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Post by fg on Jun 16, 2022 12:35:25 GMT -5
I agree that Bobby was funnier but Gorilla had his moments like telling Bobby Heenan: “If you be quiet, no one would know how stupid you are.” Any other moments?
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Post by CeilingFan on Jun 16, 2022 12:45:06 GMT -5
SummerSlam 91
Heenan : Survivor Series will be on Thanksgiving Eve? That's the night before Thanksgiving, right? Monsoon : Brain, if it's Thanksgiving Eve then yes, it's the night before! Heenan : That's great! I get to stay home and open my presents! Monsoon : Arghh!!
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Post by tafkaga on Jun 16, 2022 19:57:03 GMT -5
Gorilla was very funny, but just in a different way. He knew exactly how to set the table so that Heenan could be Heenan, and his reactions were half of what made their duo funny.
Mean Gene doesn't get a lot of credit either, but he had a similar style of self deprecating wit as Heenan and was a very funny guy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2022 21:51:16 GMT -5
Gorilla always cracked me up with the way he would explain things...using more obscure/advanced words like Medulla Oblongata and solar plexus. As a kid I honestly thought he was making stuff up haha
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Post by cornettesracket on Jun 17, 2022 1:25:05 GMT -5
Gorilla was great and when you watch it back he wasn’t doing sports entertainment he was a wrestling commentator and was good at it despite what the newsletters said. I’ve said it before but his stuff on prime time wrestling with heenan is just still great.
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Post by thecount on Jun 17, 2022 2:51:26 GMT -5
Oh yeah, he was a genius. I think because Brain was more flamboyant and playing an outspoken know-it-all heel, Gorilla gets understandably overlooked as his counterpoint. He had a real dry sense of humor.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Jun 17, 2022 3:20:40 GMT -5
"Will you stop!" Will always be one of my favourite commentary lines.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jun 17, 2022 9:53:15 GMT -5
From 'Mania VI:
"You just remember something, Gorilla! Sean Connery was named sexiest man in the world, and he has my hairstyle." "I know that." "You know how I can't miss in Hollywood, Gorilla?" "How?" "I've got Paul Newman's eyes, I've got Kirk Douglas' chin and Robert Duvall's haircut!" "What do you have of your own, Jess? "..." "..." "..." "...and here comes Brutus."
Burn!
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 18, 2022 18:56:30 GMT -5
He could sometimes get really pissy or cranky about something, but he tended to be fun.
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Post by moonpies88 on Jun 18, 2022 19:02:14 GMT -5
He was funny I have laughed for sure
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Post by Paul on Jun 18, 2022 19:47:58 GMT -5
I always thought he was really funny and had a great sense of humor that doesn't get appreciated enough.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jun 18, 2022 20:25:08 GMT -5
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Post by SmashTV on Jun 19, 2022 3:51:23 GMT -5
At the 89 Rumble, Sherri joins Gorilla and Jesse to commentate on the Rockin’ Robin match. Sherri and Jesse say that Monsoon should leave and let them commentate alone. It catches Gorilla slightly off guard but he comes back with ‘That would be...er...disastrous!’ and starts laughing at his own comment. It always made me smile and just showed a lighter side to Gorilla.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2022 4:24:21 GMT -5
I loved gorilla, he could work with all styles, bobby/johnny polo as the comedy buffoon duo, jesse as the big sporting event commentator, and same with gene okerlund, calling it as a straight sporting event. I think gorilla might be the only one of those that could call something by themselves (without a partner), the rest all need a partner to bounce things off of, or to set up lines for each other with/let each other breath. Gorilla has the "former wrestler" side, where he could call what's happening in the ring with knowledge, while also not being a wacky heel character, where it won't be taken seriously if he's just relaying information about something.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jun 19, 2022 4:54:12 GMT -5
I think my favorite Gorilla story was he’d walk around with like $25,000 in cash. Heenan asked him why he’d do that. Gorilla says “What if I want to buy something?” Heenan says “What a house?!”
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Jun 19, 2022 14:23:53 GMT -5
Gorilla is my favorite commentator of all time.
I LOVE the Gorilla/Jesse team. Honestly can't stand Heenan most of the time.
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Post by havokshofc on Jun 19, 2022 23:56:57 GMT -5
On an Early RAW Gorilla and Brain absolutely seem to almost break character in how much they absolutely hate Rob Bartlett while he pretends to be Vince and it may be one of my favorite RAW episodes because of it.
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Post by SmashTV on Jun 20, 2022 0:13:12 GMT -5
On an Early RAW Gorilla and Brain absolutely seem to almost break character in how much they absolutely hate Rob Bartlett while he pretends to be Vince and it may be one of my favorite RAW episodes because of it. I remember that! Instead of making a joke out of their agreement i.e. ‘We’re in agreement? Boy, we must be in trouble!’ you could sense how much frustration they had with ‘an outsider’ coming in with their snippy asides and put downs.
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Post by havokshofc on Jun 20, 2022 4:17:16 GMT -5
On an Early RAW Gorilla and Brain absolutely seem to almost break character in how much they absolutely hate Rob Bartlett while he pretends to be Vince and it may be one of my favorite RAW episodes because of it. [br I remember that! Instead of making a joke out of their agreement i.e. ‘We’re in agreement? Boy, we must be in trouble!’ you could sense how much frustration they had with ‘an outsider’ coming in with their snippy asides and put downs. Brain starts out going along with Bartlett being Vince and by maybe the second match Brain and Gorilla are both just straight up threatening to beat him up it’s hilarious.
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Post by 67 more on Jun 20, 2022 11:19:29 GMT -5
On an Early RAW Gorilla and Brain absolutely seem to almost break character in how much they absolutely hate Rob Bartlett while he pretends to be Vince and it may be one of my favorite RAW episodes because of it. Gorilla losing his cool at Bartlett's amazing commentary Vince impression is what I'm here for.
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