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Smells like trouble!
Chestnuts roasted by Kimchee @ 03/08/2006 12:26 AM EST
Thanks Tylenol!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/08/2006 12:32 AM EST
i am totally with you. i dont agree with flavored medicines..... fool me once tylenol........"cool capsules".........ew.
Chestnuts roasted by swami @ 03/08/2006 12:37 AM EST
"[I]n a world where lovely lady humps are the new Beatles, you just never know."
That can be applied to so many situations.
I'm don't know what to say about the blog intro and I've just tried like ten times. 
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/08/2006 12:57 AM EST
mmmm, Tylenol 3. as it happens, that's what I took tonight, via CWE to remove the APAP. Niiiice.
I like the Cobra Commander's Day Off on I <3 Toys...but the rest of the show goes too fast...but then I'd rather read about all that shit riiight here, wif mah family
Off to read more goodies yay.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/08/2006 12:58 AM EST
There is apparently a pharmacy somewhere within Oregon (my state) that will flavor your medicine any flavor that you want. I only learned this from the radio this morning, so I can't give exact details.
The DJs couldn't stop laughing at the idea, but it might work for you, Matt....unless chocolate and over-the-counter sleep medication has a deadly interaction.
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/08/2006 01:00 AM EST
Kamala's CD might be one of the best albums of all time. But now I am in a bit of a dilema. Which is better? Kamalas sould cd? Or Macho Mans rap album "Be a man?"
Chestnuts roasted by Ed @ 03/08/2006 01:16 AM EST
Did you REALLY just do a full page on Kamala's website? Matt, you never cease to amaze me...
I remember watching those early matches and always wondering what he was doing in there - he always looked lost. I was also a huge UT fan though, and watching Kamala's eyes grow larger than his own head when he got scared was awesome...
I'm a little bummed that his PO Box is in Miss, though - kinda takes away that Ugandan mystique...
Chestnuts roasted by seawoolf @ 03/08/2006 01:44 AM EST
Am I the only one who thinks this guy would make a good "Street Fighter" character?
Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 03/08/2006 02:20 AM EST
goddamn great read! It's like getting a little bit of the good ol' days in a brand new article!
I like when Earthquake posts on Wrestlecrap...he seems like a good guy too.
How can a Ugandan giant end up in Mississippi?
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/08/2006 02:37 AM EST
Lou Ferrigno's website isn't bad either.
http://www.louferrigno.com/
I love when you rollover a button how that rod glows green.
Also, 30 bucks for a signed Lou Ferrigno shirt!
Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 03/08/2006 03:37 AM EST
Looks like Kamala's page is going to exceed its bandwidth limit a FOURTH time.
Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 03/08/2006 04:28 AM EST
aaaah, the good old days:
Kamala, you are not an animal, you are a man!
Matt, you know that right after the feud with the Undertaker, and after the casketmatch at Survivor Series, Kamala became a good-guy. So you already knew that Kamala wasn't the angry giant anymore. And we have Slick to thank for that!
Chestnuts roasted by Sjoerd Zegers @ 03/08/2006 05:04 AM EST
My cousin hipped me to Kamala's page a few months back. I was occupied for hours. True story I got a Kamala action figure this past christmas check it here .
I remember that summerslam match - my favorite ppv had to be royal rumble.
The Million Dollar Man has a pretty cool page too. He seems to be a born again christian of some sorts. On his page he has link to christian children's books. Good stuff.
Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 03/08/2006 08:19 AM EST
He had beef with hacksaw jim duggan? f'n wicked sweet. His music reminds me of william wallace. Not the movie charachter, the 350lb schizo NY performance artist who headbutted his fans and sang songs like "i whupped spider mans ass" and "cut the mullett" [props to retrocrush for tuning me in to that freak] This Kamala kid is the for real deal. Im gonna contact him just to try to get a high five or something.
Chestnuts roasted by Markoff_Cheney @ 03/08/2006 08:31 AM EST
I like how one of his stated nemeses was Andre the Giant. As always, the writers of this stuff go above and beyond. "C'mon, the Ugandan Giant, Andre the Giant? Everyone knows giants don't get along. Write a chair in there and let's go get some hookers."
