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I'm watching this and playing my NES Classic right now. One of my favorite pastimes is to queue up an OSW review and play some oldschool games, and of course, a few brews or smokes enhances it for me as well. Today's game? Fester's Quest. I'm gonna finally beat that bastard.
"Is he another wrestler?" I don't know, Art. He's wearing wrestling tights, walking down a wrestling ramp, to a wrestling ring, during a wrestling event, with a wrestling theme playing, and about to do wrestling moves. So no, he isn't. He's a sports entertainer.
I always found Art's commentary to be endearing. He clearly has no idea what's going on, but he's clearly getting into it, even if it must have been driving Gorilla and Mach up the wall. It's like watching wrestling with your grandparents or something.
I was 10 for KOTR 94 and I can vividly remember being baffled by Art Donovan. It was also very clear that Gorilla and Macho were getting more pissed off as the Mr. Magoo routine dragged on. Bret left with the belt though so 10 year old me was delighted 😂
Without doubt some of the (unintentionally) funniest WWF moments ever! "Yeah, he hit him with a rock!" "He looks like a businessman!" "Who's the fella with the American flag?" "How much does this guy weigh?" "How much does that guy weigh?" "How much does this fella weigh?" But "to your point", it's better than most commentary these days.
@@rodycaz8984 Hmm, well let's see. Tom Phillips and Vic Joseph are woeful cookie-cutter corporate shills. Byron Saxton has always been truly awful. Michael Cole has always been second rate. Beth Phoenix is useless. So there are at least FIVE announcers who are worse. If I hear "right one the back of his neck" or "to your point" one more time, I'll freaking kill myself. But Corey Graves, Nigel McGuinness and Wade Barrett are fine, while Mauro Ranallo was great.
Never seen this before, he seems like a classic example of the old sports legend who does "An evening with..." tours and can go through the old war stories and make everyone laugh, but the second you try and get him to talk about something he doesnt understand he flounders.
Why do I have a feeling that Vince either FED Art that line, or at the very least, collapsed backstage in a fit of laughter after hearing Art call Jeff that.
@@mrmusickhimself Vince was actually at home watching it with the undertaker. He'd just had neck surgery so he wasn't there. God knows what he thought of Art's commentary.
This ppv is quite literally what started my wrestling binge of the last 2 years. Art on commentary had me fucking DYING. I had no idea so many people hated it, lol. I can fully see why. He is clearly lost as fuck. But that's what makes it so great. "Hell I thought he was dead."
there's a point at the finals where Randy says "I don't know" where I honestly I think he was going to walk. Art sort of broke the golden rule (even if he didn't know the actual result) you never say if a wrestler is going to win or lose and if it is said, it's said with VERY careful words without the words "win" or "lose" in the statement.
Oh GOD. I'd ask for a Rob Bartlett supercut, but I don't think the world deserves anymore misery right now. I have no idea what the hell Vince was thinking, he would have been better off putting Stuttering John on commentary.
lol it's the same with my dad now. I stayed with him for a little while last summer and I decided to check out WWE after Hunter took over. It was funny to hear his reactions to some of the moves from the cruiserweights. He'd be like "Whaa! 😮 Jeez! Doesn't he get hurt doing that?! 😂" and every time he saw Rhea Ripley he'd say "Oh, it's that girl that looks like Marilyn Manson." It was even funnier when he found out AEW existed. "Oh, so wait, there's another one? 🤨"
Art - "hey yous guys I ain't gat no freggin' clue wuts goin ahn heeeia!" - O'donnel... lmfao! Art Donavan killed kayfabe. I need that on a shirt pronto...
Not to sound like a broken record, but this episode is superb. Everyone will love it when it lands on TH-cam. These lads are really hitting their stride!
And what's his name? And where is he from? I sure wish before the match someone would introduce them to the ring and give us some information like their weight and home town.
1:15 - what i find the most hilarious is that Art couldve waited about five seconds to LISTEN to the announcer's introduction, "from Alberta, Canada, weighing Two Hundred and-- " ('so how much does THIS fella weigh?') " --Twenty-Seven pounds....."
If I had been at the booth that night, there is no way on Earth I could have kept from laughing my ass off. I'm sure Mach and Gorilla were pissed, but I would have had a hard time keeping myself from giggling myself to death.
Wow. Why did it take so long for Vince to realize that celebrities with no connection to the business or no knowledge of wrestling shouldn't be involved in their shows or at the very least not be allowed on mic? Hell, the Jeremy Piven "Summer Fest" debacle took place MORE THAN A DECADE after this.
