Jim Cornette on George Gulas & The Legend Of "Daddy Says Sell"

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  • @jeffnickels2279
    @jeffnickels2279 2 роки тому +9

    "It's George!" 😂

  • @stilts121
    @stilts121 4 роки тому +36

    Had a bad day. Looked this up as soon as I was able and I feel so much better. One of the greatest stories of all time.

  • @tomhallick419
    @tomhallick419 5 років тому +43

    0:53 "Doin...wrasslin commenterry...." LMFAO

  • @official_deathcast
    @official_deathcast 6 років тому +114

    George sounds like Junior from Smokey and the Bandit

    • @johnwade7963
      @johnwade7963 6 років тому +18

      Hushpuppies,daddy.

    • @nellbowie7986
      @nellbowie7986 6 років тому +12

      "Hey daddy my hat" "I wish your head was in it"

    • @JMimsey
      @JMimsey 6 років тому +7

      Shut up! One dumbass at a time!

    • @crowdpleaser2k
      @crowdpleaser2k 6 років тому +11

      John Wade We got no time for that crap!

    • @Trebla197237
      @Trebla197237 6 років тому +19

      "Oh no, daddy, I ain't never leaving home"
      "Junior...don't you ever, EVER, threaten your daddy like that again!"

  • @virgilhawkins7368
    @virgilhawkins7368 Рік тому +9

    Daddy Said Sell is my favorite story Jim has ever told

  • @GhostbustersFan77
    @GhostbustersFan77 Рік тому +9

    Every time I hear that story I'm reminded of Junior from Smokey and the Bandit.

  • @lemankurtz8950
    @lemankurtz8950 4 роки тому +12

    Daddeh!!! We's a havin a picnic!!! 👏 👏 👏

  • @johnwade7963
    @johnwade7963 6 років тому +26

    "It's George"

  • @JasonL77
    @JasonL77 3 роки тому +12

    I just watched a clip of a shoot interview where Ricky Morton said that Harley Race made it look like George Gulas was going to win that match.

    • @RayNDeere
      @RayNDeere 2 роки тому +6

      Supposedly, Nick gave Harley an extra $750 to make George look good, then deducted it from the cut that went to the NWA for the promotional fee.

  • @sogcitymac7940
    @sogcitymac7940 2 роки тому +6

    "My daddy said you'd sell for me, please...."🤣

  • @Cryptofwrestling
    @Cryptofwrestling 6 років тому +57

    Nick was as blind as Leroy McGuirk not to see how bad George was. A father's love I guess.

    • @sketchstevens5859
      @sketchstevens5859 5 років тому +10

      @keller blair Erik definitely could wrestle. His only issue was that he was still green

    • @lemankurtz8950
      @lemankurtz8950 4 роки тому +7

      And a Greek father at that.
      Daddeh!! We's a havin a Picnic!!! 👏 👏 👏

    • @williamfryman4360
      @williamfryman4360 3 роки тому +6

      A Tennessee Greek accent. I can’t imagine! Lol. Nick Gulas must’ve just wanted Georgie out of the house lol.

  • @Ted_Bell
    @Ted_Bell 4 роки тому +71

    Tony Khan from 2019 says hi

    • @ren17x50
      @ren17x50 4 роки тому +11

      Do you think he told Spears, "Daddy said sell" when he Stunned him?

    • @jenisia3600
      @jenisia3600 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @thedarknightreturns1994
      @thedarknightreturns1994 11 місяців тому +1

      You mean Shane mcmahon.

  • @WorldsOkayestSorcerer
    @WorldsOkayestSorcerer 4 роки тому +71

    Daddy says jobbers is ornery cuz they got all them losses and no sells.

    • @6oclocknewsat8
      @6oclocknewsat8 Рік тому +4

      Something's wrong with George's medulla oblongata obviously.

