The Great White Hype
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Search complete. 58 mentions across 6 episodes found for "The Great White Hype".
Oct 10, 2026
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Ain't got nothing to do with me.
AdamHOST
The three podcasting tomates will dissect each film and seek to defeat each new opponent this franchise throws their way.
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Come on, man.
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Come check this out.
GarrettHOST
Fast-forward five years, this sucker ends up losing money.
GarrettHOST
It's the only Rocky movie to ever lose money.
GarrettHOST
Adam, I have to ask you, you know, we've gone from the first film where I gave it my first 10 in a while.
GarrettHOST
You gave it your first 10 since Alien Covenant.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
AdamHOST
As they look at all the films starring that lovable underdog, Rocky Balboa, as well as Ryan Coogler's continuation series, Creed.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Everybody, you all better get ready for World War III.
AdamHOST
From the 1976 Oscar winning original.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
'Cause I can't sing or dance.
Sylvester StalloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hey, yo.
AdamHOST
All the way through the Michael B. Jordan starring Creed films.
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Your daddy died in the ring.
ChadHOST
Yeah, he did Bull Durham as well, yeah.
HawkHOST
Yeah, so he was like, Best of Times is his football movie, Bull Durham is his baseball movie, White Men Can't Jump's his basketball movie, and Blue Chip's basketball movie, Great White Hype, boxing movie, Cobb, baseball, tin cup, golf, One of the big sports writers,
ChadHOST
man.
HawkHOST
It's all sports.
JasonHOST
I thought it was cool as a teenager.
JasonHOST
And then I walked into it with my cousins, and we were supposed to go see The Great White Hype, the boxing movie.
JasonHOST
but I was in the lead and I walked in the theaters are right next to each other.
JasonHOST
And I walked in the wrong door and I was 14 and there were three other adults there that could have said, Hey, wrong movie, but they didn't.
Rich EisenHOST
The only thing that I can
JeffAUDIENCE
think of is Mr. Roper, Mr. Roper from Great White Hype.
Rich EisenHOST
Yeah.
JeffAUDIENCE
But whooping, but whooping.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Before that, it was Larry Holmes.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Larry Holmes fighting Gerry Cooney, The Great White Hype they called him at the time, the year, in '82.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Hagler opens as a four to one, uh, favorite.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Um, and they're the two biggest stars in boxing at this time.