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@ivossmarttv468 Год назад

3 generations. 🏴‍☠️

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Hilarious

@zeroman155 Год назад

Ouch! 😅😁

@gregoriomiller8241 Год назад

☠️☠️

@c.johnson1691 Год назад

I had the honor of being Franco's book editor. I always had a good time when he came to Chicago to promote and talk about his books. Really nice guy and funny, too. He loved to joke around.

@hardcorehouse Год назад

I noticed the humor

@stevenspilly 4 месяца назад

Did he hit on your Mrs?

@thomas070760 4 месяца назад

Franco was very friendly and gentle! R.I.P. Champ

@ryanleclaire3948 Год назад

Three generations KILLED me 😂😂😂

@johnkelley6278 Год назад

Seen Franco at the 81 Olympia. Biggest lats I had ever seen. Sure do miss that era in bodybuilding! Thanks for keeping that great era alive !

@firstnamelastname3558 Год назад

Lats were large for Columbo’s size; but, nothing compared to Dorian Yates’. Those lats on Yates were literally next level.

@superpop8396 Год назад

@@firstnamelastname3558 What's your point? You are comparing Franco in 81 to Dorian in 90s Franco was under 200 pounds, Dorian was over 250? Besides, he literally said he saw Franco in 81 and they were the biggest lats he had ever seen. I am sure he saw bigger lats since 1981.

@firstnamelastname3558 Год назад

@@superpop8396, my statement is clear on its face.

@superpop8396 Год назад

@@firstnamelastname3558 its clearly irrational and has nothing to do with the statement of the OP and adds zero value to the thread.

@firstnamelastname3558 Год назад

@@superpop8396, and yet here you are adding multiple comments, so clearly it has preoccupied your mind. Mission accomplished, as I’m now in your head.

@JakeSemeniuk 7 месяцев назад

RIP. One of my biggest inspirations

@pcblu1 6 месяцев назад

FRANCO WAS THE BEST TRAINING PARTNER ANYONE COULD HAVE

@kkwok9 Год назад

Sure miss this wonderful bodybuilder. Thank you for all the memories Franco. RIP Brother, RIP

@jeffreymyers1761 Год назад

Franco always such the jokester. He was my idol when i first started. That last joke at the end was pretty funny

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Tell me about it, these guys just had so much charisma

@ilovegoogleandyoutube 8 месяцев назад

3 generations? That wasn't a joke, that was straight up savage.

@sacriste Год назад

That was funny. Franco Columbu was the real life Arnold little twin, not Danny DeVitto. He studied a lot and even wrote a very nice book about nutrition for bodybuilders.

@johnkelley6278 Год назад

Put 6 more inches of height on Franco in his prime and he would have been very hard to beat in any of the Olympia's he was involved in.

@MichaTheLight 9 месяцев назад

Most of these guys were pretty smart they had to figure it out all for themselves.

@emanuelbaldinu6150 7 месяцев назад

as a sardinian myself im really glad to know that u read that book.Franco is a true legend !

@stevenspilly 4 месяца назад

@johnkelley6278 no, he had terrible arms

@wrlord Год назад

Franco is clearly off-cycle at this point. Never knew he was so witty. With his charisma and good looks, I wonder why he never got farther in the popular culture. Probably his height, and the fact that he was overshadowed by Arnold's boisterous personality.

@LarrySealeArcheryCoach Год назад

I've cherished this punchline of Franco's for 44 years. So great to get to see\hear it again.

@DH-zp7bc Год назад

According to Ellington Darden Franco was the real deal. The story goes Arnold and Franco turned up to Lake Helen, Florida to meet Arthur Jones and test his Nautilus equipment. Arnold couldn't take the intensity Jones had bodybuilders training, but to the surprise of Jones Franco could take absolutely everything Jones threw at him. Apparently during that time Arnold spoke very little English, but Jones spoke Italian and Franco acted as translator.

@dazzadizzy5308 Год назад

I read that too , as the saying goes either go hard or go home , so Arnold went home ! lol

@LarrySealeArcheryCoach Год назад

"Arnold couldn't take the intensity" ... Respectfully, I don't believe that. More likely is Arnold quit the workout because he quickly concluded that this one set per bodypart per week idea was a waste of time

@DH-zp7bc Год назад

@@LarrySealeArcheryCoach Difficult to say Franco also competed in worlds strongest man at the time. So he was definitely the real deal.