  • @jokerswank6082
    @jokerswank6082 3 роки тому +15

    His impression of George makes him sound like Bobby Boucher even though he's not totally far off. Surprised George didn't have like a shoot interview

  • @RicChaldeavneck
    @RicChaldeavneck 4 роки тому +32

    Jim is a master impressionist

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 5 місяців тому

      Pritchard: “Corny, what are you doing with the rat?”
      Corny: “Right now we got him in the freezer ..Goddamn.”
      Best impression ever

  • @ahoneanatwo
    @ahoneanatwo 6 років тому +69

    "Daddy Says Sell, Mama Sang Tenor. Me and little brother would join right in there...."

  • @addi0922
    @addi0922 9 місяців тому +7

    I am so convinced George Gulas was on the spectrum and was just high functioning. I feel like it would explain literally all of these stories lol

  • @scottfrye7882
    @scottfrye7882 5 років тому +10

    Daddy said sell, lmao. Jim you're fucking awesome, i love your stories, and your humor.

  • @lb2.0.45
    @lb2.0.45 4 роки тому +12

    Daddy said sell 😂😂😂😂

  • @donjulio4025
    @donjulio4025 6 років тому +32

    I knew Gulas, George wanted to wrestle, nick didn't want him to but Nick wouldn't say no to his son.

    • @donnymoney4222
      @donnymoney4222 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao someone at the top in the comments said exactly the opposite 🤣

  • @christopherpennetta8973
    @christopherpennetta8973 6 років тому +89

    You don't have to agree with Cornette on his idea of what wresting should be, but appreciate it when he tells stories about the business thru his experiences. He's seen it all, done it all and been almost everywhere. He's a great person to listen to

    • @rawsko0316
      @rawsko0316 4 роки тому +2

      @@victor.elkins preach

    • @lemankurtz8950
      @lemankurtz8950 4 роки тому +1

      @@victor.elkins Church!!

    • @lemankurtz8950
      @lemankurtz8950 4 роки тому +4

      @@victor.elkins I completely agree with his idea of what wrestling should be. Also, I have a sneaking suspicion that the overwhelming majority of people (over the age of about 28) with a history of watching wrestling ALSO agree with him.
      Their are a LOT of very Vocal loudmouths on Twitter & other Social Media who try to drown out the Majority (also happens media, politics, entertainment, academia) in order to usher in some new weird ideology of sorts. Those same morons will call that "just a conspiracy theory" LoLz!! They make it out to be "The old vs The New" but like I said, I think it's "The Overwhelming Majority vs The Fringe Minority" They are just a fringe.

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 4 роки тому +3

      If you disagree with Corny on what wrestling should be, why you would watch wrestling other then to see men in tights prance around? Isn't that like a movie that doesn't have a story or a plot?

    • @richardpreston7333
      @richardpreston7333 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah, I'm not that fond of his "back in my day, we walked FIFTEEN MILES to the ring!" talk, but as an oral historian he can't be beat

  • @thack57
    @thack57 Рік тому +6

    Jimmy Jam, that's freakin' hilarious.
    Do ya all remember Mike Henry's role of the 'stoopid' Deputy and Son of Jackie Gleason in the 'Smokey And The Bandit' flicks? That's how I picture Baby Boy George Gulas.

  • @randyjohnson7734
    @randyjohnson7734 5 років тому +14

    This is a good story here worth going back to time to time.

  • @steveschwetman8870
    @steveschwetman8870 6 років тому +47

    Here's what I've always wondered: Did George really want to be a wrestler, or was he pressured by his father? I'm going on a limb and guess that George got into the biz just so he could please Nick. I could be wrong.

    • @KnightBoat
      @KnightBoat 4 роки тому +18

      I think that's a pretty safe bet.

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 3 роки тому +7

      Some Versions of the Story Say George Wanted to Wrestle, But Nick Didn't Want Him to (Kinda Like Vince Sr. Not Wanting Vince Jr. to Wrestle) ... But, George Convinced Nick to Let Him

  • @davidmurray6949
    @davidmurray6949 2 роки тому +4

    Brian having a good time with this one 🤣🤣🤣

  • @erocrush
    @erocrush 4 роки тому +14

    Every time I think Cornette can’t make me laugh any harder...

