Episode 37: Mean Gene Okerlund
83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
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4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this week's 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson, the life, career, and legacy of Mean Gene Okerlund is discussed. Everything from Eric's earliest memories of Gene, to bringing him to WCW, the WCW Hotline, The Mean Gene Burger, his relationship with Hulk Hogan, and so much more! Support us on Patreon for even more content from Eric & Conrad for just $9! Patreon.com/83Weeks See Bruce & Eric in a Monday Night War Debate and Eric take on the author of the Death of WCW Book, plus 20 other live events starting at just $4.99 at fite.tv/starrcast Buy a shirt and get a call from Eric: www.EricBischoff.com Find tons of new merch at BoxOfGimmicks.com  Interact with Eric live - twitch.tv/83weeks Ask a question about next week's show on Twitter: @83weeks Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at HideFromRent.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Conrad Thompson and you're listening to a very special edition of 83 weeks with Eric Bischoff |
| 0:05.8 | Or we celebrate the life and times of the one and only main Gene Ocarina Eric. What's going on man? |
| 0:11.8 | How are you? I'm great Conrad just literally just pulled into the house here in Wyoming after a weekend |
| 0:19.8 | Fast and furious one down in Houston hang with your boy Bruce Pritchard. It was awesome |
| 0:25.1 | I glad you guys had fun and I guess I should give everybody a heads up before we get going today that |
| 0:30.4 | Eric and I are gonna be coming to see a St. Louis stay tuned to Twitter |
| 0:34.4 | We're gonna have all the ticket details coming in the next week or so |
| 0:37.9 | The first place to find it is 83 weeks on Twitter |
| 0:41.6 | So if you haven't already go give us a follow there we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week |
| 0:47.4 | But we felt like an audible was necessary this week just to celebrate the life and times of main Gene Ocarina |
| 0:54.4 | I got to say man. This is news that |
| 0:57.4 | Obviously is inevitable eventually we all it's our time |
| 1:01.3 | but I just saw me in gene in November and |
| 1:05.4 | You know it was a clear sound mind and you just never think when you see somebody it's gonna be the last time was the last time we saw Gene |
| 1:14.6 | It's interesting Bruce and I were talking about that this weekend and the last time I saw Gene was I |
| 1:22.1 | Think in August I went to an event and actually Bruce was there as well |
| 1:26.8 | We were both there with the Pat Patterson was there and Larry the axe heading was there bearer van Racheke a lot of the old-timers |
| 1:33.5 | From around you know the Midwest |
| 1:36.1 | AWA era |
| 1:37.7 | but that was the last time I saw him and |
| 1:41.4 | I have to say you know as said as it is when a friend in a peer or someone in my case |
| 1:47.7 | I grew up watching before I ever came to know and personally or professionally |
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