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>>KANOA: HEY, EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.
WERE COMING TO YOU PRETAPED BECAUSE OF COURSE THE MAYANS
PREPICKED THE END OF THE WORLD. IT SEEMED ILL-ADVISED TO COME
INTO WORK. >>JIM: THATS TRUE.
IF YOURE WATCHING US, THEY HAD IT WRONG.
>>KANOA: YEAH. IF WERE BEING AIRED, YEAH.
>>JIM: CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY.
THERES STILL HOPE. YES.
>>KANOA: WHATS UP, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF
LEAHEY & LEAHEY RIGHT HERE ON PBS HAWAII.
POPS JIM, SON KANOA SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.
COMING IT YOU PRETAPED. POPS, HOW DID YOU LIKE THE
CHRISTMAS GIFT I GOT YOU. >>JIM: I HAVENT -- THIS YEAR OR
LAST YEAR? >>KANOA: THE ONE I JUST GAVE
YOU. >>JIM: THE ONE LAST YEAR, I
DIDNT KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF WAS ED DIBBLE.
FAMILY GOT HIGH. THEY FINALLY GOT OVER IT BY
VALENTINES DAY. I HAVENT SEEN THIS YEARS YET.
IT HASNT COME. WHAT KIND OF DELIVERY SERVICE DO
YOU USE? >>KANOA: ITS PRETAPED.
WE ARE GOING TO AIR ONE OF OUR RECENT INTERVIEWED IN A LITTLE
BIT. ONE THAT GOT QUITE BAIT OF
FEEDBACK. 2 THE GENTLEMAN ED FRANCIS WHO WAS
ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
E-MAILED, GOT OF PEOPLE WHO CALLED SAYING THEY ENJOYED THAT
ONE. SO WERE GOING TO SHOW AN ENCORE
PRESENTATION OF ED FRANCIS RUNNING PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
WHEN IT WAS THE THING. EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>>JIM: IT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW. TODAY THEY HIT EACH OTHER OVER
THE HEAD AND GRUNT AND GROAN. BUT IN ED FRANCIS DAY --
>>KANOA: SO IN THE MEANTIME, WELL START TO ANTICIPATE HERE
THE NEXT HOLIDAY, WHICH IS NEW YEARS.
AND SO WE CAME UP WITH -- AT LEAST I CAME UP WITH A FEW NEW
YEARS PREDICTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2013 YEAR.
>>JIM: I DONT KNOW HOW YOU COME UP WITH THIS.
>>KANOA: IM BATTING .1000. THE CRYSTAL BALL.
>>JIM: WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY HEAD.
>>KANOA: SHOW ME WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2013.
I CAME UP WITH A LIST. HERE WE GO.
WITH CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL GETTING FURTHER
YOU OUT OF HAND, MICHIGAN WILL ANNOUNCE A MOVE TO THE WCC,
WESTERN CANADIAN CONFERENCE. >>JIM: THEY COULD BUILD A
POWERHOUSE KANOA. >>KANOA: THIS IS GOING TO BE
ACCURATE. ONE FROM U.H. WILL UPSET SOMEONE
FROM THE STATE SENATE, CAUSING A IMMEDIATE FRENZY.
U.H. WILL GIVE THAT SOMEONE FROM U.H. A RAISE.
>>JIM: YEAH. IT SEEMS TO BE A HABIT.
>>KANOA: IN AN UGLY TREND THAT 3 CONTINUES, JOHNNY MAN ZEL,
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK WILL BEAT UP A DEFENSIVE PLAYER FOR A
MAJOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THAT TIME ITS THE BUTKUS AWARD.
>>JIM: THE SEC HAS TOO MUCH POWER.
>>KANOA: HERE WE GO. >>JIM: AND THAT DOESNT MAKE THE
BUTKUS VERY HAPPY. >>KANOA: IT DIDNT.
IOLANI WILL WIN THE DIVISION II FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>>JIM: BOOK IT. >>KANOA: MY PREDICTION THE LAST
SIX YEARS. >>JIM: AND WHEN TIME YOU GO,
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WIN DIVISION II.
AND THE EXCUES START. >>KANOA: ITS LIKE DEATH AND
TAXES. IOLANI WINS D 2.