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 4 роки тому +29

    This story started out funny and ended very sadly.

  • @6oclocknewsat8
    @6oclocknewsat8 Рік тому +3

    My step-dad used to cut George's grass. Daddy says mow!

  • @thomasswafford250
    @thomasswafford250 5 років тому +16

    He threw chops because Tojo Yamamoto trained him, so he used chops.

  • @stephengrahn9361
    @stephengrahn9361 5 років тому +13

    Now i know how wrestling died in Chattanooga. I remember channel 12 had a local show and my mother said my uncle watched it in the 60s. I have just started watching wrestling (only the old shows). It is so fascinating with these podcasts.

    • @thomasswafford250
      @thomasswafford250 Рік тому +4

      There were several factors. Nick was cheap and could only for the most part get people starting out or finishing up. Plus, Georgia Championship Wrestling was coming to Chattanooga. Jarrett and Lawyer walked off with so much of his talent. Nick had pissed off so many people. Jarrett and Lawyer were actually an outlaw promotion, but the NWA still supported them because of Nick's antics. He dug his own grave.

  • @roberteisenhauer7686
    @roberteisenhauer7686 5 місяців тому +1

    Hal Needham must have based Junior Justice after George Gulas LMAO 😂😂😂

  • @mrowley7300
    @mrowley7300 2 роки тому +3

    I would've PISSED myself laughing in the ring

  • @TakeNoteOfThat
    @TakeNoteOfThat 9 місяців тому +2

    “It’s George!”

  • @donjulio4025
    @donjulio4025 5 років тому +13

    Nick didn't want George to become a wrestler, he just couldn't tell George no.

  • @grimmartifex1047
    @grimmartifex1047 2 роки тому +3

    It's Geowge !!!

  • @kelsohunt460
    @kelsohunt460 3 роки тому +4

    Never gets old

  • @bp408
    @bp408 5 років тому +21

    George sounded... special

  • @mrmoose6619
    @mrmoose6619 2 роки тому +4

    Anytime I need a good laugh it either Corny's Daddy Said Sell or Tim Horner discussion...

  • @coreyhardwick4660
    @coreyhardwick4660 4 роки тому +9

    This story has yet to become old or unfunny to me, it is just amazing xD

  • @ctt4lfecw
    @ctt4lfecw 11 місяців тому +1

    George Gulas is kind of like Junior from Smokey and the Bandit with Jackie Gleason and Burt Reynolds

  • @ricstormwolf
    @ricstormwolf 2 роки тому +3

    Georgie wasn't all there, was he? 🤔

  • @rockerboyrage1609
    @rockerboyrage1609 10 місяців тому +1

    I love this story.

  • @shorsbigmouth
    @shorsbigmouth 2 місяці тому

    The original Bobby Boucher..."mama...my mama...my mama...my mama said...my Mama Said Sell!!!!!!!".

  • @bigglilwayne7050
    @bigglilwayne7050 3 роки тому +7

    To my knowledge, Robert Fuller is the only wrestler who actually liked working for Nic Gulas

  • @jeremykanetravis
    @jeremykanetravis 11 місяців тому +1

    The only question of mine that was actually asked :)

  • @supremeasiaticallah2303
    @supremeasiaticallah2303 5 років тому +8

    Bret talked about this in his book

  • @TheBoltactionrifle
    @TheBoltactionrifle Рік тому +2

    "Wrathlin commentay"

  • @topazzz1546
    @topazzz1546 6 років тому +27

    "Daddy says sell! Daddy says lay down! Daddy says put your right hand in, and put your left hand out, and you shake it all about! Pleaaaase!"

