I'm not believing my eyes seeing both young Ernie and Chuck.
@tloc2435 ай бұрын
You call Ernie young?😂
@antonwendesten78575 ай бұрын
@@tloc243 He was like 35 yrs old in this clip. He looks a lot older
@tloc2435 ай бұрын
@@antonwendesten7857 oh yea he looks like he's in his upper 40s here
@Pasan345 ай бұрын
That's Sir Charles to you. At least back then.
@dismantledbrain59105 ай бұрын
@@tloc243 A receding hairline does that to a man..
@thedangerwich54765 ай бұрын
That early 90s media style is very cool.
@lucasloucetios1645 ай бұрын
Absolutely !
@TheAutumnWind_RN4L5 ай бұрын
Yep.
@bubbabear2445 ай бұрын
Lofi and modest objectivity
@TyroneNBAFan5 ай бұрын
Yep. It was professional. Before Skip and Stephen A. made it a clown show.
@deflategate12975 ай бұрын
Agreed just straight to the point and not trying to look hip and relatable to everyone
@RobsRetroGaming5 ай бұрын
32 years ago.!They should play this clip on NBA on TNT today, just to get some laughs! LOL
@johndoe-g6f5 ай бұрын
i seconded!! should make them all lol'ed!
@SHANKDAWGBABY5 ай бұрын
They have already and pf course shaq had a field day mocking chucks voice. Lol
@IAMU.D.5 ай бұрын
They already did comment this after 10 years again lol 😅
@Metsfan72325 ай бұрын
Shaq will be holding up those four fingers for Charles to see.
@Kube_Dog5 ай бұрын
Seeing young Ernie and young Charles... and knowing that together they weigh less than Charles today.
@scarletrobin6 ай бұрын
Good lord I'm not used to Chuck being so soft-spoken and serious. But this just shows that even though he's willing to play a clown he's always been a well-spoken thoughtful guy
@fattaman7775 ай бұрын
Off the court, he was quiet as a young man. On the court, it's well-known he was more "outspoken", let's say. 😅
@ramsesstafford46405 ай бұрын
If you my age 46 and older you remember this Charles Barkley very well.
@smittywerbenjagermanjensen3205 ай бұрын
He just wants to make people happy
@fateriddle145 ай бұрын
It's more about he's at a depressing situation at the time, at the point of getting traded by 76ers and having a lot of self doubt even about his own ability as a basketball player and leader
@dickensanthony5 ай бұрын
"Well-spoken"? Do you people say the same thing about Tom Brady's early interviews?
@nutsbutdum Жыл бұрын
Ernie Johnson was 36 years old in this clip. Wow!
@MrKijana235 ай бұрын
Was he??!! Dang that's some highway miles he got on him..
@ROSH15035 ай бұрын
Bruh 36 was different back in the 90s. Lawd!
@WH_Aviation845 ай бұрын
@@ROSH1503 It seems like all the ages back then were different.....
@DV-ou1yu5 ай бұрын
@@ROSH1503lmfao FACTS
@only1jamesp5 ай бұрын
36 looking like he’s 46, he looks younger now. Barkley only 29.
@MannyMensah942 жыл бұрын
A prelude of great things to come with Charles Barkley and TNT.
@emceesmith666511 ай бұрын
It's kind of like Chuck telling Ernie and the network what they'll get if they hire him. Like, I'll bring the laughs, but people are gonna get pissed off, and I won't change for them. And Ernie has been rolling with it for decades.
@unoriginalname63545 ай бұрын
Despite how different this interaction feels compared to their Inside the NBA work, you could already see the chemistry and rapport between the two.
@TexanInItaly2 жыл бұрын
POV: You're watching Charles Barkleys job interview.
@ramuelcruzada32072 жыл бұрын
Hahaha right...
@Irena1106 Жыл бұрын
Nailed it
@DiscopediaTheBoogieMan6 ай бұрын
Whats great is that it truly shows the charisma and honesty that has been a hallmark of, as my dad with a thick Boston accent, “Chahhhhhlie Bahhhhkley”
@jethrojacinto27985 ай бұрын
For TNT or Phoenix? 😂
@MadeForD5 ай бұрын
@@jethrojacinto2798 both? both. both is good
@charlesjones67085 ай бұрын
Ernie said, "we'll be back in a minute". 32 years later they are still there. That's a lot of minutes.
@TheAfricanPie5 ай бұрын
Lol
@TheGoobler5 ай бұрын
Roughly 16,827,840 minutes give or take! 😃🤯
@charlesjones67085 ай бұрын
@@TheGoobler Lot of minutes Goobler.
