of his colorful past. After only a year in office, however, scandal broke when J.C. was arrested and | + | J.C. was heavily influenced by his mentor Bud, and in fact followed him into politics. He would eventually rise to the level of U.S. congressman, much to the amazement of all who were aware of his colorful past. After only a year in office, however, scandal broke when J.C. was arrested for failing to pay over 120 parking tickets and was quietly driven from office. |
| − | After | + | After emerging from a year-long seclusion in Canada, J.C. began touring the country as a motivational speaker and advocate for the obese. He is still active in this occupation, and also operates a chain of hot dog carts in D.C. called, appropriately, J's Hot Dogs. |
Revision as of 01:19, 25 September 2005
Jam Chachki Watts a.k.a. J.C., is a former U.S. Congressman (1984-1985). Born in 1943 to sharecropper parents in poor rural Georgia, he lived the first 15 years of his life in a makeshift lean-to underneath a small wooden bridge with his parents, 8 siblings and several members of his extended family. When he was 16 a local landowner unhappy with the location of the family encampment chased off the squatters with a garden hose, and soon thereafter the Watts family began to drift apart.
Young J.C., ever the entertainer, soon became attached to a local carnival and by the age of 17 was travelling around the country in costume as "The Amazing Spider Boy". When the carnival entered Tennessee, a joint F.B.I. and police task force which was awaiting the notoriously inhumane carnival shut the operation down for numerous infractions, not the least of which were violations of state child labor laws.
J.C. (still underage) was placed in state custody and soon thereafter into foster care with the family of a wealthy state senator named Teddy "Bud" Jacobsen. Although later it would become clear that the Jacobsen family only took custody of J.C. so that he would be available to perform as The Spider Boy at parties, the senator quickly took a liking to J.C. and funded his higher education.
J.C. was heavily influenced by his mentor Bud, and in fact followed him into politics. He would eventually rise to the level of U.S. congressman, much to the amazement of all who were aware of his colorful past. After only a year in office, however, scandal broke when J.C. was arrested for failing to pay over 120 parking tickets and was quietly driven from office.
After emerging from a year-long seclusion in Canada, J.C. began touring the country as a motivational speaker and advocate for the obese. He is still active in this occupation, and also operates a chain of hot dog carts in D.C. called, appropriately, J's Hot Dogs.
