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Saturday, October
12, 1974
Defended Mr Olympia title at the Felt Forum in front of 5000 fans in NY. Beat newcomer
Lou Ferrigno. Wanted to retire from competitive bodybuilding, but agreed to stay on one
more year to keep in shape for the film and the Pretoria Mr. Olympia in 1975.
ABC broadcasted the event on Wide World of Sports. LeRoy Neiman was there in the front row
doing drawings. Arnold was in his all time best shape for the 10th Mr. Olympia contest,
which was the first time that two weight classes were contested at the ultimate muscle
contest. Franco Columbu beat out Frank Zane in the under 200-pound class, while Arnold
outhulked Lou Ferrigno in the over-200-pound category. The two-tier aspect of the Mr.
Olympia would continue through the 1979 contest.
Arnold VS Lou
When Arnold was going through his posing routine and as the audience was going crazy
Arnold heard a voice crying out above the crowd, "Arnold, Arnold, do the pose again,
I didn't catch them." It was Artie Zeller; he had run out of film. And he did the
poses again, otherwise: "I knew he would be pissed off. It actually worked to my
advantage because the audience responded even more, thinking I was doing an encore."
Top-Shape Measurements at the 1974 Mr. Olympia contest: Height - 6'2", Weight - 240
pounds, Arms - 22", Chest - 57", Waist - 33", Thighs - 29", Calves -
20", Neck - 19". These are also the measurements confirmed in Guinness Book of
Records.
Arnold had a party celebrating him as the winner. Andy Warhol was also there.
Monday, October 12, 1998
Announced a complete surprise to many, by Beacon Pictures chairman Armyan Bernstein,
director Marc Nispel was no longer involved in the production of the satanic
thriller...'End Of Days'. Rumblings about Nispel's departure, were publicly shot down
recently by Universal Pictures spokeswoman, Rhonda Bilodeau, when she spoke 'on the
record' to publications like the New York Times and The ARNOLD FAN this past week. Mrs.
Bilodeau, who did not return any of The ARNOLD FAN's calls, reportedly was out of the
loop, along with Universal Studios entirely. Word was that Beacon Pictures has been
handling their big budget effort (End Of Days) very poorly, and have been reassurring the
nervous Universal, that the rumors were false and Nispel and the crew were doing just
fine. Apparently, Beacon was in a terrible fear that Universal may pull away their
distribution deal, which would cause their financial backing of the picture to crumble...
and in turn...end End Of Days. |
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