BTS footage of Siskel & Ebert recording a tv spot for an upcoming episode 😂 The petty annoyance between these two is really what made them so special
So sad to hear that Alex Zanardi has quielty passed away nearly six years after his awful handbike accident. If ever there was a man to inspire people fighting advertsity then Alex was that man. A brilliant racing driver and an entertaining character. RIP Alex.
Bret Hart wrote this piece about Hulk Hogan in the Calgary Sun on June 8, 2002:
“The first time I met Terry Bollea we were both working for Georgia Championship Wrestling, which eventually evolved into the WCW.
Back then he was known as Sterling Golden. He was very green. And very impressive.
On the day I left Atlanta to come home I knocked on his door to say good bye and told him if he ever wanted to learn to wrestle he was welcome to come up and work for my Dad any time.
He thanked me, and meant it, saying hed keep it in mind.
The next time I saw him was in Japan. He'd just shot his cameo for the Rocky Ill movie and was on the verge of mega - stardom that nobody could have even begun to imagine.
Still the same guy.
When I started with the WWF, in August of '84, he was on his way to being, without question, the biggest name in the history of wrestling.
I can remember, even during the glory days of Hulkamania, how Terry would come into the dressing room and say hi to every single wrestler. Every night he headlined there was a sell out and throughout the night all the wrestlers would come up to him and whoever his opponent was and thank them both for the house, for putting food on their tables and making wrestling something worth respecting.
I can say that Hulk Hogan was not only a hero to millions of Hulkamaniacs, but to all the wrestlers too.
If Vince McMahon was Julius Caesar, then Hulk Hogan was Alexander The Great.
I remember one time at an airport, in about 1987, when Hulk signed one autograph after another to the point where it took him 45 minutes to get to the gate.
They were closing the doors as he was boarding the plane and this one fan asked him for his autograph.
He said apologetically, “I'm sorry, I can't, I'm gonna miss my flight..." and he got on the plane.
I was right behind him and I heard a bystander flippantly remark, 'Just like I figured. I always thought he was a jerk.'
I thought to myself, that person has no idea how many autographs he just signed. Being a hero like Hulk Hogan it's hard to make everybody happy but for a guy that's been wrestling as long as he has he's certainly done a heck of a job.
Hulk was especially considerate of me when I joined him in the WCW.
I saw him a few days ago at Davey's funeral and despite the sad backdrop, it was nice to catch up on things.
So then I opened up my paper and saw a picture of Hulk, taken in Calgary, with a fifteen year old girl named Amanda Marqnia who dreams of being a pro wrestler but needed a heart transplant.
It brought back what I remember most about Hulk Hogan, even more than his feats as a great wrestler.
The countless times the office came to get him from the dressing room to make the wish of a sick or dying child come true. Despite the fact that he was pulled in too many different directions and had little time for himself or his family, Hulk always had all the time in the world for kids who needed him to be their hero.
He somehow knew just the right things to say. It was never a burden to him.
If anything, it gave him a sense of real purpose.
I've always tried to follow his example."
- Bret Hart
Calgary Sun
June 8, 2002
> born 1945, Detroit
> dad was a carpenter
> family packed everything into one car and drove west
> grew up in Sherman Oaks, LA
> 6'4" tall, athletic, good looking
> worked part time at a clothing store to afford college
> gets basketball scholarship to USC
> fraternity brothers dared him to go on The Dating Game (he did it)
> got spotted. Landed a Pepsi commercial
> 20th Century Fox signed him to their talent programme
> spent mornings in class, afternoons in acting training
> served in the California Army National Guard
> spent the late 60s and 70s doing commercials (cigarettes & colognes)
> years of small TV parts and bit roles
> nobody knew his name
> made six pilots that never got picked up (SIX)
> kept going
> 1980 cast as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I.
> show ran for 8 seasons
> wins the Emmy & the Golden Globe
> became the biggest TV star in the world
> then Hollywood called him
> was cast as Indiana Jones
> had to turn it down
> Harrison Ford got the role instead
> Selleck didn't complain
> went back to work
> 1987 plays at Three Men and a Baby (highest grossing film in America that year)
> played in Friends in the 90s (got an Emmy nomination for it)
> Bought a 60-acre avocado ranch once owned by Dean Martin
> 2010 joined Blue Bloods
> Still working in his 70s
Still working in his 70s, still growing avocados in his farm, still not trying to impress anyone
“Born To Raise Hell” - Motörhead Featuring Ice -T & Whitfield Crane
The song was originally recorded for Motörhead’s 1993 album Bastards. This re-recording made specifically for the 1994 comedy film Airheads. https://t.co/1tMEF52kCi
I’ve dreamed my entire life about watching a Final 4 live! I just got here and got to my seat, and based on the view I’ll have to keep dreaming. I can’t see shit up here
Th original “Magnum PI” Ferrari is up for auction!
Ok GenX, let’s all pool our $ to bid on it and have time shares driving it around with the stereo locked only playing the Magnum theme song on repeat….
Link: https://t.co/ETwy7A740C