Andre the Giant Page #3

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and weigh close

to 500 pounds?

There's a famous photograph

that appeared with the article

that I did

for "Sports Illustrated."

Our hands are close together,

and you can see

the difference

in the thickness

of the fingers,

the breadth

of the fingers,

the size

of the fingernails.

And my collection here

at the University of Texas,

I have the hands

of a lowland gorilla.

They are approximately

as wide as Andr's hands were.

You that knew you were seeing

something unique in the world

when you saw him.

I want you

to take a look,

what size boot is that,

Andr?

That's 22, size 22.

Take a look at that

along my size nine.

Weather does get chilly

periodically.

My word.

It looks like a top coat!

I can't believe it!

Let me ask you,

how about your diet?

How much food

do you eat a day?

( laughs )

The food--

I eat four times,

the food from the--

I'm sorry,

I'm not stuck

on English.

He was not the most articulate

man in the world.

He spoke in other ways.

Commentator:

Andr. Oh!

Commentator #2:

Andr the Giant at 7'4",

507 pounds.

Commentator #3:

Being strangled with

the rope by Andr the Giant!

Commentator #4:

...covered by Andr!

Commentator:

Look at that!

The most exciting thing

you'll ever see in the ring!

( cheering )

Ooh!

Oh, boy! Look at that!

Laprade:

There are two types of match

that Andr did a lot.

Handicap matches, meaning

him against two wrestlers,

or battle royals.

Commentator:

You'll notice that these men,

all of these wrestlers

seemingly a little hesitant

to attack Andr the Giant.

Because, you know,

he was such a big man.

You could see him just throw

19 other wrestlers,

you know,

over the top rope.

Commentator:

...both from the Giant!

Bockwinkel colliding

with Patera.

There goes Patera!

There goes Duncum!

Bockwinkel,

the only one left!

Lawler:

Andr was an attraction.

He was not the kind of person

that you could put on your card

every single week,

because he would lose

that aura of specialness.

Commentator:

Here's the Giant now,

coming down the runway.

( cheering )

Lawler:

So that's why Andr got loaned

out so much by Vince McMahon.

The other promoters respected

my dad even all the more

because he could deliver Andr

or not deliver Andr to them.

And normally when Andr came

to town, he drew a lot of money.

People would want

to see this giant.

In those days, there were

wrestling magazines

that would chronicle

these wrestlers

in different territories,

and you would see Andr's face

on the cover of a magazine

and that's maybe the first

time you'd ever seen him.

This is before cable TV.

This is definitely before

the internet.

You haven't seen YouTube videos

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