I'm losing track of Jimmy's family tree calling everyone his daddy, his baby and his brother. Lol
@dylanmeacham10433 жыл бұрын
I believe he refers to at least one of them as "Jack."
@norms39132 жыл бұрын
😅😅
@blkpanther112 жыл бұрын
@@dylanmeacham1043 lol 😆
@elscotto332 жыл бұрын
That's right Daddy! That's right Baby!
@dankelly5150 Жыл бұрын
@@elscotto33 And you definitely cannot throw the 3 letter "F" word around THESE days !!
@staffryte9513 жыл бұрын
his thumbnail is painted silver because he hitchhikes at night...best line ever
@w.d.hilton6383 Жыл бұрын
That 1 got by me,,lmao handsome was the shit Baby
@madbrowniac78714 жыл бұрын
"We can't cut You out of something You weren't cut in on!" There is a devastating oneliner and classic Jerry Lawler material.😂B.W.
@edwardocastillo695 жыл бұрын
Whenever im in a bad mood or someone pisses me off i watch this hilarious😂😄
@earlthainejr27074 жыл бұрын
I watch Dundee he's funny
@sahilprashar5672 жыл бұрын
pretty funny 😄😆🤣😂
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
@@earlthainejr2707 He was an Elvis impersonator before Honky Tonk lol.
@altoid29712 жыл бұрын
I love old broadcasts that would have the Twitter police going mental in the present day!
@thomasmiller26866 жыл бұрын
Jerry "the King" Lawler has been one of my favorite wrestler for years...Now, with this interview he has become my all-time favorite. His language was priceless!
@dougholmes71626 жыл бұрын
He is the "King" Jerry Lawler did as much for wrestling as Vince.
@randyjohnson54267 ай бұрын
Jerry and Handsome have had some AWESOME matches!!
@LH746 ай бұрын
Wrestling used to be so much fun. I could watch this all day.
@nunyabizness97872 жыл бұрын
Ah, the "Star Wars Jimmy Valiant" era... that was my favorite Jimmy Valiant incarnation as a kid.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
Its like Superstar Billy Graham and Hulk Hogan...coked up to the moon! And we all know the late great Superstar was coked up lol.
@caseybay7458 Жыл бұрын
This is so great!! Jimmy Valiant was nuts!!
@lesliekelley59696 жыл бұрын
Best wrestling video from the 70's I seen so far.
@RanDLuv2 жыл бұрын
Valiants promo n just the little nuances he was doing was fkn awesome
@ronaldshank75892 ай бұрын
He was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing-Working an angle. Makes for great stories to be told in the ring, as well as out on the floor, in the interviewing area! Things REALLY went south between these two, and quick! Man, they just don't do things like this anymore. Is it any wonder, that Wrestling is becoming stale?
@robertmack36028 ай бұрын
Holy hell Jerry would be canceled today if he spoke like that now.
@deanw0rmer2 ай бұрын
They all would. This world is now full of work sensitive bitches
@jonathanturbide22326 жыл бұрын
Valiant called Lawler his daddy and his baby about a dozen times all in one promo LMAOOOOOO! 😄
@angelinanisse73833 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@kerrib10003 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@nathueil16 ай бұрын
That’s Val-yunt to you buddy.
@MENFUSSMIKE9 ай бұрын
Some friends of mine had a local memphis band callled Handsome Jimmy Valium
@RyanPelley15 жыл бұрын
This is the first promo of Valiant's that I remember seeing. Dude is so cool.
@michaelcantrell6169 Жыл бұрын
This makes me smile every time I watch it handsome Jimmy was over the top
@Commenter0072 жыл бұрын
Love Memphis wrestling! Handsome Jimmy was such an outrageous character, the exact opposite of his real personality.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
If he wasn't coked out of his mind then good gawd he was a great actor lol. Since you're saying this isn't his real personality.
@Commenter007 Жыл бұрын
@@erikstorm8935 I don't believe that he was. Just was very good at portraying his character. Handsome Jimmy would sure bring the crowd to life, wherever he went! If you happen to read this, Handsome Jimmy, sir, Thank you, for giving so many of us, your fans, a wonderful time and many great memories! You're a legend, dear Sir! Thank you!
@Insomniamodelcars Жыл бұрын
I was watching this every Saturday
@shable14362 жыл бұрын
I know Jimmy very well, he is the best sob you ever want on your side, btw I'm from Christiansburg VA
@adriancano54035 жыл бұрын
Ok..dumb question for all you appreciates out there of pro wrestling. Was wrestling just a little better during the days of the territories or what ?!
@germsincognito83294 жыл бұрын
Much more fun AND raw AAAAND interesting
@gballa27304 жыл бұрын
Yes sir...Thats when I use to watch it..Hadn't watched wrestling in 25-30yrs..
