For 33 years, he was paid by the Denver Nuggets not to speak but to entertain — with unparalleled vitality and virality — as Rocky the Mountain Lion. Now, Kenn Solomon breaks his silence, on the bloody, back-breaking work of a very private profession. Plus: Rocky's flu game, his beef with Russell Westbrook... and what it feels like to get knocked unconscious by Charles Barkley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
I broke my back one time doing a dunk. Right after this ad.
You're listening to DraftKings Network. So there are some episodes, Ken, that I've been wanting to do forever since before the show launched. And this is one of them. I've been chasing you. You know this. I want people to appreciate this. I've been chasing you for a while. It's been over a year, yeah.
But I guess for people who don't know your alter ego, Ken Solomon, thank you for being here in studio, by the way. My pleasure. How do you describe what you did for 33 years?
I told people for a long time that I play dress-up for a living. I just found, by the way, the other day, I was going through some boxes, I found my first credential. It says, Ken Solomon, entertainment guy. I just made stuff up all the time. I was having fun.
That's all technically accurate. Yeah. And yet wildly insufficient for why I've been chasing you for a year.
There was a reason why I was paid not to speak for 33 years.
At what point do you reveal your true alter ego? Right now. I'm going to workshop your cocktail party response to, hey, what do you do? You were the greatest mascot in sports. Wow. Let alone the longest tenured mascot in the NBA, let alone the most athletic, the most memorable, the guy whose highlight reel is as good as any players. What was your alter ego's name? Rocky. Rocky.
So I just got to jump in here to point out that the presently calm voice of Ken Solomon does belie the wildly kinetic absurdity of his alter ego, Rocky the Mountain Lion. The spirit animal of the Denver Nuggets and mascot Hall of Famer and documented enemy, by the way, of multiple basketball Hall of Famers. And Rocky, of course, has never uttered a single word
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