At the Sydney 2000 olympics the Aussie 4 x 100 metres swim team smashed the Americans like guitars...(Gary Hall jnr's quote in saying the Americans would beat the Aussies)...
They could have taken the high road, or be the bigger person, but taunting the Americans for their guitar comment was understandable and very satisfying for them and all of Australia.
Take the high road against the Yanks? No fucking way, they love and i mean LOVE to gloat about EVERYTHING.......so about time they copped some of their own medicine haha.
I mean it was a good bit of banter. But we Aussies knew Gary Hall was a good bloke. He was very positive towards Australia and Australians in general. In hindsight that comment might have been a bit of a mistake because just added extra fire to their motivation.
@@danielviles.a2gsm yeah Hall explained it on the Brett Hawke podcast. Saw it just recently. Poor guy. He seems like such a cool chilled non problematic type.
Crap news story. They should have pointed Michael Klim recalling that "Hall was the first swimmer to come over and congratulate us. Even though he dished it out, he was a true sportsman"
Really? He sounds like a fukwit. Why say shit and not back it up. Everyone seems like a sportsman after being humbled. And the sound of guitars being smashed echoes as this comment ends.
@@breal8939 To be fair there was a video made last year of him explaining what had happened, seems like a media beat up of a dude just having an opinion. It came back to bite him but I feel he probably didnt deserve as much hate as he got. Video is called 'Smash Them Like Guitars Gary Hall Jr. Explains'
The guy should never have got hate, he was just talking some smack, he never said anything offensive, he wasn't mean or derogatory, he said some classic sporting banter, he copped some humble pie and congratulated the Aussies. The guy isn't an arsehole for talking a bit of shit, it's like the American women's team saying "we're going to sweep all the gold" before the current olympics....then getting beat in the first race. Just some old school banter. Btw, I'm an Aussie and I support him talking crap before the match.
ROFL. I loved it. There was / is rivalry between nations, always will be. Its sport. We the Aussies won, so the lads played their air guitars, serenading Gary.
Oh it never gets old!!!! I remember jumping around my living room over the last ten metres shouting, "He's got him!!! Thorpie's got him!!!" My all time FAVE swimming race. Next day the Aust Women's Water Polo team did something equally amazing! Ohhhhhhh - good times!
The French never said they would smash the Americans, they said they came for gold which is totally different. They were ambitious, not arrogant and they never put other teams down... They won in 2012 anyway...
@@ifalloveragain Stop lying. The French did say that. Alain Bernard was asked about the American 4x100 free relay before the event and he answered with "The Americans? We're gonna smash them"
The authors are making a lot of noise about a swimmer making a lot of noise!! Really , give me a break. The poor guy was probably pumped, edgy and just let it out. Why not focus on the amazing last 50 metres by Ian Thorpe - who was a stayer not a sprinter and more suited to longer distances, that was really something worth talking about :-)
“Smash em like guitars” Gary Hall Jr said, wonder if they ever came up with a paint colour name to describe his face post-race, like Blush or Bashful... apologies to Julia Roberts!
The ultimate "Hold My Beer" moment. Thorpie didn't have the energy to do a decent air guitar though. Check it out! Klim and Fydler get into it, but Thorpie's air guitar is the WORST!
Gary shouldn't have said what he said. I mean, let your swimming do the talking. But the fact that there's this entire documentary about his one comment is even more obnoxious than Gary himself. Just take your win and say, "Talk shit, get hit" and move on. lol it's not that hard to be a good sport
I posted this 9 years ago and it still gives me a laugh every time, but let's give Gary Hall Jnr right of reply - th-cam.com/video/0eHTtHP8IvM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=InsidewithBrettHawke
Australia beat USA swimming in the last World Champs in Fukuoka. USA swimming is deteriorating. Like America is deteriorating. China is the new swimming superpower.
Klim started and broke the world record with the next 2 keeping us in the race. Then huge footed Thorpie brought it home. We would have lost if Hall wasn't derogatory. Aussies retaliate when taunted. My late Grandfather was taunted by 2 English soldiers in WW1 and thus beaten up. Grandad was demoted to a private.
Some Americans can come across as arrogant and prideful because they are powerful nation. Only this time they got played like guitars by the Aussies. Lol. Xxoo
Here the trash talking USA were pipped by the Aussies, and in 2008 the French said they’d smash the Americans and lost in similar circumstances. Moral of the story keep your mouth shut!!! 🤐 🤣
The Australians in 2012 were the worst with James Magnussen and co, but particularly James doing a bunch of shit talk before the relay and coming 4th, LOL! Then James losing in the individual 100 too. Apparently some of his own teammates cheered his loss to an American of all people, that is how obnoxious and blowhard he was there.
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The look on Michael Klims’ face as he ripped that air guitar 😂🥇❤️
American : Im the best, im the greatest !!
Australian : Ill just do what i can and see what happens.
The dynamic of these two countries in general..👍
Australia: "Hold my beer"
@@jasonturner2206 I’m still surprised the official Australian motto isn’t “She’ll be right…”
They could have taken the high road, or be the bigger person, but taunting the Americans for their guitar comment was understandable and very satisfying for them and all of Australia.
