:05:02
Been chopping trees,
I done something new.
:05:05
- I wrestled with an alligator.
- (Laughter)
:05:08
That's right,
I have wrestled with an alligator!
:05:11
I tussled with a whale. I handcuffed
lightning, thrown thunder in jail!
:05:16
That's bad!
Only last week I murdered a rock!
:05:20
Injured a stone!
Hospitalised a brick!
:05:24
- I'm so mean I make medicine sick!
- Bad dude!
:05:27
Bad, fast!
:05:29
Fast! Fast! Last night,
cut the light off in my bedroom,
:05:32
hit the switch and was in the bed
before the room was dark!
:05:35
- Incredible.
- Fast!
:05:37
You, George Foreman, all you chumps
are gonna bow when I whup him!
:05:41
All of you! I know you got him picked
but the man's in trouble!
:05:46
I'm gonna show you how great I am!
:05:48
I think Ali was scared.
I think he was scared even then.
:05:52
He knew he was gonna be very scared
as he got closer to the fight.
:05:55
You know the way George fights.
:05:58
George comes out...
"I made him the mummy!"
:06:03
(Mailer) 'With his ego he could tell
himself he would dominate Foreman,
:06:08
'make a fool of him, that Foreman
would never lay a glove on him.'
:06:13
But in fact, in his sleep
or wherever his private moment came
:06:17
he knew that he had not done as well
against two fighters particularly,
:06:22
Joe Frazier and Ken Norton,
whom Foreman had demolished.
:06:25
(Commentator) Down goes Frazier!
Down goes Frazier!
:06:29
The heavyweight champion
is taking the mandatory eight count
:06:33
and Foreman is as poised as can be!
:06:35
Foreman is going about his job!
:06:38
(Mailer) 'He had an overpowering
intensity when he punched.
:06:42
'Foreman won
by knocking Joe Frazier out
:06:45
'and knocked him down
something like seven times.
:06:47
'Then he destroyed Ken Norton
in two rounds.
:06:51
'The word "murderous" does not
quite apply, Foreman was awesome.'
:06:56
This chump has got everybody scared.
:06:58
Scared of what?
There's nothing to be scared of.