    • @jknight1984
      @jknight1984 6 років тому +3

      😂

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 3 роки тому +5

      Daddy Said Do the Mario ... Daddy Said Swing Your Hips, from Side to Side ...

    • @kagemaru259
      @kagemaru259 3 роки тому +6

      @@frankbonini9128 Come on it's time to go, do the Mario! Take one step, and then again.....

    • @frankbonini9128
      @frankbonini9128 3 роки тому +5

      Daddy Said Left Foot Two Times ... Daddy Said Right Foot Two Times ... Daddy Said Cha-Cha Slide ...

  • @taofeng718
    @taofeng718 Рік тому +2

    George gulas the original waterboy 😂😂

  • @jpjpjp453
    @jpjpjp453 6 років тому +61

    I knew George Gulas was awful beyond belief in the ring but hearing all this just buried him even further now.

    • @matthewcollins8602
      @matthewcollins8602 2 роки тому +6

      The recent Dutch Mantel interviews about George Gulas have even gone further. It's never ending lol

  • @madbrowniac7871
    @madbrowniac7871 2 роки тому +3

    The same Athlete turned Actor was Mike (no relation to Mark) Henry. And he appeared in two very different Burt Reynolds Movies. The original Bandit, of course. And the first version of "The Longest Yard."🤔🏈B.W.

    • @spanky9676
      @spanky9676 2 роки тому +4

      He also played Donald Penobscot on MASH

  • @kagemaru259
    @kagemaru259 4 роки тому +12

    When Jeff Jarrett became a wrestler, Jerry Jarrett sent him to other territories that he didn't book or promote for this exact reason. He wanted Jeff to succeed and make it on his own without him. This guy.....hell when his father Nick retired, George had to as well because NO promoter wanted him.

  • @J4ckieD
    @J4ckieD Рік тому +1

    George's story would make an excellent comedy

  • @Matt-cr4vv
    @Matt-cr4vv Рік тому +3

    I always wonder why fathers put their sons in these positions knowing they had no chance to succeed. Even if Gulas was a prodigy simply being who he was would be an issue by being in the main event so quickly in your fathers promotion. It seems like if a father wanted their son to have any chance to succeed youd send him to another territory with a promoter that you trust to let him develop outside of your promotion. And after he’s spent some time elsewhere developing and paying his dues, if he shows the ability to be in a top role; then you could bring him back for it and maybe not have it be a big issue since he would have a track record of success away from his father.
    You’d probably still have some pushback no matter what but at least then it wouldn’t be such blatant nepotism. Really is wild how some really successful territoru promoters let their sons tank their territory by forcing them to a position they weren’t deserving to be in even when their fans hated it.

  • @14DaveHunter
    @14DaveHunter 5 років тому +28

    If Nick had made George work his way up (jobber and foward), he could've been a great wrestler. Height and skinny aren't always detriments, to being wrestlers. Ron Fuller, Jimmy Golden and Dustin Rhodes are examples of lanky wrestlers, who made good. Unlike George, despite their family connections, they started as jobbers.

    • @piperar2014
      @piperar2014 5 років тому +13

      I agree, and I'd add that he should have been sent to some other territory to job. But if he couldn't travel between towns without calling daddy, that wasn't going to happen.

  • @DarqueWolff69
    @DarqueWolff69 3 роки тому +3

    Didnt JJ pull the same shit with Lawler?

  • @edgein3299
    @edgein3299 2 роки тому +6

    Sounds like a simple minded kid, so it’s hard to really hate him.