GOING FOR NUMBER 7. LAST ONE, JIM LEAHEY WILL
ANNOUNCE HES LEAVING LEAHEY & LEAHEY.
>>JIM: WELL -- >>KANOA: TO PURSUE HIS OWN
PREJUDICE AT PBS HAWAII ON PERSON THE RANTS.
IT WILL BE CALLED LONG STORY LONGER.
>>JIM: THERES A POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
>>KANOA: THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN HOUR.
>>JIM: OR MORE THAN THAT. >>KANOA: TO FIT THE POEMS.
ID HAVE TO FIND RAE PLACEMENT. >>JIM: WHO COULD THAT BE?
BEN JAY. >>KANOA: WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS
THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS DIRECTOR COMING OVER
FROM HIS ASSOCIATES POSITION AT OHIO STATE.
>>JIM: HE SHOWED UP? >>KANOA: HE WAS THERE.
IT WAS FANTASTIC. 4 >>JIM: IS BEN JAY HIS REAL NAME?
>>KANOA: THATS THE THING. WE DECIDED TO UNVEIL A NEW
SEGMENT ON LEAHEY & LEAHEY CALLED, FUN WITH THE NAME BEN
JAY. >>JIM: YOU START RIGHT AWAY WITH
A SAV FOR ANYTHING SWOLLEN. BECAUSE --
>>KANOA: THE OBVIOUS ONE. AND IT STINGS.
>>JIM: HAWAII WILL GET -- THIS IS A PREDICTION I HAVE.
HAWAII WILL GET A TORONTO BLUE JAYS MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM
NAMED THE MANOA BEN JAY. >>KANOA: WHAT IF IT WAS A
COLOGNE? THAT BEN JAY SMELLS FANTASTIC.
>>JIM: WHAT COULD HAPPEN, BEN JAY COULD BE OUT THE ENTIRE
SECOND SEMESTER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS TRAVEL PERKS.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TRAVEL HE HAS? >>KANOA: PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
BEN JAY COULD ALSO BE SOMEONE YELLING FOR THEIR DOG BENJI.
LIKE BEN JAY! >>JIM: EASY NOW.
THE DOG -- >>KANOA: HOW YOU COULD BE
YELLING FOR ONE OF THE U.H. ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACHES.
>>JIM: BENJI TAILOR. ANOTHER PREDICTION, BEN JAY AND
JIM DONOVAN WILL ENGAGE IN A WRESTLE WHEN THEY PLAY EACH
OTHER. I WONDER IF THEYLL TALK TO EACH
OTHER. IVE DONE SOME RESEARCH.
BEN JAYS REAL NAME IS REALLY BEN JAY.
HES NAMED AFTER HIS DISTANT RELATIVE NAMED BEN JAY.
HE SPONSORED A TERRIFIC CELEBRATION CALLED BEN JAY NAME
HONORS THE HORSE DRAWN COURAGE -- CARRIAGE KNOWN AS BEN
JAY. 5 >>KANOA: IT COULD THE FEATURES
RAPPERS IN A HIP-HOP GAME. THE ALBUM COVER, BEN JAY
PRESENTED BY JAY-Z. >>JIM: ILL TELL YOU WHATS
GOING TO HAPPEN. SOME DAY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO
GO TO HIM AND SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON OUR SHOW?
I CAN HEAR WHAT HES GOING TO SAY.
YEAH? >>KANOA: BEN JAY WILL NOT SAY
OKAY. >>JIM: NO, HE WONT.
NOT TODAY. >>KANOA: HELL SAY NO WAY.
BEN JAY, YOU KNOW WHO THAT COULD BE?
>>JIM: NO. >>KANOA: THE ORIGINAL NICKNAME
PROPOSED BY THE MEDIA WHEN TRYING TO NAME THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN BEN AFFLECK AND JENNIFER LOPEZ.
>>JIM: WEVE GOT TO STOP. WEVE GOT TO PULL --
>>KANOA: WE DID IT WITH CHOW TIME.
WERE HAVING FUN. WE WISH THE BEST TO BEN JAY.
HE COMES TO AN IMPORTANT JOB AT A VERY SENSITIVE TIME.
