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Jesse Ventura

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459 total appearances

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The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

In Running Man? Yeah, you had a whole workout video in that. Complete Freedom. Like my name. Do you want to hear the backstory?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

In Running Man? Yeah, you had a whole workout video in that. Complete Freedom. Like my name. Do you want to hear the backstory?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

In Running Man? Yeah, you had a whole workout video in that. Complete Freedom. Like my name. Do you want to hear the backstory?

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

Oh, it's a great one. Running Man. So I'm the retired stalker who now has this physical fitness show on TV, right? Yeah. That's what I do now, as well as color commentate the running man game.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

Oh, it's a great one. Running Man. So I'm the retired stalker who now has this physical fitness show on TV, right? Yeah. That's what I do now, as well as color commentate the running man game.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

Oh, it's a great one. Running Man. So I'm the retired stalker who now has this physical fitness show on TV, right? Yeah. That's what I do now, as well as color commentate the running man game.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And so I have my workout thing in the day. So what occurred was this. When they needed to do that, she wasn't famous yet for singing. That was due to happen in like a year or two. But they sent me over to this nice little beautiful young woman by the name of Paula Abdul. And they sent me over to her dance studio, because Paula's one of the, at the time, one of the top choreographers in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And so I have my workout thing in the day. So what occurred was this. When they needed to do that, she wasn't famous yet for singing. That was due to happen in like a year or two. But they sent me over to this nice little beautiful young woman by the name of Paula Abdul. And they sent me over to her dance studio, because Paula's one of the, at the time, one of the top choreographers in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And so I have my workout thing in the day. So what occurred was this. When they needed to do that, she wasn't famous yet for singing. That was due to happen in like a year or two. But they sent me over to this nice little beautiful young woman by the name of Paula Abdul. And they sent me over to her dance studio, because Paula's one of the, at the time, one of the top choreographers in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And I'll never forget, she knew what she had to do. I knew basically what I was there for. And I remember Paula Abdul, she got famous singing a couple years later. But she came up to me that day and it was hilarious. I'm 260 pounds, this hulking big monster. And she's this bitsy little tiny girl, athletic as hell, can do all this, got these skinny girls that can do all this dancing in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And I'll never forget, she knew what she had to do. I knew basically what I was there for. And I remember Paula Abdul, she got famous singing a couple years later. But she came up to me that day and it was hilarious. I'm 260 pounds, this hulking big monster. And she's this bitsy little tiny girl, athletic as hell, can do all this, got these skinny girls that can do all this dancing in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And I'll never forget, she knew what she had to do. I knew basically what I was there for. And I remember Paula Abdul, she got famous singing a couple years later. But she came up to me that day and it was hilarious. I'm 260 pounds, this hulking big monster. And she's this bitsy little tiny girl, athletic as hell, can do all this, got these skinny girls that can do all this dancing in Hollywood.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And she looks at me and she goes, looks at me and smiles and she says, what can you do? What was the answer? And I looked at her and at the time at home, I had started taking aerobics. And I had done aerobics. I challenged myself. I had gotten up to level three, an hour and a half with David Gray, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And she looks at me and she goes, looks at me and smiles and she says, what can you do? What was the answer? And I looked at her and at the time at home, I had started taking aerobics. And I had done aerobics. I challenged myself. I had gotten up to level three, an hour and a half with David Gray, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

And she looks at me and she goes, looks at me and smiles and she says, what can you do? What was the answer? And I looked at her and at the time at home, I had started taking aerobics. And I had done aerobics. I challenged myself. I had gotten up to level three, an hour and a half with David Gray, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

He was my instructor in Minneapolis, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion. So I looked at Paula Abdul. I said, well, I said, for the last few months, I'm getting ready for this. I've been doing aerobics. She looked at me a big smile. She says, great. She goes, you do aerobics. We'll dance around you. I went, okay. And that's what we did.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

He was my instructor in Minneapolis, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion. So I looked at Paula Abdul. I said, well, I said, for the last few months, I'm getting ready for this. I've been doing aerobics. She looked at me a big smile. She says, great. She goes, you do aerobics. We'll dance around you. I went, okay. And that's what we did.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

He was my instructor in Minneapolis, the Crystal Light National Aerobics Champion. So I looked at Paula Abdul. I said, well, I said, for the last few months, I'm getting ready for this. I've been doing aerobics. She looked at me a big smile. She says, great. She goes, you do aerobics. We'll dance around you. I went, okay. And that's what we did.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

I went out and went through aerobic routines and Paula choreographed all the girls to dance around my routines and make it work. And there you have Captain Freedom's workout.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Aggro Lions, the Sleeper-ish Hawks, Million-Dollar Picks, and Jesse Ventura on His Surprise WWE Return

I went out and went through aerobic routines and Paula choreographed all the girls to dance around my routines and make it work. And there you have Captain Freedom's workout.