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/08/2006 08:32 AM EST
Mother. Of. God. i just saw his "promo commercials" for his local events... wow. just.. wow.
did they give some shaky crack head a 5 spot to film those shots or what? looks like most of the video was done with an inept wife in the basement of his modest home. Whatta legend.
Chestnuts roasted by markoff_again @ 03/08/2006 08:36 AM EST
For someone who's never been into pro wrestling - or any wrestling for that matter - at all, that was very entertaining.
Tetsu Deinonychus: If you mixed Dhalsim and E. Honda, you'd pretty much come out with Kamala. Maybe a less vicious Kamala, but some kind of Kamala nevertheless.
Chestnuts roasted by TE-Ryan @ 03/08/2006 09:39 AM EST
Wow, that is so awesome. I am such a Kamala mark. Good to see I'm not the only one.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt St. Cool @ 03/08/2006 09:41 AM EST
I can't believe you didn't metion the chain of past-their-prime wrestlers' websites you can wade through via his "links" page. And then all the links pages of all those sites. Maybe this could become a regular feature? Reviews of old wrestlers webpages.
Chestnuts roasted by Dane @ 03/08/2006 09:49 AM EST
Holy crap, it's Kamala! Nice job, Matt. I agree with Dane, that would be a great regular feature- old WWF wrestlers' websites.
Speaking of wrestling, I bought Bret Hart's DVD and I am loving every minute of it. The 3 disc set is worth it just for the old matches alone (Bret chose his favorites, including 2 versus Mr.Perfect) plus there is also an excellent, huge interview! I love Bret and I am so glad I found this DVD! ( I had to go to 3 different towns before I found it)Ahhhhhh, wrestling. OLD SCHOOL wrestling, to be exact. 
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/08/2006 11:21 AM EST
Awesome. I seem to remember watching wrestling occasionally when I was little, but this Kamala... I can't recall. Too young. Anyway, I'm just glad a new article's up. Yay! New article!
Chestnuts roasted by Gooper Blooper @ 03/08/2006 11:49 AM EST
*wakes up from his Trajeal-induced faint* hummina-hummina... wha-? Kamala? EEEEEEeeeeeeee! *thud*
Seriously, I gots to contact Little Brother, we're both Kamala fans from waaayy back. When Pom-Pom dressed as KtUG on H*R one Hallowe'en, we had tried to call each other about the same time. O, wrasslin', where has all thy great characters gone? Moondog Mayne, we need you now more than ever!
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash needs to get one of those spears @ 03/08/2006 12:00 PM EST
*His music reminds me of william wallace. Not the movie charachter, the 350lb schizo NY performance artist who headbutted his fans and sang songs like "i whupped spider mans ass" and "cut the mullett" [props to retrocrush for tuning me in to that freak] This Kamala kid is the for real deal. Im gonna contact him just to try to get a high five or something.*
That's actually Wesley Willis, the schizophrenic musical genius who passed away last year.
Rock over London, Rock out Chicago.
Chestnuts roasted by guttercar @ 03/08/2006 01:38 PM EST
TE-Ryan said what I was gonna say.. E. Honda + Dhalsim = Kamala.
Oh well, I'll just go pout in the corner.
Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak @ 03/08/2006 02:05 PM EST
I think his songs might just be him singing to the pre-recorded ones that come on kinda-crappy keyboards.
Otherwise, awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by Connor @ 03/08/2006 02:33 PM EST
I'm currently in shock. I get home from school and what do I find? Kamala, The Ugandan Giant singing to keyboard music. I'm, I'm just so happy.
Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/08/2006 03:00 PM EST
Dude, Guttercar , I've been walking around singing "Rock and Roll McDonald's" to myself all day long. Freaky.
Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/08/2006 03:16 PM EST
It's articles like this that make me reevaluate the exact reasons why I love your site.
