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Title: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on July 16, 2010, 07:04:10 PM
The following info is from Wikipedia, so take it for what it’s worth.
I do know that a lot of the information is accurate, but until the last part is confirmed…



On December 11, 2009, Bobby Heenan was hospitalized at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL after an examination of his rebuilt jaw found an infection that needed to be treated. As a result, Heenan missed his scheduled appearance at the K&S Wrestlefest event in New Jersey.

By 2010, Heenan's jaw infection was completely eradicated. He appeared at TNA Lockdown fanfest on April 17, 2010. Heenan's Speech is now hard to understand, but he still has that look in his eye that brought him his fame.

In December 2010 WWE will release a retrospective of his career.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 17, 2010, 08:05:27 PM
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 19, 2010, 05:28:39 AM
I am itching for a Heenan dvd to come out...
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 19, 2010, 05:41:14 AM
I hope they get a lot of insight directly from Bobby - i.e. get him to comment on events, stories, etc.
I can't find any substantial updates on Mr. Heenan's current health condition, but I know that he's had a good bit of diffictulty speaking for a while now.

However, WWE has featured quite a few (more) recent interviews with Bobby over the last 5-10 years.
I suspect they have more, and I hope they'll dip into that "well" for use in this compilation.
I just don't want to watch matches & interviews while listening to Matt Striker host.
Hopefully, they feature a lot of Bobby's AWA material as well.

He's already told a lot between his two books and shoot interviews.
I'll buy this DVD, regardless of what's on it or what the reviews are like.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 19, 2010, 05:46:03 AM
I hope they get a lot of insight directly from Bobby - i.e. get him to comment on events, stories, etc.
I can't find any substantial updates on Mr. Heenan's current health condition, but I know that he's had a good bit of diffictulty speaking for a while now.

However, WWE has featured quite a few (more) recent interviews with Bobby over the last 5-10 years.
I suspect they have more, and I hope they'll dip into that "well" for use in this compilation.
I just don't want to watch matches & interviews while listening to Matt Striker host.
Hopefully, they feature a lot of Bobby's AWA material as well.

He's already told a lot between his two books and shoot interviews.
I'll buy this DVD, regardless of what's on it or what the reviews are like.

Ya, I heard him try to tell a story on youtube in one of the wrestlefest parties and he is difficult to understand at times. I feel for the guy. He was always one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 19, 2010, 03:36:20 PM
Did you know that, at one time, Heenan worked directly under George Scott?
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan was third in command of the largest wrestling organization in the world.

The guy had/has talent beyond belief!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 20, 2010, 05:42:07 AM
Did you know that, at one time, Heenan worked directly under George Scott?
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan was third in command of the largest wrestling organization in the world.

The guy had/has talent beyond belief!
Oh yes. He is a mastermind. One of the smartest guy's in wrestling and one of the few that is LIKED by EVERYONE.  :)
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 20, 2010, 05:55:46 AM
Oh yes. He is a mastermind. One of the smartest guy's in wrestling and one of the few that is LIKED by EVERYONE.  :)


Except Tully Blanchard.
LOL!!!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 20, 2010, 07:13:15 AM

Except Tully Blanchard.
LOL!!!
Call me stupid but I missed the punchline here....

Did Heenan and Blanchard have heat??
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 20, 2010, 09:16:20 AM
When the Brain Busters left the Fed, Heenan was instructed to do a promo explaining that he had to let them go because they were too difficult to do business with.
They had to give some reason.

It was all kayfabe.
But, Tully got hot over that.
He felt that Heenan badmouthed him & Arn.

Tully’s dad, Joe, and Bobby were good acquaintances years ago.
Some time later, Heenan ran into Tully at an event and asked how his dad is doing.
Tully shot back rather harshly, “Why don’t you ask him yourself?”
Bobby asked what the problem was and that’s when he found out Tully’s feelings about his worked comments on WWF TV.

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 20, 2010, 10:27:36 AM
When the Brain Busters left the Fed, Heenan was instructed to do a promo explaining that he had to let them go because they were too difficult to do business with.
They had to give some reason.

It was all kayfabe.
But, Tully got hot over that.
He felt that Heenan badmouthed him & Arn.

