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TODAY, WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE A LIFE OF A TRUE JEFFERSONIAN MR. AL MUZZA.WE ARE DEDICATING THIS PORTION OF MARION STREET BEHIND ME THAT RUNS ALONG JOHNNY BRIGHT PLAYGROUND TO HIM TO BE KNOWN AS AL MUZZA WAY.
MR. SERUS A DEDICATED MORE THAN 36 YEARS OF HIS LIFE COACHING AT JOHNNY BRIGHT PLAYGROUND.
HE WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER, AND BASKETBALL, AND POSITIVELY INFLUENCED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT HIS MANY YEARS OF COACHING AND SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF SEAFOOD CITY AND FIRST STARTED SELLING CRAWFISH IN 1951.
AT THAT TIME, CRAWFISH SOLD FOR 15 CENTS A POUND.
OH, YOU ALL RIGHT? OH, YOU NICE? OH, LOOK AT IT.
AL IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS OUTLANDISH BUT ICONIC TELEVISION, CRAWFISH COMMERCIALS, WHICH HE WROTE AND PRODUCED HIMSELF, SEAFOOD CITY, A VERY PRETTY ROAD.
HERE WE ARE AT AGE 97 ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, CELEBRATING THIS PART OF THE STREET BEING RENAMED FOR YOU.
AND I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON WHO'S MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR AREA, ONE OF THE ICONS OF LOCAL TELEVISION COMMERCIALS.
YOU DID SOME CRAZY STUFF, BUT IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS MEMORABLE, AND IT'S PART OF OUR LORE NOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR IN ESSENCE BEING THE FATHER OF CRAWFISH, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU WERE AND WHO YOU ARE FOR SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN JEFFERSON PARISHS, I'M SO AMAZED TO SEE EVERY EVERYONE OUT HERE, ALL MY FRIENDS.
I JUST, I JUST, IT JUST BRINGS BACK OLD MEMORIES.
ALL OF THE CHILDREN I WORK WITH, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN I WORK WITH, I LOVE THEM.
STAY WITH ASK MOVES, AND I BE A LOSER.