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Title: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: affeman on December 29, 2019, 07:03:35 AM
Why didn't those guys have their big breakthrough in the 80s? They got better physiqes and even seemed to be greater actors than Arnold ???
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: Fortress on December 29, 2019, 11:50:39 AM
Fun/funny guys.

Hung, ate and lifted with both.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: hardgainerj on December 29, 2019, 12:12:25 PM
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3907wr/serious_redditors_whos_sexual_fantasies_became_a/crzf7j9/
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: Primemuscle on December 29, 2019, 03:58:24 PM
Why didn't those guys have their big breakthrough in the 80s? They got better physiqes and even seemed to be greater actors than Arnold ???



Oscar worthy.  :)
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: affeman on December 29, 2019, 04:20:39 PM
Oscar worthy.  :)

You mean Oscar-worthy like this guy who became a billionaire and world renowned superstar in the same era? :)

Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: pamith on December 29, 2019, 04:48:35 PM
They were good actors, but not better than Arnold
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: Primemuscle on December 29, 2019, 06:38:29 PM
You mean Oscar-worthy like this guy who became a billionaire and world renowned superstar in the same era? :)



There's not much of a relationship between Oscar worthy acting ability, being a superstar and making lots of money as a celebrity in movies. It's rare, but some have accomplished this.

George Clooney is the highest-paid actor in the world, having earned $239 million before taxes in 2018. He won Best Supporting Actor in 2006 for his role in Syriana.

Jack Nicholson — 3 wins, 12 nominations

As the world's highest-paid actress, Johansson pocketed $56 million in 2018, nearly all thanks to her role as Black Widow. She won many awards, but no Oscars.

Katherine Hepburn won the most Oscars for best actress with a total of 4. Can't compare earnings since she's from a different time period. Meryl Streep is right behind Katherine with 3 Oscars. She's also earned 18 nominations, more than any other actress. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Streep's fortune is valued at $90 million.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: Kwon on December 29, 2019, 06:56:38 PM
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: pellius on December 29, 2019, 07:28:17 PM
You mean Oscar-worthy like this guy who became a billionaire and world renowned superstar in the same era? :)



Billionaire?
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: Primemuscle on December 29, 2019, 08:54:25 PM
Billionaire?

Good catch! Arnold's net worth is $400 million. He has a ways to go before he's a billionaire. Regardless, he makes me look like a pauper.  :)
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: BB on December 29, 2019, 09:23:00 PM
DC Cab was the Barbarians's best film.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers - underrated as actors!?
Post by: m8 on December 30, 2019, 06:31:01 PM
The barbarian brothers seem to be doing well these days:



https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3907wr/serious_redditors_whos_sexual_fantasies_became_a/crzf7j9/

Jesus christ.
Title: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Campeon Del Mundo on May 27, 2021, 05:04:28 PM
    Does anyone know if the Barbarian Brothers were married and had kids? 

Does anyone know more about their backgrounds like who their parents were? Where did they live in SoCal ?
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: BB on May 27, 2021, 05:39:35 PM
Their mother - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=frances-teddy-paul&pid=186562464&fhid=4131 .

Dad - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=leonard-paul&pid=180637475 .
https://independent.academia.edu/LeonardPaul2 <------ pretty sure that's him.

They were in the educational fields, but I always got the feeling there was some old family money there.

One of the better articles on their home life -

https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/06/28/honin-the-barbarians .

The other Paul brother - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203441556/howard-allen-paul .
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Royalty on May 27, 2021, 05:58:11 PM
    Does anyone know if the Barbarian Brothers were married and had kids? 

Does anyone know more about their backgrounds like who their parents were? Where did they live in SoCal ?

Please let these people live in peace.

Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: BB on May 27, 2021, 06:06:51 PM

They were in the educational fields, but I always got the feeling there was some old family money there.


And this might be it -

Their Grandfather on the mother's side was a major car dealer it seems -

"A familiar family name, synonymous with selling cars in central Connecticut for 68 years, is gone from the business scene.

Grody Chevrolet Inc. had been on Raymond Road in West Hartford for the past 50 years, but now is Crowley Chevrolet Geo. Israel S. Grody began selling cars in 1924 at his Bloomfield gasoline station, where he also sold hay and grain. His son, M. Leonard Grody, succeeded him. Leonard Grody's widow, Rachel Grody, was running the dealership when it changed hands.

