tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post4405701684712984353..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: Rasslin' with my dadThe Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-65587770767617578732012-08-28T19:16:10.659-04:002012-08-28T19:16:10.659-04:00i thought i'd left a comment, but i guess i go...i thought i'd left a comment, but i guess i got lost in remembering my grandpa and his love of <i>the fights,</i> sugar! he turned into a very different guy when he watched the fights on tv. being the only girl and the only grandchild who lived nearby i was absolutely no use at all to him! fortunately for me, the MITM's grandpa was also a fan, so from almost the beginning of <i>involvement</i> grandpa mac LOVED the MITM and his knowledge of the <i>sport!</i> thanks for the reminding me. xoxoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-34802163200305186162012-08-27T09:23:48.218-04:002012-08-27T09:23:48.218-04:00I do remember the Ghoul, in fact i know guys from ...I do remember the Ghoul, in fact i know guys from western Pa. who've watched the Ghoul and they're even younger than me, apparently he kept that gig up until there were no more little independent stations left or something.Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-71971386423813707192012-08-27T06:59:53.027-04:002012-08-27T06:59:53.027-04:00Anon: If you like it, then you should've put a...Anon: <i>If you like it, then you should've put a link on it.</i> With apologies to Beyoncé. Are you unaware of my egomania and neediness? Are you new here?<br /><br />CF: Is that a true story about Andre the Giant?! I hope so. It's fantastic. Thanks!The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-55768430059955657012012-08-27T04:45:06.237-04:002012-08-27T04:45:06.237-04:00A delightful ramble through the memories of one wi...A delightful ramble through the memories of one with such an eloquent touch with both pen and heart-strings.<br /><br />Andre the Giant once stopped a bout when he saw a butterfly land on the canvas while he was performing. Even hard rocks have soft edges it would seem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871866841906377841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-1943642170729283162012-08-26T11:35:18.180-04:002012-08-26T11:35:18.180-04:00good piecegood pieceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-54394410562792367382012-08-25T21:15:01.097-04:002012-08-25T21:15:01.097-04:00Kono: Do you remember Count Alucard on channel 43?...Kono: Do you remember Count Alucard on channel 43? I later (much later) figured out that that's Dracula spelled backwards. Duh. You are too young to remember The Ghoul, right?<br /><br />Richard, you have an uncanny knack for giving my ego a shot of adrenaline just about the time I'm ready to fold this thing. I'd like an audience. So sue me! But I'll hang in there. Thanks, as always, for your kind words.<br /><br />looby: Yeah, I hated finding out it was fixed, too. It took all the fun out of it. But the blood and hurt were for real. That's something you can't take away from those dudes.<br /><br />Paulo: I hate that you have technical glitches with this site. I can assure you that nobody is blocked! My ego won't allow it.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-49065270796897096442012-08-25T19:59:04.792-04:002012-08-25T19:59:04.792-04:00O.K. now I'm really confused, I'll try tom...O.K. now I'm really confused, I'll try tomorrow.paulo1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-47180420736626101622012-08-25T19:57:44.591-04:002012-08-25T19:57:44.591-04:00O.K. that worked, so what am I doing wrong ?O.K. that worked, so what am I doing wrong ?Paulo1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-14763217792992378422012-08-25T19:56:21.358-04:002012-08-25T19:56:21.358-04:00Why am I being blocked on your comment page??Why am I being blocked on your comment page??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-77380625448984985412012-08-25T06:47:15.929-04:002012-08-25T06:47:15.929-04:00Think you've pulled there mate.
