He took a gimmick and made gold throughout the territories and the WWF. By all peer accounts he was a good man. RIP Kamala, I was afraid of you more than the Undertaker as a kid.
Whenever He was in the NWA back in the early 80’s before He was in Texas working for Fritz Von Ehric at World Class Championship Wrestling He went by Sugar Bear.
Had a great conversation with him backstage at an indie show in Texarkana. He actually spoke English during a match. After the match I asked, "Hey James...since when does Kamala speak English ?" He laughed and replied, "well, Jarvis, I've been in this country for over twenty years. You'd think that I'd have learned a word or two of English by now. What do you think I am ? Some kind of Savage ?" 😉
@John Doe Most pro-wrestlers end up poor and destitute. You either have to be a marketing-genius, a corporate kiss-ass, or a slimy SOB to come out of this business with anything to show for it. Especially from that era. Nowadays wrestlers make far-more and have to spend far-less so they can get out of the business and be alright. I don't find the gimmick of Kamala being "degrading" and I'm and African-American. People need to stop being so damned sensitive and insecure. One person does not define an entire people-group. Kamala _was_ the Ugandan Giant. That doesn't mean everyone from Uganda acts that way or ANYONE from Uganda acts that way. You'd have to be pretty brain-dead to think that way. Maybe there was a guy at some-point in world history from Uganda that acted like a savage. You don't know, and neither do I. All I can do is judge people by how they treat me. I met Jerry Lawler in 2010 at C2E2. He was there selling his artwork as well as signing autographs and taking pictures. He sat down and talked with me for 30 minutes when he *didn't have to* telling me stories about Memphis and Andy Kaufmann (because I asked.) Being screwed out of millions of dollars by Vince McMahon does not make someone "simple-minded." James Harris was a man of his word and he treated others the same way. Vince screwed him big-time. Kamala stated that *Hulk Hogan (you know, the other guy people love to bash all the time) was the one that informed him that Vince was screwing him out of his money. He didn't have to do that. You have NOT followed his whole-career because if you did you would know these things and the term "simple-minded" would never have crossed your mind to type here. You just decided to be an ass today. That's all.
I'm sure you've seen it, but for those who haven't...here's a great collection of them. God, wrestling was awesome back then. th-cam.com/video/ct-zOyh7hZY/w-d-xo.html
Kamala was awesome. On camera, he was huge & fearsome looking, which was exactly what he was supposed to do, and it sold so well with wrestling fans. Off camera, he was the kind of guy you'd want for your neighbor. James Harris, better known as "Kamala," will be missed - there was no one else quite like him.
Anyone else watching this in 2020 and feel like they're looking into an alternate universe? "Hey Kamala, what's this shit about you missing interviews in St Lewis?" - this is my new favorite Mean Gene line. RIP to both these guys
@@Cthulhoop Im actually smart enough not to follow the left-right paradigm, its much like this here WWF... Both Demonrats AND Republitards are just marionette's anyhow...
I really believed Kamala was a Ugandan head-hunter as a kid, and if Kim-Chee and the other handlers lost control of him he would tear the joint to pieces!
Kamala lived in Mississippi. I know because he was my older brother's neighbor for years. Many people didn't know that he lived in Mississippi and most of the video promos were filmed in a Mississippi cotton field.
Vince hardly pays him, he has to drive himself around the country to get a paltry WWF check, then to top it all off, he has to take shit about it from a guy that makes more than him and doesn’t even wrestle… and he’s takes all of this with a smile on his face. 👍🏿
Kamala *POPPED* for James Barnett/Swahili line! 🤪🤪🤪🤣 And he *WINKS* at the camera 0:14, and he ALWAYS speaks English about how he can't speak English! And then Gene calls his handler...*GOOD FRIDAY!*
@@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV sorry. I can be a bit of a nerd. They do speak Swahili too and that is their native language. I know all this because I have a Facebook friend who is from Uganda
They're speaking English in their foreign native tongue sentence structure. In English, we put the adjective before the noun whereas in many foreign languages, they put the noun before the adjective. Example: (Spanish) La Isla Bonita translates in English as The Pretty Island; but if you structure it in Spanish tongue, it translates The Island Pretty.
Yo Kamala made it look easy gettin' the last word in on Gene. This is Gold. I could say so much about this clip. One thing is that it depicts the Zeitgeist of big time professional wrestling in the 1980s. And the WWF was the best of them at this time. And to see this clip now...a segment filmed but never really meant to be shown ever...is just awesome.
Never would I have imagined that Kamala would eventually for president to something. I don't watch TV anymore but somebody told about it. He was born in Uganda but I guess now that doesn't matte.
