April 10, 20187 yr In. This will make up for the Paterno after school special. Filmmakers got several hours with Vince & Hulk and also tracked down Andre's family in France who had never been interviewed.
April 10, 20187 yr Just listened to this week's Bill Simmons podcast on the ringer network. They talked about this for a while, really really good listen, definitely worth checking outlooking forward to this tonight.
April 10, 20187 yr Have you ever read about the enormous quantities he was capable of drinking. I mean, he was a very large human being. I get that. But he was drinking in another dimension.
April 10, 20187 yr I cannot imagine how bad it sucked to have to travel around the world being that big.
April 10, 20187 yr 49 minutes ago, RexWilson said: I cannot imagine how bad it sucked to have to travel around the world being that big. Or just having to squat down to get into most people's homes, not counting never being comfortable in your own bed...
April 11, 20187 yr Very good and very sad. Also, Vince McMahon's face has entered Al Davis territory.
April 11, 20187 yr It was pretty good, not enough stories about wrestlers lugging him around after he got drunk though. They didn’t always just let him sleep, heard stories of 6 wrestlers lugging him out of bars. Could you imagine if he had his surgery on the tumor at around 20 to stop the ill effects and and actually worked out? He looked terrible at the end, the drinking didn’t help..
April 11, 20187 yr 17 minutes ago, RexWilson said: I have a hard time believing Vince was that upset when discussing Andre's death. He was a big part of Vince making money early on and I’m pretty sure they were pretty close. Sounds like he just got bitter at Vince at the end just because his body wouldn’t let him perform anymore and he needed someone else to blame.
April 11, 20187 yr I wish people would quit cutting onions around me while watching these documentaries.
April 11, 20187 yr 8 hours ago, DougO said: Is it wrong to want to see one of Andre's turds? Asking for a friend. I believe you are looking for Shaggytexas.
April 11, 20187 yr Author I thought it was great - totally different feel than the Ric Flair 30 for 30 even though a lot of both stories overlap. I like that it didn't focus as much on the wrestling matches and offstage hi-jinks. I can't comprehend how hard it was for him to cope with everything that came along with his size. It was a touching portrait of a man who I always viewed as a physical curiosity - sadly like a circus act. I loved the stories about how he dominated the wrestlers he didn't care for, like Macho Man and Big John Studd. "No body else enters the ring over the top rope - that was his thing."
April 11, 20187 yr It was great. I loved Arnold saying how he was trying to pay for dinner, and Andre said no and picked him up like a kid and put him up on some piece of furniture like a doll. It brought back some great memories. I had not thought about WWF since I was 16. Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal were great. 106 Beers. 20 Bottles of wine on set of The Princes Bride.. Crazy. The mentioned he tried out for the Redskins as a gimick, and then showed him with Ali. It would have been interesting to see him box, since his fist was the size of someones head. Oh his trademark lifting of the left leg and laying a 30 second fart. Edited April 11, 20187 yr by BNB
April 11, 20187 yr I watched it and was really looking forward to it. I enjoyed the side story of the history of wrestling with the territories. I remember growing up I had an older cousin who had wrestling magazines. This was the early 80s. My folks didn't me watch wrestling growing up so I would have to catch up to speed via my cousin. I'm glad they didn't hit up the Jake the Snake storyline at the end of his career.
April 11, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, UncleCharlie said: He would have been an awful Proctologist. For most.
April 12, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, 4th&Five said: So Cary Elwes has had some work done. Got that right. Damn that documentary was good.
April 12, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, BNB said: It was great. I loved Arnold saying how he was trying to pay for dinner, and Andre said no and picked him up like a kid and put him up on some piece of furniture like a doll. Arnold has told some good stories about hanging out with Wilt and Andre. Wilt was 7'1. In most pics Andre seems just a tad shorter so 7' was probably pretty accurate.
April 12, 20187 yr They stated he could of had some treatment done during his WWF years that would help him, but he didn't want it to effect his career, he declined, so I believe so.
April 12, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, RexWilson said: Arnold has told some good stories about hanging out with Wilt and Andre. Wilt was 7'1. In most pics Andre seems just a tad shorter so 7' was probably pretty accurate. it's crazy that you will look at the picture and think.. who is the little guy? then you realize it is Arnold. Jeez.
April 12, 20187 yr 13 hours ago, RexWilson said: Arnold has told some good stories about hanging out with Wilt and Andre. Wilt was 7'1. In most pics Andre seems just a tad shorter so 7' was probably pretty accurate. I think that is just due to the perspective. Andre was closer to 7'4" than 7" I bet...
April 12, 20187 yr I thought it was awesome. I never really put it together in my youth that he was such a tortured soul. Physically and mentally.
April 12, 20187 yr Heard someone describe this perfectly the other day. You know you've seen a great documentary when you don't want it to end.
April 12, 20187 yr 14h hour flight and you have to pee in a bucket because you can't fit in the bathroom. Miserable. I bet he'd crush Wade Boggs' record, though
April 12, 20187 yr On 4/11/2018 at 12:03 AM, DougO said: Is it wrong to want to see one of Andre's turds? Asking for a friend. There are probably some old hotel housekeepers that could describe them to you. Rumor is that he would shit in the bathtub because he didn't fit on the toilet. That may or may not be true, but to Ric Flair's point about the mythology of the man, you just don't know. Thought it was a great doc. You could tell that some people like Crystal and Reiner etc really loved him by their expressions as they recalled stories of Andre.
April 12, 20187 yr it's crazy that you will look at the picture and think.. who is the little guy? then you realize it is Arnold. Jeez.And Arnold is like 6’2” and 260 in his prime. Looks like a wee man in that pic.
April 12, 20187 yr The documentaries are the number one remaining reason to have HBO, unfortunately. The Gary Shandling thing was amazing.
April 13, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, PilotsError said: Yeah because GoT and Barry and Veep and SV and Curb and WestWorld all suck. This, WTF?
April 14, 20187 yr On 4/12/2018 at 12:13 PM, Scraps said: No surprise that his daughter is not very attractive The entire Rousimoff clan - not exactly lookers.
April 14, 20187 yr That's just French people man. They are either very good looking or they look like the hunchback of Notre Dame.
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