78 Olympia

[SweetDaddySiki]

John Hansen: A wonderful source for bodybuilding! He's posted a report on the 78 Mr O on Youtube:

[Rambone]

I actually woke up this morning thinking about the 1978 Olympia (with morning wood)

[Royalty]

I actually woke up this morning thinking about the 1978 Olympia (with morning wood)

Me too... but I was thinking about the Olympia in 1977

[oldtimer1]

Bill Grant worked his calves hard. He just lost the genetic lottery.  He looked amazing on stage when I saw him.

[AbrahamG]

Bill Grant worked his calves hard. He just lost the genetic lottery.  He looked amazing on stage when I saw him.

Did he fill his posing slacks up nicely?

[BB]

Did he fill his posing slacks up nicely?

https://qnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1970s-BIll-Grant.jpg.

Bill wasn't afraid of a good bi shot.

[tommywishbone]

I did not attend the 1978 Mr. Olympia.

[Humble Narcissist]

https://qnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1970s-BIll-Grant.jpg.

Bill wasn't afraid of a good bi shot.

Bicep or bisexual?

[IroNat]

Great article.

Very well written.

Thanks to Hansen for sharing.

[Pet shop boys]

Bill Grant worked his calves hard. He just lost the genetic lottery.  He looked amazing on stage when I saw him.

Had insulin and GH been around back then ....  a Ronnie like transformation ....

Same goes for Ron Love .



WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[beakdoctor]

I actually woke up this morning thinking about the 1978 Olympia (with morning wood)

You too!?

[BB]

Bicep or bisexual?

Both, Bill seems a happy-go-lucky fellow. Here he was, competing at the Mr Fire Island in '73 -

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A young Lou Ferrigno showed up there as well -

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I wonder how fast Lou caught on? I like to think he pulled Matty aside and scarily muttered "Dad, dut are all da daggots doing deer!?"

 

[IroNat]

Funny, bb.
 

[Rambone]

BB, is it true that Lou worked at an all-gay sheet metal factory?

[BB]

BB, is it true that Lou worked at an all-gay sheet metal factory?

Yes, he even posted about it on Facebook -

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For years afterward, it's been said he'd get dolled up as the Hulk, and bend all sorts of complicated shapes for the amusement of the boys of Local 28 -

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[Rambone]

Yes, he even posted about it on Facebook -

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For years afterward, it's been said he'd get dolled up as the Hulk, and bend all sorts of complicated shapes for the amusement of the boys of Local 28 -

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Lmao!!!!

[SweetDaddySiki]

Mr Fire Island... 

[BB]

It made me laugh so hard when I found that a few years ago -

https://www.pineshistory.org/the-archives/the-mr-fire-island-contest-1970s-1990 .

There are no outs for appearing at that contest. It got tons of big names too.

"On July 19, 1970 rather than the annual Miss Fire Island contest a Mr. Fire Island Body Beautiful contest was held. Sponsored by QQ magazine and Bud Parker (American director of the International Federation of Bodybuilders.) Over 900 people attended with 27 contestants showing their stuff. The contestants ranged from famous musclemen to drag queens mixed in for comedic effect.

QQ Magazine (Queen’s Quarterly) was an important pioneering magazine published in Manhattan in the 60s and 70s. QQ’s art director was the artist, A. Jay, (Al Shapiro), who drew one of the first continuing gay comic strips, “Harry Chess” which debuted in QQ . “Harry Chess” continued serialized in Drummer for years.

Among the judges were: Lou Thomas representing Colt Studios, physique photographer George Hester, leather craftsman Marquis de Suede, and QQ publisher George Desantis.


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That's "the "Harry Chess" comic.

[Humble Narcissist]

Both, Bill seems a happy-go-lucky fellow. Here he was, competing at the Mr Fire Island in '73 -

.

A young Lou Ferrigno showed up there as well -

.

I wonder how fast Lou caught on? I like to think he pulled Matty aside and scarily muttered "Dad, dut are all da daggots doing deer!?"

 

I had no idea but I'm not surprised.

[njflex]

Mr Fire Island... 

Charles, a man went to fire Island with a blank in his hand, and saw many men there, and said oh my god there’s so much blankety-blank here

[Pet shop boys]

It made me laugh so hard when I found that a few years ago -

https://www.pineshistory.org/the-archives/the-mr-fire-island-contest-1970s-1990 .

There are no outs for appearing at that contest. It got tons of big names too.

"On July 19, 1970 rather than the annual Miss Fire Island contest a Mr. Fire Island Body Beautiful contest was held. Sponsored by QQ magazine and Bud Parker (American director of the International Federation of Bodybuilders.) Over 900 people attended with 27 contestants showing their stuff. The contestants ranged from famous musclemen to drag queens mixed in for comedic effect.

QQ Magazine (Queen’s Quarterly) was an important pioneering magazine published in Manhattan in the 60s and 70s. QQ’s art director was the artist, A. Jay, (Al Shapiro), who drew one of the first continuing gay comic strips, “Harry Chess” which debuted in QQ . “Harry Chess” continued serialized in Drummer for years.

Among the judges were: Lou Thomas representing Colt Studios, physique photographer George Hester, leather craftsman Marquis de Suede, and QQ publisher George Desantis.


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That's "the "Harry Chess" comic.

To think that was 54 years ago ...

WooooSHHHHHHHHHH    This industry

[beakdoctor]

To think that was 54 years ago ...

WooooSHHHHHHHHHH    This industry

Well the MSM has most people thinking lynchings were a daily occurrence up until 1991 when Rodney Luther King shot all those people in the back of the bus.