@joshbarnhill96944 жыл бұрын
No... it wasn't a little better. ..it was a LOT better.
@RonSoloDJ3 жыл бұрын
You were either a super star or a jobber back then so everybody showed out whenever possible 🔥🔥🔥
@sergioflores34403 жыл бұрын
Yeah. A promoter had to put on a great card every week and keep butts in the seats to stay in business and pay his people. So the fans were the winners.
@hpshifter77836 жыл бұрын
Nobody could cut to a commercial like Lance.
@zibberebbiz4 жыл бұрын
jimmy's in his own world daddy 😂😂😂
@kerrib10003 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
A world drowned in coke n booze lol
@norms39134 жыл бұрын
Handsome Jimmy got his own candy store 😅😅
@Lonewolf781003 жыл бұрын
It’s down at the square lol !!!!
@nassermj76713 жыл бұрын
With nails and tattoo stations for good measure.
@lindagreaney51362 жыл бұрын
We had a side swipe w him going north at Paragould one night. No one hurt n he shook hands w my ex. Said he was in a hurry to a party
@joshkaufmann14482 жыл бұрын
It's funny seeing Handsome Jimmy all jacked up and in shape back in these and just a few years later when he would wind up in Mid Atlanic with his tights steadily rising along with the tide of his gut protrusion lol.
@junioralsept9335 Жыл бұрын
Yeah his belly got big fast after this Memphis promo...
@DarrellHall-wx5fqАй бұрын
Luv these old clips takes me back
@brianseaver56176 жыл бұрын
If a wrestler talked like Lawler did he would be adios. Miss them days.
@1980bwc6 жыл бұрын
I miss those days. You could throw the word FAG around on tv and get cheered for it. Lol
@karlkolshak99894 жыл бұрын
@619 OG that's a brilliant way to say it
@IronDiva4 жыл бұрын
Yet we all survived
@gpostallive58184 жыл бұрын
I felt the heat 42 years later... Nothing like good wrestling...
@dougdickason4 жыл бұрын
Yep, these days will never be again.
@thesaint10122 жыл бұрын
lol I wish we still could have promos like this.
@christopherstuart607 Жыл бұрын
Yep, the good old days when bigots could be bigots !!! Right???
@CollinKillian Жыл бұрын
@@christopherstuart607Yes, why should we continue to cater to the feelings of a certain alphabet people..
@HiGlowie Жыл бұрын
“Do you know what a preliminary match is?” Hahaha
@ronaldshank75895 ай бұрын
They started this segment as "Friends"...but, by the end of it, they were ready to whip each other's hineys! That Ole "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, though...he could talk smack with the best of 'em!!!
@michaelt.wardlespider2496 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I loved this... The death of the territories was the death of wrestling.
@ronaldshank75892 ай бұрын
Mhmm. You can thank Vince McMahon for that! He was a greedy monster, that wanted the top stars out of every Wrestling Organization to sign with him, and he also did everything in his power to eliminate those Wrestling Organizations, too!
@davidgrider43024 жыл бұрын
The Twitter Mob would be very offened if this happened today...
@K-dawg26 Жыл бұрын
As anyone should be at homophobic slurs being used as an insult.
@garydavis4762 жыл бұрын
I miss shows like that. Fun to watch and you could really get into it, and really either love or hate the guys.
@troylowe814 Жыл бұрын
It's just another typical Saturday morning in Memphis. This was the only wrestling show I couldn't miss watching every week. They may not of had the best of the best technical wrestlers but who cares, they had the best trash talkers.
@thomaslemond5913 Жыл бұрын
Miss Memphis wrestling
@itisbab Жыл бұрын
Pure greatness. They are all 4 about to crack up. 🤣🤣
@stevenwheat36213 жыл бұрын
Ole Handsome Jimmy stands like he has to dookie. You are jealous baby! You are jealous daddy! You my baby daddy..
@nubreaks22 жыл бұрын
Honky Tonk Wayne Farris and Jerry Jarrett were also there. Boy, the things you could say in the 70s versus now are huge.
@umbleyoself3624 Жыл бұрын
6:32," this thumb is nothing baby cuz you outta see my toes!!"
@nelsonporter83873 жыл бұрын
Baby Daddy. Kingfish. Combined 469 times
@nelsonporter83873 жыл бұрын
Honky Tonk Man in the singlet!
@sixers01262 ай бұрын
From NYC would have loved to see this as a kid
@KingGhidorah54649 ай бұрын
Lawler using some words to describe Valiant that you can't say on TV anymore 😅
@hankjones29754 ай бұрын
yeah. back when the country was great.