@TheGoobler5 ай бұрын
@@charlesjones6708 Precisely Charles.
@MoralesCorner5 ай бұрын
Here's where it all started. They have certainly come a long way. Both of this men are legendary. The NBA would not be received the same way without them
@fentanyljones69565 ай бұрын
Hopefully they don’t blow it w/ the new tv deal.
@Ivanselectsongs5 ай бұрын
these*
@guppy90rl815 ай бұрын
True
@agumonplayzz24905 ай бұрын
@@Ivanselectsongs what are you talking about?
@Kube_Dog5 ай бұрын
Basketball has 2.1% of the TV audience. Without Inside the NBA, it would be 1.3%. Take away inner city viewers, it's 0.16%. Basketball is dead.
@HostileTakeover886 ай бұрын
Gets traded to the Suns and gets MVP the next year.
@jordanhutton57875 ай бұрын
After leading the Dream Team in scoring at '92; Olympics as well
@maojordan235 ай бұрын
And still... no title. In today's basketball Barkley of 89-90 could be on track for debates on Goats. Conversely, Mr. Lebron James playing in the 90s would just be forever second (if not third, or fourth). Can anyone try to guess the defence of the Pistons on Lebrpon James? They would get also his beard by the end of the game :D
@mikeyslots_5 ай бұрын
@maojordan23 lebron would definitely still be a great player in the 80's and 90's, but I can guarantee you this, he's not playing 21 seasons😂. Those Detroit boys were out to genuinely hurt you
@Gri035 ай бұрын
And yet no ring for him.
@fmbbeachbum81635 ай бұрын
@@maojordan23 LeBron has made the game look easy and the Pistons would've hated that & tried to k!ll him.
@fnregistration2 жыл бұрын
This is a great clip. Chuck just being straightforward, not a BS artist or cliché machine.
@moses06865 ай бұрын
Great questions by Ernie great, honest answers by Charles
@orthotech97582 жыл бұрын
It's crazy to think that just about 6 weeks later Shaq would be the #1 pick in the draft. I was in 11th grade when this aired. Man I'm getting old .
@Yevvvvvy6 ай бұрын
and I ain't even alive! Fricking sperm in a ball!
@johnholmes27456 ай бұрын
How old are you now? Pushing 50 grandpa
@Illtechnica5 ай бұрын
My older siblings was a HS Junior as well. I was a Freshman in HS. It's like we were there just yesterday and 32 years flew by in the blink of an eye.
@nizoladehomu3825 ай бұрын
I would be born a year later☹️
@MrOneanddone915 ай бұрын
Old ass
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan5 ай бұрын
This is truly golden era footage.
@gamerschannel96105 ай бұрын
You could say what you want about Charles Barkley but he hasn't changed one bit. As authentic as it gets
@YogSoth5 ай бұрын
Hasn’t changed? He’s changed a lot, just like anyone (worthwhile anyway) changes from when they are 29 to when they are 64. He’s definitely an authentic guy, but he’s also definitely not the same person today that he was when he was in his twenties.
@dragomirmarinov38915 ай бұрын
This is actually an excellent interview.
@tifffffffffffffff5 ай бұрын
"A hack is a foul"
@mcnalga5 ай бұрын
A hack is a fouw
@CarlosMaldonado835 ай бұрын
I was just thinking that lmao
@MultiHarryboii5 ай бұрын
“Physical is something else”
@xMontorix5 ай бұрын
My boy Chuck was playing the long game with this.
@ChaseRiver25 ай бұрын
Ernies voice got higher and chucks got deeper 😂
@alfgrebs61725 ай бұрын
That's what happens when you get older.
@Al.j.Vasquez5 ай бұрын
His explanation of why his future in Philadelphia was unclear was incredible, I'm not sure you could've taken this badly if you were a 76ers fan back then.
@fabricealluma72365 ай бұрын
Ernie's voice is legendary
@BSmokeyGaming2 жыл бұрын
Just looking at the body language of both Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley, this is definitely a match made in heaven. Charles Barkley eventually joined Ernie Johnson on TNT for basketball coverage. TNT should show this in the future just for fun on NBA pregame/postgame show on TNT.
@blakfloyd4 ай бұрын
@@jpineapple9495 Considering that like 80% of reels have "bro" in the caption, you sound like AI too lmao.