Tully’s dad, Joe, and Bobby were good acquaintances years ago.
Some time later, Heenan ran into Tully at an event and asked how his dad is doing.
Tully shot back rather harshly, “Why don’t you ask him yourself?”
Bobby asked what the problem was and that’s when he found out Tully’s feelings about his worked comments on WWF TV.


Wow.... I never knew that. Tully's being a suck about that. Getting pissed over a Kayfabe interview? Wow...
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 30, 2010, 06:59:06 AM
Source: Pwinsider.com

WWE Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan has suffered several injuries in the last several weeks.

Heenan fell several weeks ago and broke his hip. While in rehabilitation, he slipped and suffered a broken shoulder as well as a fractured hip. Heenan will now have surgery on August 4th for the broken shoulder.

Due to these injuries, Heenan has been forced out of his appearance at the NWA Legends Fan Convention. He was originally going to attend the convention in a wheel chair.

Get well soon Brain.



 

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 30, 2010, 07:26:18 AM
Don't know how much you guys have ever seen Heenan's work as Bockwinkels mgr in the AWA, but imo it was by far his best.  The comedy stuff in the WWF got a bit tiring to me, but could come up with some awesome stuff ever now and then....in the WCW I used to get a kick out of how much he would bash Hogan and then when Hogan went heel, Heenan just loved to gloat about it.  Wish him well, one of the greats.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on July 30, 2010, 11:48:33 AM
Don't know how much you guys have ever seen Heenan's work as Bockwinkels mgr in the AWA, but imo it was by far his best.  The comedy stuff in the WWF got a bit tiring to me, but could come up with some awesome stuff ever now and then....in the WCW I used to get a kick out of how much he would bash Hogan and then when Hogan went heel, Heenan just loved to gloat about it.  Wish him well, one of the greats.
I just watched a handi-cap match with Hogan vs Heenan & Bockwinkle in the AWA back in mid 1983. Good match and Heenan was GOLD.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 30, 2010, 03:58:36 PM
Everybody in the AWA dressing room knew that the championship belt Verne used was made by inmates at the Denver prison.
Bockwinkle was complaining about its size just before a match the one night.

Heenan told him, “Nick you could be wearing a license plate.”


I hope they interview Baron Von Raschke.
He & Heenan were very close, and Bobby speaks as highly of him as he does Monsoon.


Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 31, 2010, 06:43:55 AM
The Baron scared the crap out of me as a kid.  He was a way over heel here in the midatlantic territory.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 31, 2010, 07:08:35 AM
Raschke just looked & fit the part so well.
By all accounts, he was/is a very nice and kind man in real life - the exact opposite of his character.
That's the definition of a real worker.

He did a shoot interview with Highspots not too long ago.
I'm sure he's got plenty of good stories about "The Brain," Ray Stevens, the Gagne's, etc.
He's also got a good sense of humor.

One day, the AWA van drove past a state prison and Heenan - as a bit of trivia - mentioned that those inmates made the equivalent of $0.33 per day.
Raschke said, "Hold on, Heenan... Is this another one of your get-rich-quick schemes?"

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 31, 2010, 07:13:32 AM
Raschke just looked & fit the part so well.
By all accounts, he was/is a very nice and kind man in real life - the exact opposite of his character.
That's the definition of a real worker.

He did a shoot interview with Highspots not too long ago.
I'm sure he's got plenty of good stories about "The Brain," Ray Stevens, the Gagne's, etc.
He's also got a good sense of humor.

One day, the AWA van drove past a state prison and Heenan - as a bit of trivia - mentioned that those inmates made the equivalent of $0.33 per day.
Raschke said, "Hold on, Heenan... Is this another one of your get-rich-quick schemes?"

ROFL....haha, Verne must have been tight with the payouts..... ;D
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on July 31, 2010, 07:29:16 AM
ROFL....haha, Verne must have been tight with the payouts..... ;D


His payouts weren’t the worst, but they certainly weren’t the best, and he was known to jerk guys around over payoffs.
Verne was the typical promoter who always bitched that he couldn’t afford to do this or that for the promotion, yet had the big house on the lake and took luxurious family vacations throughout the year.