>>JIM: LETS TALK ABOUT TO YOU. YOURE CUTTING BACK WITH YOUR
DEALINGS WITH CHANNEL 2. HOW FAR IS IT GOING TO GO?
ONCE A WEEK? ONCE A MONTH?
WILL YOU HOST A WEATHER MARATHON?
>>KANOA: EVERY THIRD THURSDAY TO 6:00.
ENJOY ED FRANCIS. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME. >>JIM: HAPPY NEW YEAR.
COME ON IN. HOW YOU DOING?
>> WATCH THAT DOGGY. 6 >>KANOA: HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
HAVE A SEAT. PLEASE.
>> THANKS. CUP READY FOR ME AND EVERYTHING.
>>KANOA: WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS, POPS?
IN THE INTRO? >>JIM: WHEN I GREW UP HIS 50TH
STATE WRESTLING WAS PART OF MY LIFE.
I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM.
THE WRESTLERS THEMSELVES WERE GREAT.
THOSE WERE THE GREATEST WRESTLING INTERVIEWS THERE HAVE
EVER BEEN. >>KANOA: THE BOOK, 50TH STATE
WRESTLING IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN BOOK STORES IN
JANUARY. BOOKS HAWAII.NET.
JUST READY TO GO. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND
THIS? >> WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT
THINGS ABOUT THIS THING, I DIDNT THINK ABOUT WRITING A
BOOK. MY DAUGHTER AND I -- I USED TO
TELL HER STORIES. SHE SAID, WHY DONT YOU WRITE
A -- SOMETHING TO SHOW THE HISTORY -- YOUR HISTORY FOR ALL
THE KIDS IN THE FAMILY AND GRANDKIDS.
THATS HOW IT ALL STARTED OUT. >>JIM: IT REALLY HAS DEVELOPED
INTO GREAT STUFFER. -- STUFF.
YOU ASSEMBLED A CAST OF CHARACTERS THAT LASTED YEARS AND
YEARS. WHEN IT CAME TO THE LOCKER ROOM
INTERVIEWS THEY WERE BEYOND THE DOUBT THE GREATEST.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS ONE THAT I REMEMBER.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST INTERVIEWER 7 GUY WAS CURTIS.
HE HAD HIS AALLEGIANCE WITH HIM. FUJI, THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY --
AND HE WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHEN TALLY WAS DOING THE INTERVIEW.
HE GOES, LORD, FUJ AND I WENT UP TO WAHIAWA, LORD, AND THE KA AVA
TREES TO WATCH THE CHICKEN FIGHTS.
ACCORD TO THE PENAL CODE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU,
WHEN YOU WATCH A CHICKEN FIGHTS T IS NOT ILLEGAL.
ONLY TO OPERATE IS ILLEGAL. WE WAITED UNTIL ALL THE THE
FIGHTS WERE OVER AND WE HID BEHIND THE KEAWE TREE.
THOSE WERE CHICKEN FEATHERS AND NOT EAGLE FEATHERS.
AND THE CHIEF WOULD COME IN WITH THE CHAINS.
HE WANTED THE INDIAN DEATH MATCH.
THAT IS GENIUS. AND EVERY WEEK IT WAS LIKE THAT.
>> YOU HAVE A HECK OF A MEMORY, ILL TELL YOU THAT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE TIME JOHNNY WAS IN THE COFFIN?
>> I NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I CAME ON THE SET
WITH JOHNNY. ONE TIME I CAME ON AND THERE WAS
A CARDBOARD BOX. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE
INTERVIEW AND THERE WAS A CIGAR IN THE BOARD OF THE BOX.
AND HED TALKING TO ME FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND PUFFING THE
CIGARETTE. >>JIM: EVERY WEEK.
AND THEY REALLY WERE ENTERTAINERS, AND YET ABOVE
THAT, THEY WERE REAL AT ATHLETES.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT. >> FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND
EVERYTHING. THEY PLAYED IN THE CANADIAN
LEAGUE AND AND PLAYED IN DETROIT 8 ONE TIME.
>>KANOA: WHAT ABOUT WHEN THIS THING STARTED GOING?
