By: iconomy
Jeremias, thank you twice. Once for this post, and once for the link to Lewis attempting to sing the national anthem. I don't think he forgets the words as much as his vocal chords frequently balk and...
View ArticleBy: thomcatspike
The two thoughts were separate. The gay comment, was an answer to an earlier comment about his rumor. The second, was an additional comment to the thread about me recently seeing him sing the National...
View ArticleBy: hoborg
I did a report on him in the 3rd grade. How did this nugget escape my keen eye for research??
View ArticleBy: ChrisTN
Thought he has stated he is gay, so no rumor. He recently sung the National Anthem which he forgot the words to. (1) Not sure how forgetting the words to the National Anthem makes one gay. (2) Can you...
View ArticleBy: thomcatspike
My snark was about why Americans could stick Lewis down the memory hole for being gay I missed that, my bad. The comment reminded me folks in the USA are unaware of how popular Track & Field is in...
View ArticleBy: ROU_Xenophobe
Basic Human Decency v. The '80s, which to date have included my old Dokken cassettes Fuck you. Now I'm gonna see that damn helicopter spinning around and around every time I close my eyes. The flames...
View ArticleBy: jeremias
Because it exists, here is Carl Lewis attempting to sing the National Anthem. This really deserves a post of it's own. You must copy and paste the url into your browser. Linking does not work....
View ArticleBy: lodurr
thomcatspike: I guess I don't get the point of your answer. My snark was about why Americans could stick Lewis down the memory hole for being gay, but then say he got screwed if he's punished for...
View ArticleBy: Blue Stone
biscotti - he was famous for using his legs. In the video he seems determined not to use them. "But Carl ... you gotta get up and dance a little""No fuckin' way, man. It's my legs this, my legs that....
View ArticleBy: thomcatspike
In America, it's all about who wins. And who wins is all about capital (in terms of fame, notroreity, money, or power, in roughly that order). Where was the video shot? France or Germany. His recorded...
View ArticleBy: biscotti
Oh. Oh my. Ça me dérange, for sure. You'd think he's at least stand up and jiggle about a little We see him using exercise equipment, isn't that athletic enough for you? And we get close ups of his...
View ArticleBy: lodurr
... upset at the thought of him being gay but a-ok about him being a cheat. In America, it's all about who wins. And who wins is all about capital (in terms of fame, notroreity, money, or power, in...
View ArticleBy: gompa
all you kids out there who want to know what the 1980's were like Hear, hear! As a child of the '80s, I feel I have a civic duty to inform the current generation about just how gawdawful those years...
View ArticleBy: fullerine
I always found it amusing that the American media seemed upset at the thought of him being gay but a-ok about him being a cheat.
View ArticleBy: thomcatspike
I was about to ask if Carl Lewis was the one who was rumored to be gay Thought he has stated he is gay, so no rumor. He recently sung the National Anthem which he forgot the words to.
View ArticleBy: Blue Stone
Well the weirdest thing for me*, is that he's reknowned for his athletic ability and yet he resolutely remains sitting throughout almost all of the video. Did he suffer some sort of accident that...
View ArticleBy: bob sarabia
oh god. I'm so glad I can't remember the 80s. What the hell is up with that old lady being in there?
View ArticleBy: Windopaene
Good Gravy that was bizarre. Especially since I was watching with the sound off. And clearly, he's not gay. He took that old lady into the sauna didn't he. Tres, Tres derangee, je pense.
View ArticleBy: sciurus
Things like this make me glad I spent the 80s trying to catch crawdads in the hickiest part of Indiana. I remember watching Lewis in the '88 Olympics, however. I had respect for him when I was a seven...
View ArticleBy: ChrisTN
I was about to ask if Carl Lewis was the one who was rumored to be gay...now I think that question is moot.
View ArticleBy: uncleozzy
If you had told me that was Grace Jones, I would have believed you. Well, aside from all the track and field scenes. Seriously, could he be wearing any more makeup? This whole video is surreal in many...
View ArticleBy: whatnot
can't stop cringeing. the skinny belt, the surprise bubbles, everyone's big hair, good lord.
View ArticleBy: Peter H
(mind scrambles as words fall and tumble over themselves trying for comment)
View ArticleBy: iconomy
And never break it up break it up break it up! We will never break it up break it up break it up! Good gravy. That is just plain wrong on so many levels. I remember the 80s (no apostrophe), and I don't...
View ArticleCarl Lewis is the Beef.
Carl Lewis' present to pop culture. (Quicktime Video) Ladies and Gentlemen, all you kids out there who want to know what the 1980's were like: I present you the ultimate document. Just in case you were...
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