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I watched the Hotboxin' podcast with Hearns, Mosely and Leonard. I can see what you mean about Iron Mike being able to manage the podcast terrifically by himself. Also, when you have a superstar with a podcast they can get the big names like these 3 Hall of Fame boxers. It was a great episode and Leonard and Hearns going at it was awesome as you wrote. As you noticed, Iron Mike played the role of instigator trying to stir the pot a bit. Champion boxers will always have fire running through their veins and that's what made them champions in the first place. Thanks for letting me know about these later Hotboxin' podcasts with Piven, the new host in the David Spade podcast, and with Mike by himself - I will check some of these other episodes out.
Boxing is great and I think that is what has caused me not to really watch much MMA - I guess I just like the stuff I grew up with and really enjoyed.
Edit:Thanks for the info regarding Piven and Cusack - I didn't know about that.
No doubt, that was one entertaining podcast with Tommy the Hit Man Hearns.
So continuing on in this journey of course I had to watch That Championship Season.
I had never heard of it prior to the Jason Patric interview.
And since it featured Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Roberty Mitchum, Martin Sheen and Paul Sorvino... how could I not watch it?
I found it free on Youtube as some guy had it uploaded in 23 continuous parts.
I highly doubt that the 1999 TV Version used any of the racial slurs that was in this 1982 film.
I loved it but I don't think people today would be able to handle it.
Heavy Movie that is dialogued based although they did use some great music at the end to invoke emotions.
So I can't imagine they used racial slurs in the 2011 Broadway Version and I wonder if they used them in the award winning 72/73 Broadway Version??
I find that very interesting since the 1982 Film version was so heavy handed.
I expect that the 72/73 version did because I found an old interview of Jason Miller and he stated that it was a very instrumental part of the book and subject material.
I am surprised at how well this book, play and movie did over 40 years because it seems very niche to me.
I mean it hits home to me because I can relate to Scranton PA as I grew up near Pittsburgh.
And I can relate to the sports and constant betrayal and corruption.
But I am a bit surprised that women and the general public would have interest in this.
Anyways, if you have interest I will link two of the interviews in this thread and the movie over at the Movie Reco Thread.
I found the 7 minute Sunday Conversation to be funny since Jason Patric seemed very upbeat about his father and everything involved.
I'm guessing he was like that so he could sell more tickets because it was a different Patric that we seen on that podcast interview.
Another side note is Jason Patric's father Jason Miller is in the Exorcist but that movie is too demonic for me.
I kind of want to watch it to see him and I always love me some Max Von Sydow but I haven't watched that film since I was about 8 or 9 years old.
I already have nightmares as it is these days and I'd just be asking for more trouble watching Linda Blair spit up Green Split Pea Soup at everyone.