Jim Cornette on The Evolution Of Dusty Rhodes

[@Starchildjr]

My dad is Garry Shider, wire the diaper in P funk, we lived in Atlanta in the 80’s. We loved NWA wrestling and my dad was a HUGE Dusty Rhodes fan. He would have been so tickled to hear this podcast! 😆😆

[@zachmartin1458]

I saw your dad perform with Clinton in Columbus several months before he passed away. What an experience! Didn't know he was a wrestling fan. It's been a while, but I'm sorry for your loss.

[@Starchildjr]

@@zachmartin1458 I appreciate it!! You saw him take his last ride on the ship!! 🛸

[@atchaos4life]

I love Jim’s impression of Dusty.

[@sugartbube]

Dusty was crazy over in the hood.

[@jefferyrandall8030]

He was. No doubt.

[@wkmac2]

I was in Atlanta and watched "Funky Dusty" on The Mothership. He had that Dusty down to a tee!

[@rickyboby560]

Jim: dusty was a closeted. Me: yeah jim we know. Jim: parliament funkadelics fan Me: oh

[@A_real_Ha_So]

I'd always read that he'd left that autograph to Lawler when Jerry was touring Florida during 81 or 82 when GCW and Memphis were working together.

[@CzLstudios]

0:13 I’m done 😂😂😂😂

[@K9COP282]

Coming from the guy who can’t pronounce the letter “ L “ to save his ass! Come on maaaaannnn...... Dusty’s lisp and the way her pronounced things is what made him GREAT

[@marcevans6794]

I love that Jim is on top of his P Funk

[@darksword4726]

Marc Evans Jim's favorite music group is Earth Wind & Fire. He's seen them about 8 times live

[@InazumaStudios1]

Yeah, man! Cornette is too cool!

[@seraphimdunn]

If you fake the funk, your nose will grow

[@jimreily7538]

Jim's a pretty funky individual

[@exspiravit6920]

But who is the REAL "P-Funk", eh? Parliament: Psychedelic Funk OR Rick James: Punk Funk The debate continues......

[@RobbaKeef]

The” white George Clinton” that’s awesome!!! Oh my God Corny’s Dusty Rhodes impression is amazing!!!

[@larrystarstruck]

I feel sorry for the younger fans that never really got to see Dusty back in the day. Yes, he was very over.

[@johnniebee4328]

Wrestling the way it used to be was awesome

[@josephmatthews7698]

He got over because he was the booker and constantly booked himself to get the rub over younger guys. He was very charismatic but should have never been a wrestler. Just some fat piece of shit with a big mouth would have made a great manager or maybe a heel.

[@thomasgann8754]

Dusty was sooo over,he invented over!!!!

[@snakeman6124]

@@josephmatthews7698 dont be hurt

[@jefferyrandall8030]

@@josephmatthews7698 Should have never been a wrestler?!??!! Man with that statement my childhood wouldn't have meant much. Dusty in my young eyes was THE MAN!!! I mean he is still fresh in my mind.

[@piperar2014]

Before college football playoffs and when the number of teams in a conference matched the name, the Liberty Bowl football game was like 4th place Southwest Conference vs 5th place Big 10.

[@DefendYoungstown]

One, Dusty being a Funkateer wouldn't have surprised me at all. In fact, I always assumed he was, and as Corny said, that was part of the appeal. I always pictured him saying random P-Funk quotes "Weh luh you, Doctor Funkensthein..." "... with the rhythm it take to dance to whut we have to lih thru, baby..." Two, it says something to the man himself where he can go back and forth between cowboy getups and blaxploitation movie attire, and everyone fan-wise just accepted it like "yep, that's just Dusty!"

[@mr.willie9578]

I like both funky and Dusty Rhodes

[@michaelcoffey1991]

No wrestler I ever saw or was a fan of an appreciated was as beloved and belived and TRULY "over" to not even let poka dots and bullshit the wwf did to him dim his lights. Above average to even good in the ring when he was young an din his prime. An top 5 of all time on a promo that talked hundreds of thousands in the stadiums. AN yes a top 10 mind in the business warts an all. The DDP Page tribute to Dusty had me bawl. Rest in peace Dream.

[@ChrisDavis-jp8wq]

I always loved watching Dusty Rhodes on TV.

[@awkwardsean5141]

Thteven, I'm like Whitney Houthton I got ma own bodyguard.

[@istartedajoke973]

I like funky duthty Rhodes, too

[@hdtripp6218]

My dad looked identical to Dusty ...he owned a huge trucking company so.he wore flashy clothes like dusty and drove cadillacs....and my dad was gone every weekend playing poker but I didn't know that...all I knew was my dad looked just like dusty ...was tough as hell.... Wore clothes like dusty...and was gone every weekend...obviously my dad was dusty....I believed it for a few years...

[@robzilla730]

😅😂🎉😊

[@jabrockobiden9434]

No need to be closet parliament fan, they rocked.

[@robertporter7414]

Great Podcast!Jim Cornette is spot on with his Dusty Rhodes Impressions.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Bear in mind "Stardust" Dusty Rhoes was originally meant to be a heel character - an arrogant swaggering jive talking funkster. However because he was white, the racist fans in the South didn't feel threatened by him, so they saw him as an amusing and entertaining gy so they cheered him until he turned face in 1974.

[@impalaman9707]

Question I've always had about Dusty and Memphis: So is that why they brought in "Dirty" Rhodes---that cheap outlaw mudshow "Dusty" knockoff, because they could never really get Dusty in Memphis, so they got a cheap imitation to make him look bad, kind of like "Gill-berg" in WWE---or Randy Hogan in Georgia wrestling?

[@stevewarren4813]

Would the world have imploded if Dusty and Thunderbolt Patterson had been tag partners? If you will!

[@gadget00]

more like the end of the world if Dusty and Rufus Jones had their family meeting tag match LOL nobody can tell me they're not related

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Dusty was an attraction, like andre, brody, midgets and women wrestling.

[@tsb7911]

One of the few times I've disagreed with Jim Cornette. I like County Dusty better than funky Dusty.

[@davidmurray6949]

So this is why Brian says the mother ship 💯

[@kbarrett63]

Won't you take me to....Dustytown? :)

[@truckshackley373]

Dusty even made wearing polka dots cool

[@mikeabel7577]

No. No he didn't.

[@w.allencaddell6421]

I wish I could meet Jim Cornett. But I'm paralyzed from my chest down and it would be hard for me to go meet him.

[@GrandFunker]

TBS was the Mothership not the show...

[@robertcampbell5769]

I don't believe Dusty ever wrestled in Knoxville. Not that I remember. Even at the height of the Southeastern wrestling days of the 70s. He wrestled Memphis.

[@vacationpromo1669]

Burritos For Silver Dollar If You Will !!!

[@johnniebee4328]

multi million dollar motion pictures and sitcoms hahahahahahha

[@frankbonini9128]

WCW Got the Sitcom, at First (Learning the Ropes) ... WWE Got the Motion Pictures, Later on