Jesse Ventura walked out after he & Hito were screwed on a payoff before learning that Verne & Greg had gone skiing in Aspen.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on August 01, 2010, 07:27:01 PM
Jim Ross recently commented on Bobby Heenan's health on his JRsBarBQ.com website:


"The news of Bobby Heenan falling, apparently twice, and breaking his shoulder, pelvis, and hip are sobering. I think the world of 'The Brain' who will undergo shoulder surgery on August 4 and consider him a dear friend. When I first went to WWE in 1993 from the 'enemy' (WCW) Bobby and Gorilla Monsoon were the first two people who really took me in and made me feel welcomed in a new environment. They were in the minority but they had enough clout that it helped others come around to simply giving allowing themselves to get to know me and then make a decision based on fact not who my previous employer was."
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on August 03, 2010, 04:33:48 AM
Jim Ross recently commented on Bobby Heenan's health on his JRsBarBQ.com website:


"The news of Bobby Heenan falling, apparently twice, and breaking his shoulder, pelvis, and hip are sobering. I think the world of 'The Brain' who will undergo shoulder surgery on August 4 and consider him a dear friend. When I first went to WWE in 1993 from the 'enemy' (WCW) Bobby and Gorilla Monsoon were the first two people who really took me in and made me feel welcomed in a new environment.They were in the minority but they had enough clout that it helped others come around to simply giving allowing themselves to get to know me and then make a decision based on fact not who my previous employer was."
Just goes to show you how genuine Bobby Heenan & Gorilla both were. Not like the jealous / vindictive idiot that runs that place.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on August 03, 2010, 06:17:21 AM
Oh, yeah.
Although, if those guys who resented Ross at the time knew the position he would eventually/soon occupy, I’ll bet they’d have been a lot nicer to him.
 :)
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on August 03, 2010, 12:38:01 PM
Oh, yeah.
Although, if those guys who resented Ross at the time knew the position he would eventually/soon occupy, I’ll bet they’d have been a lot nicer to him.
 :)
Ross is well liked pretty much everywhere he goes.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on August 03, 2010, 03:49:08 PM
And I suspect that these days it’s more of a genuine liking as opposed to the ass-kissing he received as VP of Talent Relations.

Also back then, JR was put in a position of dealing with the finances, positions, careers, (read lives) of a lot of workers.
He had to make some tough calls and deliver plenty of bad news.

That type of responsibility produces many days I would not envy. 
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on October 31, 2010, 02:29:44 PM
A little preview to whet your appetite…
I hope they include this on the upcoming DVD:






Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 01, 2010, 04:38:38 AM
A little preview to whet your appetite…
I hope they include this on the upcoming DVD:







Nice! I wish they would include the wrestlers hall of fame cerimony in the dvd's as well. I know they did on the first Hogan dvd but they didn't do it for Flair which pissed me off.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: indie-lad on November 02, 2010, 04:43:25 PM
Bobby was the best talker in the history of the sport...bar none!!!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 02, 2010, 04:52:42 PM








Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 03, 2010, 05:10:35 AM
Bobby was the best talker in the history of the sport...bar none!!!

Lets not get carried away here.....Heenan was great, but there were others just as good, if not better.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 03, 2010, 06:50:54 AM
Lets not get carried away here.....Heenan was great, but there were others just as good, if not better.
I also like Ventura as a comentator. Very articulate and funny as hell.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 03, 2010, 06:53:42 AM
I also like Ventura as a comentator. Very articulate and funny as hell.

Very under rated as a commentator.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 03, 2010, 09:56:09 AM
Jesse was the guy Vince chose to try out his new idea of having a regular, heel color guy.
It used to crack me up when he went on about how much "highly trained skill" it takes to pull your opponent's hair when the referee isn't looking.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 04, 2010, 05:18:49 AM
Jesse was the guy Vince chose to try out his new idea of having a regular, heel color guy.
It used to crack me up when he went on about how much "highly trained skill" it takes to pull your opponent's hair when the referee isn't looking.


haha, I also loved when he would just be completely oblivious to anything a heel did and then when a face would throw a punch he would rant about it for 5 minutes.....good stuff.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 04, 2010, 05:21:28 AM
Jesse was the guy Vince chose to try out his new idea of having a regular, heel color guy.
It used to crack me up when he went on about how much "highly trained skill" it takes to pull your opponent's hair when the referee isn't looking.

