Andre the Giant

00:30:08,442 --> 00:30:11,025 When he passed gas, it was-- it was an event. 567 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,983 Flatulence, that was his trademark. 568 00:30:15,983 --> 00:30:19,733 And he had a real knack for lifting his left leg. 569 00:30:19,733 --> 00:30:22,566 I would see him go into the launch position 570 00:30:22,566 --> 00:30:25,316 and I'd say, "Oh, my God, here it comes." 571 00:30:25,316 --> 00:30:28,274 You never heard anything like it. 572 00:30:28,274 --> 00:30:31,940 It sounded like, you know, like a deep roar kind of thing. 573 00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:34,149 It would rumble. ( makes rumbling sound ) 574 00:30:34,149 --> 00:30:37,733 ( imitating deep, loud flatulence ) 575 00:30:37,733 --> 00:30:41,649 The sound of André takin' a fart? 576 00:30:41,649 --> 00:30:43,649 Well, they were loud. 577 00:30:43,649 --> 00:30:45,857 Big man, big fart! 578 00:30:45,857 --> 00:30:48,273 He loved to get you in an elevator 579 00:30:48,273 --> 00:30:50,607 and cut one of those long 30-second farts 580 00:30:50,607 --> 00:30:52,607 that sounded like skin was flapping together. 581 00:30:52,607 --> 00:30:54,607 ( imitates farting noises ) 582 00:30:54,607 --> 00:30:57,898 I remember every once in a while we'd charter a plane, 583 00:30:57,898 --> 00:31:01,148 but to see the pilots almost like somebody gets smoke in their eyes, 584 00:31:01,148 --> 00:31:03,023 I'm like, "You're gonna wreck the plane, André. 585 00:31:03,023 --> 00:31:04,898 You can't fart like that in your pants." 586 00:31:04,898 --> 00:31:08,064 And the pilots would be, "GD this, F that, 587 00:31:08,064 --> 00:31:10,565 I'm never getting on this plane again." 588 00:31:10,565 --> 00:31:12,565 Because of his incredible size, 589 00:31:12,565 --> 00:31:14,315 because of the era that he lived in, 590 00:31:14,315 --> 00:31:16,564 everything about him is mythology. 591 00:31:16,564 --> 00:31:20,689 The wildest, most outlandish stories are what takes hold in the public consciousness. 592 00:31:20,689 --> 00:31:23,063 You could say anything about André 593 00:31:23,063 --> 00:31:24,522 and people would believe it. 594 00:31:24,522 --> 00:31:25,938 You know, his... 595 00:31:25,938 --> 00:31:28,022 the ring on his finger is bigger than your wrist. 596 00:31:28,022 --> 00:31:29,564 "Oh, really? Okay." You could believe that. 597 00:31:29,564 --> 00:31:31,897 This belongs to André the Giant. 598 00:31:31,897 --> 00:31:34,564 This is his ring, and I kid you not, 599 00:31:34,564 --> 00:31:37,606 I can get all three fingers in that ring. 600 00:31:37,606 --> 00:31:40,063 Beautiful ring indeed, and thank you, André. 601 00:31:40,063 --> 00:31:44,146 I used to say to people that André has 82 teeth. And they believed it. 602 00:31:44,146 --> 00:31:46,896 I said, "Yeah, and it's kinda like when you see his teeth 603 00:31:46,896 --> 00:31:49,104 they're not real big but they're like rows of teeth 604 00:31:49,104 --> 00:31:50,646 like a shark behind him." 605 00:31:50,646 --> 00:31:52,062 "No kidding!" 606 00:31:52,062 --> 00:31:54,146 Larry Henning told me when I first met him, 607 00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:57,104 "You know he's got two hearts and two rows of teeth." 608 00:31:57,104 --> 00:31:58,480 And I believed him! 609 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,730 So I always catch myself to try looking... 610 00:32:00,730 --> 00:32:02,271 Every time André talked to me, 611 00:32:02,271 --> 00:32:05,104 I'd be looking for that second row of teeth! 612 00:32:05,104 --> 00:32:06,771 I said, "He couldn't have two rows of teeth, 613 00:32:06,771 --> 00:32:09,104 I could never seem them!" 614 00:32:09,104 --> 00:32:11,936 The two hearts I believed forever. 615 00:32:16,312 --> 00:32:19,061 Okerlund: André's life, in essence, 616 00:32:19,061 --> 00:32:21,811 was one big traveling road show. 617 00:32:21,811 --> 00:32:24,604 300 days or nights a year on the road. 618 00:32:24,604 --> 00:32:26,353 I tell you, I'm traveling so much, 619 00:32:26,353 --> 00:32:30,936 last year I buy for $67,000 just in airplane tickets. 620 00:32:30,936 --> 00:32:34,103 $67,000 just in airplane tickets? 621 00:32:34,103 --> 00:32:36,520 Announcer: Where will you be traveling in the near future? 622 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,395 You'll be going to different countries, I guess. 623 00:32:39,395 --> 00:32:44,144 André: I'm gonna be between USA and Canada for next month. 624 00:32:44,144 --> 00:32:47,060 Then I go in Japan, Australia, New Zealand... 625 00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:49,352 Lawler: He would be in Memphis on Monday night, 626 00:32:49,352 --> 00:32:53,352 have to travel 450 miles up to Louisville, Kentucky, the next day. 627 00:32:53,352 --> 00:32:55,769 Then he would go from Louisville to Evansville the next night 628 00:32:55,769 --> 00:32:58,2