TOM PLATZ INTERVIEW: REMEMBERING BILL PEARL. A TITAN OF BODYBUILDING

[@roadstar499]

I was 18 and joined my very first gym in July of 1977... Now i am 63 and can say i will never stop training either... it is a part of who i am. I have trained at home for past 7 years... Tom is a great positive influence on all people imo... Great video... Rip Bill Pearl.

[@anthonysmith2608]

mr tom platz for me and the gym buddy's was the rightfully 1981 Mr Olympia,always a pleasure to hear him speak thanks guys enjoyed the interview

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Tom is intensity, passion and love for the sport. Thanks for watching

[@richbrake9910]

I joined my first gym in July of 1977 also, except I was 19.

[@alwaysdeplorable227]

Same! Everything you said.

[@benniebritt5705]

I was lucky to join World GYM in 1977 at 17 From Charles Atlas. to Tom Platz. It’s an endless art even my dreams 🤣😂😅

[@ciaran8306]

I could listen to Tom all day! What powerful positive energy and charisma!

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

He is very charismatic and intense...amazing human being

[@carlpiazza1950]

What a beautiful, wonderful interview.

[@jasonsever2031]

Tom you deserved to be Mr Olympia, your persona is bigger than bodybuilding itself and champion and legend describes you the best.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Absolutely right. One of the greatest 🙌

[@codyzumr4040]

Tom Platz is a true life inspiration

[@ericjablonski8838]

I could listen to Tom Platz all day. He may not have ever been Mr Olympia, but he is more famous. More people know Tom Platz then Chris Dickerson, Right ? Samir ? Most modern day Mr Olympias ?

[@lemonpeppersteak1089]

Tom platz is such an amazing person. Thousands of memories

[@venicec3310]

Hearing platz remark on the passage of time really hit me, the cycle of life is so surreal

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Tom is very wise. He has much to say and we have much to learn from him

[@jan6485]

Beautiful tribute . Talks with Tom is my favourite show . Rest in peace Bill Pearl forever in our ❤

[@tonicamaro8683]

Tom platz another champion. Classy dude.

[@rolandgaudet5226]

Great interview , the passion Tom Platz has gives you goosebumps, I`m 52 and remember seeing all these guys in magazines in the late 70`s and early 80`s , LEGENDS ,TRUE LEGENDS!! To relive these memories and times should never be forgotten

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

I'll make sure of that

[@christianbolt5761]

Bill Pearl is unquestionably one of all time greats. Boyer Coe is one of the old timers who is still around.

[@andrewohara9774]

Good see Tom's well .i met Tom year's ago at a week long meeting with Tom as our host. It was a enjoyable experience meeting all the body builder's of that era.was a lot of fun.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Did anyone ever film Pearl's guest posing at the '77 Universe? I started reading the Weider magazines just after that, and I heard he looked great. Given the scarcity of Pearl video in his heyday, I'd love to see his 1977 form.

[@latestarter9542]

Tom Platz also an absolute great guy. I met him in the 80's, at his peak times and he was totaly humble and nice to anybody.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

That is the mark.of a champion. This is the point he is trying to make in this video. Bill Pearl and the titans before is were real gentlemen and everyone looked up to them. They didn't just lift weights, but lifted the human spirit

[@stevepick9527]

Great comment, and so very true.

[@billmagorian490]

I found out from an answer that Judy gave to a person wondering why Bill didn't hire someone to mow his property. It was a serious accident that Bill had where the mower landed on top of him and trapped him. Judy didn't find him until some time later. Bill ended up in the hospital. His injuries were serious. Judy's answer was that Bill had Parkinson's which limited what he could do. He gained pleasure and a sense of purpose mowing his property. While we miss him and feel uneasy contemplating our own death Bill's death was a release from a body crippled by Parkinson's and the added mobility and pain issues from his accident. Bill Pearl is in a better place.

[@GreaterGoals]

Kai Green talks well and he has that aura and and charisma . From the older guys, there are so many that talk well.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

It's rare to see nowadays but I agree...most are gorillas in gym wear, Kai is a great ambassador to the sport

[@woodyks7490]

Thanks Carlos and Tom for talking about such a fine man , great interview

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you for watching

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

Im almost 4 minutes into this.. and wow.. what a great perspective Tom Platz has on mortality.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Yes he does and morality too. He has become both a friend and mentor to me

[@tonydamico6328]

The greatest testament to Pearl that Tom has put forward, is the man that he himself became as a result of Bill's influence. Both men strike me as having become extraordinary people.

