HELLO, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
JOE LOUIS VERSUS MAX SCHMELING.
BIG FIGHTS, AMERICA VERSUS THE NAZIS.
LET'S DO IT.
JOE LOUIS WAS A BOXER FROM ALABAMA.
HE'S UPWARDLY COMING, AND HE HAD A ROCKING BOD,
AND HE'S FIGHTING THIS DUDE MAX SCHMELING.
MAX SCHMELING LIVED IN GERMANY.
HE WAS A GERMAN DURING THE TIME OF THE NAZIS.
SCHMELING HAD WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
IN 1930, 'CAUSE JACK SHARKEY HIT HIM IN THE NUTS
AND GOT DISQUALIFIED.
SO HE BASICALLY WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE WORLD BY GETTING HIT IN THE NUTS.
JOE LOUIS' MANAGER WAS LIKE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE
THIS EX-CHAMPION, SCHMELING, THROW HIM IN FRONT OF LOUIS,
LOUIS WILL PUMMEL HIM.
JOE LOUIS WAS LIKE,
I DON'T NEED TO TRAIN FOR THIS SCHMUCK, YOU KNOW?
INSTEAD OF TRAINING, HE WAS PLAYING GOLF,
AND HE HAD ALL THESE WOMEN COMING AROUND AND STUFF.
SO HE'S [bleep] AND PLAYING GOLF AND STUFF
INSTEAD OF TRAINING FOR HIS FIGHT.
MMM.
SO THE FIRST FIGHT WAS AT YANKEE STADIUM.
THERE'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE,
AND EVERYONE JUST ASSUMES
JOE LOUIS IS GONNA KICK MAX SCHMELING'S BUTT.
LIKE, HITLER DIDN'T EVEN WANT IT ADVERTISED IN GERMANY.
HITLER WAS LIKE, THIS GUY'S GONNA LOSE.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIGHT.
IT WAS LIKE, JOE WAS, LIKE, DOING ALL RIGHT,
AND THEN MAX SCHMELING JUST STARTS COMING AT HIM.
HE WAS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
AND THEN [bleep] SCHMELING KNOCKS HIM DOWN
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS WHOLE CAREER.
JOE LOUIS WAS LIKE, OH, [bleep].
I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN [bleep] AND GOLFING.
AND HE LOSES.
SO LOUIS FEELS LIKE, I'M NOT THE REAL CHAMP
UNTIL I BEAT MAX SCHMELING, YOU KNOW,
'CAUSE HE BEAT ME BEFORE, SO I'M GONNA--
I'M--NOW, I WANT TO BEAT HIM,
AND SO THEY BASICALLY ENDED UP DECIDING
THEY WERE GONNA FIGHT AGAIN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
AND ROOSEVELT SAID, YOU KNOW,
WE NEED THESE ARMS TO BEAT THE NAZIS.
ARE YOU GONNA WIN? OR WHATEVER.
AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH, I GOT TO--
I GOT TO--I-- I CAN'T DO WHAT I DID BEFORE.
I CAN'T [bleep] UP AND LOSE.
I GOT TO GET MY [bleep] IN SHAPE.
NO WOMEN, NO GOLF.
JOE LOUIS TRAINS HARD THIS TIME. HE DOESN'T PLAY GOLF.
HE DOESN'T [bleep] CHICKS. HE JUST TRAINS.
AND THE SECOND FIGHT WAS AT YANKEE STADIUM,
AND HITLER, LIKE, WAS, LIKE, SUDDENLY MR. COOL.
LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA WIN.
LET'S DO THIS. TELL EVERYBODY.
LET'S PARTY. LET'S WATCH THE FIGHT.
EVERYBODY, YOU CAN BE OUT UNTIL 3:00 A.M.
ALL THE BARS HAVE TO HAVE BOOZE, SO YOU CAN CELEBRATE.
AND ALSO, WE WILL USE THE PRIZE MONEY TO BUILD TANKS,
'CAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA WIN.
JOE LOUIS WAS PREPARED, AND HE'S JUST LIKE,
[bleep] ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO.
AND HITLER'S LIKE, UH-OH, SPAGHETTIOS.
DON'T LET ANYBODY HEAR THIS. PULL THE PLUG.
THEY, LIKE, PULLED IT FROM GERMAN RADIO,
'CAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
LIKE, NEVER MIND, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
GO DO YOUR THING.
NO JEWS. THANK YOU, BYE.
- I DON'T LIKE THIS IDEA. - JUST FIGHT NICELY.
DELICATE, ONE, DELICATE. - THANK YOU.
- [laughs]
JOE LOUIS IS PUMMELING SCHMELING.
LEFT, RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT.
[both grunt and laugh]
- OKAY, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, YOU WIN.
OH, NO, NO.
YOU GOT ME GOOD.
[laughter]
THE GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME.
- AND THE REF SAID, IT'S OVER.
AND JOE LOUIS WON, AND AMERICA WON.
PEOPLE IN AMERICA WERE LIKE,
EVEN ME, AN ASS[bleep] RACIST AMERICAN
CAN REALIZE WE'RE BEATING THE NAZIS.
THAT'S [bleep] AMAZING. I LOVE THAT GUY.
HI. - YOU WON.
- I KNOW. I'M TRYING TO GET UP.
HOLD ON. THANK YOU.