Remember the body shop back in 1985-1986? His talk show segment? I remember when he had the Hart Foundation on their as guests and Jim The Anvil Neidhart did 20 easy reps with two plates per side saying how light it was as he kicked out rep after rep. Good stuff.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 04, 2010, 10:49:40 AM
Remember the body shop back in 1985-1986? His talk show segment? I remember when he had the Hart Foundation on their as guests and Jim The Anvil Neidhart did 20 easy reps with two plates per side saying how light it was as he kicked out rep after rep. Good stuff.


Yeah, I think that - for some reason - a lot of people forget just how powerful Neidhart was.
They go on and on about Warlord, Steiner, Smith, etc., but "the Andvil" deserved his spot.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 04, 2010, 10:54:21 AM

Yeah, I think that - for some reason - a lot of people forget just how powerful Neidhart was.
They go on and on about Warlord, Steiner, Smith, etc., but "the Andvil" deserved his spot.

True.....Putski, Atlas, Muraco and Butch Reed should be in there too.....
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 04, 2010, 11:16:31 AM
True.....Putski, Atlas, Muraco and Butch Reed should be in there too.....
Road Warriors and the Bulldogs were strong as bulls too.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 04, 2010, 11:39:35 AM
Road Warriors and the Bulldogs were strong as bulls too.

no doubt......a guy named Doug Furnas a bull too.....never really was a big name, but local in Tenn area.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 05, 2010, 05:20:21 AM
no doubt......a guy named Doug Furnas a bull too.....never really was a big name, but local in Tenn area.
I remember Doug Furnace from 1996 when he had a small stink in the WWE with partner Philip Lafon. Wonder whatever happened to those two.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: The Showstoppa on November 05, 2010, 05:22:42 AM
I remember Doug Furnace from 1996 when he had a small stink in the WWE with partner Philip Lafon. Wonder whatever happened to those two.

Not sure.....but check out this video.... :o

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 05, 2010, 11:42:32 AM
Not sure.....but check out this video.... :o


Raw power! Guy is a beast!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: big L dawg on November 05, 2010, 12:09:33 PM
Bobby was the best talker in the history of the sport...bar none!!!

I agree...I hated him as a kid but as i grew i realized he was a genius...
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 20, 2010, 05:15:10 PM
Lets not get carried away here.....Heenan was great, but there were others just as good, if not better.


Sure.
Who is best is a matter of opinion.
I will say, though, that Heenan was one of my all-time personal favorites!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 22, 2010, 05:00:28 AM

Sure.
Who is best is a matter of opinion.
I will say, though, that Heenan was one of my all-time personal favorites!
I wonder how he's doing lately with his throat cancer battles? Last pic I saw of him was with King Kong Bundy at the cauliflower convention and half his lower jaw was missing. I feel bad for the guy. Was always one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Fallsview on November 22, 2010, 07:42:31 AM
I wonder how he's doing lately with his throat cancer battles? Last pic I saw of him was with King Kong Bundy at the cauliflower convention and half his lower jaw was missing. I feel bad for the guy. Was always one of my favorites.

Very sad.  I agree Bobby was one of the best if not "the" best talkers.  He has been everywhere and handled some big names. 
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 22, 2010, 03:23:41 PM
I wonder how he's doing lately with his throat cancer battles? Last pic I saw of him was with King Kong Bundy at the cauliflower convention and half his lower jaw was missing. I feel bad for the guy. Was always one of my favorites.


It's hard to find much info on him.
His website's been shut down for a while now, and he's very seldom mentioned on any of the news boards.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Playboy on November 23, 2010, 05:33:15 AM

It's hard to find much info on him.
His website's been shut down for a while now, and he's very seldom mentioned on any of the news boards.
One thing is for sure, i'm definately buying that dvd when it comes out.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" DVD:
Post by: Montague on November 23, 2010, 05:41:01 AM
Oh, definitely!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on November 27, 2010, 12:42:35 PM
WWE star MVP has posted the following on his Twitter account:

"Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is in bad shape. Yrs ago he encouraged & complimented me ! Keep him in your thoughts & send positive vibes his way!"
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on November 27, 2010, 04:40:40 PM
As noted earlier here on the website, Bobby Heenan is reportedly in very poor health at a Tampa, Florida hospital.
Lanny Poffo, brother of Randy Savage, said on the Who's Slamming Who podcast this week that he heard from a friend that the WWE Hall of Famer "might be on his last legs."

