Blank on Blank — Season 1, Episode 3: Muhammad Ali On Going To Mars
Documentary • 6 min • 1 season, 80 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
It was the summer of 1966 when a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever got to hear this time capsule. Until now. Ali epically riffs about fighting on Mars, traveling through time, and explaining why big talk and boasting got him a shot at a title fight faster than other challengers. "Some of them thought I was crazy," Ali said. "They were frightened of me." Interview by Michael Aisner // Muhammad Ali Fan Club, Chicago 1966 // reel-to-reel tape recorder
About Blank on Blank
Vintage interview tapes. New animations. The mission is simple: curate and transform journalists' unheard interviews with American icons. The future of journalism is remixing the past.
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- E4Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
- E5Larry King on Getting Seduced
- E6Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
- E7David Foster Wallace on Ambition
- E8Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
- E9Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
- E10James Brown on Conviction, Respect & Reagan
- E11Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
- E12Louis Armstrong on His Chops
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