@christianbolt5761 Год назад

That is Skip Stevenson. This must be a show called Real People. Great show

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Correct

@jimjam1719 Год назад

that's it!!! i couldn't remember his name or the name of the show, i remember him, i use to watch that show growing up, i was wanting to say it was "that's incredible" or "entertainment tonight", doesn't skip look a little like donald and keifer sutherland? lol. i use to watch "solid gold" too, lol.

@lonemapper Год назад

Loved Skip and Sarah Purcell

@jimjam1719 Год назад

@@lonemapper ya, sarah, she looked great.

@waynestone6462 Год назад

Skip and Franco are gone now 😔

@oldsoul223 Год назад

These kinda videos with saxophone music in background are gold

@seanvanmolle7836 Год назад

Franco ..still one of my favorite physiques

@lewisfruen5648 Год назад

My favourite bodybuilding channel, god bless my man Carlos

@theenlightenedone1283 Год назад

Franco one of the goats ...

@Boy_Gentle 11 месяцев назад

We love you Franco. Rest in power legend

@sergiovargiu7981 Год назад

Wonderful Franco

@QueensNativeNYC Год назад

That was great.. I don't believe I ever saw that clip before.

@madscout365 11 месяцев назад

Another great short video of Franco ‘3 generations’ it killed me 😂 RIP Franco

@theironforce3000 Год назад

What a wonderful clip! 😄 Add this to the list of Gold's Gym relics 💪😎

@TashiTrainer 11 месяцев назад

😂I 😂😂😂. He got good sense of humor

@TheSpritz0 Год назад

Funny thing is Franco was SO much bigger at the 1981 Mr. Olympia and won that contest 2 years after this video!!!

@ironray123 Год назад

But you know seeing Gold's back in the day, even a Planet Fitness has better equipment. It was more about the atmosphere. There's nothing like it today. I saw Franco a couple of times when he did a "seminar" at the sports department at Sears. RIP Franco!

@nomad6086 Год назад

That's funny...my son works at Planet Fitness and says the same thing. 😄

@kurtvonfricken6829 Год назад

That is World Gym. I promise you Planet Fitness doesn’t have equipment as good as was hand made by Joe Gold.

@travisrassel9978 Год назад

Franco could clean and jerk 400 pounds! That is crazy to me!

@kennethapple4858 Год назад

I met him shortly after his 81 Olympia win at an event in Tacoma, in which myself and my buddy were the only people who showed up. This was well before the sport and the look had any real acceptance. He'd already come down 20 pounds from his competition weight so he could fit into real clothing again. Nice guy, but you could tell he was frustrated by how few people showed up. I've seen the same thing with author signings back before the internet could get the word out.

@seanwilliams480 Год назад

Around that same time, he was doing a book tour and came to a book store in Twelve Oaks Mall in Michigan. I was about 16 and lifted weights with my best friend so his mom took us to see Franco. There were about 20 - 30 people there and he was taking questions. The biggest two guys were way in back, quiet, next to us. Franco points our way and says "You two!" At first I thought he meant us! Then he repeats, "You two! Big Guys! Don't bulk up! Do not bulk up!" It's over 40 years later and I can still hear Franco's accent, "Don't bulk up!"

@ironray123 Год назад

I remember seeing this on TV. It was part of an Entertainment Tonight style show. I had already been bodybuilding for a year or two. My favorite part is when Franco tells the dude "Flex Skip" as he poses and dude replies "I AM flexing Franco!" But what's up with that music?

@yusufcan9415 Год назад

who is that man

@tomscerbo1588 9 месяцев назад

The original Giant Killer! Dr Franco Columbu! RIP🙏😇🇮🇹

@sergiogiovannini1260 Год назад

so nice & funny Franco, thanks Franco, God bless you.

@troybingham6426 Год назад

Good for Skip Stevenson for not taking himself too seriously.

@Ve-suvius Год назад

Yeah he definitely has a sense of humor also.

@Poldereaux 10 месяцев назад

Il y a .....43 ans....😢

@richardjeffrey1809 Год назад

Nice one.A real legend of bodybuilding. 16 50.

@nicholasraso6742 Год назад

franco is so cool

@reggiepalmer6157 Год назад

At least the body builders of that era gave Is new body builders Hope that that could be achieved naturally and so many of us trained for so many years before we found out those guys were on skeleroids

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Really, I achieved it naturally. I can't believe you didn't.

@stankormy5717 Год назад

Franco was one of the strongest bodybuilder!