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In memory of Kamala
1950 - 2020
Yes may he be at peace with God
also memory of mean gene
Had no idea of his passing til I saw it here. RIP Kamala.
He took a gimmick and made gold throughout the territories and the WWF. By all peer accounts he was a good man. RIP Kamala, I was afraid of you more than the Undertaker as a kid.
He was a star
Kamala was so good at his gimmick that seeing him break character appears so strange.
Seriously. It's like watching a dragon land in a UFO
@@Vikashar I'm working on it ok, nearly stuck the landing last time.
@@ForeverAlone3 LOL
This was so convincing when I was a kid and still is 😂 🤣
@@ForeverAlone3 *pets the dragon*
Thank God Someone got this on Tape! IT'S GOLD!!!!
A lost era...
it should have gone to air on Superstars exactly like this!
AMAZING!!
gold jerry GOLD
Whenever He was in the NWA back in the early 80’s before He was in Texas working for Fritz Von Ehric at World Class Championship Wrestling He went by Sugar Bear.
"I don't speak English, I don't read English so I missed the interview..." Talk about a funny way of breaking character!
Had a great conversation with him backstage at an indie show in Texarkana. He actually spoke English during a match. After the match I asked, "Hey James...since when does Kamala speak English ?" He laughed and replied, "well, Jarvis, I've been in this country for over twenty years. You'd think that I'd have learned a word or two of English by now. What do you think I am ? Some kind of Savage ?" 😉
@@jarvisyoung8350 LMAO
@@jarvisyoung8350 Lolol awesome
@@jarvisyoung8350Great comeback lol
0:14 The look on his face when he realizes its a rib? Priceless.
Kamala was a goat! 🐐
Oh man. You ain’t lying. 😂
Bwahahahhahahahha
Kamala was a fucking real one 😂
Kamala: "I don't speak English."
*Speaks English
This is clearly where Shinsuke Nakamura got it from lol.
Wow nobody got that but you huh
@Smith Hart No, it was Kamala.
Yes , we get it. That’s the joke
@Ziad Khaled Shut up, triggered snowflake.
"Friday, you're kayfabe."
Gene-O the machine-o. One in a million.
If Kamala didn't have the best excuse ever, I don't know who did!
All interviews with James Harris show plain and simple what a genuinely nice person he was. RIP
@John Doe Most pro-wrestlers end up poor and destitute. You either have to be a marketing-genius, a corporate kiss-ass, or a slimy SOB to come out of this business with anything to show for it. Especially from that era. Nowadays wrestlers make far-more and have to spend far-less so they can get out of the business and be alright.
I don't find the gimmick of Kamala being "degrading" and I'm and African-American. People need to stop being so damned sensitive and insecure. One person does not define an entire people-group. Kamala _was_ the Ugandan Giant. That doesn't mean everyone from Uganda acts that way or ANYONE from Uganda acts that way. You'd have to be pretty brain-dead to think that way. Maybe there was a guy at some-point in world history from Uganda that acted like a savage. You don't know, and neither do I.
All I can do is judge people by how they treat me. I met Jerry Lawler in 2010 at C2E2. He was there selling his artwork as well as signing autographs and taking pictures. He sat down and talked with me for 30 minutes when he *didn't have to* telling me stories about Memphis and Andy Kaufmann (because I asked.)
Being screwed out of millions of dollars by Vince McMahon does not make someone "simple-minded." James Harris was a man of his word and he treated others the same way. Vince screwed him big-time. Kamala stated that *Hulk Hogan (you know, the other guy people love to bash all the time) was the one that informed him that Vince was screwing him out of his money. He didn't have to do that.
You have NOT followed his whole-career because if you did you would know these things and the term "simple-minded" would never have crossed your mind to type here. You just decided to be an ass today. That's all.
"Friday, come here. You're kayfabe" 😂
I love the editing. Never expected at :33 to hear Mean Gene to say "Kamala what's this s**t about you missing interviews in St. Louis."
he was doing a little fucky fucky
they should just air all the outtakes now, they'd get better ratings
Thier lowest ratings are still better than any other wrestling company try again.
@@kamfisher1714 no argument there. i don't watch any of it. just youtube for the old days
I'm sure you've seen it, but for those who haven't...here's a great collection of them. God, wrestling was awesome back then. th-cam.com/video/ct-zOyh7hZY/w-d-xo.html
I’d watch bloopers like this for 3 hours over the horseshit we get now.
I dont understand the James Barnett reference. Somebody help me please.
Haaaaaa the 1st time I ever heard Kamala break KAYFABE.
Kamala was awesome. On camera, he was huge & fearsome looking, which was exactly what he was supposed to do, and it sold so well with wrestling fans. Off camera, he was the kind of guy you'd want for your neighbor. James Harris, better known as "Kamala," will be missed - there was no one else quite like him.
