That was very strange. But Ali was right to keep to the integrity of his religion. That's why he is more highly regarded today then everyone else on that show .
Unfortunately he was a racist, as was Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam is a nutty religion... they contend that all white people are the devil. Literally. Not figuratively.
Ali showed true gentleman ship standards and Namath, Seagal, and Schaap were embarrassed because they knew they crossed the line with the sex talk. In today's world, we need more people like Ali. I am sick and tired of all the sexual inuendos on television and the movies!
I don't think so. It was not really "sexual". Segal was talking about the play and Ali copped a very sanctimonious attitude. He was honest but very stuffy, acting like a holy man. Joe was not embarrassed but it was awkward when they realized they offended him. "Broadway Joe" Namath was a football star but a famous playboy and creature of the night life. His show might be counted on to sizzle a bit. She wasn't on this clip but there was a blonde bombshell co-host who used to come on and titillate the crowd. It was still interesting to watch. I think the show lasted about 15 weeks, half a season in those days.
So much respect for Ali. He never wavered from his opinions in any circumstance which was especially powerful growing up and living in a time he did. It's within his right not to take part in a conversation he doesn't want to. He sat there quietly and respectfully until he was questioned. I see nothing wrong with it. He's literally The Greatest and for so many reasons outside the ring.
Ali was a professional during this interview and was no doubt bored when sexual conversation came up. I've been in conversations with people when they start talking about something that you rather not be discussing.....Good for Ali, pure class!!
Not really. Don't make him into a saint. He had an extramarital affair with a 16 year-old girl, getting her pregnant, when he was 32. Now, I don't care but you have to consider being uptight about actors talking about nude scenes is acting itself.
Ali had women coming and gọing in his training camps. He had women while training for his fight with George Foreman. I think that’s a little hypocritical.
Ali didn't want to give off the wrong impression to the public. Doesn't mean that he's perfect but being a minister he didn't want to participate in that kind of talk.
To answer the haters, ali spoke what he felt like without being wishy washy, manipulative and being a back stabber. And there you go, ali was honest. He spoke to the audience being himself. As a matter of fact i have a question to the trolls and haters on youtube, did any of you go through 4 years of high school without being bullied or getting into an argument? There is no way you did so how can you give an answer to how ali can conduct the "perfect" interview of how he doesnt offend anyone.
John Smith You're wasting your time addressing the trolls. Most of them weren't even alive when this show was on the air and have no clue about what Ali was going through during that time in American history.
"well then you better go back to sleep." If Ali doesn't want to talk about sex, leave him alone about it. I think Namath was just trying to be funny, and Ali can be funny, but not always, and not on certain topics.
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Boy these 3 were very disrespectful. Ali had class
Ali, and him not wanting to get engage in loose talk is the way he always has been..in another show he was asked about his divorce..and he was not having it...Barbra Walters asked if he cud be faithful...and Ali deferred to her, whispered something and the subject was dropped. How Ali dealt with his personal life was his business...he never brought it to a public level of stag night rapport. Everything about him was his own definition. His choice. Take it or leave it
Lee - I’m not sure, his private life was pretty much secretive but he was very open to discuss how the judge ordered him to pay alimony at the tube of $200,000 a year for the first wife. I guess this is why he kept fighting in the ring till 1980-81.
People forget what the world and America was like back then. Black people were dying in the U.S for their civil rights. Black people also had a limited exposure in the media, so if Ali wanted to control his public image, one of the few black people at the time who was mainstream, he had the right to. His personal life, was his own. Whether we agree or not, his religion allows him to have many wives and lovers. It's not my cup of tea but it was their consensual path. Also, the sex talk was a very risqué conversation for that era, the sexual revolution did not happen yet. A black man, regardless of religion was not a person who could partake in that type of conversation, this did not happen until the mid seventies in blaxploitation films and innuendo/ humour in black sitcoms. It seems like people are looking at historical footage through modern eyes, rather than trying to position themselves in the correct timeframe.
+Barcelona You are so correct, majority of people making negative comments were probably not born yet, they don't realize what it was like in the 60's, Ali became a spokesperson for black America and had to be careful talking about such subjects,, in addition he was and remained a very religious man, yes, he had 9 children his religion allowed it, also Ali was a very handsome man and women literally threw themselves at him, he was human, and we should look at all the great things he did do for humankind.
Ali handled this very well all things considered. This Joe Namath guy had some kind of ego, he obviously thought he was on the level of Ali and tried to one-up him but ultimately came across like a massive douchebag. If I was Ali, given my commanding stature and influence I would not have been as calm towards Joe!
didn't try to one up him, he was starting to feel inferior like most people would, knew he wasn't nearly as good on tv as ali and he couldn't take it, couldn't master himself. the whole thing got the better of him and ali knew he was taking advantage of the circumstances, out of weakness. ali had to carry the whole load as usual.
I enjoyed the interview with Muhammad Ali on the Joe Namath show, but Joe Willie was my first crush, and I just kept waiting for them to show him in his prime.💕
This had the makings of really great interview. Two superstars of their time interviewing one another, but the dude on the right kind of made it really cringe worthy to watch.