@nomad6086 Год назад

@ Stan Kormy Did you ever see the movie "Pumping Iron" where Franco single handedly lifts a car from the rear bumper moving it out of a tight parking spot at his parent's house in Italy. It's a classic moment in the film where Franco moves the car likes it's no big deal. 💪

@fabioesploratore1847 Год назад

He also had full front lever, very rare in those years...

@DocLitmus Год назад

immenso e spiritoso Franco!

@johndonson1603 Год назад

My favorite tune.

@ThouSwell-zx3fd 5 месяцев назад

Pretty baby

@nomad6086 Год назад

Being s short bodybuilder myself in the 1980s, I idolized Franco & followed his training. I believe Franco at 5-5 is the shortest bodybuilder to win the Mr Olympia? There's another 5-5 guy - Flex Lewis - that won 7 Mr. Olympia "212" division titles - which was a newly created category for competitor's weighing under 212 lbs, but doesn't count as an overall Mr Olympia title.

@granddaddyofthemall6320 Год назад

There's has been plenty of shorter Mr.O champs, Scott, Franco, Dickerdon, Samir, Dexter, Curry, Hadi.

@francoa5938 Год назад

perhaps LeePriest and Benaziza were shorter, or Padilla equal to Columbu

@EricJMyrick 4 месяца назад

Thanks for posting!

@retrobilly1719 Год назад

I Remember that Guy Skip Stephenson, He was Funny in everything he did

@user-pu6jv7wi5x Год назад

beautiful man Franco ,imagine Arnold never attending his best friends funeral ,however Arnold did attend the famous Niki lauder the racing legend,s funeral in E urope 3 mths earlier ,by the way their friendship lasted 54 years,shame on you Arnold .

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

I love judgements from somebody not even in the same time zone, and knowing nothing.

@user-pu6jv7wi5x 3 месяца назад

@@bigd7696 tell me I'm incorrect ,Arnold was not at the funeral ,because we were there to Attend Dr Franco Columbu ,a great man ,grazze Franco we are here to defend you .imagine discussing time zones ,about an honourable person deceased,how horrible .

@user-pu6jv7wi5x 3 месяца назад

@@bigd7696 wtf has a time zone to do with a passing human

@totalbodyupgrade1 2 месяца назад

Awesome! He was definitely all natural at that time and looked great!

@abuhassan9321 Год назад

Franco's bicep muscle has a muscle

@robbienl8176 3 месяца назад

Franco absolute legend 💪

@Ve-suvius Год назад

3 generations 😁

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Franco was such a comedian!

@Ve-suvius Год назад

@@GoldenEraBookworm Yeah I knew a few funny remarks of him. But he was even funnier than I thought.

@theenlightenedone1283 Год назад

Love the background music 👌🏼😇

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Yeah it's awesome

@ThouSwell-zx3fd 5 месяцев назад

It's called Pretty Baby

@uscmhudson5504 Год назад

Who was the interviewer? I feel like I've seen him in other things.

@surreal3900 Год назад

I think that may have been from the tv show Real People on NBC.

@Scorch1028 Год назад

When it comes to weight training, you either have a passion for it, or you don't. I consider myself fortunate to have had a passion for it since age 17. I took to weight training like a fish to water.

@Reppintimefitness Год назад

I taught him well 😌

@saprotivatabulgaria7451 2 месяца назад

Exelent

@SillyPottyMouth Год назад

Was this on an episode of the TV show Real People?

@tonicamaro8683 Год назад

The GOOD OLD DAYS....

@mr.critic Год назад

👍👍👍👍

@charlybrown3812 6 месяцев назад

Franco Columbo just before a cycle he looks so small without his "" special supplements"

@raminrouchi202 3 месяца назад

For most of the youth that doesnt really understand how strong this joker was...he could tote a 200+ lb refridferator on his back comfortably across a neithborhood....200 lbs pr awkward flopping fridge and talk while doing it

@Metfan1986 Год назад

One of the strongest bodybuilders of all time and if I am right the only Mr. Olympia under 200lbs.

@Ve-suvius Год назад

Frank Zane...he was a light guy for an Olympian also.

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Dickerson was under 200 I believe.

@Metfan1986 3 месяца назад

@@bigd7696 I didn't realize Dickerson was only 5'6". He looks much taller in his photos compared to Columbu. Then again you see more photos of Columbu standing next to Arnold so it's obvious. Dickerson was known to have the biggest calves in his era. Think like 22" or something of the nature. Also another classic physique in bodybuilding.

