Post by fortknox on Jul 6, 2018 10:42:58 GMT -5
Here's an old one
m.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/why-hulk-hogan-turned-down-role-5th-team-member/2940606/
Boy there's so much wrong with that. First, it's one of Hogan's bullshit lies. Second, at the time the ratings for the show were great so they didn't need him. Third, I'm very sure the showrunners knew it wouldn't be possibly with Hulk working 400 dates a year, not to mention talk shows and what have you. Fourth, with the problems George Peppard had with someone like Mr. T you really think he was going to let them bring on someone like Hulk? He would pull every power play, threaten to walk, whatever to stop that from happening.
Last, but, not least there is no way the showrunners would add a 5th guy to the team that would change the dynamic of the team and the premise of the show.....
...oh right...well my other points still stand
m.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/why-hulk-hogan-turned-down-role-5th-team-member/2940606/
Why Hulk Hogan turned down role as 5th A-Team member
23rd Feb 2016 7:00 PM
HULK Hogan rejected the chance to star in 'The A-Team' "full time" because he felt like a referee between the show's stars Mr. T and George Peppard.
The professional wrestler appeared as himself in episodes 'Body Slam' and 'The Trouble With Harry' in the 1980s action-adventure TV series, but turned down an opportunity to extend his role because it was "no fun" being a mediator between the two stars, who infamously didn't get along.
In response to a fan who asked Hulk whether he had been approached to become the fifth member of 'The A-Team', he wrote on Twitter: "they wanted me full time for 2 more seasons but HULKAMANIAC was red hot,and I felt like the ref between T and George,no fun,crazyHH (sic)"
Mr. T, 63, played bling-loving tough guy B. A. Baracus in the series opposite the late George - who passed away in 1994 aged 65 - as cigar smoking Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith, the leader of the renegade commandos.
But the pair didn't always get on and George once branded Mr. T - whose real name is Lawrence Tureaud - an "unprofessional loudmouth" and even blamed him for the demise of the programme, which told the story of four Vietnam war veterans who helped the innocent while on the run from the military after being jailed for a crime they didn't commit.
Hulk - who frequently referred to his fans as "Hulkamaniacs" - appeared in 'The A-Team' in 1985 and 1986 but they weren't his only appearances on the small screen.
The 62-year-old star featured in a 'Baywatch' episode called 'Bash at the Beach' - the same name as a former annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
He also starred as himself on the big screen in 'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' in 1990, sci-fi comedy 'Muppets from Space' in 1999 and more recently he voiced an animated version of himself for a cameo in TV series 'American Dad!'.
23rd Feb 2016 7:00 PM
HULK Hogan rejected the chance to star in 'The A-Team' "full time" because he felt like a referee between the show's stars Mr. T and George Peppard.
The professional wrestler appeared as himself in episodes 'Body Slam' and 'The Trouble With Harry' in the 1980s action-adventure TV series, but turned down an opportunity to extend his role because it was "no fun" being a mediator between the two stars, who infamously didn't get along.
In response to a fan who asked Hulk whether he had been approached to become the fifth member of 'The A-Team', he wrote on Twitter: "they wanted me full time for 2 more seasons but HULKAMANIAC was red hot,and I felt like the ref between T and George,no fun,crazyHH (sic)"
Mr. T, 63, played bling-loving tough guy B. A. Baracus in the series opposite the late George - who passed away in 1994 aged 65 - as cigar smoking Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith, the leader of the renegade commandos.
But the pair didn't always get on and George once branded Mr. T - whose real name is Lawrence Tureaud - an "unprofessional loudmouth" and even blamed him for the demise of the programme, which told the story of four Vietnam war veterans who helped the innocent while on the run from the military after being jailed for a crime they didn't commit.
Hulk - who frequently referred to his fans as "Hulkamaniacs" - appeared in 'The A-Team' in 1985 and 1986 but they weren't his only appearances on the small screen.
The 62-year-old star featured in a 'Baywatch' episode called 'Bash at the Beach' - the same name as a former annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
He also starred as himself on the big screen in 'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' in 1990, sci-fi comedy 'Muppets from Space' in 1999 and more recently he voiced an animated version of himself for a cameo in TV series 'American Dad!'.
Boy there's so much wrong with that. First, it's one of Hogan's bullshit lies. Second, at the time the ratings for the show were great so they didn't need him. Third, I'm very sure the showrunners knew it wouldn't be possibly with Hulk working 400 dates a year, not to mention talk shows and what have you. Fourth, with the problems George Peppard had with someone like Mr. T you really think he was going to let them bring on someone like Hulk? He would pull every power play, threaten to walk, whatever to stop that from happening.
Last, but, not least there is no way the showrunners would add a 5th guy to the team that would change the dynamic of the team and the premise of the show.....
...oh right...well my other points still stand