This week on TII, we bring you yet another double-header. As our live broadcasts have been MIA due to the station's
renovations, we've had a ton of fantastic interviews to report. So, we're offering you 2 different audio shows to make
up for our lack of live broadcasts. But, don't panic, we return LIVE on Tuesday, May 31 at 7 p.m. MST (1- p.m. EST)
on "The Blaze" 1260 AM with a major superstar interview as well as your opportunity to win tickets to check out
RAW on Monday, June 20 at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona as well as your chance to win tickets to check
out one of my all-time favorite bands Whitesnake at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe on June 30! Who said the
Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection was ONLY a cartoon show?
The two shows you can listen to now are two very different shows. One includes an interview with WWE Hall of Famer
"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart. The other contains an interview with WWE Tough Enough Coach and WWE superstar
Al Snow. You're going to want to check these interviews out as Erik Clancy, Chuck D, and James Walsh deliver the
goods like no other!
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JIMMY HART
-- Jimmy Hart starts out by saying he just got back from Brooke Hogan's Birthday Party in Universal Studios in Orlando. She turned 17.
-- Jimmy thinks Brooke's career is about to take off. She just signed with Britney Spears' agent and the tracks she cut recently are tremendous.
-- Jimmy loved being at the Hall of Fame ceremony. "What I said came from the heart. There were just so many people to thank," said Jimmy.
-- Jimmy explains that the 80's WWF was the "who's who" of professional wrestling. Hogan, Piper, Orndorff, Andre, etc, etc. Jimmy feels honored to be remembered with that group of guys and loved seeing some of them again at the Hall of Fame. James explains how his favorite era of wrestling was the 1980's WWF Rock 'n' Wrestling era.
-- Jimmy doesn't believe there was any motive behind Paul Orndorff not standing up to hug Hogan at the Hall of Fame. He knows that Paul has had a bad neck for a while now and thinks he may have been in pain.
-- Chuck mentions that when he and James attended the Road to Wrestlemania event where the WWE treated them tremendously, they had occasion to see one of Jimmy Hart's jackets on display with Andre's boots and one of Kurt Angle's singlets. Jimmy jumps in saying how happy he was to be included as part of that and mentions he had a great time being a part of the Road to Wrestlemania in Minnesota.
-- Erik asks where Jimmy gets his "crazy jackets." Jimmy laughs at that and mentions how Dick Clark told him when he was on tour with "Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars" that if you dress like the audience, who the heck will pay to see you? James mumbles "Note to modern rock bands..."
-- Staying on music, James mentions that Jimmy Hart once did a video on Memphis TV pretending he actually performed the song "Metal Health" (Bang Your Head) by Quiet Riot. This song was the theme song of the Legends of Wrestling game and also happens to be one of James' favorite anthems. Jimmy laughs as he remembers the video they shot for it and talks about doing the music for the Legends of Wrestling game. Jimmy says someone is looking to continue the Legends of Wrestling video game series as Acclaim went bankrupt and obviously won't be doing so anymore.
-- Jimmy just sent in a box of tapes to the WWE offices as per their request of a lot of the old WCW theme songs he recorded. He says he doesn't know for sure but he has heard they may be putting out a "Best of WCW" CD soon.
-- James mentions how great some of the old WCW themes were such as American Made and Rap is Crap. He also mentions that Rap is Crap actually got air play on country music stations and instead of WCW running with it, they just stamped it out and killed it. Jimmy laughs and tells a story about how Curt loved to sing and how this was a perfect gimmick for him. But, the Southern crowd loved the song and were starting to like the entire West Texas Red Necks. Jimmy says at the time, WCW had signed a big contract with Master P and he said he would sell out the arena in Louisiana. Well, they didn't even come close. And, at that show that Master P thought he'd be a big face and get a pop, the crowd boo'd him out of the building and cheered the West Texas Red Necks. Jimmy says the next day he got a call from the WCW office saying, "Jimmy, you killed Master P!" Jimmy said, "He's not on our roster!" Jimmy gets animated stating how they should've run with the Red Necks since the fans liked them. He then lets out an uncharacteristic "shit" as a sigh. Funny stuff!
-- Jimmy tells a story about when he was backstage at Wrestlemania, he ran backstage to get ready to go out on the stage and when he ran in, a guy was there wearing a baseball cap. Jimmy thought it was a fan of some kind so he was talking to him while trying to get ready and the fan kept telling him how he is a fan of his from way back and how he remembers watching Jimmy with his family. Jimmy thanked him but still thought it was a fan. After a photo was taken with him, he was told it was Adam Sandler! Jimmy felt honored by that and just recently received a copy of that photo which he is happy to have.
-- Jimmy mentions he was going back and couldn't decide what jacket to wear out, the "crazy" Jimmy Hart jacket or the black "Johnny Cash look" jacket. After the incident with Sandler, he asked Stephanie McMahon which to wear and Stephanie said, "I want you to be Jimmy Hart." Jimmy says he was absolutely honored by that.
-- Jimmy will be a part of the upcoming "Hogan Knows Best" reality show. When asked how often he'll be seen on the show, he says "as often as I could get on camera." He says it is a funny show and people should watch. The 4 on the phone then discuss a funny scene where Jimmy and Brian Knobs monitor Brooke on her first date and how Jimmy intentionally dressed crazier than usual.
-- Jimmy's book is now available in stores.
-- We wrap up with Jimmy as he says, "I love you." It's always a great honor to talk to the "Mouth of the South!"