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WTF: Super-Earnest 1970s Celebrity Footrace
David Letterman, Billy Crystal and Gabe Kaplan (“Welcome Back, Kotter”) are just a few of the high-performance athletes running their asses off in one relay race on a 1978 episode of “Battle of the Network Stars.”
Make certain you hear Howard Cossell (around 3:50) breathlessly describe an errant baton pass between Valerie Bertinelli and Lou Ferrigno, with no detectable irony in his voice. Listen, also, to the most perfectly unintelligible English ever spoken– by an out-of-breath Ferrigo.
Of course, none of these sprintin’ celebs stands a chance against a rollerskating porn star/collectivist metaphor.
