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You may never need to rent a giant waving neon chicken, but it's good to know you can

By adamg on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 6:23pm

Neon Williams, a Somerville company now partly owned by giant-neon-sign collector (and lighthouse owner) Dave Waller, will let you rent the giant chicken that used to wave (if you have a clean mind, that is) in front of Fontaine's in West Roxbury.


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By Matt Frank on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 7:17pm.

I'll sleep well tonight knowing it's available for my next big chicken hodown

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By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 7:58pm.

Just quit teasing about the chicken. I want the fried chicken back. Like totally ... now!

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By Thomas Sullivan on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 9:34pm.

Maybe we can plop the neon chicken down in the middle of a crosswalk on Centre St.. You know... to wave to all the cars doing 60 who don’t stop at said crosswalk.

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By anon on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 10:21pm.

For a while a few years ago it was on the Greenway near the Aquarium along with the neon sign from the European. I used to like seeing them there on my way to work.

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By dd808 on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 11:37pm.

The famous wackin' chicken of West Roxbury

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By GeeJimmy on Mon, 05/17/2021 - 10:01am.

Fall of 1990, we had just played a football game at Catholic Memorial and were on the bus on our way home after a tough loss, and one of the guys on the team yells, "Hey Burkie! There's a chicken beating off!" Coach was not pleased, and we rode the rest of the way back to school (60 minutes or so in rush-hour traffic on 128) in silence, and then ran laps before we could shower and get changed.

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By Gary C on Mon, 05/17/2021 - 12:36pm.

https://giphy.com/gifs/y5DIYUUPmJ6BEPmy9D

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By anon on Mon, 05/17/2021 - 5:44pm.

I can put wheels on it and ride the neon chicken through Franklin Park

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