At first, my thought was that you address all sorts of things from my childhood (which is true); yet, I can still read this piece about something I never knew--wrestling--and still be enraptured by it. I think the reasons are twofold: it's partially because your articles explore the very nature of nostalgia, making me feel whimsical for things I'd never have gotten involved with; the other reason is that you're just a brilliant writer--one of the best I've ever read and certainly the best on the Internet. Thanks for kicking so much ass, Matt.
Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/08/2006 05:18 PM EST
Any fellow Homestar Runner fans will know that Pom Pom dressed up as Kamala in Three Times Halloween Funjob.
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/08/2006 05:46 PM EST
Thanks to this article, Kamala's site statistics have shot through the roof.
Chestnuts roasted by random observer @ 03/08/2006 07:35 PM EST
They have a Kamala figure as part of the classic superstar series 9,I saw it today at Walmart.I almost bought it but bought Paul Bearer instead.
Chestnuts roasted by Sonny @ 03/08/2006 07:42 PM EST
Skimmed this article the 1st time while at work this morning, and just re-read it in its entirety. Great, great stuff. I agree with Matt- just the fact that Kamala still exists and has his own amazing website makes me very happy.
And I remember immensely enjoying that match at SummerSlam '92 when I was all of 11 years old. It was hilarious- Kamala is a great actor!
Wasn't Kamala actually on Raw or Smackdown not too long ago?...a few months ago, if I am not mistaken. (and since I don't watch wrestling as religiously as I used to, it is quite possible I AM mistaken)
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/08/2006 07:48 PM EST
^ Kamala made an appearance on Smackdown a few months ago. I think he wrestled Randy Orton. Also, during that horrendous Raw Diva Seach from 2004, the Divas had to learn the art of seducing Kamala. I kid you not.
Chestnuts roasted by Skroob @ 03/08/2006 08:19 PM EST
Kamala is so freaking awesome! Did you know Randy Savage has a website to0? And.. he has a CD!! You should hear it his song "Be A Man Hogan" is so funny
Chestnuts roasted by Suren @ 03/08/2006 08:46 PM EST
The only memories of pro wrestling I have include saturdays at my babysitter when I was really young. And the thumb wrestlers I got at a thrift store a couple years back. I do want happy medicine.
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/08/2006 10:01 PM EST
I've always hated wrestling, but sometimes when I'm drunk I'll do Hulk Hogan's reving-up-the-crowd moves or try to impersonate Randy Savage's "oooooh yeeeeeah!".
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 03/08/2006 10:06 PM EST
I know it's already been mentioned that the 350 pound schizo singer Wesley Willis (RIP my love) is not William Wallace, but I'd like to come to your defence, Maroff, and say that I often mistake Mel Gibson for a large black man.
Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 03/08/2006 10:53 PM EST
I met Kamala! I actually had the pleasure a year ago or so of meeting him while he was working the independent wrestling circuit--probably making scraps now.. when he used to sell crazy tickets like they were chocolate covered Big Macs. The next day I went to the public pool with weird stars and moons painted on myself like Kamala and was ridiculed by the neighborhood kids. Morale of the story.. Kamala is not, in fact, God.
Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 03/08/2006 11:19 PM EST
wow, good article, I Banged together a website on geocities back in 98 or or something, and the result looked slightly less proffesional than his effort.
Chestnuts roasted by Gene @ 03/08/2006 11:37 PM EST
I had Kamala's (along with a bunch of others) old WWF Hasbro figure. Those were awesome. Practically every wrestler, no matter how minor, seem to have one.
Also, it was the Undertaker/Kamala feud that got me into wrestling. Although it was the Survivor Series Casket match instead of Summerslam. Saturday morning wrestling rocked.
I got Undertaker's (and Paul Bearer's) autograph when they came here a few times. I also have autographs of Shawn Michaels, Sunny, Headbangers, and Tatanka.
I still watch wrestling now, but not with the ethusiasm as before. TNA is ok, but isn't exactly thrilling to me. WWE has sorta been stagnant for awhile.
Off-topic: If you watched Food Network's "Ham on the Street" tonite, they blew up a bunch of Peeps in a microwave. NOT a pretty site.