The wrestler formerly known as The Genius said Heenan has been "in and out of a coma" in a Tampa area hospital and is "not aware of anything."

Heenan has been in poor health in recent years due to surgery on his throat and reconstructive jaw surgery.

It should be noted however, Great Lakes Championship Wrestling promoter David Herro wrote on Twitter that he heard from the wife of the WWE Hall of Famer, who said that Bobby is not hospitalized.

Herro wrote, "Just spoke with Cindy Heenan the lovely wife of "The Brain", Bobby is NOT in a coma & is not in the hospital. He's home resting his hip."

Also, MVP recently tweeted: "Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan is in bad shape. Yrs ago he encouraged & complimented me! Keep him in your thoughts & send positive vibes his way!"

We're getting conflicting reports as well. We'll keep you posted as we get more.



credit: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2010/1126/534188/bobby-heenan/
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: big L dawg on November 27, 2010, 09:11:11 PM
very sad for people to die this way
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on November 28, 2010, 05:31:06 AM
I'm not sure which report is accurate, although I know for a fact that Heenan is good friends with the Poffo's, so unless Lanny is off his rocker...
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on November 28, 2010, 11:00:20 AM
Okay, according to reports, Lanny Poffo based his interview comments on second-hand information that he received from "a friend."

Mike Aldren of The Wrestling Globe Newsletter recently posted:
"Spoke to Cindy, Bobby is fine doing well at home. He broke his hip recently but is in otherwise decent shape. Was never in a coma."

That, along with Dave Herro's Twitter post, makes two [allegedly] first-hand accounts that Bobby isn't/never was in a coma.
Still waiting to hear a confirmation either way.
It's both a wonder and a shame how some rumors get started; especially about a good & decent man like Heenan.


I mean, I can easily see someone spreading this type of rumor about Ultimate Warrior, but...


Let's hope for the best for "The Brain!"

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on November 29, 2010, 05:01:51 AM
Okay, according to reports, Lanny Poffo based his interview comments on second-hand information that he received from "a friend."

Mike Aldren of The Wrestling Globe Newsletter recently posted:
"Spoke to Cindy, Bobby is fine doing well at home. He broke his hip recently but is in otherwise decent shape. Was never in a coma."

That, along with Dave Herro's Twitter post, makes two [allegedly] first-hand accounts that Bobby isn't/never was in a coma.
Still waiting to hear a confirmation either way.
It's both a wonder and a shame how some rumors get started; especially about a good & decent man like Heenan.


I mean, I can easily see someone spreading this type of rumor about Ultimate Warrior, but...


Let's hope for the best for "The Brain!"


I heard from "my source" that Heenan is in rough shape. His face is litterally disfigured as a result of the tumours and operations to remove them. I doubt he'll be in front of the camaras again. God bless Bobby.  :'(
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on December 01, 2010, 03:11:08 AM
Jim Ross recently posted the following on his blog:

I talked to a friend recently who spoke with Bobby Heenan last week and 'The Wease' is at home, he was home for Thanksgiving, after getting out of the hospital where he was rehabbing his 2nd broken hip. Bobby was in good spirits which is a testament to his character considering all the challenges that he has faced. I hope to see Bobby on one of my next trips to Tampa when I visit FCW."
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on December 01, 2010, 04:51:47 AM
Jim Ross recently posted the following on his blog:

I talked to a friend recently who spoke with Bobby Heenan last week and 'The Wease' is at home, he was home for Thanksgiving, after getting out of the hospital where he was rehabbing his 2nd broken hip. Bobby was in good spirits which is a testament to his character considering all the challenges that he has faced. I hope to see Bobby on one of my next trips to Tampa when I visit FCW."
At least he is in good spirits. I feel for him.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: mass 04 on December 07, 2010, 04:58:15 PM
Very good news
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on December 07, 2010, 07:55:26 PM
Very good news



Man, you just made my day!!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: OLE BIG on December 09, 2010, 02:00:04 PM
He might have been good in the business, but he was/is a first class jerk.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 05, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
This was a great shoot interview:
http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=10507&category=0















Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on January 06, 2011, 04:40:46 AM
That was GOLD, Mont.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 06, 2011, 06:06:47 AM
That was GOLD, Mont.


