Jelloman isn’t being coy. He thinks the Eagles will win Sunday — and he’s making the Jell-O pictures to rejoice a second Tremendous Bowl title.
That, in any case, is Philly native Paul Vile’s factor.
“I’m not gonna be superstitious about scores or something, however I do know we’re gonna win,” mentioned Vile, aka Jelloman, to Billy Penn throughout an look at MaGerk’s Bar & Grill in Fort Washington on Wednesday evening. “I imply, protection and Saquon [Barkley], I do know we’re gonna win.”
And after they do, Jelloman will probably be there on the streets of Philadelphia, crowdsurfing and handing out 3,000 Jell-O pictures. He did the identical factor after the NFC Championship Recreation two weekends in the past (and two years in the past), although with solely half as many Jell-O pictures. You’ll have to look at the video to see how he plans to distribute them.
This has been Vile’s factor for almost twenty years, since he concluded that being a bricklayer was boring and he noticed how a lot individuals loved an excellent Jell-O shot — or any Jell-O shot.
Since then, he has been crafting and distributing Jell-O pictures at music festivals and live shows throughout the nation, turning into a beloved determine amongst festival-goers. His inventive “Jell-O murals” — inventive shows spelling out band names utilizing Jell-O pictures — have earned him backstage invites and recognition from varied artists.
Past the music scene, Jelloman has turn out to be an area icon at Eagles occasions, the place he energizes crowds by crowd-surfing and sharing his signature Jell-O pictures.
And yeah, he’s the brother of musician Kurt Vile, additional embedding him in Philadelphia’s wealthy musical tradition.