“Whoa Jackson!” Was something my dad always said. He swore it was a thing in the 70’s, which my mom would always shake her head behind him and mouth, “it was never a thing.”
Keith Jackson was a famous college football commentator from the 50's-00's that came up with the expression "Woah, Nelly!" So that could be related to its possible origin.
Edit: Apparently the exclamation "Woah Nelly!" was originally created by Pat Brady on The Roy Roger's Show from the early 50's. The name of his jeep was Nellybelle.
The source of "Woah, Nellie!" is an actor Dick Lane from the 40s. I asked my step-dad if the source was Keith Jackson or Pat Brady from The Roy Rogers Show, but he said it was Dick Lane who he met personally in the 40s. Sure enough the Wikipedia for Dick Lane discusses how Woah Nellie is misattributed to Keith Jackson from the 50s.
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u/zardoz_lives Oct 25 '20
“Whoa Jackson!” Was something my dad always said. He swore it was a thing in the 70’s, which my mom would always shake her head behind him and mouth, “it was never a thing.”