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Tales From the Territories

It will follow the story in the time when wrestling was divided into smaller organizations based on territories.

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documentary, sport

Production

Seven Bucks Productions

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https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/tales-from-the-territories

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Keep your legs
straight up in the air - Tales From the Territories

Keep your legs straight up in the air

Yes, they came in the back
at Libertyland. - Tales From the Territories

Yes, they came in the back at Libertyland.

He bought this little pair
of blue sunglasses, and Andy - Tales From the Territories

He bought this little pair of blue sunglasses, and Andy

What was the crowd like the night
that we advertised - Tales From the Territories

What was the crowd like the night that we advertised

Well, of course, Jerry and I were
really happy about the thing - Tales From the Territories

Well, of course, Jerry and I were really happy about the thi...

That night they had over 11,000
people in the building - Tales From the Territories

That night they had over 11,000 people in the building

Because they were sitting on the
steps going up into the rafters. - Tales From the Territories

Because they were sitting on the steps going up into the raf...

I mean, it was just electric,
and I don't even remember - Tales From the Territories

I mean, it was just electric, and I don't even remember

But everybody, you know,
they were there to see Andy Kaufman. - Tales From the Territories

But everybody, you know, they were there to see Andy Kaufman...

And, you know, Andy and I had talked
about this, you know, hey, - Tales From the Territories

And, you know, Andy and I had talked about this, you know, h...

He wouldn't go
in and start the match. - Tales From the Territories

He wouldn't go in and start the match.

And finally I went over, took out
the microphone and this is something - Tales From the Territories

And finally I went over, took out the microphone and this is...

Let me ask you something, did you
come down here to wrestle - Tales From the Territories

Let me ask you something, did you come down here to wrestle

So anyway, then he comes
in and I tell Calhoun, I said, - Tales From the Territories

So anyway, then he comes in and I tell Calhoun, I said,

I'm going to put my hands
behind my bed and let him - Tales From the Territories

I'm going to put my hands behind my bed and let him

So he gets the headlock - Tales From the Territories

So he gets the headlock

Give him just a couple of minutes, - Tales From the Territories

Give him just a couple of minutes,

So finally I reached down and give
him the little iggy on his leg, - Tales From the Territories

So finally I reached down and give him the little iggy on hi...

Perfect. And then I just fall
straight back with him. - Tales From the Territories

Perfect. And then I just fall straight back with him.

Because in Tennessee, the Tennessee
Athletic Commission, piledriver - Tales From the Territories

Because in Tennessee, the Tennessee Athletic Commission, pil...

So Andy's declared the winner, right?
But he's laying there like he's dead. - Tales From the Territories

So Andy's declared the winner, right? But he's lay...

So I think, well, how can
I top this? - Tales From the Territories

So I think, well, how can I top this?

So Calhoun goes over and he bends
down, and I can see Calhoun
talking to him. - Tales From the Territories

So Calhoun goes over and he bends down, and I can see Calhou...

Kaufman is talking
but he's not moving. - Tales From the Territories

Kaufman is talking but he's not moving.

He's not moving. Calhoun comes back
over to me and he says, - Tales From the Territories

He's not moving. Calhoun comes back over to me and he s...

The escalating feud between Jerry
Lawler and Andy Kaufman has reached - Tales From the Territories

The escalating feud between Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman ha...

Kaufman lying in the ring and crying
out for medical attention. - Tales From the Territories

Kaufman lying in the ring and crying out for medical attenti...

So Calhoun comes back over to me
and he says, - Tales From the Territories

So Calhoun comes back over to me and he says,

We had done something with
an ambulance once before, and I know - Tales From the Territories

We had done something with an ambulance once before, and I k...

Yeah, no, go tell them it costs
300 bucks for ambulance. - Tales From the Territories

Yeah, no, go tell them it costs 300 bucks for ambulance.

Just get his ass up and go
back to the dressing room. - Tales From the Territories

Just get his ass up and go back to the dressing room.

And he says,
He says he'll pay for the ambulance. - Tales From the Territories

And he says, He says he'll pay for the ambulance.

It must've took 30 minutes
for the ambulance to get there, - Tales From the Territories

It must've took 30 minutes for the ambulance to get the...

Kaufman had to be placed
in traction, and he was found - Tales From the Territories

Kaufman had to be placed in traction, and he was found

He stayed in the hospital for three
days and got all kinds of national - Tales From the Territories

He stayed in the hospital for three days and got all kinds o...

It's Bill Watts. Bill said... - Tales From the Territories

It's Bill Watts. Bill said...

Now, Bill Watts,
he's your colleague, old school, - Tales From the Territories

Now, Bill Watts, he's your colleague, old school,

Pride goeth before a fall,
and Andy Kaufman, you just found out - Tales From the Territories

Pride goeth before a fall, and Andy Kaufman, you just found ...

So Bill calls and he says, Jerry, - Tales From the Territories

So Bill calls and he says, Jerry,

Tell Lawler I'm proud of him, too. - Tales From the Territories

Tell Lawler I'm proud of him, too.

- Now, am I going to tell Bill...
- No, no, no. - Tales From the Territories

- Now, am I going to tell Bill... - No, no, no.

Well, you're being...
Kind of a mark, Bill. - Tales From the Territories

Well, you're being... Kind of a mark, Bill.

The links that he went paying
for the ambulance, keeping it kayfabe
for everybody. - Tales From the Territories

The links that he went paying for the ambulance, keeping it ...

I want to know why it is that you go
and wrestle with people - Tales From the Territories

I want to know why it is that you go and wrestle with people

I mean, 24 hours a day for months
after that. - Tales From the Territories

I mean, 24 hours a day for months after that.

