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Gerbil
The Hollywood Reporter
2 - The Philadelphia Gerbil Panic of 1985
SEP 17, 2026
51 MIN
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Description
Could Jerry Penacoli — Philly's golden-boy newsman, be the Gerbil rumor's actual patient zero? Eyewitnesses and archival tape tell a wilder, sadder story than anyone remembers. Did the rumor jump cities before it infected Gere?
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