VH1's I Love Toys has been pretty cool so far. Although putting Smurfs on the list seems like padding.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/08/2006 11:48 PM EST
Apparently Kamala didn't design this himself, he hired PROFESSIONALS:
"Site design by Great Looking Designs"
I'll be coming to them for my next website!
Chestnuts roasted by Shii @ 03/09/2006 10:00 AM EST
aw man, Wesley Willis! I actually cried when I heard that he had passed away. His music was part of the soundtrack for my HIGH school years.
Besides "Rock and Roll McDonalds" I love "Ply the Donkey with a Whip" and "I Kicked Batman's Ass" and "KMFDM" the best.
Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions.
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/09/2006 10:13 AM EST
oh, and markoff, Wesley was from Chicago. Not NYC. Yeah, that's right, a "performance artist" from somewhere besides New York. And he didn't do it to be a "performance artist" either. He was writing music, and put out more albums than God.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/09/2006 10:38 AM EST
Well, I know this is off topic (I never really have everseen any of Pro Wrestling in its prime, being thirteen and all, or any pro wrestling ever come to think of it), but that comment about the fact thjatt sometimes you can't get motivated to do an article, is that why I've been waiting for over a year for that SUperNaturals article (Or was that cancelled?)? ALso, when you mentioned that Madballs had no chance in hell of coming back, guess what? THEY"RE BACK: http://70.85.44.56/forum/index.php?showtopic=1752&pid=30021&st=0&#entry30021
Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 03/09/2006 02:45 PM EST
kidneyboy wrote: aw man, Wesley Willis! I actually cried when I heard that he had passed away. His music was part of the soundtrack for my HIGH school years.
Besides "Rock and Roll McDonalds" I love "Ply the Donkey with a Whip" and "I Kicked Batman's Ass" and "KMFDM" the best.
And it's just not the holidays in my house with "Kris Kringle is a Car Thief".
Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/09/2006 04:12 PM EST
Great! Now you have me googling George the Animal Steel.
He used eat the turn buckle pads.
Chestnuts roasted by Jed @ 03/09/2006 04:26 PM EST
Wow, Matt actually updates mid-week and I didn't have time to read it. I actually had to print out all 9 pages of the Kamala story and read it on my break at work today. @_@
I actually do remember Kamala when he was in WWF. Weird shit. I also recall that particular confrentation with Undertaker, though part of that may be attributed to my scanning through my old wrestling tapes a few weeks back. Undertaker was as ginourmous in person and his hair was as stringy and dripping with grease as I'd ever imagined. Very Frankenstein like in his appearance.
And yeah, I did go to a few WWF events in Allentown back in the day. 
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/09/2006 06:28 PM EST
This is bizarre. Today at work (I work for Wal-Mart, blah...). I was walking the aisles, and talking to a friend who was working, and which action figure do I see? Kamala. Staring at me with his frightening gaze. It's odd how this is suddenly on the site...
Chestnuts roasted by Wookiee @ 03/09/2006 11:32 PM EST
Lest we forget...
I AM A REAL AMERICAN
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN
YEEEEEEAH, BROTHER!!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 03/10/2006 12:13 AM EST
Also, Nikolai Volkoff rocked ass. Whatever happened to that guy?
Who remembers the cartoon from like 1981 where Hulk and Nikolai were made friends to better kids' Cold-War-international relations?
I STILL have toys from that cartoon.
Matt
Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 03/10/2006 12:15 AM EST
Is he . . . singing to MIDI music?
Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 03/10/2006 01:29 AM EST
I was just going to say that, Matt you really took it easy on his singing man. I hope to god that you were being really wry in not just DUMPING all over that music. The one on the intro page is about the worst thing that has ever been recorded. And all of his songs remind me of Kip's "I love technology"
Chestnuts roasted by Deuce232 @ 03/10/2006 05:14 AM EST
Great article on Kamala's site. For the record, I still have a rubber Kamala figure from the 80s. He beats on Hogan from time to time.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be visiting the site myself.
