Pumping Iron

very powerful people.</i> 333 00:31:30,660 --> 00:31:33,160 <i>Dictators and things like that.</i> 334 00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:36,830 <i>I was just always impressed by people who could...</i> 335 00:31:36,940 --> 00:31:39,660 <i>...be remembered for hundreds of years.</i> 336 00:31:40,770 --> 00:31:44,370 <i>Even like Jesus, being for thousands of years remembered.</i> 337 00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:27,250 - I dreamt about Arnold last night. - Really? 338 00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:30,460 I told him, "Arnold, you're making a big mistake going to Africa." 339 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,890 He says, "Why do you say that, Mr. Ferrigno?" 340 00:32:32,990 --> 00:32:36,530 I said, "Louie is waiting for you, in the shadows." 341 00:32:46,570 --> 00:32:51,040 <i>Lou Ferrigno, 24 years old, a former sheet metal worker.</i> 342 00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:53,880 <i>Mr. America, and twice Mr. Universe.</i> 343 00:32:53,980 --> 00:32:58,380 <i>He's turned professional this year, and is a contender for the Mr. Olympia title.</i> 344 00:32:59,590 --> 00:33:02,620 <i>Lou lives with his parents in Brooklyn, New York.</i> 345 00:33:14,730 --> 00:33:17,870 <i>At 6'5" and 275 pounds...</i> 346 00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:20,210 <i>...Lou is the largest bodybuilder ever.</i> 347 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:23,610 <i>And he thinks he can take the title from Arnold this year.</i> 348 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:25,410 <i>So does his father, Matty...</i> 349 00:33:25,510 --> 00:33:29,230 <i>...who retired from the New York City Police Department to oversee Lou's training.</i> 350 00:33:29,330 --> 00:33:32,890 <i>The first time Arnold came to America, I took Louie backstage.</i> 351 00:33:32,990 --> 00:33:35,360 <i>And when Arnold went by us, I'll never forget...</i> 352 00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:39,390 <i>...I looked at Louie's face, and he just looked at Arnold with awe.</i> 353 00:33:39,490 --> 00:33:41,530 <i>I thought God just passed us.</i> 354 00:33:41,630 --> 00:33:44,270 <i>And I looked at Louie, I said, "What do you think, Louie?"</i> 355 00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:47,560 <i>And he looked at me, he said, "Gee, Dad, he's big."</i> 356 00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:52,910 <i>And I would say that from that moment on when he first saw Arnold...</i> 357 00:33:53,210 --> 00:33:55,540 <i>...he wanted to be Mr. Olympia.</i> 358 00:33:55,780 --> 00:33:59,580 <i>It was in his eye, in his heart, and in his mind.</i> 359 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,920 <i>And it became part of his entire body.</i> 360 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:03,340 Okay. 361 00:34:03,890 --> 00:34:06,880 - Right, let me complete a full rep. - Okay. 362 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:09,890 - One. - Right. 363 00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:10,890 - Two. - Right. 364 00:34:10,990 --> 00:34:12,220 Up! 365 00:34:18,370 --> 00:34:19,900 Five. 366 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:21,740 Six. 367 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,110 Seven. 368 00:34:23,210 --> 00:34:24,340 Eight. 369 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,940 Nine. 370 00:34:28,010 --> 00:34:29,710 - Okay, Dad. - Okay, come on. 371 00:34:29,810 --> 00:34:31,580 Up, come on. 372 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,680 - Make it harder. - All right. 373 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:36,800 Come on. Come on. Come on. 374 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,320 All the way. 375 00:34:38,420 --> 00:34:41,120 All right. All right. All right. 376 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,590 - That was easy. - Easy? 377 00:34:56,510 --> 00:34:58,070 You do one. 378 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,940 <i>Louie was only an infant in the crib, and he developed this ear infection.</i> 379 00:35:04,180 --> 00:35:06,380 <i>We didn't know it at the time...</i> 380 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,680 <i>...until Louie was about three years old, we found out that he was hard of hearing.</i> 381 00:35:10,850 --> 00:35:13,290 <i>I guess that's why he never took an interest in things...</i> 382 00:35:13,390 --> 00:35:15,990 <i>...other kids would take an interest in, like television.</i> 383 00:35:16,090 --> 00:35:18,760 <i>He was late learning to speak and everything.</i> 384 00:35:18,860 --> 00:35:21,390 <i>Louie would become a lip reader.</i> 385 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:25,370 <i>Louie was a real skinny kid.</i> 386 00:35:25,470 --> 00:35:28,740 <i>He couldn't make the football team because he was too skinny.</i> 387 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,140 <i>Then he started to buy Muscle Magazine.</i> 388 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,410 <i>I remember I would take him to a bookstore...</i> 389 00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:35,940 <i>...and he would buy up all the old muscle books.</i> 390 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,580 <i>And he would read for hours. I remember...</i> 391 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,480 <i>...2:00, 3:00 in the morning, I would find his light on...</i> 392 00:35:41,580 --> 00:35:44,080 <i>...and he would be reading the muscle books.</i> 393 00:35:44,750 --> 00...