WHAT WAS THE VISION? WHAT DO YOU RECALL WHEN THAT WAS
GOING? >> ILL TELL YOU THATS A LONG,
LONG STORY. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT OUT THE
PROMOTION FROM AL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I BROUGHT MY FAMILY OVER.
AND I WAS A PROMOTER, AND I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO HIS TO START IMPROVISING. AND WHEN YOUVE GOT ALL THE KIDS
TO TAKE CARE OF, MY FAMILY, YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO DO
SOMETHING. SO I KNEW I HAD TO GET
TELEVISION, THOUGH, BECAUSE IVE BEEN IN THE MAINLAND AND
WRESTLED ALL OVER. WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE
PROMOTION, I THINK WE HAD FIRST NIGHT WE HAD 600 PEOPLE AT THE
CIVIC AUDITORIUM. HIS TO THINK OF SOMETHING, SO
SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT NAPUA STEVENS.
AND SHE HAD A SHOW. I WENT TO SEE NAPUA.
SHES A WONDERFUL WOMAN. SHE SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU COME ON
NAPUAS KITCHEN, SHE CALLED IT, ON KGMB.
COME ON JUST BEFORE THE WRESTLING MATCHES AND WELL
PUBLICIZE IT FOR YOU. AND I HAD ALL THE KIDS AND MADE
FLYERS AND PUT IT ON THE WINDSHIELDS.
WRESTLING AT PACIFIC AUDITORIUM. WE KEPT GOING LIKE THAT UNTIL
FINALLY I GOT TELEVISION SHOW. >>JIM: AND IT WENT --
>>KANOA: CRAZY. >>JIM: IT WENT CRAZY.
TELL US ABOUT THE NIGHT, PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS
NIGHT IN 50TH STATE BIG TIME 9 WRESTLING WHEN NES MAIAVA.
LOST IN FRONT OF CAPACITY CROWD.
>> I KNEW EVERYBODY WOULD BE MAD, BUT NOT THAT MAD.
AND WHEN THE MATCH WAS OVER AND THIS WHOLE RIOT STARTED, AND I
HAD SEVERAL -- I USED TO PEOPLE SEVERAL OFF-DUTY POLICEMEN IN
CASE ANYTHING HAPPENED. WHEN A WHOLE THING ERUPTED AND
FINALLY GOT CURTIS BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM, AND SERGEANTS
PAR -- CAPELLA, HE AND I WERE TRYING TO FIGHT ALL THE
WRESTLING FANS. AT THAT TIME THE CIVIC HAD
CHAIRS IN THE FRONTS ROWS AND ALL THE FIRST SEATS THERE.
AND THEY WERE ALL FOUR TO SIX ATTACHED TOGETHER.
SO THEY PICKED THOSE UP, AND THEY HAD CAPELLA AND I PINNED
AGAINST THE RING. AND IM HITTING GUYS AND HES
HITTING GUYS UNTIL THEY FINALLY BACKED OFF SO WE COULD GET
THERE. AND SOMEONE CALLED THE METRO
SQUAD. AND HERE COMES, I THINK LARRY
MEAHAU. HE HAD THE METRO SQUAD AND THEY
CAME IN WITH POLICE DOGS. AND I SAW TWO POLICEMEN GRAB
FROM THE METRO SQUAD GRAB ONE OF THE FANS.
ANOTHER GUY HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. AND SOMEONE AT THAT TIME PULLED
THE GUYS GUN OUT. AND ONE OF THE WRESTLERS SAW
THAT AND KNOCKED THE GUN OUT OF THE GUYS HAND AND TOOK IT TO
THE LOCKER ROOM AND LATER GAVE IT BACK TO THEM.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF WRESTLING.
>>KANOA: SHOWS YOU THE PASSION. >>JIM: FOLLOWERS OF MAIVA COULD
NOT BELIEVE HE LOST. 10 >>KANOA: HOW MUCH DID YOU ENJOY
RETRACING THE MEMORIES. HOW MUCH DID YOU ESPECIALLY JOY
THAT? >> I DONT KNOW IF I ENJOYED IT
THAT MUCH, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO IN MY OLD AGE.