He deserved much better for how well he played his roll.
Sure was convincing
I agree, as well will be missed is mean gene oakland
Mean gene : What's this shit about missing interviews? Kamala: I was doing a bit of the fucky fucky 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Anyone else watching this in 2020 and feel like they're looking into an alternate universe?
"Hey Kamala, what's this shit about you missing interviews in St Lewis?" - this is my new favorite Mean Gene line.
RIP to both these guys
2024
“Written up in Swahili by James Barnett” OH MY BOY!!!
I don't understand the reference to James Barnett.
David Layton after the sale of the Georgia territory to Vince, Barnett worked for Titan until around the time of WM III
@@davidlayton5546 Jim Barnett worked for WWF and Vince McMahon until Wrestlemania 3, then he went to Turner's WCW as one of the booking agents.
Thanks for the info. Written up in Swahilii is what cracks them up.
Never heard Mean Gene and Kamala talk like this. Talk about behind the scenes! RIP to these two guys.
It was always like that..
The childhood version of me would've fainted lol
Lol they look like like they are having fun.
Just learned about Kamala's passing. May he rest in peace.
Passing, Kamala just became Bidens running mate.
@@mrveritas700 You republicans would drink your own bathwater if Trump told you too.
@@Cthulhoop Im actually smart enough not to follow the left-right paradigm, its much like this here WWF... Both Demonrats AND Republitards are just marionette's anyhow...
Put this clip in the Smithsonian, absolute gold!! R.I.P. Mean Gene and Kamala!!
I really believed Kamala was a Ugandan head-hunter as a kid, and if Kim-Chee and the other handlers lost control of him he would tear the joint to pieces!
Right!!!
I don't know why, but he really did seem believable.
Maybe I just wanted him to be real.
May he rest in peace.
Kamala lived in Mississippi. I know because he was my older brother's neighbor for years. Many people didn't know that he lived in Mississippi and most of the video promos were filmed in a Mississippi cotton field.
@@amethawilliams4771 thank you for the insight, Deary.
Kamala was the one wrestler that I actually looked forward to watching.
He always kept me laughing....do the 3 step jog in place and then slap his belly
0:15 I love this part, that sly grin makes me chuckle.
*Back at a time when everyone played their gimmick flawlessly and actually had respect for the business.*
I respect Mr. McMahon and that’s why I didn’t do it in Pontiac Michigan
Mean Gene and Kamala breaking kayfabe is totally hilarious.
You know this was gonna be good when kamala smiles after Gene mentioned missing the interviews 😂
“Some goddamn hotel in Ipswich, Illinois” - had to tap there, killed me
It's sad that these legends are gone but I'm happy that this exist R I.P Mean Gene and Kamala
🤣 Kamala was trying so hard to stay in character
You can tell Mene Gene actually liked Kamala. You can see the Joy both have for each other..
Kamala’s face when he’s gets onto what Gene says 😂😂
I didn't know our vice president wrestled.
I like the Jim Barnett name drop.
Me too
Vince hardly pays him, he has to drive himself around the country to get a paltry WWF check, then to top it all off, he has to take shit about it from a guy that makes more than him and doesn’t even wrestle… and he’s takes all of this with a smile on his face. 👍🏿
0:16 Kamala Corpsing?
SEND FOR THE MAN!!!
This is FUUUCKING GOLD!!!! Thanks for sharing this with the world!
this just broke the 4th wall of my childhood. mean gene's was the shit. thanks for digging this out for us.
Mean said “goddamn”....twice.
That’s gold!
That's pathetic
J Pep
That’s not remotely pathetic...
But YOU are, porcupine.
Golden Days of wrestling !
Goddammit, this might just be the greatest thing I’ve ever seen!
Friday was a guy named Frank Dalton and was later played by Steve Lombardi
Jim Harris seemed like such a sweet guy. I wish I could have known him. Amazing such a sweet guy played such a ruthless character.
This is comedic gold.
Mene Gene always did seem like a world class smart@$$, funny guy. RIP to both
R.I.P. "Mean" Gene Okerlund and James "Kamala" Harris.
Kamala *POPPED* for James Barnett/Swahili line! 🤪🤪🤪🤣 And he *WINKS* at the camera 0:14, and he ALWAYS speaks English about how he can't speak English! And then Gene calls his handler...*GOOD FRIDAY!*
What wink? There's no wink.
That's him creasing up and dropping character when he realised it was a rib.
At 15 seconds is when you can clearly see Kamala's face coming out of character 🤣🤣🤣
I love watchin the characters we love act totally different when the cameras arent rollin lol
I'd love to see more of these!!