@k.c.r.59745 ай бұрын
Primed out Ernie and Sir Chuckles. The year of the Dream Team. Barkley ends up in Phoenix and almost winning the NBA championship. I wish he did. If only he had Stockton his entire career. Love Sir Chuckles!
@tjadenekan Жыл бұрын
This man was born to be a tv commentator.
@tevinsherrill56532 жыл бұрын
How it all began. I really hope Chuck doesn't take up a job with LIV Golf...
@theOnyFUFU5 ай бұрын
Chuck went through puberty. Lol...His voice is so much deeper now than it was back then
@bandito2415 ай бұрын
It’s called decades of smoking and hard liquor
@vicarious_gaming5 ай бұрын
Dude was 30 😂
@goblue1935 ай бұрын
Your voice gets deeper as you age
@olorin38153 ай бұрын
Hewqs like 30 in the video what puberty you talking about w
@pete26592 жыл бұрын
Chuck is a special man I appreciate him so much
@zephiin Жыл бұрын
Earnie really raised these dudes up in broadcasting after their playing careers 🤯 This clip shows how poor chuck started. You watch him now and wouldn’t believe these are the same people
@hebrew9845 ай бұрын
That's because the new guy is a clone 😂
@DV-qx8hn5 ай бұрын
You're a clone @@hebrew984
@DannyP-dm1pw5 ай бұрын
@@hebrew984 You internet nerds with the clone conspiracy stuff. If Barkley was cloned he'd be a baby growing up all over again. Just like how people say Eminem is a clone. If they cloned him in 2005 like peopel say than Eminem would be 19 today. Stop smoking weed and get common sense. Sadly you're probably over 30 and didn't get out of that high school mentality. They would have to decide the second Charles was born they would clone and kill him off back in 1963 or whatever.
@Phil-S82 жыл бұрын
Hey Chuck, what about those women in San Antonio? 😅
@WyWid5 ай бұрын
Let’s keep it classy hear
@malcorub5 ай бұрын
Rookie Shaq pops in, "say it again Chuck!"
@kdm3745 ай бұрын
Victoria is definitely a secret there
@FunkyBandana5 ай бұрын
Them churros all the way!
@Christian31745 ай бұрын
Those big ol women 😅
@RoyPage19705 ай бұрын
I remember watching this on TV when it premiered
@johntolof5 ай бұрын
Incredible that they've know each other over 30 years and are still working together. They're like family man. Sad to see the show is ending and NBC will have the basketball games instead of TNT. Hope these guys do another show.
@furnitureconsortium5 ай бұрын
Not a done deal yet Remember, WBD has the contractual option to match any offer that NBC proposes.
@WyWid5 ай бұрын
Chuck is soft spoken, but he’s very good at articulating his words. Classy
@askimbalim112 жыл бұрын
Wow!! 30 years ago & still working together.
@IamNotTrey5 ай бұрын
Chuck was playing in the league.
@juzzytin865 ай бұрын
Damn this is a great interview by Sir Charles
@Anthony-nd6vk5 ай бұрын
I thought Chuck was way younger than 29 here…easy to forget how long he was with the 76ers
@cityhawk5 ай бұрын
Two points: 1) The Sixers were never going to build a title contender around Charles. 2) They were never going to get past the Bulls, and the Sixers front office and coaching staff were content with that. I could see why he wanted out of Philly.
@BrooklynBalla5 ай бұрын
@@cityhawk Ya those Sixers teams really stagnated at that point with no hope in sight.
@cityhawk5 ай бұрын
@@BrooklynBalla It looks like much hasn't changed in Philly. Content in being “fine” or “just good”. That's how you get complacent.
@Anthony-nd6vk5 ай бұрын
@@cityhawk I’m not saying he shouldn’t Haven’t wanted out, it’s just easy to forget (for me at least) he was there for 8 whole seasons. The picture of Chuck, the player, in my head defaults to him as a Sun.
@chefjeff13662 жыл бұрын
oh man, proof that Ernie is the GOAT
@masonjones18122 жыл бұрын
Cool to watch...Ernie was still the same as he now just younger obviously. It's funny how younger Chuck wasn't more jokey like he is now lol...but he was an active player then. No bs...had a "straight to the point mentality" Btw...since you found this, you need to find a young Kenny and young Ernie clip now.
@Swove2204 Жыл бұрын
I got you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3_Whn9urLeJZqs
@bilogskii22169 ай бұрын
Chuck always had a great sense of humor. He's just serious here because it's a formal set up. And he doesn't know Ernie on a personal level yet so he's a little stiff too.
