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- Scott Keith Tape #1: WWF's Explosive TNT Show - This is a different kind of video, because there's no wrestling, just interviews and skits from the ill-conceived "Tuesday Night Titans" show on USA from years back. The concept is that it's a late-night style talk show, hosted by Vince and co-hosted by Alfred Hayes, with nothing but wrestlers as guests and skits in between. Opening bit: FUJI VICE! Explanation: One of the running gags on the show was that Mr. Fuji and Don Muraco were constantly trying for an acting career, and this was the masterpiece. So Fuji and Muraco are playing vice cops on the beaches of Miami investigating a drug-related murder. Fuji is Philip Michael Thomas and Muraco is Don Johnson. Now here's the brilliant part: Everyone plays it absolutely straight, with Fuji maintaining his bad accent even while wearing a stylish suit. Fuji and Muraco are horrible actors, of course, but that just adds to the brilliance. This is the kind of understated camp that WCW wished they could pull off in 1993. Widely considered the highmark for the TNT show. 1 for 1. - Bobby Heenan meets a weasel. You see, Vince brings out a kid with a pet weasel to see if Heenan really does look like one. Heenan gets indignant. 1 for 2. - Clip of Hoss (Dory) Funk v. George Welles. - Texas barbeque with the Funk family. Jimmy Hart bastes a roasting chicken while Jimmy Jack paces like a madman. The payoff comes as Alfred Hayes pisses off Jimmy Jack, and Dory dumps barbeque sauce on him and strings him up from a nearby tree. Lord Alfred getting hung is good enough for a point by me. 2 for 3. - Cooking lessons with Captain Lou. He's making Christmas cookies for George Steele and is of course completely repulsive. He mixes everything into a bowl haphazardly, and then dumps it over Alfred's head. Kind of dumb. 2 for 4. - Clips of Nikolai Volkoff v. one of the Strongbows. More...
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