Wright Thompson
speaker
994 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 4d ago
Wright Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You can go on YouTube and find this thing.
The day I was there, it's called inmate poker and they have to hold a, I think it's a fake hand of cards, but at a wooden table sitting on metal folding chairs and they just release a fucking bull.
into the ring and whoever flinches last wins.
And, you know, you're sitting up there and people are eating Frito chili pies and you're waiting for seat.
It's really nuts.
And so I was there to see Dr. Cannon and this LSU fan spots him and comes up to him and says, are you Billy Cannon?
And Billy Cannon, who had incredible comedic timing, just paused and said, well, I'm what's left of it.
And I just thought that he was so aware of the cost of fame and of mythology.
He really jumped my ass one time saying, you guys at ESPN have got to leave Leonard Fournette alone.
You don't understand the damage you're doing by expecting him to be this thing.
And I just, Billy could be gruff.
Yeah, like Billy could be really gruff, but I knew him at the end of his life and really liked him.
drive out there one time because when you see where it is they don't even need walls
It's in a bend in the Mississippi River.
And I mean, it's really futile.
I don't know how many other sons will relate to this.
My father, who I was very close to and adore, was a sort of small town country lawyer and a lawyer.
political fundraiser.
He loved Ole Miss football, man.
And it was his thing.
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