[@vernondoane4865]

Bill Pearl top of my list. His image standing on stone with ocean at his back in powder blue trunks. Semi relaxed and massive.

[@giovannifalcone6324]

Tom Platz, thank you for your continuous contributions to Bodybuilding. 💪🏼

[@paulroddy2323]

Great guy Tom platz spoke to him once in Belfast backstage at a competition he was posing at unbelievable

[@alexkalish8288]

A fine tribute to Bill Pearl - Bill Pearl left an impact on everybody that ever met him. This little piece will be long remembered in the history of this sport or should I say discipline. Bill Pearls death hit me as well - I never thought he would go, he was so healthy and clean living. Tom looks great and his mind is razor sharp, he gives a different perspective on the Iron game. It is very wise what he is saying - like a zen master. I would have loved to see Grimek and Pearl together - two giants of the sport, but I never met Grimek.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you. Tom.is not just intense but a sensitive and intelligent human being. He was always interested in learning from the Masters, he treated them with great respect because understands what it takes to ducceed, hard work! That is why he looked up to Bill Pearl, Bill was a real man, hard working, resolute in his thinking, a gentleman

[@Rocky13Ray]

We love you Tom, just know, even when your time to pass comes, you, much like Bill but in your own way, will live on in our hearts and the sport forever. Like a piece by motzart, the look of a classic car, or the paintings in the 16th chappele, the besty of your work will forever be appreciated. Beauty is truly timeless,in all forms it comes in.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Very nice

[@richbrake9910]

I bet Tom wishes he had been as symmetrical as Bill....

[@dennisjaros3345]

Mr.Platz what a Great Professional ,and a genuine love for the sport of bodybuilding keep up the great work and screw those haters there's plenty of people who appreciate what you're doing thanks again

[@ednakrause2421]

Great interview, I could listen to Tom for hours

[@GurnBograt1986]

Great interview of Tom platz. Tom has a great attitude on life.

[@jlf56]

i really love tom platz view of comments of life! Gracias Tom!

[@Magneticlaw]

Very cool interview. Getting insight and perspective from Tom Platz is both enlightening and inspiring - thank you Carlos. 👍

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

You're welcome mate

[@theenlightenedone1283]

The pearl of the silver / golden era

[@jonathanwinspear6232]

Great interview, thank you. I met Tom at a UK bodybuilding show back in the mid eighties doing a seminar and posing display - true gentleman and inspiration.

[@Andy-fr6nj]

Great interview. Thanks Carlos and Tom!

[@petevarga5511]

Great Interview. Thanks for your great coverage of honoring a really great man interviewing another great man. Lee Haney Bill Pearl and Tom Platz my top 3 bodybuilders who have inspired me not only because they were amazing bodybuilders but amazing men. !! Thanks again great channel.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

It's always a pleasure to interview these legends

[@philbrowne8400]

Incredible insightful interview of what it really is to be a champion in the sport and life. These guys Reg Park John Grimick and Bill Pearl were as Tom and you say Carlos....Mr Universe before they became Mr Universe. They talked acted made decisions and conducted themselves in a professional manner which made them come across as alpha but humble real men.... Fantastic interview.......:)

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you mate

[@Saint.Of.Strength]

Thank you GoldenEraBookworm for another great interview with Tom Platz ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

You're welcome

[@محمدالكناني-ق6ب]

you're so amazing in all your choices and all the interviews you do with golden period bodybuilders of 80's and 90's, I'm a fan of you, it's a memory of the good old days.

[@cheriemaceachern9746]

Wow awesome, these interviews need to be saved for nostalgia!

[@jlo8775]

Tom looks great 👍

[@theloneranger2420]

Thank you for this interview, it will go down in history as one of the all time great interviews.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you mate

[@dasglasperlenspiel10]

thank you very much! This is wonderful!

[@ginjazz2836]

This video really made my day. Two of my favorite bodybuilders you just can't go wrong. Thanks for the video!

[@algrundau9441]

21:00 to 22:08 second mark.....WOW!!!!..That says it all......And what an awesome compliment to YOU, Carlos. Keep up the Amazing work. Tom Platz endorsed....and I bet somewhere Bill Pearl is smiling too. Stay Hungry, Long Live Iron!!

[@luckym1580]

Awesome!

