A Talk With George “The Animal” Steele

Monday, July 19th, 2010
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George “The Animal” Steele was a pro wrestler for the WWF. He also played the role of Tor Johnson in “Ed Wood” (1994). I talked to him and recorded this video at the Monster Bash convention in Butler, PA. June 2010.

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Super cool Interview.

Bassman2112:

Luckily for us, though, that was just at the very end.

Signed,
A loving but critical atheist

Potential to be a pile of boom? What the fuck are you talking about, RomEmKIng?

james aka the redneck xD

big, fat, greasy, wrestler, this video has the potetial to be a pile of boom! yes, I am frightened that it will be boring and boom!

http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/index.php?ref=65...

Ed wood made 7 of the worst movies ever made - he's someone you can really look up to.

god I loved that line. It's true, Ed Wood really 'did' make some horrible movies, but I know, James, you love his style... and I actually love his style too.

I wish we (you and I) could talk about it one to one.. but I don't think you'd be interested...*sigh* :*(

I spoke with him recently at a convention, not many people realize he battled dyslexia, is very educated, and still wrestles!

this was really funny and unexpected from James, but great he met the wrestler http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/vizzedindex.php?...

Hahaha awww he said don't be makin those bloody violent horror films... But thats what your website is mostly about or at least what you like doing right james? LOL But yea you make awesome films dude :)

Damn, James has red finger marks on his neck after that "playful" choke o.O

Haha, the best answer ever:

Plug ?
The tub when I take a bath
I laughed pretty hard when I heard that

I just met him today! Really cool guy. It was a meet and greet thing so I got his autograph and stuff.

These video interviews are truly amazing James! Keep doin' 'em!

God Bless.
And "BASSMAN 2112" May God be with you !
Damn Atheist.

Great interview, that was hilarious

AWESOME James
YOU ROCK
Great interview

Intolerance will not be tolerated! Wait....

Anyway, don't be so judgmental, fellow.

Signed,
An agnostic

I loved that up until the "God is with you always"

At that point I sunk my head and went "well... Damn."

Signed
A loving atheist

the saw movies are awesome

I am a huge wrestling fanatic and its so cool to hear the animal in his regular speaking voice! thanks for doing this, he still looks like he can kick some butt!!!

amazing, as always! keep it up! :D:D:D <3
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That was fun to watch. I've never seen "The Animal" outside of the ring before. Didn't know he was such a funny guy.

"But George Steele is an asshole. Really. His voice. His arrogance. It would have been funny is you hit him in the head when he choked you.

He deserved it, the asshole!"

George is a funny, smart and humble guy. The reason he acted like he did was because he was being playful.

You have to understand that in the 60s, 70s and 80s that is how wrestlers interacted with fans. Very playfully, I can't count how many fan pictures of wrestlers I've seen where the wrestler is choking a guy, putting him in a headlock, picking him up, etc. etc.

They mean nothing by it, it is how they interacted with people. Can't blame a man who spent 20+ years doing that on perhaps a nightly basis. And it looks like James had a blast, so it was all in good fun.

I do agree. Godzilla beats Jason any day.

However, Jason beats Jigsaw any day.

I'm not purely towards monster movies from the early days, but that is what I grew up with. Stuff from ever since Blair Witch is crap, but 70's-90's movies had great psychology. The gore is always good, but you never want it there so much that it ruins your life.

But Godzilla and Frankenstein rule the world, 'nuff said.

Epic!
"Anything to plug?"
"Anything to plug? Yeah, the toilet when i take a bath!" haha :D

Oh yeah, and when George says "Don't get into all that bloody, gore, chainsaw kind of crap" I was laughing at Jame's face. He was all like "Oh shit, just uh, don't watch "The Deader the Better".

Haha, when I first saw the thumbnail of the video I thought "Holy shit, that's Tor Johnson!". He really does look like Tor. Anyways, great video James and George sounds like a really funny guy. I was laughing the whole way through.

Awesome interview . I love the way he cough you by surprise and started "choking" you :)
Keep up the good work and another greetings from Bulgaria. It looks like you have pretty nice fan base from here ^_^

James, your last three photos all have you with a gaping mouth & wacky expression haha

Ok, this is my first official comment.

Come to this site since a couple of years.

But George Steele is an asshole. Really. His voice. His arrogance. It would have been funny is you hit him in the head when he choked you.

He deserved it, the asshole!

I often wondered why Tim Burton lowered Steele's voice in the movie. Tor Johnson's voice was actually pretty high pitched considering his size; even on the TV appearances he did, like when he was on Groucho Marx's show, tho he might have been raising it deliberately as people tended to in 50s movies

I love how he says something about how we should stay away from the gory stuff, and specifically mentions chainsaws, and then right after you cut to the cinemassacre logo - a chainsaw coming out of a camera. Niiiice.

I love it when he says "SMARTEN UP!!!!" James you are da man for having the balls to talk to "The Animal." And thanks for bring back some great childhood memories of watching George wrestle (early 80's.)

Holy fuck, that guy's a beast. He scares me. Great interview, James.

This was great. The Animal is one funny dude.

haha this guys great! a legendary wwf wrestler 2!

He seems like a real nice friendly fellow!

"This is the first time I’ve heard George talk! Good job, James!"

+1

Great video! Greetings from Bulgaria!

This is the first time I've heard George talk! Good job, James!

Awesome interview, I can tell that you're in awe of him just like some people have been in awe of you when they interview you. Anyone who watched WWF in the 80's could never forget George, no turnbuckle was ever safe from this guy!!

WWE hall of famer George "The Animal" Steele wow this makes me wonder if James is a fan of the WWE or just the fact that he was in that movie Sounded like he's a fan of yours 2 lol

I love that comment "You're braver than I thought" great questions and his voice had to be down pitched. There's too much in common for them to have dubbed the voice from someone else. Smooth out the frequencies and you still get clear audio with a lower pitch.

haha i like this old man.so hilarious XD. plus he got epic voice too