@LaP-f6m5 ай бұрын
He wasn't a role model.
@deflategate12975 ай бұрын
@@LaP-f6mhe is human like us
@guppy90rl815 ай бұрын
Imagine a world where Barkley becomes a coach and wins an nba championship. That would be awesome.
@RoyPage19705 ай бұрын
He has no interest in that
@ASJyirod5 ай бұрын
End up knocking an entitled player young enough to be his child out cold
@BPIII714 ай бұрын
I would stay glued to se both things happen!!! ⬆️
@Pz123455 ай бұрын
That video was sooo cool. Thanks for uploading.
@majorkade5 ай бұрын
About ten years before this, I stood next to CB in Auburn while watching Herschel Walker run the last leg of the 4x100 for the Dawgs against the Tigers. Barkley was a fresh or soph. I was a kid. I have this photo on my blog. 😃
@ThreeLions824 ай бұрын
I always liked Ernie he tries his best to stay impartial. A good majority of the media can't seem to get that.
@fredflux27388 ай бұрын
Ernie did a great job with teenage Chuck, great father.
@tukiluka5 ай бұрын
2:09 “…well number one…” ❤
@nkosimathurin49715 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic interview!
@nelsonkaran73405 ай бұрын
Golden! Pure gold from the 90s
@justins69605 ай бұрын
This video is older than Charles is here
@playlists80295 ай бұрын
This video just makes me miss my Sonics, RIP 2008.
@DurdensVision4 ай бұрын
For real. They'll be back soon.
@samsneadd4 ай бұрын
Rip from I still rep all the time. I met Shaq about 10 years ago and had my #40 on out here in AZ. Shaq was like the Reign man? Shocked that I was wearing his jersey. I said that is my home I will always rep. I am a Blazers fan now since it was across the i5. But will always miss the Sonics.
@LilAlpo15 ай бұрын
This interview here in 1992 talking about the Sixers and how they're not that great, and just a year later, he would be going up against Michael and the Bulls in the NBA Finals with the Suns
@jonathanbaird8109 Жыл бұрын
Ah, classic Chuck and his "a hack is a foul" voice
@Viserysrule35 ай бұрын
This a gold…love Ern and Chuck
@igot5onit4235 ай бұрын
kids coming up today probably didn't realize how good charles was. They just known him for tnt
@benjamintaylor50252 жыл бұрын
Young Ernie Johnson looks like Peter Jennings.
@rainwolf19872 жыл бұрын
Or Leroy Jenkins
@benjamintaylor50252 жыл бұрын
@@rainwolf1987 come on you know goddamn well he doesn't look like Leroy Jenkins. Get out of here that stupid ass joke.
@69ISH15 ай бұрын
Right??!!? 😂😄😁😎
@travisscranton10595 ай бұрын
Our first “well first off”
@keronwindley49505 ай бұрын
Now he just says “First of all”
@EriksJourney4 ай бұрын
“Take the game back to the ghetto” I love Charles for that!
@kubajordan40605 ай бұрын
Chuck admiting they used to do coke in nba in the 80s😂
@candycrystalpremium5 ай бұрын
Bruh those 90s cameras made Charles look two shades darker
@PatrickForrest-pv4wv4 ай бұрын
Back when Charles was in shape and the toughest man in the NBA.
@johnclaudetaylor5224 Жыл бұрын
Dude the nostalgia kicks in man, I was a little kid watching all kinds of sports to cheesey intro graphics and music back then, good times
@jasonfrye8790 Жыл бұрын
Same! The nostalgia kicks hard! Takes you right back! Great times for sure!
@FeelLikePac2 ай бұрын
What a time to be a live. Life was even more meaningful.
@fentanyljones69565 ай бұрын
This is a treat
@marvin75334 ай бұрын
Ernie with notes in a binder.
@jactarawadley60374 ай бұрын
I remember nba on TNT in the early 90s it's nice. Good memories.
@Xscape1285 ай бұрын
Ernies been at it for a long time
@andrewcomments58125 ай бұрын
That was Charles 'I'll Never Go Out With Madonna Again' Barkley 😂
@josiahhofer13434 ай бұрын
"A hack is a foul" - soft-spoken Charles Barkley
@33elvis5 ай бұрын
Great questions Ernie. Boy KZbin is great!
@MrEllipsis4235 ай бұрын
This is mind blowing at this point
@warmunky37975 ай бұрын
Yo Ernie! I'm from the Future! And I've travelled back in time to let you know that in the future you and Chuck are gonna be Best Buds and broadcasting together telling us all what you think of the week in Basketball! Keep doin what you're doin, u guys are ON POINT!! :) Big Love!