[@moses9512]

Death is,a celebration . Bill lived to be 91 . That is a very long time .. a life we'll lived with purpose. Some very talented men lived for 25 years . Talented men like Tupac and biggie smalls died as baby's 25 years old.. if they weren't murdered ,they would live to be 91 like the great late Bill pearl.. I always say God and nature know our destiny, when we are in our mothers womb.. God is that great.. Bill lived and followed God's plan .. a life well lived epitomizes Bill pearls life .. Rip Bill .you are a class act..

[@Trendle222]

Listening to Tom (one of my other idols) has been a Gem, would love to sit down and talk to him one day

[@user-rs3dz4xl1e]

Great interviews with Tomy Platz

[@DanT288]

Love him very inspirational

[@dukenukem9770]

More great stuff! Bill Pearl is a legend, and I never get tired of hearing from Tom Platz!

[@ginjazz2836]

The title doesn't make the man or woman..the man or woman makes the title. Words of wisdom! Thanks Bill and thanks Tom and thank you Golden Era!

[@retrobilly1719]

Saw Bill & Tom at a bodybuilding Expo in 78 in Albany NY

[@chrismoll6862]

Thanks GEB , Hello Tom! , dang ure looking good , Tom you are withot doubt the most stand out bodybuilder of all time ,thank you for all you have given the sport

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

You're welcome..yes, Tom is awesome

[@DanT288]

I think hes an amazing person really inspirational im not even a body builder

[@rainerbest9561]

I once talked to Bill in Germany at the Fibo and Lager I das him live at a Show ,where He was Special Guestposing .He Had No Doubt that Special Aura which cannot bei learned or Trainer by anyone,a true Gentelman and Tom was very Lucky to become Friends with such an such a unique outstanding Represent of the true Way of Bodybuilding Lifestyle.R.I.P. Bill

[@douglasbooth6836]

Bill had the build that we all wanted. My uncle and his cousin were like this. Old school lifting with no drugs. I followed this too.

[@freqeist]

same.

[@elishalopez7659]

Lol. You know Bill took drugs to achieve his physique right?

[@boringbanana6417]

You know that Pearl was on the gas right?

[@michelrood2966]

Dont kid yourself

[@user-wo4es9xr7n]

SOOO funny ur ""with no drugs""...again one who nderstand nothing

[@Trendle222]

omg i didnt know Bill passed =(( im a huge fan , got his book keys to the inner universe and watched tons of vids on him, used to have some of his pics on my bedroom wall as a teenage young bodybuilder (even thought it was the late 80's i liked the old school bodybuilders like arnold, dave draper , larry scott, reg park and of course Bill Pearl)

[@billflowers1116]

The Pearl was great, of this there is no doubt!! Platz was always a hero of mine.

[@josephclarke645]

I can definitely familiarise with the loud kids when working from home! Great interview Carlos. You definitely being out the best In Tom during your interviews. I feel like I’ve learned so much more about Tom as a person and that’s all down to the great questions and allowing him to speak. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@nbw-graphics]

I remember sometime in the 80’s going to a Tom Plazs seminar in London, I attended with my copy of his book Pro Style Bodybuilding and when the opportunity presented itself I asked him to sign it and he wrote the following: Nigel dare to dream & his signature, I still have that book in hardback to this day. As for training and age. I am 73 and still training a four day a week split routine that trains the whole of the body once a week, it’s a lifestyle. Perhaps I am getting old, when I started working out there were no phones in the gym. I cannot understand why people in the gym today spend so much time looking at their phones, I thought they were supposed to be there to train?

[@taylorwelch9209]

This interview was dynamite!

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Hey Taylor, glad you enjoyed it. Love the thumbnail...looking classy

[@mightynathaniel5355]

Appreciate it 👍

[@malw415]

This was a great follow-up to your previous video series with Tom Platz. It goes without saying that it was a wonderful tribute to Bill Pearl too.

[@user-wo4es9xr7n]

it's very impressive, very impressive that he is still alive with all the bites and all the products he knows injected!

[@user-kg1dg4oc1i]

Great to see you Tom👍 You always walked the walk. To be a great Bodybuilder ,titles are really not important. You have an incredible passion and intensity to life. Dorian Yates was always singing your praises and you was a huge inspiration for him. Wishing you great longevity 🙏

[@eyetineetee]

Had dinner with TP in Marina Del Ray. Ate couple cans of tuna in water at his place than ordered big salads at the restaurant ~ now Burger King is my go2

[@Just_Alin8]

Amazing

[@adhardino9781]

Congratulations also to your new camera and its positioning, looks pretty good and pro like...

