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JIMMY HART & AL SNOW INTERVIEWS ONLINE |
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. Buy it now at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550225952/qid=1117081925/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-3122475-1092035.
-- 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!"
AL SNOW:
-- Next Joel who created the film "The Still Life" joins the show along with
WWE superstar Al Snow.
-- Al is doing great. He says his schedule is incredibly hectic right now
but he's having fun running the WWE developmental territory and is looking
forward to the ECW show. He also can't wait to see how this upcoming movie
"The Still Life" will look when put together.
-- Joel says the movie is really interesting. It is about an art gallery
and features a lot of colorful characters such as Al Snow who makes an appearance
with the famous Head. Chuck mentions being happy to hear that the Head is
back. Al laughs and says everybody loves Head, he says Head is so popular,
there is an entire industry based on it. Chuck says, "Indeed! It's called
pornography." Al says, "That could be!"
-- Another colorful character in the movie is Kato Kalen who most may remember
from the OJ Simpson trial.
-- The objective of the movie for now is to get it shown at the Sundance
Film Festival. There are distribution companies interested in putting it
out as well.
-- Al is looking forward to the ECW show big time. He feels it is a great
chance for fans to experience what ECW is really about and to feel that attitude
once again.
-- James jumps at the previous point and asks if a rebellious product can
truly stem from the funding of the #1 wrestling company in the world. Al
says he thinks it can because that rebellion is in the hearts of the guys
that worked for ECW. He feels the guys now want to show everybody that they
were more than just this or just that but a product that had incredible passion
and was incredible.
-- One of the topics that is discussed is if guys like Simon Dean coming
out as Nova will work. Al thinks it will because for that night, they can
ditch the gimmicks and show what they are inside and were with ECW.
-- At this point, Al isn't sure in what format he'll be involved in the show.
He was told initially he'd be wrestling but now there is talk of him doing
commentary. He'd rather perform in the ring because he thinks it will be
something special.
-- Chuck asks about some of the guys from Tough Enough and if he feels they've
lived up to his hopes. Al says he has high hopes for a lot of the guys that
made it through Tough Enough and says it will take time for some to find
their thing. He mentions that Steve Austin wasn't "Stone Cold" right away,
it took years to find what made him connect to the fans. For Hogan, he was
a Bolder Brother before he came up with Hulkamania. So, time will tell how
everybody turns out and if they can make that connection to the audience.
-- Al thinks Tough Enough is best served as its own show and not a part of
Smackdown. He enjoyed both but thinks it was critically acclaimed as an
individual show and that is what it probably should be.
-- Al feels the Internet has both helped and hurt the wrestling business.
It's hurt the business because people give it too much credit. Al feels wrestling
is somewhat aimed towards "Mr. and Mrs. Wall-Mart" and that audience doesn't
exactly have a ton of Internet access. But, he feels it's helped because
it's allowed fans that already appreciated the business to understand and
appreciate more than before.
-- James jumps at the Wall-Mart mention and asks his take on why his action
figures were pulled from the shelves in 1999. "That is a statement about
this whole country because unfortunately this country's become a society
of victims. We believe the majority rules but in reality, the minority does."
Al then tells the story about how a few Communications professors saw the
doll in the store and made assumptions without knowing the facts. They stated
that the doll was a springboard to children beating and beheading their wives
and daughters and Wall-Mart buckled under the threats. Al says it's funny
that a head that was never named a female or a male would tick off professors
who should know better yet you can still buy guns and ammunition at Wall-Mart
and, one week after his action figure was pulled, Wall-Mart began selling
the Sleepy Hallow dolls which included a head with a bloody stump. Go figure.
He then compares this to the Salem Witch Trials.
-- Chuck offers Al the opportunity to make this his public forum to take
shots at Mick Foley since Foley takes so many shots at him in his book. Al
says he loves Mick Foley and doesn't take shots at him but says, "Mick's
a very talented writer. But, if he hadn't taken the time to take shots at
me throughout the book, Mick's life story would be much like his penis and
be a short one."
-- Check out the movie The Still Life coming soon!
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