Category Archives: Other Stuff

Before They Were Stars: The Undertaker Teams with The Midget Warrior

Posted on August 23, 2015 by robin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=non9XCM2Y30 Tonight, The Undertaker will facing Brock Lesnar in the main event of the annual World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view, Summerslam. Yes, in spite of recently turning 50 years old, Undertaker is still active and is only a few months away … Continue reading →

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Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Gill

Blank on Blank brings us this terrific animated interview with the late gonzo legend Hunter Thompson. Here Thompson describes his time with the Hell’s Angels and discusses the idea of the outlaw.

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Before They Were Stars: Jesse “The Body” Ventura in Pacific Northwest Wrestling in 1978

Posted on August 18, 2015 by robin

This is probably the earliest existing footage of everyone’s favourite wrestler-actor-governor-conspiracy theorist, Jesse “The Body” Ventura. He started out his wrestling career in the late 1970s as Jesse “The Great” Ventura, performed in Portland’s Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion. Given that … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Colin Farrell as a Line Dancing Instructor

Posted on August 12, 2015 by robin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LMc5bTq1M The Back Row has not been shy about expressing our disappointment with Season Two of True Detective, but we can’t deny that Colin Farrell did really solid work throughout. So of course, now we have to complete destroy the … Continue reading →

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And So It Begins…

Posted on August 11, 2015 by tk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_hWeN249fs Let’s be honest, we all knew this would eventually happen – an Old Spice ad pitting Terry Crews against Isaiah Mustafa. I was hoping for more explosions, but this will do just fine.

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Flash is Dead!

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Gill

It delights me to no end that this year has seen the release of new Homestar Runner content! Man, that weird white, armless thing is still just as entertaining as ever. Good thing that he and the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Hulk Hogan Cuts a Racially Sensitive Promo

Posted on August 2, 2015 by robin

Between the death of Rowdy Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan having his career ruined by leaked racist comments, this hasn’t been the best week for World Wrestling Federation superstars from the 1980s. Before Hogan became the biggest star in the … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Rowdy Roddy Piper Breaks a Bottle on His Head

Posted on August 1, 2015 by robin

The wrestling world lost one of its all-time greatest legends when Roderick Toombs, a.k.a Rowdy Roddy Piper, recently passed away at the age of 61. Even if you’re not a wrestling fan, you’ve probably still heard of Rowdy Roddy Piper, … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Daniel Bryan vs. Finn Balor in 2007

Posted on July 30, 2015 by robin

I’m a person who has attended my fair share of wrestling shows where I’ve witnessed future stars having matches before they were famous, so there’s nothing quite like uncovering an old match featuring two wrestling superstars squaring off each other under … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: 16-Year Old LeBron James in a News Segment

Posted on July 29, 2015 by robin

I really don’t follow basketball or pay much attention to LeBron James’ career, but on the basis of his hilarious scene-stealing performance in Trainwreck, I’d really love to see the guy become an actor after his playing days are done … Continue reading →

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