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'''Ernie Boch, Jr.''', [[CEO]], [[president]] and [[spokesman]] of [[Boch Enterprises]], a $1 billion business comprised primarily of [[Car dealership|automobile dealership]]s in [[Norwood, Massachusetts]].<ref name="The Importance of Being Ernie">[http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_importance_of_being_ernie The Importance of Being Ernie]</ref> |
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Ernie Boch, Jr. is somewhat of a local celebrity in the [[Greater Boston]] area. In fact, he currently holds the title for Most Over-Exposed Used Car Salesman in the country. Besides his dealerships, he is most notable for his band, '''[[Ernie and the Automatics]]'''. He attended [[Berklee College]] - a music school in Boston.<ref name="The Importance of Being Ernie"/> He appeared on the locally produced restaurant review show, [[The Phantom Gourmet]]. On September 8, 2007 he was a guest judge for the [http://www.kingrichardsfaire.net/rules.html#w2 cleavage contest] at [http://www.kingrichardsfaire.net/ King Richard's Faire], along with the drummer from [[List of musicians in the band Boston|Boston]]. Currently, he will be hosting the [[The CW Television Network|CW]] network's '''Creature Double Feature''' playing "The Ghoul". |
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He has appeared in two episodes of the television show ''[[Rescue Me (TV series)|Rescue Me]]'', "Black" and "Animal", as the coach of the [[NYPD]] hockey team.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2006/05/26/morning_jacket_pops_team_up_in_style/ Ernie Boch joins 'Rescue' party]</ref> |
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He also owns the Boston-based women's tackle football team, the Boston Militia |
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==Ernie Boch== |
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Ernie inherited the business and the catch phrase "Come on down!" from his father, Ernie Boch, Sr. |
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Ernie is largely credited with bringing the "Automile" concept to [[U.S. Route 1]], Norwood. [citation needed] With this concept, a large cluster of competing automobile dealerships join together to publicize the "Automile" as an automobile shopping center. |
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== Trivia == |
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Ernie's first car was a 1971 [[Volkswagen Beetle]], British racing green. He bought it in 1974, when he was 16, from the used-car department at his family's [[Toyota]] dealership. He wrote an [[op-ed]] piece about this car in the [[Boston Globe]]. |
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<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/01/29/ernie_boch_jr/ Ernie Boch Jr.]</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:American businesspeople]] |
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[[Category:American billionaires]] |
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[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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