SO I FIGURED I BETTER LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND FOR MY KIDS,
YOU KNOW. SO IT JUST KEPT GOING, AS WE
DISCUSSED BEFORE. I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE MORE
THING ABOUT THAT RIOT. THE NEXT MORNING THE POLICE
CALLED ME DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION.
AS I WAS GOING UP THE STEPS TO THE POLICE STATION, THREE OF THE
WRESTLING FANS COMING DOWN. ONE WITH A BANDAGE ON THE HEAD.
THE GUY HEAD, WHATS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AT THE CIVIC?
AND THEN WE HAD -- THEN NES. CAME IN THE NEXT DAY AND HE WAS
ALWAYS A VERY QUIET GUY. WONDERFUL MAN.
HE WAS SITTING IN MY OFFICE. HE WASNT SAYING MUCH.
HE SAID, DO YOU HAVE HANDCUFFED KEYS?
I SAID YEAH, I THINK SO. WE USE THEM IN WRESTLING
MATCHES. HIS HANDCUFFS IN MY DRAWER.
I SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED THIS FOR?
ONE OF MY FRIENDS ESCAPED FROM THE COPS AND CANT GET THE CUFFS
OFF. >>JIM: ALL KINDS OF STUFF LIKE
THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT WASNT JUST THE CIVIC.
THEY WRESTLED ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT VENUES. >> YEAH.
I SHIPPED A RING OVER TO MOLOKAI ONE TIME, AND I THINK THERE WERE
ONLY 600 PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND 11 AND THEY WERE ALL AT THE
WRESTLING MATCH. >>JIM: HOW ARE YOU DOING NOW?
YOURE IN YOUR MID 80S? >> 86 YEARS OLD.
SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AND
SON AND GRANDCHILDREN. LIFE IS GOOD.
>>JIM: YOURE A WRESTLER. YOU WERE A WRESTLER OF NOTE.
ALL THE OF THOSE INJURIES THAT WERE, NO DOUBT, SUSTAINED.
YOU CANNOT GO INTO A RING LIKE THAT AND FLY THREW THE AIR, OFF
THE ROPES OVER BODY SLAMS, HOW IS YOU PHYSICAL ABILITY?
>> TWO HIP REPLACEMENTS. NEUROPATHY.
YOU LIVE WITH IT. CANT CRY ABOUT IT.
THAT WAS MY CHOSEN PROFESSION. >>KANOA: DO YOU STILL WATCHING
WRESTLING? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
>> ITS A DIFFERENT ERA NOW. THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT
ERAS. VINCENT DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE
KIND OF MATCHES AND WHAT HE PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC.
ITS WORKING. CANT DENY THAT.
>>JIM: WRESTLING HAS ITS OWN CULTURE.
THERES A CULTURE WITHIN ALL THE WRESTLERS.
IN SOME CITIES THE BAD GUYS ARE THE GOOD GUYS.
THEN IN THE NEXT CITIES, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DEVELOP INTO BAD
GUYS AGAIN. THAT KIND OF THING ALWAYS
AAMAZED ME. THAT THEY WERE COMPETITORS WITH
EACH OTHER, AND YET THEY WERE PROTECTIVE OF EACH OTHER.
YOU COULD NOT PENETRATE AND SAY, WHATS REALLY GOING ON?
WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN? 12 THEY WOULD NEVER TELL YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, BEFORE VINCE McMAHON, THERE WERE LOT OF
TOUGH WRESTLERS CALLED SHOOTERS. I LEARNED TO DO THAT YEARS AGO
AS A KID. I STARTED AMATEUR WRESTLING AT
12 YEARS OLD. AND THEN THERE WERE SHOWMEN.
THE SHOOTER GROUP WAS THE GUY THAT COULD GO -- IN AND BEAT HIS
OPPONENT NO MATTER WHAT AND HURT HIM.
A LOT OF THE SHOOTERS DIDNT HAVE PERSONALITIES ON
TELEVISION. THAT KIND OF CHARISMA TO DRAW
MONEY. SO KIND OF A MIXTURE OF THINGS.