Chestnuts roasted by Croww @ 03/10/2006 06:54 PM EST
I hate going through those dark phases of not being able to write anything as well.
Chestnuts roasted by SG111 @ 03/11/2006 12:21 AM EST
I remember actually going to a WWF match at the San Diego Sports Arena in '86 (I think) to see Hulk Hogan vs. Kamala! I was there for Hulk, of course, and it was the first time I'd ever heard of Kamala.
The biggest upset of the year was Kamala actualy won the match! That's right - Kamala beat Hogan! Then, in true WWF style, about 10 minutes after the match they announced that Kamala had been disqualified for some reason and the win was invalid.
They sure knew how to mess with a 12-year-old's mind! I never did see the match on the air, but they did film it.
Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 03/11/2006 01:10 AM EST
First time I saw Kamala was pre-WWF. I think it was the NWA or AWA or something like that - had Nature Boy Ric Flair as the heavyweight champ. Kamala's one of those guys who looked like he was having the time of his life playing this weird, campy character. Heck, it looks like he's STILL having all that fun!
Chestnuts roasted by Zhora @ 03/11/2006 02:33 AM EST
Damn slow browser...
Chestnuts roasted by Zhora @ 03/11/2006 02:36 AM EST
My favorite is George "The Animal" Steele's site: http://www.georgetheanimalsteele.com/slide-show/
He has some family photos up and I like to play "guess which one is married to George Steele."
It's fun.
Chestnuts roasted by Sweetie Guy Hutchinson @ 03/13/2006 02:09 PM EST
Retrocrush's new podcast has a feature on this article.
Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 03/13/2006 09:40 PM EST
Matt, you're the man for running this site, but you made an error in the Kamala article.
His first 'handler' was named Friday. After Kamala left and came back for his 2nd stint in the WWF, they introduced Kinchee as his new handler.
Anyways, I don't watch wrestling anymore (blame the McMahons), but I did have to chime in on this very important issue.
Cheers.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 03/14/2006 02:35 PM EST
We just had Kamala on our show recently promoting his cd. If you like wrestlers of yesteryear checkout our show DDT RADIO. This week we have Roddy Piper, next week we have Bobby The Brain Heenan...
Wednesday's from 6-9pm eastern.
Chestnuts roasted by Rob Gibson @ 03/14/2006 11:14 PM EST
I hope somebody still reads this thread, cause march 7th was my b-day so happy thread on same day as my b-day Woo!! Even though I don't like wrestling heh.
Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 03/15/2006 04:31 AM EST
well, i have been embarrased on the internet YET AGAIN. Im going to go cry for fucking fucks sake. Wesley willis. william wallace. wilford brimley...
whatever. you knew who i was talking about.
chevy trucks, like a rock.
Chestnuts roasted by Markoff shamed @ 03/15/2006 07:35 AM EST
crap crap crap.
see kids, this is what happens when you smoke pot.
you may have known about something at sometime, but it all comes out as confused horseradish on a lie sandwitch. Littered with crisp romaine retardation.
Chestnuts roasted by markoff crying @ 03/15/2006 07:47 AM EST
Loved the article. Ended up following the link and found the songs mellow enough to consider ordering the cd. 15 bucks. Answering the question "What are you listening to?" with the response, "The WWF's favourite godless savage, Kamala, the Ugandan Giant" ....PRICELESS
Chestnuts roasted by Andrew "Sweet Thang" Chambers (yup, that would be my honest-to-goodness 'wrestling name') @ 03/17/2006 08:58 AM EST
Man... I vaguely remember him...
Though most of my memories of my WWF days are of Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and The Ultimate Warrior (who was my personal favorite) and of cage matches and the perpetually terrifying Coffin Matches.
But, man... I do vaguely remember this guy.
Chestnuts roasted by Jillers @ 03/18/2006 04:03 PM EST
I've spent weekends starting at the computer wanting to write, having topics, having entire layouts for articles built and yet still unable to muster the inspiration to actually do it. And then there are other times, when I visit Kamala the Ugandan Giant's website and get so impressed that I curse out my "no weekdays" rule and 
