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THE NIGHT THE KING AND THE CHAMP DANCED: ELVIS PRESLEY VS. MUHAMMAD ALI On October 15th, 1969, the Dean Martin Show was set for another…

THE NIGHT ELVIS PRESLEY BECAME REAL Las Vegas, October 14th, 1969. The Sahara Hotel ballroom glowed with anticipation. The city’s lights bled through the windows,…

THE NIGHT THE GIANT KNEELED: BRUCE LEE, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE SECRET OF REAL POWER NBC Studios, Burbank, California. February 18th, 1971. The Tonight Show…

THE NIGHT BRUCE LEE TAUGHT AMERICA TO BELIEVE The Tonight Show studio in Burbank always ran cold, the kind of cold that seeped into your…

SIX SECONDS IN BURBANK Six seconds after George Foreman insulted Bruce Lee’s mother on live television, the Olympic champion sat on Johnny Carson’s couch with…

THE CURTAIN BETWEEN THEM Nobody in Studio 1 knew what was about to walk through that curtain. Thirty-five million people sat in front of their…

THE HANDSHAKE THAT FROZE AMERICA The Tonight Show studio was always cold. They kept it that way because of the lights—giant, humming, white-hot things that…

The Handshake That Didn’t Happen The handshake doesn’t happen. That’s the first thing everyone remembers—the moment Bruce Lee extends his hand and Jim Kelly doesn’t…

The year was 1975. Universal Pictures had just rejected Clint Eastwood’s proposal to direct The Outlaw Josey Wales for the third time. As Clint stood…