@KyleKarnes-nb1jl3 ай бұрын
Yep and nobody was hurt by words. The cancel vultures suck
@rhondasmith469611 ай бұрын
I love this jimmy valiant was priceless. Love the king and Bill Dundee lol.
@nobleepentertainment6 жыл бұрын
Tommy Gilber and Robert Gibson OMG!!!!!! Honey Tonk!!!!!
@themartialartway Жыл бұрын
Definitely use some words that isn’t acceptable today. But I remember those time very vividly. People forget how intense Memphis wrestling circuit was back then.
@jimmyosmer80312 жыл бұрын
Golden age of pro wrestling.
@adrionjones3 жыл бұрын
Elvis Appreciation Day with Dundee and The Honkytonk Man in the same segment.
@chrischar94289 ай бұрын
And the King
@jessecumba4 жыл бұрын
King fish is jealous! 😆😂
@angelmontes86022 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Lawler got away with saying that
@M98-j9k Жыл бұрын
People weren't pussies then
@brian-ld4vd Жыл бұрын
Everybody still thinks the same way they just don't say it.
@ifgwelf7 ай бұрын
I was just about to say holy shit he actually said that!!
@angelmontes86027 ай бұрын
@@ifgwelf just imagine if he were to say that today.
@christopherstuart6074 ай бұрын
It was back when bigotry was still seen as hilarious. Fortunately, it's not as funny now.
@KevinGSmith-mi8js3 жыл бұрын
You know what King Fish? We have a King, Elvis, and the Boogie Woogie! WOOOO!
@kenriley23523 жыл бұрын
This was wrestling at it's best lmao
@malcolmsanders7607 Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece ❤️😁
@scottmitchell35912 жыл бұрын
Adrian you better bet it was. All the different territories had their own style of wrestling, and all of the unique talent. I'm 62 years old , so that was the wrestling I grew up to. Great days.
@mattm3729Ай бұрын
I love how Jerry would just talk to the people man, no huffing and puffing and yelling- veins popping out of his neck. Just speaking, taking and letting everyone know.
@r.thompson21902 жыл бұрын
And this occurred on a Saturday morning? Wow
@ExperienceEric Жыл бұрын
They really knew how to live life in those days.
@K-dawg26 Жыл бұрын
@@ExperienceEricNo they didn't.
@paullarosa112 жыл бұрын
Couldn't run those promos today with all the Karen's out there
@ronaldshank75892 ай бұрын
Yeah. Under the motto "We care about people", and "We consider that to be offensive", they find a way to deprive people of their first amendment rights!
@robertsutton88022 жыл бұрын
Love,this,show
@williamamacker31192 жыл бұрын
I loved it when you could say what you wanted to say and that didn’t cause you to go to jail or be a racist or anything like that this is some killer stuff right here thank you for the video 70s wrestling 80s wrestling awesome totally thank you again ☘️🇺🇸🤘⚡️⚡️
@K-dawg26 Жыл бұрын
It's still homophobic no matter what decade it is.
@thebrockdocshow21933 жыл бұрын
That's how you get people to watch a match
@martindoll5884 Жыл бұрын
Go play with the short people. Jimmy was hilarious
@jasonwashburn3414 Жыл бұрын
Bill Dundee looks like a miniature Elvis.
@wr70beh3 жыл бұрын
Ain't nothin' handsome about Valiant. That guy is nuts.
@martindoll5884 Жыл бұрын
He was the best. Really nice guy outside the ring.
@itisbab Жыл бұрын
WHADDA YA THINK ABOUT THAT STAAAA!!!!!???? 😂😂😂
@TR-vc7ul2 жыл бұрын
At about 6:30 Lawler speaks truth about Jimmy Valiant bumming rides and not bringing a car to Memphis. Cornette said him and his mother would many times give Jimmy rides to the shows because he didn’t drive or have a car.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
Even back then shoot was mixed into the work lol. I love it.
@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA6 жыл бұрын
That's the real Jerry Lawler..
@fatharold1788 Жыл бұрын
that hurt bad when Jerry Jarrett passed away
@1spizzle8 жыл бұрын
jerry was hating one handsome jimmy boogie woogie man was entertaining.
@kevinpayton26646 жыл бұрын
raymond harris Handsome Jimmy Valiant was unlike any other.
@franksullivan71106 жыл бұрын
Big momma is like no OTHER.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
@@franksullivan7110 Big MOMMA? You mean the Big Momma who wrestled Al Bundy in Married With Children?
@carljacobson71563 жыл бұрын
Handsome Jimmy Valient was GREAT!! What a terrific 'Heel'! Is it me, or did Hulk Hogan steal a lot of Handsome Jimmy's act? Or did Handsome Jimmy steal his gimmick from Superstar Billy Graham?
