Smith Hart on Talk Is Jericho - EP239

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2016

⏱️ 73 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Smith Hart, the oldest of Stu Hart's 12 kids, talks about the early days of Stampede wrestling, his famous brothers Bret and Owen, what it was like growing up surrounded by performers and tons of animals, his relationship with his mom and dad, and some of his fav wrestlers that passed through Stampede. He also sets the record straight on the demise of Stampede wrestling, his dad's infamous speech cadence, and the time Smith got his mother high.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Jericho Network on Westwood One
0:05.6	Talkies Jericho Baby
0:08.8	Talkies Jericho
0:11.6	Talkies Jericho Mama
0:15.2	Talkies Baby
0:17.3	Alright, welcome to Talkies Jericho. It's the part of Thunder and Rock and Roll. Welcome to the show.
0:23.2	The Remedy for Borum has arrived and guess what? It's Friday.
0:30.0	Cheers, my young Friday.
0:32.9	And today I've got Smith Hart, the oldest son of Steuhart and a founding member of the
0:40.9	Hart family wrestling dynasty. And what a character Smith is. He's world-renowned within the
0:46.9	wrestling business for being a slightly eccentric, shall we say. He's the older brother to
0:52.0	Brad and Owen, the uncle to Nadi Knight Hart. He talks about his relationship with both of his
0:57.3	brothers, all of his brothers and sisters, Smith's got stories about the early days of
1:00.6	the Stampede Wrestling. What he remembers when his dad and mom were trying to get the promotion
1:04.6	up and running in Calgary, you hear all the jobs that Smith, all the Hart kids had to do for
1:08.9	Stampede Wrestling from working the door to selling programs. You also hear what it was like
1:13.2	growing up in the crazy heart house with dogs and cats and more cats and more cats getting free
1:19.2	rain. All the various wrestlers and freaks and gypsies and trams and thieves who came to stay at
1:24.5	his house while working in the territory. Smith tells some incredible stories including getting
1:29.9	his father high on marijuana and his father didn't know it. So lots of ridiculous, incredible stories
1:37.5	about the legendary Hart family from the oldest child in the Hart family. Smith Hart will be here.
1:44.8	And thanks to him for doing this and thanks to all of my talk as Jericho sponsors. And thanks
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Jericho, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Jericho and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.