The Heavyweight Chumps

In a first for this show, Ric sat down with The Heavyweight Chumps. These guys host a podcast about pop culture, wrestling and all sorts of fun things. Several weeks ago, Ric was a guest on their show and to return the favor, The Chumps stepped in to Studio C for a few moments with cocktails to discuss all sorts of things from their perspective on the future of the podcast genre to the future of terrestrial radio and what the hell happened to television. Also, some stories from the world of wrestling, their thoughts on the WWE, the XFL and other sports entertainment. Plus, they played favorites. Also in this episode, Ric talks about the phenomenon of social media influencers.



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The King of Memphis Wrestling is Jerry Lawler

Jerry Lawler and a really cool shirt.

It is always a good time to sit down with Jerry Lawler. He has been a friend of Radio Memphis since the beginning. His career in the wrestling business is a fascinating thing to behold. He remains as one of the most popular wrestlers and personalities in the WWE. Always part of the cutting edge of bringing entertainment to the fans, the WWE has evolved to deliver their content to the masses online and has found a way to make it a great deal for all of their fans.

Along the way, we talked about his involvement in one of television's top 100 moments to this day. That being the now famous incident with Andy Kaufman. He talks about this great moment in TV history and the recreation of these events for the movie Man On The Moon with Jim Carrey.

Yeah, about that. Apparently, working with Jim Carrey was "difficult" since he was bound and determined to be in character during the entire production. This caused some friction. So much so, it came to a head during the shooting of the film and the story Jerry tells about this incident is fascinating. It's all right here.

Also in this episode, music from Star and Micey.

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The video of the famous incident is here and it is absolutely hilarious.



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