  • @piperar2014
    @piperar2014 5 років тому +8

    When football coach Mike Shanahan's son Kyle was done playing college ball and was choosing between the NFL draft or going right into coaching, Mike said something like:
    Son, enter the draft if you want to. But as a player, they are always going to be trying to replace you, and the best you can hope for is to be just good enough that they can't.
    That's how a father should be realistic about the talent level and career prospect of their child.*
    I agree with those who say George should have been a jobber. I'll add that he should have been sent to someone else's promotion to job. Son, stay home and referee or hit the road to job.
    *Always trying to replace you is almost every coach and player in the NFL outside of Bret Farve and Tom Brady.
    I

    • @MrPernell27
      @MrPernell27 5 років тому +6

      Bret Favre was replaced. That’s how he ended up in Minnesota

    • @piperar2014
      @piperar2014 5 років тому +5

      I don't remember what season the Brett Favre Retirement Drama started. But prior to the start of the 2008 season, Favre informed the Packers he would retire. Packers spent training camp preparing for a season with Rodgers. Then Favre changed his mind and told the Packers he wanted to come back. The Packers were committed to moving forward with Rodgers and traded Favre to the Jets.
      After leading the Vikings to the NFC championship in 2009, the 2010 version of Favre was a complete shitshow. Prior to the 2010 season, Jared Allen asked Favre to stay retired. Favre chose to retire for real after 2010. The Vikings would have taken him back in 2011, 2012, 2013....

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 2 роки тому

      That's how he came to Green Bay!😂😏🏈B.W.

    • @davidholzer4155
      @davidholzer4155 2 роки тому +1

      The only other territory that George wrestled for was the Sheik's and Sheik's son Captain Ed George only wrestled for his dad and Nick Gulas

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, this makes George sound simple minded, was he I wonder?

  • @KingGhidorah5464
    @KingGhidorah5464 5 років тому +11

    Why does George look like Andy Kaufman?

  • @andyinpa1
    @andyinpa1 2 роки тому +3

    Wrestling is the devil Bobby Boucher.

  • @fredpeggs1006
    @fredpeggs1006 3 роки тому +2

    Lmao Gosh damn 😂😂😂😂

  • @FerretJohn
    @FerretJohn 6 років тому +4

    George was what they used to call a Tall Drink o' Water but he couldn't work worth shit. Even Harley, who could wrestle a mop and make the mop look like a champion wrestler, couldn't work with him

    • @kagemaru259
      @kagemaru259 3 роки тому +4

      If Harley Race can't make you look good....

  • @johansmallberries9874
    @johansmallberries9874 4 роки тому +5

    This is like a.. proto-“Eugene” character. Except real.

  • @SteelSunday
    @SteelSunday 5 років тому +2

    Sounds like waterboy

  • @naitthegr8131
    @naitthegr8131 Рік тому

    5:08 LOL

  • @donjulio4025
    @donjulio4025 6 років тому +5

    I was at that match in Nashville between Gulas and Race. The fans didn't turn against Gulas, Race made Gulas look as if he was going to win. Yes Gulas was not very good and was not main event material.

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 4 роки тому +3

    George Gulas looks like he has the size, Jerry Jarret looks out of place.

  • @timperdue4436
    @timperdue4436 10 місяців тому

    George was simply misunderstood

  • @germsincognito8329
    @germsincognito8329 5 років тому +1

    Jeeeesus

  • @Mistertbones
    @Mistertbones 6 років тому +9

    George is the worst case of nepotism in wrestling.

    • @jknight1984
      @jknight1984 6 років тому +5

      Erik Watts?

    • @rahowherox1177
      @rahowherox1177 6 років тому +2

      Vince jnr?

    • @ahmeddemha6112
      @ahmeddemha6112 6 років тому

      phillip martin
      Not really given the apparent fallout that led to Shane leaving a few years back and how Vince apparently ignores Stephanie from time to time.

    • @actionsub
      @actionsub 6 років тому +3

      True. The best Greg ever got was a push with the tag belts until Jim Brunzell took off for the WWF. Greg had some mid-card feuds, but he wasn't pushed by Verne the way other promoter fathers did their sons.