I loved the w...Think you've pulled there mate.<br /><br />I loved the wrestling, until I realised it was fixed. We had some great characters - Big Daddy, whose nemesis was Giant Haystacks. GH was a gentle, religious man. My friend had a little chat with him once in Morecambe when he nipped out in the interval to sit on the seafront by himself.<br /><br />Then there was Kendo Nagasaki, the oriental (probably from about as far east as Grimsby) masked man of mystery who, in a momentous event in my childhood, was ceremonially unmasked with his consent, after years and years of his opponents trying to pull the mask off.<br /><br />Many more as well. Then the disillusion sets in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-46589975681368479662012-08-25T03:48:15.061-04:002012-08-25T03:48:15.061-04:00I, once again, have to tell you how really fantast...I, once again, have to tell you how really fantastic I think your blog is. You simply cannot get discouraged either by number of followers or by crits by readers. Your stuff is just beyond words. Meaningful, poignant, terrific reminisces, great pictures, awesome insights, emotionally affective memories and interactions. I LOVE your blog, by far my favorite of the 20 or 30 I check practically every day. The only one I can even put in the same category as a favorite is SLOTH, and it is simply a different blog, driven by pictures and not the verbal insights you offer. Just put this simple follower down as someone who thinks you have a gift, and an obligation to continue to share it with your followers. Keep up this incredible work please, your stuff on your children, art, museums, NYC, etc. is just so cram-packed with rich emotional cream filler that we would all cry if cannot get our fix. So enough about you thinking you are not touching us or that you do not have enough followers. Better the 100 or 200 that think you are a genius than 10,000 that don't know their head from a hole in the ground. Keep on truckin' please!<br /><br />RichardRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720199547771955299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50306031891825553462012-08-24T08:57:26.452-04:002012-08-24T08:57:26.452-04:00Channel 43, damn, John Lanigan, Super Host, i neve...Channel 43, damn, John Lanigan, Super Host, i never saw the wrasslin but if i'm correct i think i saw Bear wrestling at the old Cleveland Arena, but let's face it i'm lucky if i can remember my own name half the time and yes Bear wrestling was Man v. Bear... the Bear always won.Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-48313956336723036802012-08-24T06:58:11.879-04:002012-08-24T06:58:11.879-04:00daisy: Oh, LORD! You're absolutely right! Firp...daisy: Oh, LORD! You're absolutely right! Firpo had the same speech pattern and vocal grovel as Cookie Monster. As for dad, I think that was his attempt at "connecting" with us. He was just a butcher. Literally. He was a meat cutter by trade. He didn't have any people skills. The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-5923465065649766132012-08-24T06:56:00.692-04:002012-08-24T06:56:00.692-04:00Hi Library Girl. I was a Haystacks Calhoun fan mys...Hi Library Girl. I was a Haystacks Calhoun fan myself. A big, 500-pound hillbilly. I think his closing move was the "Big Splash." Is that correct? He'd dropped his girth on some poor heel.<br /><br />GB: Powers was worshiped by young boys all across Cleveland. Makes one wonder, doesn't it? <br /><br />Pat: You are a demure flower and I can't imagine why you'd see <i>anything</i> in wrestling. But it was like catnip to me when I was a kid.<br /><br />TSB: If you had attended a few matches you might have a different opinion. What a festival of madness and controlled chaos they were! I know it's bollocks, but I didn't know it at the time.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-28739852977319805312012-08-24T06:53:23.094-04:002012-08-24T06:53:23.094-04:00glorious, glorious memories for me as well! firpo...glorious, glorious memories for me as well! firpo. he was mine. as though the sesame street cookie monster became a human and beat the crap out of people... all the girls in the neighborhood picked their favorite - mine was firpo. and then we'd 'play wrestling' in the back yard. i got to be an incomprehensible, slobbering monster! great preparation for motherhood.<br /><br />oh, and your dad? yeah. if that's a glimpse, i can see why you have some issues there... daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-51242493631200469372012-08-24T05:12:30.929-04:002012-08-24T05:12:30.929-04:00I don't know whether to admire your memory of ...I don't know whether to admire your memory of all those blokes' names or despair at the misuse of the human intellect.<br /><br />I saw similar "acts" in Scotland in the 50s-60s, but only on TV. I can still remember my Grandma screaming "break his neck" whilst still clutching the family bible, as was her wont when faced with anything even slightly tempting.<br /><br />Let's face it, wrestling is a load of bollocks.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-45291855726809340312012-08-24T03:09:11.451-04:002012-08-24T03:09:11.451-04:00I could never understand my MIL's fascination ...I could never understand my MIL's fascination with wrestling. This post gives me a glimmer.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-2243235617265828012012-08-24T02:32:37.559-04:002012-08-24T02:32:37.559-04:00Just as well you lost faith in Powers, because I d...Just as well you lost faith in Powers, because I don't think smooth-chested dudes like him are supposed to be heroes for heterosexual males. For all his protestations, I bet he had a smile on his face when 'Mr Love' (or should that be 'Mr Lurve') wrestled him to the floor in the TV studio.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-69096812681542554642012-08-23T23:45:36.596-04:002012-08-23T23:45:36.596-04:00This made me SO HAPPY!!! My dad used to take us t...This made me SO HAPPY!!! My dad used to take us to see those same wrestlers in Hara Arena in Dayton. Some of my best, happiest times! I LOVED Bobo, and Iron Sheik and Gorilla Monsoon and Haystacks Calhoun and I saw Andre the Giant and I had such a crush on Tony Marino and I am going on like am 8 years old and with my dad again. Thanks for the memories.LibraryGirl62https://www.blogger.com/profile/11826257812655578054noreply@blogger.com