@Metfan1986 3 месяца назад

@@Ve-suvius Zane was about 220 during competition. He was a light heavy weight but also taller than Columbu.

@Ve-suvius 3 месяца назад

@@Metfan1986 From Wikipedia contest: 200 lb (91 kg) off season: 220 lb (100 kg) 175cm length. Franco was 165cm.

@davidecongiu673 Месяц назад

Orgoglio Sardo❤️

@user-vp1ek7wu4d Год назад

Давно это было, пацаны

@bhupenbaruah9802 Год назад

💜🕊

@bidhankapri Год назад

Nice

@lothargrimm9853 Год назад

"A few more of these and I'll have the body of Billy Carter" that was pretty fucking funny.

@massimogiordano2778 Год назад

Very friend to arnold ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@gregarious6662 Год назад

I couldn't understand Franco to get in shape, didhe said between 2 months and 30 years??? :)

@thelmajohnson985 10 месяцев назад

WHY YOU GOING UP WHEN I'M COMING DOWN😂😂😂😂😂❤

@URWELCOME Год назад

Batman

@tombambauer5220 Год назад

3 generations lol.

@rathansherigar4527 Год назад

0:23 He is wearing Arnold's Ts. His shorts covered :)

@fabrizioorru8703 Год назад

Franco orgoglio sardo..

@berserko2008 Год назад

Depends on genetics.......

@BLUESKY-zt1nv 2 месяца назад

ever likely Arnold loved him so much .

@lovesgibson Год назад

Back when it was more popular to do FAST reps. I’ve been watching old Leroy Colbert RU-vid videos and he strongly emphasized doing reps fast. I think there’s something to it. Might explain how girls get so jacked doing CrossFit with minimal steroids so their voices don’t even get deep. Very fast reps in CrossFit. I think the speed and stretch triggers the strength and growth response stimulus.

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Let you in on a secret, the girls now know about the 30 or so common PED's that aren't testosterone and don't deepen the voice.

@rinkuhero Год назад

the 2 months to 30 years range is so big because it depends on if someone takes steroids or not

@deeptom 8 месяцев назад

3 generations 😂

@Axel-M Год назад

Arnold is NUMERO UNO

@GoldenEraBookworm Год назад

Numero Uno

@WhyTheHorseface Год назад

😂😂 Was this “Real People”? 😂😂

@sciencepowerpoints Год назад

Franco looks off the the sauce here , suprising since didn't he win olmypia in 81?

@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 Год назад

Just me or did Franco look pretty small there?

@Ve-suvius Год назад

He looks as not using at that moment. Same with Arnold and others. When not using, they shrink quite a bit. Some bodyparts even start looking average. Like Arnold's legs.

@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 Год назад

@@Ve-suvius maybe Arnold borrowed all of Franco's "supplements" 😧

@Ve-suvius Год назад

@@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 I read that Franco was a bit worried about the negative health effects of the steroids. And that made Arnold making jokes saying Franco how's your liver?

@gourab894 Год назад

So Ron Weasley interviewed Franco?

@rockyrocamontes8972 2 месяца назад

LMAO 🤣

@rstov9442 Год назад

I always thought Franco was humble, he was very condescending here. To each his own though.

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

It was humor for a TV show.

@carloszarate5431 3 месяца назад

One of the Worst Mr O Ever = Gynecomastia, No triceps. Narrow Back. Dany Padilla Was Widely better. Franco is just a strong man ...

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Yeah, he was known for his narrow back, LOL. Did you know he won in 76 too, you should check that out before commenting. Also look up Chris Dickerson and all the oil filled balloons today before calling someone worst ever.

@carloszarate5431 3 месяца назад

@@bigd7696 Mike Mentzer was better...💪Yeah buddy light weight baby!

@dr.ashvin.s.soobagrah6996 Год назад

Franco seemed to be a good guy and a hard worker. However, as a bodybuilder he was overrated and got considered due to his friendship with Arnold. Padilla was the '81 Mr. Olympia

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Yes for 81. Franco topped the 76 easily.

@imdoc7872 Год назад

They didnt show the part where they inject steroids

@bigd7696 3 месяца назад

Because he was clearly off cycle?

@Jarek_73 Месяц назад

Businessmen are cheating, robbing their customers and nobody attacks their results with: "You are successful but you ask too much money which is unfair" Bodybuilders do the same, they use all available methods to be as big as possible yet they are constantly seen as cheaters.