Are you still still straight now? Yeah. Yeah. Still I haven’t had Johnny says that I think he’s talking you talking about drugs and liquor right? yeah. Good. Okay. Richard Pryor transformed The Tonight Show by bringing raw honesty, explosive energy, and fearless comedy. I had to stop drinking, you know, I I used…
from Robin Williams. Johnny Carson interviewed tens of thousands of guests during his 30-year reign as the king of late night. Most of them followed a simple script. Actors came on to promote movies. Musicians plugged their latest albums and authors tried to sell books. >> Oh my god, I’m okay now. I’m out…
George Strait known as the king of country music and also regarded as one of the greatest music acts in recent decades is one of the most respected musicians of all time his voice unique songs and genuine authenticity have set him in a class of his own in the music industry following more…
It was May 15th, 2016, and George Foreman was sitting in his Texas home when his phone rang. The voice on the other end was Lonnie Ali, Muhammad’s wife. Her message was simple and devastating. Muhammad didn’t have much time left. His Parkinson’s had progressed to the point where he was barely responsive. The doctors…
You’re a coward. The words cut through the warm buzz of conversation in the crowded German bar. 40 heads turned. The American soldier who shouted it was drunk, swaying, his uniform disheveled, but his finger pointed straight at Muhammad Ali, who sat quietly at a corner table with his small entourage. Frankfurt, West Germany, October…
The fork clattered against fine china. Jack Dempsey’s hand froze midair as Muhammad Ali walked through the mahogany doors of the restaurant that bore his name. Broadway and 50th Street, January 1965. The Manassa Mer was 70 years old, but his eyes still carried the predatory look of a man who had spent 7 years…
April 28th, 1967. The New York Hilton press conference room was packed beyond capacity as Muhammad Ali faced a wall of hostile media just 3 days after refusing induction into the United States armed forces. What happened next would become one of the most powerful moments in sports journalism history when a gold star sister’s…
August 11th, 1970. Muhammad Ali hadn’t fought in three and a half years. Every state in America had refused to give him a boxing license. His case was still in appeals. His career was over. But three black men in Atlanta, Georgia, Leroy Johnson changed the balance of power in American politics forever. And the…
706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. A storefront, rented space, not much bigger than a living room with a plate glass window facing the street and a sign that said, “We record anything, anywhere, anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk through the door and press their voice onto an acetate disc. Weddings, funerals,…
The question had been burning inside Mike Tyson for months. Here he was, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world at just 20 years old. The youngest man ever to hold the title, destroying opponents with a ferocity the boxing world had never seen. Yet every night, one question haunted him. Could Muhammad Ali have…
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