Does anybody remember the cult classic "Death to Smoochy"? Art reminds me of that punch drunk boxer that the Irish Mafia "convinces" the show's star to cast. He acts and sounds JUST like Art O' Donovan, just look up "Spinner Dunn".
@@peterisnardi1197 I just realized I mispronounced Art's name ala Gorilla, and that they likely named that character "Spinner" because that's what he probably did after being knocked out.
@@A_Drift... Damn right it was. I saw it in theaters. It was just me, and some older couple sitting a few rows ahead of me. They left during the cookie scene, leaving me to laugh as loud as I wanted.
Even my Dad who enjoyed the old time Ball players as he used to say, going on Letterman and talking about the NFL in the 50s and 60s, admitted as much as he liked Art, he couldn't see Art being a very good wrestling commentator. And the Lads at OSW even said he was charming as hell when he went on Letterman. He just seemed to have forgotten to pack his caristma this day.
The literal BEST part about his commentary (besides all of it, it’s so funny) is with Luger. “Who’s the fella with the American Flag?” “Art Donovan, that’s Lex Luger!” “Oh okay…” that sums up Lex’s ENTIRE WWE run.
I used to rent all of the wwf/wcw ppv's when they came out on vhs, and so i must have rented KOTR 1994, but I honestly don't recall this guy commentating.
I wish I could remember which match was happening. But my favorite part of the whole PPV was Art saying "I forgot what I was gonna say" and without missing a beat Macho Man chimes in "THAT'S OKAY!!" lol
Imagine Art at a football game. “Who’s dat guy wit the striped shirt? Is he gonna play football too? How much does he weigh? Why is dat guy wearing a helmet? Is he gonna ride a motorcycle on da field? How much does he weigh? Why is dat guy wit da headphones yelling at dat other guy with da helmet? Is he in some kinda trouble? How much do they weight?
Hiyooooo boyos! In case you're not following us on Facebook (facebook.com/oswreview/) or Twitter (twitter.com/OSWreview) the new episode went up on the website! The episode is taking a bit longer to clear on TH-cam (sure WWE themselves have been turned upside down by global events) so I put it up now so you can see it, we could all use a laugh! HOW MUCH DOES THIS PODCAST WEIGH?
OSW 89 King of the Ring 1994: oswreview.com/media/oswreview89/ 👑
Loved the review! Can't wait for the Summerslam 94 review. The world title cage match is one of my all time favourites
Rad! Thanks for the good times!
Thank you for putting this out, OSW! How much dis guy weigh?
OSW Review HD How much does this guy weigh?
I'm watching this and playing my NES Classic right now. One of my favorite pastimes is to queue up an OSW review and play some oldschool games, and of course, a few brews or smokes enhances it for me as well.
Today's game? Fester's Quest. I'm gonna finally beat that bastard.
"Is he another wrestler?"
I don't know, Art. He's wearing wrestling tights, walking down a wrestling ramp, to a wrestling ring, during a wrestling event, with a wrestling theme playing, and about to do wrestling moves.
So no, he isn't. He's a sports entertainer.
Kevin Dunn probably made a Google Account to like your comment
@@exeortegarubio I hope they induct Kevin Dunn into the Hall of Fame.
HE LOOKS LIKE A BUSINESSMAN
HOW MUCH DOES THIS FELLA WEIGH?
Lol you woulda taken the payday there too pal
As much as the repeated "How much does this fella weigh?" is really funny, my favourite quote is "The referee's stealin' the belt!"
"What's the girl over there screamin at?"
I think mine was when he asked about Razor: Gorilla, is he dead? 🤣🤣
I always liked "is that Tobanka getting any air at all?"
Since watching this episode me and a friend always say the quote "How much does this fella weigh?" Whenever we see someone who's Over weight 😂
The greatest injustice about the whole PPV, we never got to know Art's weight.
How much did that guy weigh?
@@marshallmcluhan33 How much does this guy weigh? He looks like a boxer
Haha, so true.
He owned a country club where my dad grew up, he fell into the deep end of his pool one time and they had to get a crane to lift him out
@@edvdylanfan Did they ask him how much he weighed before they pulled him out?
I always found Art's commentary to be endearing. He clearly has no idea what's going on, but he's clearly getting into it, even if it must have been driving Gorilla and Mach up the wall. It's like watching wrestling with your grandparents or something.
That's exactly it too! Lol
If this happened today smarks would say it's the worst thing ever and would claim they'd never watch again, even though they obviously would.
@@rodycaz8984 because it is
@@lexkanyima2195 Agreed. Even though it is unintentionally funny at times.
Perhaps Art purposely botched his commentary as payback for them botching his name.