@norms39132 жыл бұрын
I think JV stole some stuff from Austin idol too
@Blacattacsquadron2 жыл бұрын
@@norms3913 Jimmy's gimmick is long before Idol. Billy Graham and Jimmy is on the same level. Hip jive talk during the hippie era of Woodstock.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
Valiant is Superstar coked up a few notches. Maybe with a little Jack Daniels in the mix, too lol.
@atilla429 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy is wrestling near me this weekend. He is like 80! Omg
@nassermj76713 жыл бұрын
Nobody, but nobody better on the mic than the King. These days we have clones wanna be.
@notsoinvisiblelibra6 жыл бұрын
Welp, that took a hard left!😂😂😂😂
@brandonmorris98896 жыл бұрын
It definitely did! 😂
@pika235 жыл бұрын
I was 7 months old when this aired. It feels younger though...like you could easily slip this into the WCW Saturday night main event of the mid 90s minus fag, and you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Maybe Lawler's goatee but that's it
@SheaRoberts2 жыл бұрын
Lawler was calling Goldust a fag on WWF tv in 1997
@HarryBritt-vg3yt13 күн бұрын
Handsome jimmy good Promo.
@michealfaulkner88702 жыл бұрын
Jimmy's real life voice was low key clam, almost an wisper. But, as soon as the camera started rolling he went straight into Hamsom Jimmy.
@norms39132 жыл бұрын
Now I can see where dog the bounty hunter got his looks from JV. Lol
@K-dawg26 Жыл бұрын
No he didn't.
@klosedkaption80423 жыл бұрын
Boogie Woogie called him out. Wow. He did do Honky Tonk wromg. His own flesh and blood. This video is gold.
@swvastories34983 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm surprised they were shooting on each other a little bit like that even back then.
@erikstorm8935 Жыл бұрын
@@swvastories3498 Apparently even the car ride line was a shoot lol. Well, kind of. According to another poster, who said Jim Cornette talked about it. Apparently, Cornette said he and his mom would give Jimmy a ride to the shows. Because he didnt drive or have a car.
@DanielRivera-cp2oq5 ай бұрын
Legends that’s all I can say❤
@LegendKiller0300011 ай бұрын
Memphis was a special territory
@tonymctony45514 жыл бұрын
That tonk fella looks sleazy
@canttouchthis6439 Жыл бұрын
Was living in Ga around this time and rarely seen boogy woogy man in Ga championship wrestling
@studbourbon7982 жыл бұрын
Jimmy is correct baby ! Come on Daddy !
@MrDanBlather6 ай бұрын
McMahon destroyedrofessional wrestling. He turned it into a circus.
@larry306410 ай бұрын
Absolutely hilarious 😂
@barthunt86402 жыл бұрын
Great promo!
@efremnorwood97084 ай бұрын
The Boogie Woogie Man; Handsome Jimmy.
@harrylazard8052 жыл бұрын
You have to enjoy these historic videos before youTube bans them for the language....
@trentaccid2177 Жыл бұрын
Jerry slaps Lance Russel's hand but Jerry admired Lance above everyone else.
@Dw_Tek753 жыл бұрын
Baby, Daddy, Baby, Daddy!
@michaelseay97839 ай бұрын
Let’s go on down to Mempho, Daddy. Bring Kingfish and Superstah with ya!
@randyznaniecki83805 жыл бұрын
The daddy man with the big moustache plays the part
@raidernationfullmoonrecord9516 Жыл бұрын
This is star wars mama lmao
@ValREcO2 жыл бұрын
5:58 jerry had enough. 😂😂
@madbrowniac78714 жыл бұрын
Eddie Gilbert's Dad Tommy is one of the guys restraining Lawler. There's some intriguing Memphis Pro Wrestling history right there. Also Lawler tried to put over Chuck Malone as a potential opponent. Did Malone ever have a career outside of Memphis?🤔B.W.
@Blacattacsquadron2 жыл бұрын
Not really. Just a jobber.
@TheHannibalTV Жыл бұрын
🤙
@WildBillCox135 жыл бұрын
"Och, lad! Ye cannae embarrass a Scot by shavin' 'is 'ead! We gae bald at nineteen! Noo, if ye shaved mah arse, that'd be different, 'cause I'd freeze to death in winter. Ah might be kilt . . . kilt . . ." "Is this thing on?"
@kwmusic45602 жыл бұрын
Was this before or after Bill Dundee went to Mordor to destroy the One Ring?
@presto111man Жыл бұрын
Boogie should have called Lazertron and turned that into a tag match.
@bobturnley27873 жыл бұрын
I'm handsome Jimmy Valiant somebody hold me back!!!!!😂