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The Jerry Lawler Show
After King went on Letterman, he decided he could do his own version.
Austin Idol (1983)
The first guest on the first show. Naturally, King's partner was his first choice. This is actually less David Letterman and more like The Tomorrow Show. King says that many wrestlers fake their hometown, but he wants to know if Idol is really from Las Vegas. Idol is indeed from Vegas. King is also sketching while doing his interview. Is Austin Idol married? Of course not! It's not fair to the women of the world for him to be married. Idol is asked about a plane crash he was in where a fellow wrestler died. Very straight and dry.
Koko Ware & Dutch Mantel (1983)
This starts with Koko playing piano and singing while Dutch is playing guitar. Koko is pretty good. Dutch is playing an electric guitar that doesn't appear to even be plugged into an amp. Koko's been singing gospel his whole life. Dutch starts to play Louie, Louie. I guess he was plugged in after all. Koko is also a good friend of B.B. King. We're shown some clips of Koko in the ring. Both King and Koko make cheesy jokes such as "You've got a face made for radio" and "I've already got a record. A police record".
Lily Butler Interview (1983)
King talked with super fan Lily Butler. She's been going to shows since before King was even born. She doesn't like any heels. She hates Jimmy Hart. Me too. She actually hit Jimmy with her cane once.
Lance Russell Interview (1983)
Lance explains how he got into wrestling. He had been doing sports for a TV station and when wrestling started being carried, he volunteered to do the wrestling and it stuck. We get a picture of a very youthful Lance at the TV station. They talk about King breaking into wrestling by sending in drawings of the wrestlers. We get to see some of them. We get some clips of young King trying to scare Lance with Dr. Frank. It appeared to actually be Boris Karloff in full Frankenstein get up. Every week, King would do something to fuck with Lance.
Special Olympics (1984)
An interview with a super fan from the Special Olympics. The super fan even got to get his girlfriend on the air. The fan wants to know how King feels about meeting a fan like him. It was nice.
Tommy Rich Interview (1984)
Tommy talks about being a double champion and facing larger talent like King Kong Bundy. King asks if Tommy's solo run is putting any strain on his team with Eddie Gilbert. Tommy doesn't believe so. Tommy is mostly concerned with getting his free meal vouchers.
Jerry Lawler Viewer Mail (1984)
The first letter asks about the Bad News music video King made. This also includes Mr. Roggin's Neighborhood, which is just clips of coaches and athletes getting crazy. This is actually 3 different segments in one. The first question was part of the Tommy Rich segment, as was the weird sports thing. The next one is an in studio phone call where a woman asks why wrestlers always work the left arm and leg. King says it is because the majority of wrestlers are right handed and wrestlers will give up their weak limb to keep their dominant limb strong for escapes.
Kareem Muhammad Show (1985)
Kareem buries the show and says no one wants to hear Jerry Lawler but dead people. He thinks he can do the show better than King. His grandmama can do it better than King. King invites Kareem to come over from Studio B and take over the show. This is after Kareem messed up his lines to bad that King immediately started laughing at him. Then he gets on the set and throws to commercial. Kareem talks with Tojo and Jerry Jarrett. This is awful. "You see this outfit? It reminds me of when I used to shoot at chinks like you over in Vietnam, man." This makes Jerry laugh. "All you look alike." Tojo is Hawaiian and billed as Japanese. Kareem calls Jerry a pervert for some reason and they leave the show.
Two Year Anniversary Celebration (1985)
I think I see a cake, so someone should their face smashed in it. Steve Conway from the local radio station gave some words. "To a man that can say 'That's not my child' in seven different languages, you've done well for yourself." A clown comes in with a balloonogram. This is so stupid. A redneck gives King a Hogamania shirt. Fernando from Ecuador calls in, telling King to watch the bologna and says he doesn't know what full grown midget means.
Brickhouse Brown Interview (1987)
King does this in the crowd with Brickhouse in the ring. This was before Brickhouse turned face. We're shown footage of King vs Don Bass. Brickhouse interfered and attacked King. Nothing interesting at all.
Imagine if John Cena got his own TV show where he got to interview other people on the roster for no reason other than he was the top face in the company. And that show lasted for years.