Comments on: Mother, there is no other.

Mother, there is no other.

moonbird — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:05:29 -0800

Treat your mother right, fool (windows media file, mid-80's synth, mohawked and bejewelled b-list celeb).

By: re_verse

re_verse — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:44:32 -0800

I find it hard to call Mr T a B-list celeb. Its difficult to name a more recognizable icon. But umm... was there ever a point in history where anyone thought the shorts he was wearing in that vid were a good idea for male fashion?

By: introcosm

introcosm — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:46:15 -0800

This is an excerpt from mr T's inspirational masterwork "Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool," which...which...well, it transcends all my feeble attempts at description. Do you ever have moments where you are overwhelmed by the utter bizarreness and ridiculous surreality of American culture and can't do anything but gape and stare? Watching that movie is like six mind-bending lifetimes' worth of those moments condensed into an hour. it is truly glorious to behold.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:18:17 -0800

Where the hell did he pull that microphone from?

By: PY

PY — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:30:10 -0800

By: trinarian

trinarian — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:47:26 -0800

Memories!! During my freshman year in college one of the kids down the hall from me had some of these mp3's that he put on the server. We'd play them while playing drinking games :-) I had no idea their were videos though. Someone told me he apparently had some big falling out with his mother that was all over the tabloids in the 80's and this was some sort of reaching out sort of thing. Could be and probably is complete bullshit. Great stuff :-)

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:02:18 -0800

Anyone have a link to video of Hulk Hogan's "I Wanna Be A Hulkmaniac". This would be the perfect bookend.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:52:13 -0800

be somebody.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:31:03 -0800

Because if you don't be somebody, you're gonna be somebody's fool. My favorite part of BSOBSF happens during the 'Anger Management' segment, when Mr. T and his posse of schoolchildren are sitting around a picnic table having lunch. Mr. T is passing food around and he flubs his line but the cameras keep rolling: "More pickles-- uh, relish, I think this is-- how 'bout it, Jimmy?" A few years ago I sampled that line, added a massive beat punctuated with car horns and turned it into a hip-hop track called 'More Pickles Uh Relish.'

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:46:48 -0800

I happen to have 2 full Mr. T albums and a 45 on 1 cd. Scary huh? I got it as a pledge preium from KFAI in Minnepolis.

By: p3t3

p3t3 — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:52:57 -0800

Haha. I got that VHS when Hollywood Video was selling their old rentals. Best 3 dollars I've spent on a video! Also, Ice-T helped write the songs that Mr.T performs in the video. Ice-T and Afrika Islam also helped Mr. T put out an album around the same time (which also has some classic tunes). on preview - probably the same stuff wheelieman mentioned

By: provocateur

provocateur — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:13:43 -0800

OK, who's the boy in the intro to "mother"? the one who's so skinny his eyes are in single file? its driving me crazy...IMDB just lists the members of New Edition and i dont think its bell biv devoe or bobby b, so who?

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:27:24 -0800

Genius.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:25:48 -0800

posted by KevinSkomsvold: Anyone have a link to video of Hulk Hogan's "I Wanna Be A Hulkmaniac". This would be the perfect bookend. Indeed. And the Chicago Bears singing The Super Bowl Shuffle would fit nicely between the two.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:50:11 -0800

Mother. There is no other.

By: Max Power

Max Power — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:24:30 -0800

I owned that album. Ex-girlfriend sold it, my life has never been the same.

By: elemenopee

elemenopee — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:10:18 -0800

I will always, treat my mother right now.

By: sklero

sklero — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:00:56 -0800

provocateur : that's driving me insane. I definitely recognize that kid from somewhere. I'll get back to you on it.

By: Al_Truist

Al_Truist — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:13:47 -0800

who knew Mr. T had such great flow? and there were a great number of things (or combinations of things) about T that were never fashionable. That was what made him so memorable. :) I recall that the first time I saw him was on a show called "Games People Play" and he was taking part in a Bouncer (as in bar) competition that had the contestants running a maze through a bar set, leaping over the bar, dodging shit, and ultimately crashing through a break-away wall and ringing a bell to signal that they'd finished. When it came time for T to run the course, he smashed through rather impressively, and actually pulled the bell right off the wall! Dude was already dressing in his outrageous way, with just a few less chains (probably to keep him down to his "fighting weight" :)...Let me just say that he made an impression.