    • @geocoop60
      @geocoop60 6 років тому +3

      @@actionsub
      1. Because Verne knew that Greg wasn't as good as he was & 2. even though he was the majority owner in the AWA the promoters that ran the various cities that he promoted in, Joe Dusek in Omaha being 1 of them, wouldn't have used him in their main events even if he was the champ

  • @jenisia3600
    @jenisia3600 4 роки тому +1

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @williamhild1793
    @williamhild1793 6 років тому +8

    George Gulas must have been a dolt. I've only heard the name...didn't know anything about him.

  • @laurenceamspoker782
    @laurenceamspoker782 Місяць тому

    😂

  • @Spooky_515
    @Spooky_515 5 місяців тому

    Was Cornys rat named after George Gulas?

  • @Lurvy1963
    @Lurvy1963 6 років тому +2

    George Gulas. I never heard of him. A lot of wrestling fans in Memphis were familiar with him in the 1970s and 80s. It seems he was to pro wrestling what Ed Wood was to movies he made in the 1950s. They both flopped badly at their professions. A book in 1980 called The Golden Turkey Awards picked Ed Wood as THE All Time Worst Director. Will there be a pro wrestling book that will pick George Gulas as the sport's all time worst wrestler?

  • @popachellione6799
    @popachellione6799 10 місяців тому

    George Gulas...bad...very bad.

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 5 років тому +1

    What’s with the black swirls under you name on the logo jim?? Really cheap and doesn’t even fit correctly lol

  • @jeffreyriley8742
    @jeffreyriley8742 6 років тому +13

    No man should ever, ever, ever call his father "Daddy." Girls use Daddy. Boys use Dad.

    • @rollingstones1972911
      @rollingstones1972911 6 років тому +1

      Jeffrey Riley I guess. I used both

    • @rollingstones1972911
      @rollingstones1972911 6 років тому +4

      New age Drako could be. I don't know but there's nothing wrong with it. Mama & daddy that's how I addressed my parents

    • @rollingstones1972911
      @rollingstones1972911 6 років тому +1

      New age Drako I apologize. I didn't realise I was coming off standoffish. Wasn't my intention.

    • @connor7177
      @connor7177 3 роки тому +1

      I used daddy and mommy till i was 12 or 14

    • @wrestlingstuffv2
      @wrestlingstuffv2 Рік тому

      What about "pops"?

  • @timcovington8942
    @timcovington8942 4 роки тому +2

    George is a basketball referee now and is terrible. He drives a car with a license plate that say “Spyder Man”

  • @KingGhidorah5464
    @KingGhidorah5464 5 років тому +2

    People can shit on Vince McMahon, but he never tried to make Shane a main event superstar.

    • @majincroix
      @majincroix 5 років тому +3

      KingGhidorah5464 ummm.... are you sure . Shane just won a “best in the world” Tournament, and then won the tag team champ belts. That seems like a pretty big push/ main event spot to me

    • @bp408
      @bp408 5 років тому +2

      You haven't been watching have you?

    • @kyewilson7837
      @kyewilson7837 5 років тому +2

      bp408 at least Shane knows what to do with the heat and probably isn't caught up in it

    • @wrestlingstuffv2
      @wrestlingstuffv2 2 роки тому +2

      Shane did it for heat. He was a heel and the fans fell for it like it should be. George was basically a babyface that couldn't conquer the fans and went mad at them about it. Plus, unlike George, Shane selled the hell out of moves, fell off high places, even having his balls electrocuted.

  • @thedarknightreturns1994
    @thedarknightreturns1994 11 місяців тому

    Shane mcmahon said that too.

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 5 років тому +1

    What’s with the black swirls under you name on the logo jim?? Really cheap and doesn’t even fit correctly lol

    • @tylerromero6572
      @tylerromero6572 3 роки тому

      It's wendy's logo dumbas s. God you're pretty thick if you go on Jim cornettes podcast and ask noob questions.

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 5 років тому

    What’s with the black swirls under you name on the logo jim?? Really cheap and doesn’t even fit correctly lol

    • @FerretJohn
      @FerretJohn 5 років тому +3

      That's actually the Wendy's logo but with Cornette's name