Jim left out the best part. Humphrey was in the Guinness Book not because he was the heaviest man ever, but because he lost the most weight. He slimmed down from 800 to 232!
@DeeEllEff4 жыл бұрын
Talk about the “Biggest Loser.” How much you drop? Three. 3 lbs? No. 3 kgs? No, 3 PEOPLE!
@marcpower41673 жыл бұрын
He put some back on though, as I recall when he died he was about 540 lbs
@bradnimbus48366 жыл бұрын
Crazy! Literally just left the wikipedia pages of Race and Happy Humphrey!
@blackatheistmillionaire16366 жыл бұрын
Jim, is there ANYTHING or ANYONE you DON'T know about in wrestling??? Your literally a fountain of information, just incredible!!!
@hacksawusa6 жыл бұрын
i'm still laughing at the Martin "The Blimp" Levy reference!!
@quentinkaasa474 жыл бұрын
Laughing? It was just a name drop.
@greedyd55246 жыл бұрын
I remember the stories of Andre on a girl. This guy would kill em
@BigEvan966 жыл бұрын
I saw him give Harley Race a top rope Frankensteiner in 73.
@FuttBuckerson875 жыл бұрын
Im that period he was a lot thinner. 260-270
@meekrob6 жыл бұрын
Hmm. A wrestler more immobile than Haystacks Calhoun. Smell the money!
@mrbadguysan6 жыл бұрын
meekrob people didn't care so much at the time.
@SuperFunkmachine6 жыл бұрын
The younger and lighter Haystacks Calhoun.
@gregoryhawkins92966 жыл бұрын
I bet you could smell more than money! 🤢
@ricdean43145 жыл бұрын
i met Haystacks Calhoun he was a very nice man a great man
@NoirFan014 жыл бұрын
How do they take a bathroom break? Can they wipe their own a$$?
@shockedjeanshepard6 жыл бұрын
I did that big boy back in 61. Lifted his FUPA and feasted on his undercheese.
@smithmeister6 жыл бұрын
ShockedJean Shepard tickled his taint?
@rumtuckskatter6 жыл бұрын
Now this a top quality troll account
@shockedjeanshepard6 жыл бұрын
Taint tellin'!
@shockedjeanshepard6 жыл бұрын
Curb your tongue, youngster! I'll give you a whoopin!
@rushifellpainting46315 жыл бұрын
*screams in terror*
@toma.48086 жыл бұрын
After all of that, nobody better dare question Harley Race's fortitude
@theWoodrow3216 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing him on the movie Moonrunners, which was the film that inspired, and was the so called pilot for the Dukes of Hazzard.
@crevice53694 жыл бұрын
his lightest weight when he was a pro wrestler was around 600 + his heaviest in life was 1008 pounds. although he was usually 802 give or take a few
@__-wm9lu Жыл бұрын
Doubt it
@ryanferensic78844 жыл бұрын
Maybe 801lbs is good for a 12 foot frame not 6’1” lol
@FLIK5106 жыл бұрын
anyone point me where I can find the Harley Race interview mentioned at the start?
@whatever_it_takes66915 жыл бұрын
Not to be confused with the original Our Gang fat kid, Joe Cobb.
@official_deathcast6 жыл бұрын
I'm certain he and Calhoun had an interesting match.
@MrPernell276 жыл бұрын
Seems like Jim Cornette knows everyone and everything that has ever happened in the history of wrestling!!
@ajstyles79616 жыл бұрын
Correct, Jim knows everything.
@mikemiller5394 жыл бұрын
That’s so corny
@Timetravller1 Жыл бұрын
Old Happy lived In Augusta Ga same as Hulk Hogan and Big show
@zombiefulci33017 ай бұрын
There was a man from North Carolina named Mills Darden that was much bigger than Humphrey, he stood 7'6" and weighed more than 1,100 lbs! And this was in the 1800's
@apostasiaelegcho56126 ай бұрын
Goliath was 9'9", and he lived 4,000 years ago.
@jasonsmith83006 жыл бұрын
I try to always get the new guiness book
@DeadKoby2 жыл бұрын
There exists some match footage of Mr. Humphrey here on youtube.
@whitecloak112 жыл бұрын
I saw a picture of happy and never heard of him so I went straight to corny to get the scoop and great stories.