Someone once described Art Donovan as an old man version of Ralph Wiggum. Perfect description I thought.
Hahahaha that's spot on. Bless him
HE DRESSED HIMSELF!
How much does learnding weigh?
Supernintendo Chalmers 😂
I love how Macho and Gorilla basically just start ignoring him.
"How much does my useless commentary weigh?"
"You two guys enjoy doing this? I can't imagine that!" At least he was honest in the end.
"is this my guy... Razor?"
"I think razor is gonna lose"
1:32 "Hey Gorilla, is Tabonka gettin' any air at all?"
Tabonka. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I laugh my ass off at Tabonka every time I watch this
😂😂😂💀
"Hey Gorilla, is Topanga a real Indian?"
“I didn’t hear you Art, I’m sorry”-Gorilla Monsoon
I was 10 for KOTR 94 and I can vividly remember being baffled by Art Donovan. It was also very clear that Gorilla and Macho were getting more pissed off as the Mr. Magoo routine dragged on. Bret left with the belt though so 10 year old me was delighted 😂
Gorilla straight up ignored him towards the end of the show.
Don't get the Mr Magoo reference. His only trait was that he couldn't see.
3:14 you can tell Randy Savage couldn’t take it anymore 😂😂😂
And I love how Gorilla Monsoon tries to somewhat cool him down a bit.
Randy was about to lose it 🤣
HE LOOKS LIKE A BUSINESSMAN!
Growing up in Baltimore, MD in the late 80s/early 90s - we had the privilege of this guy doing editiorials weekly on the local news.
How much did he weigh?
My biggest lament is we'll never hear Art and Dusty at the same time.
Oh, if only. Time might stop or just fold.
“He hit him with a rock!”
“No, he’th got a bithickle!”
"The referee's stealing the belt!"
Without doubt some of the (unintentionally) funniest WWF moments ever!
"Yeah, he hit him with a rock!"
"He looks like a businessman!"
"Who's the fella with the American flag?"
"How much does this guy weigh?"
"How much does that guy weigh?"
"How much does this fella weigh?"
But "to your point", it's better than most commentary these days.
Name one current announcer he's better than. Virk doesn't count cause he's gone.
@@rodycaz8984 Hmm, well let's see.
Tom Phillips and Vic Joseph are woeful cookie-cutter corporate shills.
Byron Saxton has always been truly awful.
Michael Cole has always been second rate.
Beth Phoenix is useless.
So there are at least FIVE announcers who are worse. If I hear "right one the back of his neck" or "to your point" one more time, I'll freaking kill myself.
But Corey Graves, Nigel McGuinness and Wade Barrett are fine, while Mauro Ranallo was great.
@@rodycaz8984 Randy Rosenbloom
@@Blayne1973 None of those are actually worst. And Ranallo is overhyped.
If Art did this with today's garbage, he'd probably boost the ratings.
You'll notice that @3:17 Savage is finally at his breaking point with Art Donovan.
Never seen this before, he seems like a classic example of the old sports legend who does "An evening with..." tours and can go through the old war stories and make everyone laugh, but the second you try and get him to talk about something he doesnt understand he flounders.
Poor Gorilla, he already misses Bobby Heenan hard
And yet he's the one who literally threw Heenan out of WWE. Tsundere Gorilla?
Gorilla should have told Art, "will you stop!" Then thrown him out of the building
@@TheBillliantOne Gorilla Monsoon was a well known Tsundere
Now I see it I can't unsee it. 🤣🤣Nothing's funnier than this
How it feels watching wrestling with your non wrestling fan friends
That’s what I was thinking
He sounds like the cartoon Frosty the Snowman. I wanted him to say, “Happy birthday!”
My favorite part will always be Macho just flat out ignoring anything Art said about half way through the event lol
Double J's a cutie.
Why do I have a feeling that Vince either FED Art that line, or at the very least, collapsed backstage in a fit of laughter after hearing Art call Jeff that.
@@mrmusickhimself Vince was actually at home watching it with the undertaker. He'd just had neck surgery so he wasn't there. God knows what he thought of Art's commentary.
Is there still time for him to make the 2020 WWE Hall of Fame?
That would be the greatest bit of trolling and ribbing ever. Owen would approve
This ppv is quite literally what started my wrestling binge of the last 2 years. Art on commentary had me fucking DYING. I had no idea so many people hated it, lol. I can fully see why. He is clearly lost as fuck. But that's what makes it so great.
"Hell I thought he was dead."
Diesel playing American football? Not with those quads.