Thanks.
I bought that video years ago on VHS.
IMO, it is the most insightful and entertaining shoot I own or have seen/heard.

I’m pretty sure there’s more to it, but I haven’t watched it in a while, and I’m pissed because I haven’t been able to find it since moving - I know I still have it somewhere; I never throw anything away…LOL!!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: leaky_frog on January 07, 2011, 09:18:10 AM
Thanks a ton, Mont! Took me two days to get through it, but loved it.  I read Heenan's book, but it's not the same as having him tell the stories. 
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 07, 2011, 11:04:42 AM
Thanks a ton, Mont! Took me two days to get through it, but loved it.  I read Heenan's book, but it's not the same as having him tell the stories. 


Glad you liked it.
Heenan has a gift for timing and delivery that cannot translate into print.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: The Showstoppa on January 07, 2011, 12:36:04 PM
Half-way thru those vids.  Great post Monty.  the 4:30 mark of #2 is 100% spot on.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 07, 2011, 12:46:52 PM
Half-way thru those vids.  Great post Monty.  the 4:30 mark of #2 is 100% spot on.


Just one of many reasons I have no regrets over passing up any type of career I would or may have had.

It'll never be like it was.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: indie-lad on January 12, 2011, 03:30:14 AM
This was a great shoot interview:
http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=10507&category=0


















Fantastic Mont!!! Thanks!!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 12, 2011, 04:45:16 AM
There's even more in his autobiography, and I strongly recommend obtaining a copy if possible.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on January 12, 2011, 05:00:14 AM
There's even more in his autobiography, and I strongly recommend obtaining a copy if possible.
Absolutely. The autobiography is the best part of the dvd / book. Its interesting to see how these guys first started out, the politicing backstage, the training, etc.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on January 12, 2011, 05:56:27 AM
What I liked about the book is that it offers the chance for the author (Bobby) to provide more detailed/thought out/complete accounts of the events.
As well, there are some bits of business that were not included in the shoot video, and vice versa.
His delivery is golden, too.

Piper did a shoot with Highspots around the time his book came out.
I suspect that Higspots realized how close the interview was to the book and stressed several times in the write-up that the interview contains material not in the book and that historians & fans will want to add both to their collection.

I got through roughly half of the DVD set and estimate that about 4-7% was different from the book.
Also, I'm a Piper fan, but the interview just wasn't overly interesting to me.
Part of it may be that Hot Rod jumps in and out of character - almost even telling parts of the story in kayfabe (he does that even more in his book).
That really contradicts the whole idea of a "shoot" interview.

Can you imagine if George Steel did his shoot in character?
At least you'd still understand more of what he says than Steiner.
 ;D
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on February 13, 2011, 02:51:32 PM
I was going to start bargain-hunting for The Brain's newest DVD until I read a whole string of almost entirely negative reviews on various websites.

Has anyone here picked it up?
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on February 14, 2011, 05:14:19 AM
I was going to start bargain-hunting for The Brain's newest DVD until I read a whole string of almost entirely negative reviews on various websites.

Has anyone here picked it up?
Not yet but knowing me I probably will just because its Heenan.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: leaky_frog on February 14, 2011, 02:48:23 PM
I picked it up- nothing groundbreaking, and little to no interview footage with Bobby in the body of the documentary, which was sad.  There were a bunch of clips of him in the extras, telling short stories or in bits from Prime Time, but FAR too little, especially in the promos he cut as a manager.  Most of it was him commentating rather than managing.

The one exception, which was worth the cost of the disc IMO, was Heenan's Hall of Fame induction.  So funny, so heart-felt, and the first time a wrestling dvd made me cry when he finished his speech with a tribute to Monsoon. 
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on February 15, 2011, 01:12:15 PM
I picked it up- nothing groundbreaking, and little to no interview footage with Bobby in the body of the documentary, which was sad.  There were a bunch of clips of him in the extras, telling short stories or in bits from Prime Time, but FAR too little, especially in the promos he cut as a manager.  Most of it was him commentating rather than managing.