Grody's familiar art deco logo is still atop the dealership building in West Hartford. Although the name on the sign will eventually be changed, what Israel Grody and his successors accomplished will always be part of West Hartford's business history" .
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 28, 2021, 03:16:20 AM
    Does anyone know if the Barbarian Brothers were married and had kids? 

Does anyone know more about their backgrounds like who their parents were? Where did they live in SoCal ?
David lost his house that he built himself to his ex wife.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Campeon Del Mundo on May 28, 2021, 12:32:20 PM
Their mother - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=frances-teddy-paul&pid=186562464&fhid=4131 .

Dad - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=leonard-paul&pid=180637475 .
https://independent.academia.edu/LeonardPaul2 <------ pretty sure that's him.

They were in the educational fields, but I always got the feeling there was some old family money there.

One of the better articles on their home life -

https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/06/28/honin-the-barbarians .

The other Paul brother - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203441556/howard-allen-paul .


 Thanks for the info!  I always thought there was family money too.  Those guys just bodybuilding and making
those movies that didn't make much money.

Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: SOMEPARTS on May 28, 2021, 12:34:53 PM
They blew it all. Case closed.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 29, 2021, 04:40:08 AM
They blew it all. Case closed.
Peter seems to be living in a nice house so he probably is living off trust fund money.  He sure as Hell isn't earning anymore.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: pamith on May 29, 2021, 09:16:19 AM
Please let these people live in peace.
Lmfao!
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: stuntmovie on May 29, 2021, 09:25:10 AM
I kinda/sorta recall that Disney purchased the 'rights' to some sort of 'puppet' that one of the bros 'invented'.

Big bucks if I recall correctly.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: AbrahamG on May 29, 2021, 11:48:05 AM
    Does anyone know if the Barbarian Brothers were married and had kids? 

Does anyone know more about their backgrounds like who their parents were? Where did they live in SoCal ?

I can see what you are ramping up to but they are not known, practicing or even latent homosexuals.  Sorry to let the wind out of your sail.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Never1AShow on May 29, 2021, 05:55:02 PM

 Thanks for the info!  I always thought there was family money too.  Those guys just bodybuilding and making
those movies that didn't make much money.

Obviously you've never seen DC Cab or The Flamingo Kid
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 30, 2021, 03:00:09 AM
Obviously you've never seen DC Cab or The Flamingo Kid
:D  Blockbusters!
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Campeon Del Mundo on May 31, 2021, 09:08:38 AM
I kinda/sorta recall that Disney purchased the 'rights' to some sort of 'puppet' that one of the bros 'invented'.

Big bucks if I recall correctly.

   This i really would like to know more about...
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Matt on May 31, 2021, 07:50:28 PM
    Does anyone know if the Barbarian Brothers were married and had kids? 

Does anyone know more about their backgrounds like who their parents were? Where did they live in SoCal ?

I think they were from Rhode Island, and liked vagina judging from some of their photoshoots.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: wes on May 31, 2021, 07:53:37 PM
I think they were from Rhode Island, and liked vagina judging from some of their photoshoots.
Did it have a fishy scent?
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Matt on May 31, 2021, 08:34:58 PM
Did it have a fishy scent?

LMAO!!!!  ;D

THANK YOU for asking.

Absolutely it did! I can't be the only one on here who notices this?  ??? Love that scent.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: BB on May 31, 2021, 08:48:58 PM
I think they were from Rhode Island, and liked vagina judging from some of their photoshoots.

Connecticut, but the family had adventures all over New England. There's some sort of family connection to Rhode Island though, and the brothers had a gym there, and spent some of their school years there.

Now that Stunt mentioned it, I do remember them having a doll they were developing, but it was in the mid 90's, so you can't really bring anything up about it. It would be in the Ironman or MuscleMag gossip pages of the time. 

David Paul was an industrious fella - http://www.davidpauldesign.net/home.html .

Youtube channels -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmKAwPwZGg7x7YQKrzTkgg/videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmKAwPwZGg7x7YQKrzTkgg/videos) .

https://www.youtube.com/user/cowboythegreatdane/videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/cowboythegreatdane/videos) . (Lot of music on this one, he does a Tom Waits sorta thing here and there).

.

David talk about his life and other things a little before he died.
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Kwon on June 01, 2021, 02:46:42 AM
̀t's weird that the crazy brother outlived the sane one?