@1gloomyDAY5 ай бұрын
Read that in Chuck's voice.
@AnimeMusicProfessor5 ай бұрын
35 year old Ernie Johnson with 29 year old Charles Barkley!
@darrellid5 ай бұрын
You were wrong, Sir Charles--LOTS of people love you!
@patrickwickett17875 ай бұрын
Man this is great.
@stardemonspacecat5 ай бұрын
That's Chuck... always keepin' it 💯 !!!
@dvdmoreno20105 ай бұрын
I love 90s Chuck
@LeadersOfAFreeMind5 ай бұрын
I’m watching this while inside the nba is playing. Chuck speaks like an entirely different person. The cadence, the projection, phrasing, it’s all different. What a trip.
@deflategate12975 ай бұрын
Prob needed to break into the media world
@simonkim86465 ай бұрын
I picture tv broadcasts back in the day to be aimed at white suburbanites, but this aired before I was born so what do I know
@Syhbw5 ай бұрын
Chuck was pretty intense back then.
@gridironthrowback28345 ай бұрын
1992: "We should take the game to the ghetto where it started." 2024: "Oops"
@HumanOptimization5 ай бұрын
lol what a moronic thing to say. the game originated in a school yard in canada LOL
@lonewulf445 ай бұрын
One year later he was challenging Jordan with the Suns in the Finals right? They really need to show this on Inside the NBA one night.
@mariahyohannes9 ай бұрын
Sir Charles was serious as a young man a little shy. He’s definitely mellowed out sfter retiring
@AngelNoriega19 ай бұрын
Someone needs to go back in time and tell Ernie to call him “Chuckster”
@wadjay11175 ай бұрын
That old school professional act is gone from commentary. Ernie still keeps it professional, but here he is very formal. It’s crazy how our times changed. I could understand why this style faded for the modern style of behavior from the journalists/pundits.
@forsaken79765 ай бұрын
Society in general regressed
@acheeblessyou5 ай бұрын
Barkley so real man
@andmyAlex5 ай бұрын
Everyone used to talk different on TV. Crazy to see these two now & then
@HighCouncilStudios5 ай бұрын
Soft-spoken, Cigar smokin', 30 years - TNT, not croakin' Charles Barkley. He's smooth man.
@somedudefromTX5 ай бұрын
I've never been a fan of any team Charles played with but I still think it's a bummer he never won a ring
@wojak915 ай бұрын
Barkley doing his best michael jackson interpretation
@jockflock89444 ай бұрын
You can see on-screen chemistry all those years back.
@SuperSnakePlissken5 ай бұрын
Hard to believe these guys are still working together in 2024. A shame they're run will end in 2025.
@Tyler-hk4wo5 ай бұрын
I was born in the mid 80s and grew up in the 90s mostly and even I forgot how old school everything looked.
@keronwindley49505 ай бұрын
Great throw back video of Young Chuck and Ernie,.. I wonder what Charles Barkley’s response would’ve been if Ernie Johnson had asked what’s it like when Sixers go to San Antonio to play the Spurs? 🤷🏾♂️
@jjktng5 ай бұрын
Charles was handsome back then But Ernie actually looks better now than before
@adammwakikoti27595 ай бұрын
It still F's me up that Sir Charles didn't get a ring, and we have to live in a world where Kenny Smith is a champion 😑
@vincespell2 жыл бұрын
Charles the game originated in Canada! a Dr. Naismith came up with the game of basketball, neither Basketball or the Marvel Character "Black Panther" can we claim...Lol...The game was made to be enjoyed by everyone, not just us!
@KeithyGarcia15 ай бұрын
Earnie with the Chuckster!
@Jackspaniel15 ай бұрын
Charles is diesel!! The arms are ripping through the sleeves of that suit. 💪
@seansartor5 ай бұрын
Who was that soft spoken guy with the extra melanin ?
@Samsaraindo5 ай бұрын
I was 9 and remember watching this!
@monroepeterson66954 ай бұрын
This is right before trade to Phoenix.
@davidjosh56405 ай бұрын
The vestiges! Translucent, slowly fading beyond the capacity of the cameras to capture. Ernie’s top hair.
@ZWeinstein1510 ай бұрын
These guys should work together someday.
@CaptainBenjamins4 ай бұрын
Could you imagine Commisioner Adam Silver taking a sabbatical for a year and giving the job to Charles Barkley for just 12 months