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"Here’s Jonny!" The remarkable rise of Mainz striker Jonathan Burkardt

"Here’s Jonny!" The remarkable rise of Mainz striker Jonathan Burkardt

Jonathan Burkardt has been in remarkable form this season making him one of Germany's most dangerous strikers.

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Mar 20, 2025
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It is one of the most famous movie scenes in history. In The Shining, Jack Nickolson plays Jack Torrance, who descends into insanity while caring for a winter resort in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

After Jack has been drinking heavily and is consumed by the hotel's dark influence, he chases his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny. Both hide in a bathroom, trying to escape Jack. While Danny can climb out the window, Wendy is stuck and can’t escape. Meanwhile, Jack stands outside the door shouting to his wife to open the door while holding an axe. Eventually, he resides the line from Three Little Pigs.

"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in,” Jack says. Then he breaks down the door with an axe. Once the hole is big enough, he sticks his face through the door and shouts: “Here’s Johnny!”

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