Supposedly, Broadway Joe got his nickname by his teammates for his way with the broads. Here he is turning on that Namath charm during a side-line interview from 2003.
9. Tracy Morgan pretty wasted on live tv in Texas.
Before he got himself in trouble with some anti-gay remarks, Tracy Morgan was already a total nutbag. As seen in this hilarious clip.
8. Andrew Dice Clay gets miffed on CNN.
Back in 1990, Andrew "Dice" Clay capped off his extremely successfull stand-up career by selling out Madison Square Garden for two nights in a row, the only comedian ever to do so. But for years, Clay's shock-style of comedy had attracted many critics, calling it misogynistic, racist, and homophobic. After several starring roles in flops both in tv and film, Clay's public appeal softened and the comic began running a gym in 1997. Just don't ask him about it, because he gets super-pissed.
7. Jim Everett physically attacks Jim Rome during interview.
In 1989, Rams' quarterback Jim Everett was reportedly "shellshocked" from the numerous times he was sacked against the 49ers in the NFC championship game. At one point, Everett was so spooked that he collapsed to the ground in anticipation of yet another sack, even though the 49ers' defensive players hadn't actually reached him yet – a play now known as Everett's "Phantom Sack".
Sports talk-show host Jim Rome, began mocking Everett by calling him "Chris" Everett (a reference to female tennis player Chris Evert. HAHA! Get it? He called him a GIRL, wow...hilarskees!). In 1994, Everett appeared as a guest on Rome's show Talk2 and within the first 30 seconds Rome applied the insult twice. Everett was not amused, leading to one of the greatest moments in the history of sports. ESPN shows this clip at least 20 times a day. Seriously, switch over to ESPN right now and I bet they're playing it.
6. Sean Connery explains why hitting a woman isn't that bad.
In a 1965 interview with Playboy, Connery basically said that it was okay to slap a woman but only if she was being a bitch. Many years later, Barbra Walters brought it up hoping to get a retraction. To her surprise, Connery says the same thing in slightly more detail.
5. Madonna spends almost entire show busting Dave Letterman's balls.
When Madonna was interviewed on Late Show with David Letterman on March 31, 1994, her foul language, including sayig "fuck" thirteen times, made the episode the most censored in American network television talk-show history (whatever that means). It also resulted in some of the highest ratings of Letterman's late-night career. I guess talking about Charles Barkley's penis will do that.
4. James Brown high out of his mind on morning LA talk show.
After being arrested for assaulting his wife with a lead pipe (yes, a lead pipe, much like a character from the board game Clue) the Godfather of Soul stopped by this morning LA talk show to give us one of the most insane/funny interviews of all time.
3. Marlon Brando tries to feed Larry King dog food, then slaps and kisses him as they sing a song together.
In 1994...by the way, have you noticed that a lot of these on this list are from 1994? I guess 1994 must be for celebrity interviews what 1984 was to gay music videos. Anyway, in 1994 the reclusive Brando agreed to appear on Larry King Live to fulfill his contract with Random House that required him to do at least one interview to promote his book Songs My Mother Taught Me. After avoiding questions about his acting, youth, or past films, Brando babbles on incoherently on a variety of subjects then caps off the interview in an appropriately looney fashion.
2. Mike Tyson in pretty much every interview he's ever given.
When it comes to saying crazy shit during an interview, no one (with the exception of Charles Manson) can hold a candle to Iron Mike. Really though, it must be hard to live a large part of your life in front of the camera. Or, in Mike's own words-
"If I take this camera and put it in your face for twenty years, I don't know what you might be. You might be a homosexual if I put that camera on you since you were 13 years old. I've been on that camera since I was 13 years old."
1. Richard Pryor
Probably the funniest, loosest interview ever conducted, it was done on the set of Stir Crazy in 1979. Pryor was most likely out of his mind on drugs at the time, but it still doesn't diminish just how hilarious and honest he could be.
