Back in the Day

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Hard to believe Alien was from the 70's.
Remember well a neighbor's kid had Moonraker on videotape - must have rewatched it a few times.

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LMAO Bush, apparently she did..

Hard to believe Alien was from the 70's.

I know right?

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LMAO DS....

Mikey and I resent this statement.

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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...t-is-today.amp

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I was in kindergarden and remember my dad complaining about the price of gas. It was 29 cents a gallon.

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I was in kindergarden and remember my dad complaining about the price of gas. It was 29 cents a gallon.

Feels

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Anyone remember her in this movie?

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70's text message

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In his book, In the Pit With Piper, Roddy Piper describes Andre the Giant as a consummate professional and an incredible man.

Andre had a soft spot for Roddy, to the point where he would come to every territory that Roddy was wrestling in over the years. He would always tell the promoter to put Piper in the ring with him.

"Andre would knock me down, but I'd get right back up as fast as I could," Piper wrote. "I'd get into his hair, and bite him and hit him and whatever else I could do."

That's why Andre liked Piper - because he put his whole heart into trying to beat the giant. Andre was comfortable in the ring selling for Roddy. This dynamic continued for years and they became good friends outside the ring.

Andre would often take Roddy to a restaurant called the Pantry in Los Angeles. He would insist that Piper order "The Andre Special" because he wanted the smaller wrestler to gain weight. "The Andre Special" was an enormous meal consisting of a ham steak with twelve eggs and hash browns, all washed down with about four quarts of diet Coke!

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Lynda Carter "The Battle of the Network Stars", 1976

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The Undertaker on never getting to wrestle Andre the Giant along with details on their relationship:

“I never got the chance to wrestle Andre. By the time that I got there, his health was really in decline. He wrestled a few times and it was funny because Andre was really old school and Andre didn’t like big guys either. He loved me, thank goodness. But for most big guys, I don't know if he thought they were arrogant or bullies or whatnot, but he had his way with a lot of guys that you would be like, ‘Oh that’s a pretty tough guy,’ but Andre would set him straight.

Anyway, he liked me and, you know, I guess we always think we got one left in us you know. He’d come in, he’s Andre The Giant. Biggest star that’s ever been at that time in wrestling, a worldwide phenomenon, he was always the first guy in the locker room. He was always there, he would love to sit there and play Cribbage before he'd go and I’d come in and say, ‘Hey boss, how you doing today?’

He’d say, ‘Good. You know, one day kid, me and you. I have this idea.’ ‘Oh, really boss? Tell me about it.’ And he’d never tell me."

Apparently, Taker even asked Tim White if Andre ever divulged details, but The Giant kept the idea to himself, figuring the two would finally have a chance to wrestle if he ever got healthy enough.

Sadly, Andre's health only further declined and he passed away in 1993.

One would have to imagine that he would have been very proud of The Undertaker and how he eventually became the locker room leader, just as Andre once was.

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The Undertaker on never getting to wrestle Andre the Giant along with details on their relationship:

“I never got the chance to wrestle Andre. By the time that I got there, his health was really in decline. He wrestled a few times and it was funny because Andre was really old school and Andre didn’t like big guys either. He loved me, thank goodness. But for most big guys, I don't know if he thought they were arrogant or bullies or whatnot, but he had his way with a lot of guys that you would be like, ‘Oh that’s a pretty tough guy,’ but Andre would set him straight.

Anyway, he liked me and, you know, I guess we always think we got one left in us you know. He’d come in, he’s Andre The Giant. Biggest star that’s ever been at that time in wrestling, a worldwide phenomenon, he was always the first guy in the locker room. He was always there, he would love to sit there and play Cribbage before he'd go and I’d come in and say, ‘Hey boss, how you doing today?’

He’d say, ‘Good. You know, one day kid, me and you. I have this idea.’ ‘Oh, really boss? Tell me about it.’ And he’d never tell me."

Apparently, Taker even asked Tim White if Andre ever divulged details, but The Giant kept the idea to himself, figuring the two would finally have a chance to wrestle if he ever got healthy enough.

Sadly, Andre's health only further declined and he passed away in 1993.

One would have to imagine that he would have been very proud of The Undertaker and how he eventually became the locker room leader, just as Andre once was.

I am enjoying your entries on wrestling. I was never a fan, I found it too fake.

However growing up in a household with 1 tv and a parent that was a devoted fan, your posts are rekindling memories of those days with the familiar names.. I remember them all.