Spat my water out reading this comment
didnt kevin play basketball in his HS/College years
@@TVindustries5000 he did
Yeah he did, wonder why he didn't pursue it and sorry for the drink spillage mustache 😂
@@jakeohalloran952 lol mo worries. If anything, I bet his knees gave up
Art O'Dono: how much does Jay weigh?!
Macho: less and less each day brother
Think fit, stay fit.
there's a point at the finals where Randy says "I don't know" where I honestly I think he was going to walk. Art sort of broke the golden rule (even if he didn't know the actual result) you never say if a wrestler is going to win or lose and if it is said, it's said with VERY careful words without the words "win" or "lose" in the statement.
He was a blessing in disguise.
"Hey Gorilla, is Topanga a real Indian?"
no, she was Cory's girlfriend in Boy Meets world
Ok but how much does she weigh
Art Donovan? I got one word for ya...
*UNBELIEVABLE!*
“This guy Double J’s a cutie”
LOL
if only we had backstage footage of Macho Man after this debacle ended. Lol he was probably flipping tables.
SEND FOR THE MAN!
Art "Best for people to think that you're a fool, then to talk and remove all doubt" Donovan
“This guy Double J is a cutie”
I thought it was pretty fuckin funny. "He got hit by a rock"
Thanks for uploading the full review early. You really hit it with a rock with this one!
The only man to ever work in the wwf who'd make you miss Rob Bartlett
Oh GOD. I'd ask for a Rob Bartlett supercut, but I don't think the world deserves anymore misery right now. I have no idea what the hell Vince was thinking, he would have been better off putting Stuttering John on commentary.
@@mrmusickhimselfnot quite a supercut but you're in for a treat when the full show is uploaded😅
Think.art is better
@@petesmart1983 yeah but how much does he weigh?
Art Donovan was the real reason Savage left for WCW.
"Ia he another wrestler???" HONK 😂😂😂
Need more OSW to defeat COVID-19
HOW MUCH DOES DIS GUY WEIGH!?!
Sounds like I'm back at home watching pro wrestling with my grandfather all over again.
How much did he weigh?
@@JeezaLou he really likes Italian food so I'd guess around two twenties maybe two thirty ish....🤣
lol it's the same with my dad now. I stayed with him for a little while last summer and I decided to check out WWE after Hunter took over.
It was funny to hear his reactions to some of the moves from the cruiserweights. He'd be like "Whaa! 😮 Jeez! Doesn't he get hurt doing that?! 😂" and every time he saw Rhea Ripley he'd say "Oh, it's that girl that looks like Marilyn Manson."
It was even funnier when he found out AEW existed. "Oh, so wait, there's another one? 🤨"
Art is a pure hearted soul.
I enjoyed Art. He was funny. And he seemed to be enjoying himself. He was Awesome
Art Donavon is Amazing 😂😂
Art Donovan is too pure for this world
Art - "hey yous guys I ain't gat no freggin' clue wuts goin ahn heeeia!" - O'donnel... lmfao!
Art Donavan killed kayfabe.
I need that on a shirt pronto...
What's dis here kay fabe thing youse guys keep goin' on about?
To be fair to Art, for a guy that has absolutely no knowledge of wrestling at all, he was asking fairly valid questions 😂
Sure. While crapping on the show?
Not to sound like a broken record, but this episode is superb. Everyone will love it when it lands on TH-cam. These lads are really hitting their stride!
Cheers gorgeous!
Even Savage and Monsoon had to clip his mic. Lol
That's the calmest Savage moment ever, he can control being around Art but never on Hogan.
You missed him asking if mo was a doctor 🤣🤣
He must have thought he was watching that classic Stooges short. If that were the case, he must have been VERY confused.
Demanding the 8 minute original length of this
Thanks so much for putting something out during social distancing!
The commentary team of Art Donovan, Mike Adamle, and Dusty Rhodes
And thus the universe imploded.
How much does Jeff Harvey’s Bicycle weigh?
Art: How much does dis guy weigh??
"Weighing 227 pounds..."
Art: How much does dis guy weigh??
And what's his name? And where is he from? I sure wish before the match someone would introduce them to the ring and give us some information like their weight and home town.
Is dis da episode? Why's it so short? Do you guys enjoy doin' dis?
You lads provide a brief amount of joy in between all the shit that's going on right now and for that I can't thank you enough
1:15 - what i find the most hilarious is that Art couldve waited about five seconds to LISTEN to the announcer's introduction, "from Alberta, Canada, weighing Two Hundred and-- " ('so how much does THIS fella weigh?') " --Twenty-Seven pounds....."
It's like watching PPV with your grandfather who has never seen wrestling before.
And somehow, Art was still better on commentary than Renee Young
Fucking beautiful.