>>KANOA: ITS AMAZING THOUGH, YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE THE GUYS
TWO WERE I GUESS THE VILLAINS, RIGHT, CONSIDERED THE VILLAINS
AND YOU HAD THE BABY FACES GOOD GUYS.
THE GUYS WHO WERE THE VILLAINS ARE ALMOST MORE LAUDED AND
REMEMBERED NOW. THEY, DESPITE BEING THE QUOTE,
UNQUOTE, BAD GUYS, THEY MADE A CONNECTION.
THEY WERE FUNNY. >>JIM: YOU HAD GUYS LIKE BUD
SHOVEL FACE CURTIS. AND THE MISSING LINK.
YOU HAD THE MASS EXECUTIONER. THEY WOULD BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD COME IN. BUT YOU STILL HAD THAT CORE.
YOU STILL HAD THAT CORE THAT WOULD DEFEND HAWAIIS HONOR.
DEPEND BASK. -- PACIFIC.
YOU REALLY DID. THE WAY YOU DID THAT WAS GENIUS.
YET NOTHING IS FOREVER. >> THATS RIGHT.
ITS FUNNY SITTING IN YOUR KITCHEN HERE.
I TOLD LARRY FLEECE, WHO 13 CO-AUTHORED THE BOOK.
HOW DID YOU LIKE BEING IN TELEVISION?
IT WAS LIVE. GOING BACK, NO TELEPROMPTERS, NO
NOTHING. I SAID I WAS ALWAYS TERRIFIED
EVERY TIME I GOT ON THAT SET BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT ON.
I HAD TO WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN WHAT IM GOING TO ASK THE
WRESTLERS. AND THROW IT AWAY.
OH, FRANCIS -- >>KANOA: WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU
FEEL. >>JIM: THATS RIGHT.
THE THING IS YOUVE DONE IT -- ITS A LIFETIME THING.
EVEN YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THE PASSING THE JOHNNY BEREND.
EVEN TODAY, THE WRESTLERS THAT WERE HERE.
THE WRESTLERS THAT PERFORMED, YOU STILL ARE IN CONTACT WITH
THEM. YOU STILL TALK TO THEM.
I FIND THAT TERRIFIC. >> IF WE HAD MORE TIME, I COULD
TELL YOU MORE STORIES ABOUT THE WRESTLERS AND TRAGEDY WITH JIM
HADIE. I THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE I LOVED JIM SO MUCH. >>JIM: HE WAS A GOOD GUY TO ALL
THE THE CHILDREN. IT WAS A TRAGEDY HE DIED IN THE
RING. THATS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN. BUT YOURE STILL HERE.
AND I THINK THIS BURKE IS -- BOOK IS GOING TO SELL WELL,
ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LIKE ME. GET OFF THE COUCH AND PAY HOMAGE
TO YOUR TEEN. THIS WEEK IM GOING -- HE WOULD
DRIVE PEOPLE CRAZY. WHEN YOU FIND HIM DOWN AT SEARS
OPENING THE DOORS BEING GRACIOUS 14 TO WOMEN AT ALA MOANA.
IT WAS AN ERA. >>KANOA: DOES IT SURPRISE YOU TO
CONTINUALLY SEE THE KIND OF IMPACT THAT YOUR PROMOTION HAD
ON GUYS LIKE MY DAD? ON THAT GENERATION AND THE
MEMORIES THAT ARE STILL SPUN EVERY DAY?
>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I CAME HERE
TO TRY AND HELP SELL THESE BOOKS.
AND EVERYBODY WAS SO -- EVERY PLACE I GO -- ED FRANCIS.
>>JIM: WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE TAPES?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT VIDEOTAPE? >> ALL THAT STUFF DISAPPEARED.
IT WAS ALL ON TWO-INCH TAPE AT THAT TIME.
AND THEY WENT TO ONE INCH. BUT THEY DESTROYED IT ALL, I
GUESS. >>KANOA: TOO BAD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOT COMMODDY.
BOOKS HAWAII.NET IS WHERE YOU CAN PICK UP THE BOOK AND IT WILL
BE IN BOOKS STORES. ED FRANCIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
WITH BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME IN YOUR KITCHEN.
>>KANOA: PLEASURE IS OURS. SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON LEAHEY &
LEAHEY.