Come on gene mean, the man is from Uganda, he clearly can’t speak English, geez
They speak English in Uganda. They were an English colony until they gained their independence in 1962
Shawn Lusby oh well pardon me
@@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV sorry. I can be a bit of a nerd. They do speak Swahili too and that is their native language. I know all this because I have a Facebook friend who is from Uganda
I love how long it took him to break character
Hearing Gene Mean say, "What's this shit about..." is a good laugh.
I don't know why this was adorable to me.. Make me smile..
Kamala: I do a Lil funky funky.😂😂
@Giovanni Falchetti I know. I was being nice. Kamala was a super great dude.
Ohhhhhh, I needed this.
Mean Gene said the K word
Kayfabe?
Kronkite
Ketamine
@@carlosfryer3887 Kamala?
Kentavious?
I always wondered why they called him "Gene Mean", and now I finally know. He's got guts turning the screws on a guy twice his size.
Mean Gene....dumbass.
@@soitsanightmare [in Iron Shiek voice] FOCK HYOU!
They're speaking English in their foreign native tongue sentence structure. In English, we put the adjective before the noun whereas in many foreign languages, they put the noun before the adjective. Example: (Spanish) La Isla Bonita translates in English as The Pretty Island; but if you structure it in Spanish tongue, it translates The Island Pretty.
Jesse Ventura gave him the name Mean Gene while in the AWA
@@saralemirande3504he did it as a rib since gene was one of the nicest guys in the biz
Was very Happy to watch
And cool... 1st time. Seen Gene
Break character
HAHAHAHAHA !!! ♥️ CLASSIC ! I don’t think I ever heard Mean Gene say those words !
This is amazing. Just randomly came upon it
"I dont speak English" .. in American accent lol
Thank you for this 🤣🤣🤣
Watched Simon Miller this morning and thank you YT gods
That is a great video. I have never seen Kamala break character while in costume.
I was so confused until he said 'kayfabe'. I was thinking, "Uh, Gene, you know you're talking to a cannibal or something, right?"
incredible to see this behind the scenes moment.
They both up in heaven laughing about this s.i.p both of them
Long live both Mean Gen & Kamla 😢 they will be strongly missed
0:43 Kamala said the word is very funny 🤣🤣🤣 "Uh I don't speak English I can't read English, So I missed the Interview." 😂😂😂
Man that's weird I was just watching this clip earlier this week, and then found out he died tonight.
Yo Kamala made it look easy gettin' the last word in on Gene. This is Gold. I could say so much about this clip. One thing is that it depicts the Zeitgeist of big time professional wrestling in the 1980s. And the WWF was the best of them at this time. And to see this clip now...a segment filmed but never really meant to be shown ever...is just awesome.
Can’t believe that they was wildin out like that! 🤣🤣🤣
Kamala,Friday & Mean Gene ,thank you for the memories..all three legends & Icons. Jame Harris alway gentlemen out of the ring .
Kamala grinned. lol. when wrestling was good
I was blessed with the opportunity to meet him and get an autograph at an indy show
I wish that was on TV, that would have been awesome.
LOL...this is hilarious. I never knew how funny Mean Gene was.
He even made Kamala pop! 😄😄
OMG!!!!!!! There have to be more like these.
Mannnnnnn I hope his wife didn’t see this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't remember seeing this on Saturday morning
I am *SUBSCRIBER NUMBER 4* because of this interview! Sent to a close friend and I am *STILL POPPING* over it!
#ALittleFunkyFunky 🤪😂🤬
Its a little fucky fucky 😉
This is Priceless
There had better be a Kamala memorial DVD/Blu-Ray set, and this had better be on it!
Kamala had the Rick Ross beard
Lmfao this is the best comment that anybody has left on this video.
Oh nobody told me Rick Ross was a wrestler.
Very classy rib, no one gets hurt and everybody laughs. Mean Gene was the man.
Priceless moment!
One of the greatest of all time! Should have better push in the WWF.
I’m scratching my head in disbelief. This is absolute gold 🤣 Fly on the wall type shit
Priceless...
I do a little fucky fucky!! 😂😂😂
Fun Fact: "Friday" was played by Frank Dalton. Then Steve Lombardi took over as Kim Chee.
I watch this clip every time it pops up on my timeline
I love how his voice sounds the same in interview and in real life.
Friday, you’re Kayfabe.” 😅
I wonder if this guy was the inspiration for the Vice President's first name?
The true Kamala. I don’t give a shit who gets the VP nomination
Never would I have imagined that Kamala would eventually for president to something. I don't watch TV anymore but somebody told about it. He was born in Uganda but I guess now that doesn't matte.
Absolutely hysterical.