Can’t say I’ll miss Ozzy.
But dammit… the Hulkster was one of the good ones.
Every time I turn around this summer - one of life’s milepost or landmark personalities is passing on. How I used to laugh at these guys.
When I was a young man I got right into cycling. It was cheap entertainment, cheap transportation and I could spend a day on the pedals with no problem. One day I pulled off into a convenience store to pick up a couple bottles of water or pop… and the counter was glass with a selection of magazines laid out below.
I pied one of those big glossy collector types…and it showed Hogan opposite this big black baboon that looked like he was built in Dr, Evil’s lab. His muscles bulged around his costume that looked like it was made out of armour plate. He had contacts in to make one eye look like it was milky white. He had a lightening bolt pattern shaved haircut. The casting crew made that guy look like he could eat Arnold, Sylvester and Bruce for breakfast. And Hogan glared back at him with such maniacal hate that he looked like he was going to explode with RAGE!
I just cracked up looking at it. I dunno if it was too many hours on the bike or maybe some dehydration going on… but for some reason I just lost my shit. The paki on the till must have thought I’d lost my marbles. Maybe I did? I guess you’d have to had seen it yourself. The early WWF wars were a hoot. Someone had decided to take wrestling and the kids seriously and they made a fortune at it.
It makes me wonder… do we have heroes for our kids anymore? Like the little ones? Hogan was a gift from God to the kids (and their idiot fathers and elders).
And another one goes over the Great Divide…
Cosby Boy ... then Prince of Darkness ... now the Hulkster. Three so far.
ReplyDeletewhat you gonna do when the lord comes for you,brother.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knew that "professional wrestling" was a ruse, but it was entertaining as hell. You watched it just for fun! And Hulk, he was an ENTERTAINER! I saw that he'd "crossed the bar," as us sailors say, this morning and said "DAMN! He was only six years older than me!" The warranty's up on the likes of us, Glen. Smoke 'em if y'gottem, as we're all "down by the bow..."
ReplyDeleteDamn. Looks like Rowdy Roddy Piper, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, and Andre the Giant will finally get their rematches in that big wrestling ring in the sky.
ReplyDeleteDaFuq's going On!!??
ReplyDeleteGeorge SOROS is Still making a shadow?
Life Truly is Not fair