Oh the Yanks deserved it!
Take the high road against the Yanks? No fucking way, they love and i mean LOVE to gloat about EVERYTHING.......so about time they copped some of their own medicine haha.
It was great theatre. Don’t think there was any malice in it
They did take the high road and it led all the way to a gold medal 🏅.
Like all champions they smashed guitars after they won.
I mean it was a good bit of banter. But we Aussies knew Gary Hall was a good bloke. He was very positive towards Australia and Australians in general.
In hindsight that comment might have been a bit of a mistake because just added extra fire to their motivation.
I still enjoy watching this even 20 years later hahaha
It was a great moment for Australian sport, but to be fair, Gaz owned the defeat like a man, and became a cult figure in Australia.. good on ya Gaz!
No. No cult figure for Gaz, Thorpey is the stuff of legend. but sadly no Gaz.
Cult figure? 99% of Australians wouldn’t have a clue who he is. Thorpe is a different story
Never bet against the Thorpedo
Michael Klim was harnessing his inner Peter Garrett from midnight oil
The actual quote was “we’re going to beat the Aussie’s like a bunch of unstrung guitars.”
That's right, it's been misquoted.
Aaaagh seriously? Never knew!
@@danielviles.a2gsm yeah Hall explained it on the Brett Hawke podcast. Saw it just recently. Poor guy. He seems like such a cool chilled non problematic type.
Either way it’s a rubbish metaphor.
Makes even less sense!
Reliving this magical moment during the Olympics now. It never gets old. Was an incredible race and win for the Aussies ❤ 👏
Crap news story. They should have pointed Michael Klim recalling that "Hall was the first swimmer to come over and congratulate us. Even though he dished it out, he was a true sportsman"
@AlienFirefox Oath.
😂
Really? He sounds like a fukwit.
Why say shit and not back it up.
Everyone seems like a sportsman after being humbled.
And the sound of guitars being smashed echoes as this comment ends.
@@breal8939 To be fair there was a video made last year of him explaining what had happened, seems like a media beat up of a dude just having an opinion. It came back to bite him but I feel he probably didnt deserve as much hate as he got. Video is called 'Smash Them Like Guitars Gary Hall Jr. Explains'
The guy should never have got hate, he was just talking some smack, he never said anything offensive, he wasn't mean or derogatory, he said some classic sporting banter, he copped some humble pie and congratulated the Aussies. The guy isn't an arsehole for talking a bit of shit, it's like the American women's team saying "we're going to sweep all the gold" before the current olympics....then getting beat in the first race. Just some old school banter.
Btw, I'm an Aussie and I support him talking crap before the match.
The yanks folder faster than superman on laundry day
Michael Klim has the best shaped head for a racer... like a bullet. Well done Straya
ROFL. I loved it. There was / is rivalry between nations, always will be. Its sport. We the Aussies won, so the lads played their air guitars, serenading Gary.
Oh it never gets old!!!! I remember jumping around my living room over the last ten metres shouting, "He's got him!!! Thorpie's got him!!!" My all time FAVE swimming race. Next day the Aust Women's Water Polo team did something equally amazing! Ohhhhhhh - good times!
🤩🥇Yvette Higgins 🤽🏻♀️😍
@@benbrown6263 Oh yeah. The opponents didn't defend for a left hander ... 🙂
Thorpe was literally flying in the last 25. What a moment in the sport.
Sport... ignites passion & dampens expectations simultaneously. It's a beautiful thing
There is nothing sweeter as an Aussie, than bursting the ego of a big mouthed America😂🎉🎉
Damn Aussies, always punching above their weight.
😂
Eight years later Alain Bernard said "we are going to smash the Americans." And the USA won.
Did Hall and Bernard put a jinx on their teams?
Seems like it, but one thing we do know, it really fired up the Aussies and Americans.
Big mouth, cartoon-faced Gary Hall had to swallow it all - brilliant!
Lumpy's guitar playing at the end was the best
Thorpy's last 50m was the best moment in Oz sport
Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi
Rich Fulcher showing up was a surprise lmao
8 years later, lezak got redemption on a different team, but one that said they would smash the Americans.
Yeah that's right, the French In Beijing said we're going to smash the Americans, and Lezak did to Bernard what Thorpe did to Hall Jr lol.
The French never said they would smash the Americans, they said they came for gold which is totally different. They were ambitious, not arrogant and they never put other teams down... They won in 2012 anyway...
@@ifalloveragain Stop lying. The French did say that. Alain Bernard was asked about the American 4x100 free relay before the event and he answered with "The Americans? We're gonna smash them"
What I like about Garry hall was in the weeks afterwards he signed a smashed guitar and sold it for diabetes charity
We still smashing them like guitars. 13 gold in Japan to their single digit golds.
Relax mate, you've got 13 times the population we do. It's all in good fun
If we Aussies want to feel more Aussie we just watch a replay of the relay. Very proud.
Swimming. What a glamour sport.
