I am curious what the Richard Hertz legend is all about? People have been mentioning the phrase 'Richard Hertz from Holden' whenever Holden MA is being mentioned inside certain posts on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/xskmlw/our_whole_neighborhood_just_shookholden_ma/

https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/u1zjjw/comment/i4gy2ry/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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legalpretzel t1_jcdgl03 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 1:06 AM

Dick hurts from holding

AmandaHelen285 t1_jcfjjfe wrote on March 16, 2023 at 1:58 PM

*Holden

spiked_macaroon t1_jcdiwg9 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 1:23 AM

It's way older than Reddit.

bobby4orr70 t1_jcdtgmn wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:40 AM

I'm pushing 68, and I first heard that one when I was 5 or 6. My dad was born and raised in Worcester.

BrokedownAlice69 t1_jcf9prz wrote on March 16, 2023 at 12:40 PM

Hahah 32 and moved to northborough in 3rd grade and preceded to learn of dick hurts from holden right away

bobby4orr70 t1_jcgfpkl wrote on March 16, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Yeah. This is the first time I've heard it with Richard instead of Dick though.

bemest t1_jcdp8z8 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:09 AM

There was a Boston radio guy that would sign off something like “and to my friend Richard Hertz from Holden, good night.”

Puzzleheaded_Log_398 t1_jceyxnb wrote on March 16, 2023 at 10:52 AM

I live in Holden. I hear this joke too much.

D_is_for_Doomsayer t1_jcfrvw2 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:55 PM

My cousin, Ben Dover, met him once. Legend.

SubduedHamster t1_jcdtiau wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:41 AM

He is in the same universe as Dick Swett aka Penis Perspiration.

outb0undflight t1_jcfb3nm wrote on March 16, 2023 at 12:52 PM

"Yes, this is Hugh Jazz."

J-daddy96 t1_jcflj3e wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:12 PM

If I remember correctly. Dickie Hertz was from Holden Wood.