Popularity and Nicknames
Since its construction, the statue has been given many nicknames, both affectionate and derisive, by local residents and I-75 travelers. Among them are:
- Big J
- Touchdown Jesus (The statue's most popular nickname, American football referees signal a touchdown with a similar gesture)
- Quicksand Jesus
- Super Jesus
- MC 62-Foot Jesus (like musician MC 900 Ft. Jesus)
- Terminator Jesus(after it burnt down and was left with just the wire framework)
- 5 Dollar Footlong Jesus(Since being rebuilt)
The statue is also credited with inspiring two musical works:
- Comedian Heywood Banks wrote and performed his novelty song "Big Butter Jesus" about the statue.
- Singer-songwriter Robbie Schaefer of the band Eddie from Ohio wrote the song "Monroe, OH" after driving past the statue.
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Famous quotes containing the words popularity and and/or popularity:
“A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of “spirit” over matter.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“Here also was made the novelty ‘Chestnut Bell’ which enjoyed unusual popularity during the gay nineties when every dandy jauntily wore one of the tiny bells on the lapel of his coat, and rang it whenever a story-teller offered a ‘chestnut.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)