The one exception, which was worth the cost of the disc IMO, was Heenan's Hall of Fame induction.  So funny, so heart-felt, and the first time a wrestling dvd made me cry when he finished his speech with a tribute to Monsoon.
I remember this too. He and Gino Marella (Gorilla Monsoon) were very close friends.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on February 15, 2011, 02:31:33 PM
I picked it up- nothing groundbreaking, and little to no interview footage with Bobby in the body of the documentary, which was sad.  There were a bunch of clips of him in the extras, telling short stories or in bits from Prime Time, but FAR too little, especially in the promos he cut as a manager.  Most of it was him commentating rather than managing.

The one exception, which was worth the cost of the disc IMO, was Heenan's Hall of Fame induction.  So funny, so heart-felt, and the first time a wrestling dvd made me cry when he finished his speech with a tribute to Monsoon. 


He had to practically beg production to let him do that sendoff.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: leaky_frog on February 15, 2011, 04:44:41 PM

He had to practically beg production to let him do that sendoff.

That was the moment that made him more human than any other during the show, IMO, and there were a lot of warm moments in that speech.  Made me miss him on-air all the more.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on February 16, 2011, 04:59:40 AM

He had to practically beg production to let him do that sendoff.
Are you serious? Its his HOF fame speech and WWE rushed him? Wow....thats cold.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on February 16, 2011, 05:21:42 AM
That was the moment that made him more human than any other during the show, IMO, and there were a lot of warm moments in that speech.  Made me miss him on-air all the more.

Are you serious? Its his HOF fame speech and WWE rushed him? Wow....thats cold.


Shit...
You know what?
Forget what I wrote.

I was referring to the Nitro broadcast during which Heenan & Tony announced Gorilla's passing.
I don't know how I ended up on that when leafy was discussing the HOF speech.
Sorry.

My mind wanders...
Not far, but it does.
 ;D
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on February 16, 2011, 06:49:14 AM

Shit...
You know what?
Forget what I wrote.

I was referring to the Nitro broadcast during which Heenan & Tony announced Gorilla's passing.
I don't know how I ended up on that when leafy was discussing the HOF speech.
Sorry.

My mind wanders...
Not far, but it does.
 ;D
Oh ok...

I know for a fact that Flair wanted to say more but they cut his time short when he was doing his HOF speech. I though that that was wrong. A guy put in his life to the business / his job and they can't even let them speak as long as they want.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Man of Steel on February 23, 2011, 11:21:29 AM
"I've been hit with a chair so many times the top of my head smells like an ass."

"Heard they just opened a new chicken and waffle house down the block........later Tony!"  (on Nitro as Tony Schiavone was packin on the pounds)
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on February 24, 2011, 05:38:13 PM
"I've been hit with a chair so many times the top of my head smells like an ass."

"Heard they just opened a new chicken and waffle house down the block........later Tony!"  (on Nitro as Tony Schiavone was packin on the pounds)


 ;D ;D

Heenan had a lot of good, original material.

Lawler uses a lot of stock/public domain jokes.
I know he's used lines from Dangerfield's act, too.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on February 25, 2011, 04:56:14 AM

 ;D ;D

Heenan had a lot of good, original material.

Lawler uses a lot of stock/public domain jokes.
I know he's used lines from Dangerfield's act, too.
Oh absolutely! Some of his one liners / catch phrases that he came up with where just GOLD.

"You like Surprises, Monsoon? How do you like that surprise....a 525lb surprise"!
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: mass 04 on April 11, 2011, 01:14:12 PM
Interview with Bobby's wife over the weekend. From 1wrestling.com

Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Montague on April 13, 2011, 06:21:53 PM
Interview with Bobby's wife over the weekend. From 1wrestling.com




Thanks for posting!
That's the first I've seen Bobby in over a year.
In one way, it's a little sad, but in another, it's great to see him doing as well as he is considering his fight with cancer.
It sounds like he's still got his sense of humor and is enjoying life as best he can.

Billy Graham should take some notes.
Title: Re: Bobby "The Brain" Updates:
Post by: Playboy on April 14, 2011, 04:59:56 AM

Thanks for posting!
That's the first I've seen Bobby in over a year.
In one way, it's a little sad, but in another, it's great to see him doing as well as he is considering his fight with cancer.
It sounds like he's still got his sense of humor and is enjoying life as best he can.

Billy Graham should take some notes.
I totally agree. Life is too short. Graham needs to stop being bitter and angry at the world. He made his own bed in life. Not WWE's fault.