And it finally it came time for them
to start doing the next - Tales From the Territories

And it finally it came time for them to start doing the next

And Andy wanted to still wear
the neck brace on Taxi - Tales From the Territories

And Andy wanted to still wear the neck brace on Taxi

And they had to literally threaten
to write him off the show - Tales From the Territories

And they had to literally threaten to write him off the show

He also told me that Tony Danza
is really upset because I haven't - Tales From the Territories

He also told me that Tony Danza is really upset because I ha...

The thing about Andy is, is
that I thought, you know, he'd last - Tales From the Territories

The thing about Andy is, is that I thought, you know, he...

And he said, let him come to Memphis
and he will whip your ass. - Tales From the Territories

And he said, let him come to Memphis and he will whip your a...

And I said, Well, then the only way
we could do it is if bring him down. - Tales From the Territories

And I said, Well, then the only way we could do it is if bri...

And I would probably have to try
to hurt the guy, you know, - Tales From the Territories

And I would probably have to try to hurt the guy, you know,

And he said, Yeah, we'd better
not do it. - Tales From the Territories

And he said, Yeah, we'd better not do it.

To me, the thing that, the most
the world to this day still talks - Tales From the Territories

To me, the thing that, the most the world to this day still ...

The Lawler, Kauffman, David
Letterman episode, if you will. - Tales From the Territories

The Lawler, Kauffman, David Letterman episode, if you will.

He said, Would you want
to be on the David Letterman show? - Tales From the Territories

He said, Would you want to be on the David Letterman show?

And then he said, I wonder
what would happen if you just - Tales From the Territories

And then he said, I wonder what would happen if you just

On April 5th, 1982, in Memphis,
Tennessee, Andy Kaufman, the actor, - Tales From the Territories

On April 5th, 1982, in Memphis, Tennessee, Andy Kaufman, the...

All of a sudden, the show
starts and they call me out. - Tales From the Territories

All of a sudden, the show starts and they call me out.

If you remember, he was like,
you know, real hesitant to get even - Tales From the Territories

If you remember, he was like, you know, real hesitant to get...

Andy. Go ahead and have a seat,
if you will. - Tales From the Territories

Andy. Go ahead and have a seat, if you will.

Dave starts with the questioning
on the first segment, - Tales From the Territories

Dave starts with the questioning on the first segment,

Like "I am a star." - Tales From the Territories

Like "I am a star."

So we kind of got going
a little bit back and forth. - Tales From the Territories

So we kind of got going a little bit back and forth.

I don't want to sit out
here and pretend that I'm friends - Tales From the Territories

I don't want to sit out here and pretend that I'm ...

And I didn't.
I'm not that kind of a guy. - Tales From the Territories

And I didn't. I'm not that kind of a guy.

- And David...
- I'll just be over here. - Tales From the Territories

- And David... - I'll just be over here.

And so, I swear to you.
Here we go. - Tales From the Territories

And so, I swear to you. Here we go.

I've watched this back so many
times, and this is the truth. - Tales From the Territories

I've watched this back so many times, and this is the t...

In my mind, I said, Well,
we're done, - Tales From the Territories

In my mind, I said, Well, we're done,

And so I just stood up and looked
Andy right in the eye - Tales From the Territories

And so I just stood up and looked Andy right in the eye

And so Andy just rolls over,
and then a security guy comes in - Tales From the Territories

And so Andy just rolls over, and then a security guy comes i...

Appearing as guests on Late Night
with David Letterman - Tales From the Territories

Appearing as guests on Late Night with David Letterman

And so Andy just rolls over and then
a security guy comes in. - Tales From the Territories

And so Andy just rolls over and then a security guy comes in...

And the security guy comes
and gets me and hustles me - Tales From the Territories

And the security guy comes and gets me and hustles me

And when I left the green room, there
were a bunch of people in there. - Tales From the Territories

And when I left the green room, there were a bunch of people...

So I go in and I sit down
and I could hear out in the, - Tales From the Territories

So I go in and I sit down and I could hear out in the,

You know, ordinarily the commercial
break was 2 minutes long. - Tales From the Territories

You know, ordinarily the commercial break was 2 minutes long...

Well, they were down for about
10 minutes. - Tales From the Territories

Well, they were down for about 10 minutes.

It's little young intern, a
teenage guy, says, Mr. Lawler? - Tales From the Territories

It's little young intern, a teenage guy, says, Mr. Lawl...

Dave wants to know if you want to
come back out and sort of wrap
this thing up. - Tales From the Territories

Dave wants to know if you want to come back out and sort of ...

Now in my mind, I said, Man,
are they going to show this? - Tales From the Territories

Now in my mind, I said, Man, are they going to show this?

So I get up and I walk back
around and as I come back - Tales From the Territories

So I get up and I walk back around and as I come back

When I walked in, they booed,
just like wrestling fans, right? - Tales From the Territories

When I walked in, they booed, just like wrestling fans, righ...

And so I go over and sit
down and Andy - Tales From the Territories

And so I go over and sit down and Andy

And Dave says, Is Andy... Are
you coming in here again or? - Tales From the Territories

And Dave says, Is Andy... Are you coming in here again or?

Now I'm sitting there
and I'm thinking, What in the world - Tales From the Territories

Now I'm sitting there and I'm thinking, What in th...

And he lets loose with the most
unbelievable tirade of cursing - Tales From the Territories

And he lets loose with the most unbelievable tirade of cursi...

You're a motherfucking asshole
as far as I'm concerned! - Tales From the Territories

You're a motherfucking asshole as far as I'm conce...

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It will follow the story in the time when wrestling was divided into smaller organizations based on territories.

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Director: N/A

Writer: Jason Eisener, Evan Husney

Production: Seven Bucks Productions

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

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Released: 04 Oct 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/tales-from-the-territories