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In response to
"What happened? He might have meant it. -- nm"
by
David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero
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it's funny....
Posted by
Remlik (aka Remlik)
Oct 24 '19, 20:19
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It’s 1986 and I’m working part time at a comic book store. We’re all wrestling fans and the manager is a huge fan and a friend of Angel Medina, and artist who drew the DC Comics book The Question. He know Angel lived in Indiana and was friends with Ox Baker who lived over in Illinois, but was over here in Indy all the time. So my manager asked Angel to bring Ox and scare the shit out of me. So I’m bagging and boarding books and doing my work when all of a sudden these two MASSIVE arms plop in front of me and I look up and there’s Ox wearing sunglasses and he yells at me “WHAT ARE YOUD DOING YOU LITTLE GEEK! GET OUT OF THAT CHAIR”…I was so surprised I fell out of my chair (it was one of those TALL chairs) and everyone starts laughing at me, and OX takes my chair and sits down.
They’re all laughing and then he introduces himself and says nice to meet you. And he started talking and lets me ask him questions. SSSUUUUUPPPPEERRRRR nice guy. Meanwhile a young African American guy in a suit walks into the store and walks up to the area and ask “Excuse me, but are you Ox Baker?” and Ox says yes he is and extends his hand to shake hands and give the guy an autograph.
Now keep in mind the store is located in city that’s is Super Rich and super conservative and the people in the city will call the cops on anyone over anything. So the guy says thanks for the autograph and pleasure to meet you and blah blah blah and leaves. Ox says watch this, he follows out this little African American guy opens the door and says “DID YOU JUST CALL ME A HONKEy”? to the guy in the parking lot during Lunch Rush in the strip mall. Guy starts laughing cause he’s in on it…and ox is bellowing “I’ll show you for calling me honkey you little pencil neck”…the guy gets in, I kid you not a little VW bug car. So Ox is still jawjacking the guy and the guy is just loving it, clearly a wrestling fan, gets in his car…and ox goes over and starts SHAKING THE CAR back and forth so it tips back and forth onto two wheels. And after a little bit he lets the guy go and the guy drives off still laughing.
Then the cops come in about 4 minutes. And I kid you not one of the cops walks in sees OX takes a beat, and asks “Are you OX Baker?” and everything was fine….
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