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thank you

[@samuelclemons508]

Bill was ,what at the time was called , a lacto ovum vegetarian. In 1971 when he won the NABBA Mr Universe he was eating 24 eggs per day. Bill lived to be over 90 years of age...........so much for the egg/cholesterol /heart controversy.

[@joebreen8818]

Awesome 👍

[@henhowell2433]

Good talk

[@andredubois4601]

absolutely here for Mr. Platz´s "old man stuff"

[@stankormy5717]

Bill Pearl had mad bodybuilding skills!

[@theironforce3000]

Such a fantastic follow up with Tom 👏 Oh boy there are so many great topics here that definitely deems another full length series follow up. 👍 Loved his story about Bill . That type of representation, that mentorship and guidance, much as what Weider was for many, is not evident today. Bill was quite possibly the last one of that generation. Everyone else below him are in their early 70s, if not 60s. Like I was telling Jon Jon the other day, the modern sport is beyond salvation , both with PED abuse and lack of true leadership . I just don't see it getting better.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

The Mr America is back and promo9natural bodybuilding, and hopefully we will help bring natural, healthy bodybuilding to the forefront

[@theironforce3000]

@@GoldenEraBookworm Yeah you mentioned. I had no idea . Curious on how it will be ran and how similar it will be from the previous classic version.

[@johndonson1603]

The Golden Era bookworm, becomes the Golden Eagle bookworm for a day.

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Nice, but I have interviewed him before...there are several interviews on my channel already

[@christianevangelist]

22 Year Old Jordan Mcilwain will be bringing the bill presence to Mr America this year. Stay Tuned ✝️🦁💪🏼

[@andredubois4601]

38:30 👏👏👏

[@JGD185]

Is this going to be a regular thing? I would love a podcast with you two.

[@raypersaud8389]

I have been really been turned off in bodybuilding over the last 6 months. This is due to all the drug taking that goes on and also the champions I have followed passing away in the bodybuilding community. It make me wonder how are these people passing away. It's all a con. RIP to another legend in Bill Pearl.

[@samuelclemons508]

Think he was referring to 1978 Mr America .

[@johnlopez9014]

I wonder if the reason why GE bookworm n Tom aren’t no longer colab because of Tom been accused of fake plates

[@Priyadarshan_Nag]

Dear Carlos, I urge to have a full episode talking about the evils of feminism and the need for bringing back the lost art of manliness. I believe, Tom Platz is the perfect candidate to talk about it. Again, like always, great interview! Keep up the good work brother. 💪🏻

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Tom and I will discuss this in the near future. As you could tell, he has much to say on the topic and many things, and he plans to say it all on my channel

[@60kgofpower68]

always wandered what was tom s deadlift at with such strong legs mustve been pretty good right?

[@TheTPAL]

Bill talked a lot of shit about Arnold

[@smokingjazz5067]

Coz he was right

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Lol

[@8MWm3e4b]

Rachel Make-a-wish❤😋

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Rachel Delish

[@ronaknanda6175]

Tom the 100mg deca guy

[@michelrood2966]

I'll be very honest..I disliked you at first, I couldnt understand what a " bookworm " was doing sniffing sround our art. But especialy after listening to your Tom platz interviews, I came to realy apreciate your style and see the respect and love you have for Bodybuilding. Youve earned yourself a sub .

[@GoldenEraBookworm]

Thanks mate. I'm 43 years old and love the sport since I can remember. I present in a way that is rather old school. Not all fans like or accept my style...and only when the legends began to contact me did I realise that I was doing the right thing. It's not the numbers that matter anymore, it's the mutual respect I get from the legends, their friendship snd trust that I appreciate the most

[@michelrood2966]

@@GoldenEraBookworm And I can see that. You have something very pure about you . Its a treat to watch you interview and talk So I offer my apologies . I'm a 53 year old Bodybuilder that got back into the gym after a long break. I still aply old school methods !

[@venicec3310]

“Our art” lames really trying to gatekeep bodybuilding

[@Camcolito]

'You're in your 50s right?' - Lol, for consolation you look early-mid 30s to me. Can't believe how anyone would put you in your 50s.

[@lukaswilliams5851]

Is that you on the front picture?

[@duncan3069]

That is Bill Pearl on the left.

[@ginjazz2836]

I love your channel absolutely Splendid great content awesome interviews you just can't go wrong I suggest it to all my friends and relatives keep up the great work lots of love from NYC!

[@satori03]

RIP to the Best..Bill Pearl

[@technoviking]

Wonderful!