What did David die of?
Title: Re: Barbarian Brothers...
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 01, 2021, 04:57:07 AM
̀t's weird that the crazy brother outlived the sane one?

What did David die of?
I don't think they ever said.  Suicide?
Title: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Gym Rat on May 22, 2024, 02:01:45 AM

https://thebarbell.com/the-barbarian-brothers/

(https://thebarbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/barbarian-brothers-5-1024x746.jpg)
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Tom on May 22, 2024, 06:04:31 AM
David is the one that passed away, but I can never tell who is david and who is peter?...
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Pet shop boys on May 22, 2024, 06:51:07 AM
David is the one that passed away, but I can never tell who is david and who is peter?...

Same here ...  I had the chance to meet David (in a Gym in Rhode Island) months before his passing was friendly .

WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh  RIP
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: affeman on May 22, 2024, 08:29:25 AM
They were complete pussies. This guy tells a funny story from the 80s @53:00, how a footballer called Lyle Alzado knocked them out both in a split second with one single flat hand slap at the Golds Gym parking lot in front of everyone after an argument in the gym (those were supposedly the days when you felt like you were at a Gorilla zoo @Golds).

Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: funk51 on May 22, 2024, 09:04:57 AM
   
   
     
   he seemed like a nice guy.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: funk51 on May 22, 2024, 09:07:19 AM
 I think lyle A really upped the dose after he did poorly in a strongest man in  the nfl contest. I think Mike Webster might have won it.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: MajorDomo on May 22, 2024, 09:47:24 AM
They were complete pussies. This guy tells a funny story from the 80s @53:00, how a footballer called Lyle Alzado knocked them out both in a split second with one single flat hand slap at the Golds Gym parking lot in front of everyone after an argument in the gym (those were supposedly the days when you felt like you were at a Gorilla zoo @Golds).



Does this look like a fucking German language site?  Dummkoft.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Bevo on May 22, 2024, 12:02:33 PM
Lyle Alzado was a complete homo, got HIV and died
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: AbrahamG on May 22, 2024, 05:01:42 PM
Lyle Alzado was a complete homo, got HIV and died

Terribly small pecker too.  Known bottom. 
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: wes on May 22, 2024, 05:06:03 PM
Terribly small pecker too.  Known bottom. 
......also had tiny hands.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: BB on May 22, 2024, 05:25:44 PM
https://thebarbell.com/the-barbarian-brothers/

(https://thebarbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/barbarian-brothers-5-1024x746.jpg)

Worn Deep Dish type plates always look great in shots like that.

I think lyle A really upped the dose after he did poorly in a strongest man in  the nfl contest. I think Mike Webster might have won it.

It was Mike Webster. They say the period after that contest, and the late 80's comeback were the 2 times he really upped the dose. A number of old timers from Gold's swore he was the first guy they saw with a big, consistent real growth hormone stash in the late 80's.

Rob Huizenga, former team physician for the Los Angeles Raiders describing cleaning out Lyle Alzado's stash with his wife -

"She brought in an entire shopping bag chock full of every conceivable bulking concoction. There were thousands of dollars worth of Genentech growth hormone vials, all interestingly enough marked "No Sale," meaning they were samples off some pediatric endocrinologist's shelf, or else stolen from an ongoing drug trial.

There were five types of oral anabolic steroids and sixteen types of injectable steroids, some of them veterinary with pictures of horses on the boxes. The labels were from West Germany, East Germany, France, Mexico, Italy, and the U.S.A. There was extract from pregnant women's urine that prevented the testicles from shrinking. There was an estrogen hormone blocker, tamoxifen, prescribed typically for women who have had breast cancer to help prevent a recurrence, but used by weight lifters to try to prevent "bitch tits"—the painful swellings and breast enlargement resulting from partial conversion of steroids into estrogen.

There was thyroid medicine. There was pain medicine. There was an asthma medicine from Canada, rumored to increase strength. There were boxes of syringes. There were pads of papers with various "stacking" schemes—schemes for taking handfuls of different steroids simultaneously, in hopes of more muscle and fewer side effects.

About half the drugs had come from the refrigerator; the rest had been hidden under the kitchen sink, in the bathroom, under the bed, and behind Lyle's trophies. Some small-town pharmacies don't have this selection of drugs.".
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Rambone on May 22, 2024, 05:44:48 PM
Worn Deep Dish type plates always look great in shots like that.


