| He was a one man show! We had no choice but to watch the local Wrestling Alliance but it was Bob Luce who I tuned in for really. I wasn't too crazy about Dick the Bruiser or the Crusher. Bob luce was soo crazy silly, that he was unbelievable !The man was bombastic! He would interview let's say... the Road Warriors. And it was obviously in a cardboard set of a mock lockeroom , with phony lockers ,and a hang on the wall prop Payphone complete with phony phone numbers scribbled on the fake wall!. It was insane!
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| So if the Road Warriors enemies were
interviewed and they began to talk trash about the Warriors, Bob Luce would
cut them off and defend them as if they where his family. He would say stuff
like "Now wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE!!! I know the Road Warriors and you
can't talk about em that way!!",then he would brilliantly insert the date of
the next match by saying something like, " COME SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CHICAGO
AMPHITHEATER AT 8:OO P.M. ,THE ROAD WARRIORS ARE GONNA TEACH YOU TWO BUMS SOME
RESPECT!" Or something to that effect. The heels would protest and threaten
him , but ol Bob luce was a character he would reply to their threats! I mean
he would get real loud and say like .." OH YEAH? I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY! YOU
GUYS ARE BUMS!" and as they would get louder with their threats, and begin to
destroy the fake locker room (like some King Kong movie)
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| Bob Luce would be furious and say .." CUT THE TAPE ! THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!! LET'S GO TO A COMMERCIAL!!!" There would be a two or three second delay then an image would pop onto the screen . There was Bob Luce all smiles and holding a mike, some guy in a wrestlers mask with a big 'c' on the forehead, and a cape , and a
cardboard backdrop of a used car lot . And a Faint Soundtrack of the Theme of
the Superman movie . And the commercial would go like this,,, "Bob Luce Here,
in the parking lot of Ben's auto sales, I'm standing here with credit man." (
obviously another of Bob's Genius) He would go on ,,"Credit man , what are you
doing??" you see , the credit man character had his hands on his hips and was
trying to bend all the way back . Credit man would then reply ,,," I'm bending
over backwards to save you money"! Then Bob would give a chuckle and tell
everyone to come on down and buy one of these fine automobiles ! Which of
course looked like junk! And he would sign of his little commercial by saying
, let's take it back to the match with that handsome devil! There would be
another 2-3- second delay and the image of the Chicago amphitheater came up
with a match already in progress. And guess who was commentating? Bob Luce .
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| Man , those where the days . I would laugh my head off, and it was always a
good start to my weekend . I especially liked when his interviews would go
wrong and both he and the wrestlers would start cracking up . They didn't even
stop recording . It was hilarious to see Bob Laughing so hard that tears would
be dropping from his eyes and he would try to continue , all the time laughing
. He would be laughing and he would say like " Ha-ha-ha- Come Friday Night,
HA-HA-HA- The crusher is gonna rip you apart!! HA-HA-HA. " So whenever
someone mentions the A.W.A. wrestling to me , these memories come to my mind .
That's how I remember about the now defunct A.W.A. all thanks to Bob Luce, and
the parking lot of Ben's auto sale . I wish I could find some of those
interviews on tape. This has been Nino saying "GET BACK TO YOUR CORNER"!!
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