3:12 You thought correctly Art (even though Razor was supposed to be your pick).
LOL "Diesel, Does he play football?" NO!!! He makes the Mack Truck GO!!!
Macho so wanted to slap art its hilarious
"He should have been a preacher". Lol. During the opening of Lawlers match. You could tell Monsoon was irritated. He completely ignored him at times.
Most coherent commentator i've ever heard.
He killed kayfabe before anyone else !!!
Kayfabe? How much does that fella weigh???
Coherent? Lol
If I had been at the booth that night, there is no way on Earth I could have kept from laughing my ass off.
I'm sure Mach and Gorilla were pissed, but I would have had a hard time keeping myself from giggling myself to death.
UNBELIEVABLE vs. How much does this guy weigh? The battle for New Generation Supremacy
It’s like if Archie Bunker did commentary
Poor Savage & Monsoon were probably going insane listening at this guy talk.
Wow. Why did it take so long for Vince to realize that celebrities with no connection to the business or no knowledge of wrestling shouldn't be involved in their shows or at the very least not be allowed on mic? Hell, the Jeremy Piven "Summer Fest" debacle took place MORE THAN A DECADE after this.
Does anybody remember the cult classic "Death to Smoochy"?
Art reminds me of that punch drunk boxer that the Irish Mafia "convinces" the show's star to cast. He acts and sounds JUST like Art O' Donovan, just look up "Spinner Dunn".
Underrated film.
Ayyy, it's ME...MOOCHY!!!
@@peterisnardi1197 I just realized I mispronounced Art's name ala Gorilla, and that they likely named that character "Spinner" because that's what he probably did after being knocked out.
@@A_Drift... Damn right it was. I saw it in theaters. It was just me, and some older couple sitting a few rows ahead of me.
They left during the cookie scene, leaving me to laugh as loud as I wanted.
And the WWE learned their lesson and never put anybody else on commentary with no knowledge of wrestling ever again
Art Donovan was a freaking legend.
DA REFEREE IS STEALIN DA BELT!
People can criticize Art but More people will remember him for this than anything else he’s ever done.
Sadly a legendary nfl player and ww2 veteran but remembered for not knowing wrestling
Even my Dad who enjoyed the old time Ball players as he used to say, going on Letterman and talking about the NFL in the 50s and 60s, admitted as much as he liked Art, he couldn't see Art being a very good wrestling commentator. And the Lads at OSW even said he was charming as hell when he went on Letterman. He just seemed to have forgotten to pack his caristma this day.
That's kinda a mean thing to say lol
@@DonJohnson-x3rHe makes an impression that's why they had him on commentary and it worked, we're still talking about him today.
Art and Rob Bartlett on co colour commentary.
Just for the absolute hell of it 😂
“Who much does dis guy wayyy??”
“Vinceeee”
Think I'll try out Art's line at my next Weight Watchers meeting
How much does this video weigh?
This is my favourite osw segment ever!!
Art Donovan is like your grandpa when you put wrestling on and he has asks a million questions
The literal BEST part about his commentary (besides all of it, it’s so funny) is with Luger.
“Who’s the fella with the American Flag?”
“Art Donovan, that’s Lex Luger!”
“Oh okay…” that sums up Lex’s ENTIRE WWE run.
Baltimore's own NFL Hall of Famer Rosie O' Donnell!
“Did he play football also??”
@1:41
"How much does this guy weigh?"
This is helping save the world, right now. You boys are heroes!
I used to rent all of the wwf/wcw ppv's when they came out on vhs, and so i must have rented KOTR 1994, but I honestly don't recall this guy commentating.
im at 1:44 and idk how much more i can go on with the video with arto donno
I wish I could remember which match was happening. But my favorite part of the whole PPV was Art saying "I forgot what I was gonna say" and without missing a beat Macho Man chimes in "THAT'S OKAY!!" lol
Bro always put them website before youtube, the fans need it. I need it. If I watch TNA lockdown again I might put a hood over my head
They needed Bobby instead of Mach, could you imagine? Bobby would be bouncing shit off left and right.
Imagine Art at a football game. “Who’s dat guy wit the striped shirt? Is he gonna play football too? How much does he weigh? Why is dat guy wearing a helmet? Is he gonna ride a motorcycle on da field? How much does he weigh? Why is dat guy wit da headphones yelling at dat other guy with da helmet? Is he in some kinda trouble? How much do they weight?
When vince shows up
>how much does this guy pay
When I watched this event I was 15 years old. I was laughing, cringing and at the same time. Fun times. Vince screwed Vince.
"this is MAH MAN LAZOR" - 2:27 firing mah lazor mein
Art o-danah !