Hell yeah brother
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: wes on May 22, 2024, 07:16:45 PM
Hell yeah brother
X 3.....you don`t see them much anymore.    :'(
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: MarvinEderFan on May 23, 2024, 11:20:21 PM
i thought they were not twins. just a marketing thing. but born 1 year apart

Was peter not heavier than 235 lbs? I think David was 265-270 at his heaviest?

Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 24, 2024, 12:21:39 AM
Terribly small pecker too.  Known bottom.
??? Too much info. :-[
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: MarvinEderFan on May 24, 2024, 02:29:41 AM
I remember someone stating David was at a very good 256 when filming the barbarians.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: _bruce_ on May 24, 2024, 02:45:24 AM
Does this look like a fucking German language site?  Dummkoft.

Silence Murat  >:(
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 24, 2024, 11:40:45 PM
I remember someone stating David was at a very good 256 when filming the barbarians.
They had almost perfect physiques in those movies. They had almost perfect leaner bodies later on. Great genetics.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: WrongAdvices on May 25, 2024, 01:52:13 AM
Worn Deep Dish type plates always look great in shots like that.

It was Mike Webster. They say the period after that contest, and the late 80's comeback were the 2 times he really upped the dose. A number of old timers from Gold's swore he was the first guy they saw with a big, consistent real growth hormone stash in the late 80's.

Rob Huizenga, former team physician for the Los Angeles Raiders describing cleaning out Lyle Alzado's stash with his wife -

"She brought in an entire shopping bag chock full of every conceivable bulking concoction. There were thousands of dollars worth of Genentech growth hormone vials, all interestingly enough marked "No Sale," meaning they were samples off some pediatric endocrinologist's shelf, or else stolen from an ongoing drug trial.

There were five types of oral anabolic steroids and sixteen types of injectable steroids, some of them veterinary with pictures of horses on the boxes. The labels were from West Germany, East Germany, France, Mexico, Italy, and the U.S.A. There was extract from pregnant women's urine that prevented the testicles from shrinking. There was an estrogen hormone blocker, tamoxifen, prescribed typically for women who have had breast cancer to help prevent a recurrence, but used by weight lifters to try to prevent "bitch tits"—the painful swellings and breast enlargement resulting from partial conversion of steroids into estrogen.

There was thyroid medicine. There was pain medicine. There was an asthma medicine from Canada, rumored to increase strength. There were boxes of syringes. There were pads of papers with various "stacking" schemes—schemes for taking handfuls of different steroids simultaneously, in hopes of more muscle and fewer side effects.

About half the drugs had come from the refrigerator; the rest had been hidden under the kitchen sink, in the bathroom, under the bed, and behind Lyle's trophies. Some small-town pharmacies don't have this selection of drugs.".

Lyle Alzado had a wife?
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Kwon on May 25, 2024, 02:06:51 AM
David is the one that passed away, but I can never tell who is david and who is peter?...

And who is Paul?
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: BB on May 25, 2024, 03:02:23 AM
Lyle Alzado had a wife?

3 actually. He'd only be married to each of them for a year or two. He also had a son, big blonde kid. I'm not sure which wife is the one mention in that paragraph, they were all around to comfort Lyle toward the end.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 26, 2024, 12:02:28 AM
And who is Paul?
Real name Palpin.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Taffin on May 26, 2024, 08:45:10 AM
Real name Palpin.

(http://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2FzRbELALsFa0AAAAM%2Fpalpatine-smile.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4a99e4e70710a507c8ba465f9e2325051c24df367e48aad222362f3143e50364&ipo=images)
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 27, 2024, 12:22:53 AM
(http://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2FzRbELALsFa0AAAAM%2Fpalpatine-smile.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4a99e4e70710a507c8ba465f9e2325051c24df367e48aad222362f3143e50364&ipo=images)
Peter probably thinks he's the Emperor.
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: falco on May 27, 2024, 01:46:59 AM
Lyle Alzado was a complete homo, got HIV and died

Wasn't brain cancer?

(https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?user=6151471&id=765199886&clippingId=125865648&width=820&height=1633&crop=2444_328_1496_2980&rotation=0)
Title: Re: The Barbarian Brothers: Their Full, Strange Story
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 28, 2024, 12:02:28 AM
^^^He claimed steroids caused his cancer. The rumors were that he contracted AIDS from sex in gay bathhouses. He probably was ashamed of having AIDS and his tough guy image being tarnished so he agreed to be an anti steroid spokes person if they kept his secret.