Our Town With Host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

Harry Jaffe is a brilliant award winning writer and author, and a media strategist. As Andy O puts it Harry covers the good, the bad and the ugly of Our Town. Andy calls him a local celebrity, a friend and welcomes him as a special guest in this all new episode of Our Town. Andy wants you to get to know Harry Jaffe. The Harry no one knows. Harry is a Philly boy and can’t escape it. He says “I wish that I could root for the Washington Nationals but I don't like them because I'm a Phillies fan. . .” He says this even after leaving home at 17. He recalls that Wilt Chamberlain and his older sister attended high school together, and he himself attended the high school where Kobe Bryant would eventually go. Although he applied to several colleges, and was even recruited by Dartmouth to play Lacrosse, his Dad had the final say on where he would attend – Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA where the Washington Redskins had training camp for many years. Harry and Andy talk Lacrosse and how popular it is in the