Anyone have the full documentary saved? Its called "Olympics' Most Amazing Moments" and is by BBC three
1:10 The voice over, ''Gary ''Big Mouth'' Hall Jr...'' Hahahah.
The authors are making a lot of noise about a swimmer making a lot of noise!! Really , give me a break. The poor guy was probably pumped, edgy and just let it out. Why not focus on the amazing last 50 metres by Ian Thorpe - who was a stayer not a sprinter and more suited to longer distances, that was really something worth talking about :-)
Happened again in 2008 when France big mouth-ed on the American team...
Haha always an American has to come in with some comment to try and reedeem their ego
Gary ‘big mouth’ Hall Jr.
Perfect
Americans just don't get swimming.
Do not ever.....EVER.....fuck with Aussie swimmers.
“Smash em like guitars” Gary Hall Jr said, wonder if they ever came up with a paint colour name to describe his face post-race, like Blush or Bashful... apologies to Julia Roberts!
@Kim M . Not really. 33 Medals to 18. Look at the population of the US compared to Australia.
Not numbers, but quality. Not an island, so ... better gene pool. ;-)
Dude, America has 13 times Australia's population. Per capita, Aussie's reign.
Plus America spends way more on Olympic campaigns.
Calm down
@@Gr8Layks the Southern States say Hi 👋
(Banjos playing in the background).
Thorrrrrrrpeyyyyyyyy
The ultimate "Hold My Beer" moment. Thorpie didn't have the energy to do a decent air guitar though. Check it out! Klim and Fydler get into it, but Thorpie's air guitar is the WORST!
In the end the aussies smashed the Yankees like guitars.
Just like 1983 American cup
they should have learnt their lesson after the America's cup yacht race.
hahaha who cares - gees you yanks sure can't take a joke
We just gonna ignore how bad “I’m gonna mess you up like laundry is” as a taunt quote?
Gary shouldn't have said what he said. I mean, let your swimming do the talking. But the fact that there's this entire documentary about his one comment is even more obnoxious than Gary himself. Just take your win and say, "Talk shit, get hit" and move on. lol it's not that hard to be a good sport
Resentful American 👆
Garys comments were taken out of context to be fair, and I'm Australian.
0:26 his got the gar teeth and the ukulele goes with his pawno teeth
I posted this 9 years ago and it still gives me a laugh every time, but let's give Gary Hall Jnr right of reply - th-cam.com/video/0eHTtHP8IvM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=InsidewithBrettHawke
Don’t burn your bridges behind you
America- we gonna win this race...
Australia- hold my beer
Michael Phelps : Hold my third led to Australian PM.
Big mouth got done like a guitar
Why are the poms talking about the aussies victory. They had nothing to do with it
Australians have abit of a habit of being the ones to break American strong holds
Pride before a fall...so many lessons to be learned from the bible
it's a swimming race, they're all friends relax. .. 2yrs later lol
At 10 seconds does that American spit in the pool. Looks like the Aussie lane too
Good spot, looks like he does
Haha classic, love it
whats the music at 1:10
right here right now - fatboy slim
What an epic, all time blunder by Hall. Ran his mouth and couldn’t back it up…..pathetic
1:34 Laurie Lawrence
Australia beat USA swimming in the last World Champs in Fukuoka. USA swimming is deteriorating. Like America is deteriorating. China is the new swimming superpower.
Love it!
Fuck yeah!!!
Not today USA!!!
Smashed them like avo's..
lol I'm an aussie!
Klim started and broke the world record with the next 2 keeping us in the race. Then huge footed Thorpie brought it home. We would have lost if Hall wasn't derogatory. Aussies retaliate when taunted. My late Grandfather was taunted by 2 English soldiers in WW1 and thus beaten up. Grandad was demoted to a private.
Some Americans can come across as arrogant and prideful because they are powerful nation. Only this time they got played like guitars by the Aussies. Lol. Xxoo
Here the trash talking USA were pipped by the Aussies, and in 2008 the French said they’d smash the Americans and lost in similar circumstances. Moral of the story keep your mouth shut!!! 🤐 🤣
The Australians in 2012 were the worst with James Magnussen and co, but particularly James doing a bunch of shit talk before the relay and coming 4th, LOL! Then James losing in the individual 100 too. Apparently some of his own teammates cheered his loss to an American of all people, that is how obnoxious and blowhard he was there.
That “comedian”, never heard of him, and not funny.
Woohoo 🎉 Hahaha
Everything was good until i listened the #thor ragnarok music....i mean its uploaded 9 yrs ago... That means marvel copied it 😒😒
Copied what?😂
@@zzeedstun7151 the music from here to the ragnarok
@@AmitShukla-sk1ii its LED ZEPPELIN.
@@boxedlife789 no its not
@@AmitShukla-sk1ii It's the Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. You can listen to it here on YT....please don't be so confidently wrong 🤭
Gary Hall jr, is a cocky SHIMMER and man. He always lost against the greatest sprintet ever Alexander Popov!
To be fair, in retrospect, if Thorpe had a different suit on…
if my dad was your mum...