It became tense when grown men were intensely talking abt being naked amongst each other. He tuned it out, and Joe wanted Ali to engage in something he wasn't to amused about. Joe was adding sexual connotations "your thigh is big, but he has big hands". Wise people see through things like that and instead of getting into a confrontation, Ali shut down. Wise man to say the least and Joe tried it with his arrogant snoddy ways.
Yeah...I understand Ali's position. This is a public conversation...there should be some basic standards. I don't think you'd see this kind of conversation in this same manner nowadays: perhaps we've grown more conservative?
Ali far more likely was worried about what NOI and his handlers would say or do if he participated in that conversation. For those who haven't read an extensive biography of Muhammad Ali (try Jon Eig's book), he was not shy about matters female or sexual or breaking any religious taboos related to women or the act of love making. Ali had a lot of women around, always, married or unmarried, home or on the road. Probably why Namath kept going-he knew Ali off camera.
I don't believe that at all! As Ali was VERY much his own man and he spoke his mind regardless! Not to mention that he put his career and his freedom on the line for what he believed in!!!
Namath , Ali , the Beatles , Elvis , Sammy Davis , Sinatra , mickey mantle, Willie Mays . what a time of greats and legends . larger then Life people , all strutting on the world stage at the same time .
Ail was just So smooth.. And Joe Namath Was smooth to but look like he smoked a ton of weed! 💨.. gotta little Chippy at end with Ail and Joe .. Respect the man’s religion. Joe. Ali was The Bigger Starr! ⭐️
Its funny how the guy wasn’t saying anything bad at all by todays standards and everyone here is like “Ali was right! He shouldn’t be talking about being naked! Disgraceful!” Very hypocritical talk from people today to defend Ali. But I do think Ali was right to not participate in something he didnt like just to “get along”. Very principled.
Any serious religious person would have felt the same way as Ali. He is a very decent person. Not to say Joe isn't or the other two but Ali lives a life of abstinence whereas the others don't.
I've never noticed the resemblance of Ali to Elvis Presley. If you listen to his voice, they sound very much the same, soft and sexy. Even his face, when he's speaking, looks remarkably like Presley's. Does anyone else see the similarities?
I think Ali over reacted a bit. They weren't talking about sex, just about body shape. He exposed more flesh in his fights than Segal did in the movie.
Painful to watch... Them people back then was.... Thinking still 🤔 ...Them people back then was.... like Borning.. like behind the times... how did they do it.... sad to watch......what was they thinking about.... and look what happened to them.... scary.......
Muhammad Ali was a Religious Man and Objected to Nudity in Movies. He really appeared to be uncomfortable when they began talking about George Segal be naked and embarrassed by doing that with Barbara Streisand.
This is the first time I have seen this interview, I never realised that Ali spanked this guy so easily and so hard, Ali was right, for one, Nameth was stoned of his eye balls, and secondly, he was a disgrace.
Ali was a young Muslim that was just screwed by the powers that be out of the title. He is usually more approachable than that. They should have realized when he wasn't laughing. All involved probably laughed about the whole incident years later.
I just think Ali simply got uncomfortable and embarrassed listening to 3 white guys laughing about getting prepared for some naked preparation as if they were 3 girls during an all girls night out!
what this was all about is this. Why ask Ali such pointed questions and suggest he is afraid of Frazier. here's ali, champion of the world, he fought over 150 fights as an amateur, he sacrificed his childhood to become the champ. he was robbed and stripped by his own government, lawyers were just robbing his money. and here are these idiots talking shit, laughing and carrying on with their happy successful lives, joe Namath could do no wrong in the eye of the public, ali couldn't do anything right. they asked him what was wrong. what was wrong is they robbed this great man of everything, the baddest boxer ever and he still had the prison sentence hanging over his head, which was still hanging over his head March 8 1971 when he fought frazier and then ellis a few months later. Ali was pissed and who could blame him. Namath was a great quarterback no doubt, but be humble with Ali, you was no where in his caliber.
They could see he felt uncomfortable about the subject that they were discussing and didn't like it at all, but they kept talking about it and Muhammad just got annoyed or however you want to say it!
interesting moment in time. at this point, namath was at the peak of his fame. people today dont realize how big namath was. i mean can you imagine any current playing sport star today w/ their own tv show just riffing on all type of subjects. joe at this point was as big as ali. in fact, you can tell at the start ali knows this and has to defer some to joe. as the show goes on, i think ali felt out of place to some degree b/c joe was there and stealing his own spotlight. plus he didnt like the contrivance driven by schapp who obviously wanted this staged. he was also in moral conflict at the time b/c he was trying to stick very much to his religious beliefs. the lose talk on sex conflicted with that along w/ the tension already there. hence, alis simmering anger. got to say, at this time joe had swagger. you can tell he liked ali, but wasnt going to kiss his ass either. it was a tough period for ali b/c he was out of the ring and couldnt cement yet again hiw prowess. today namaths star has faded a lot, but this is a testament to how big both of these guys were in a unique period in the nation.
I like Joe Namath and Muhammad Ali both but these two together screwed more women in the sixties and seventies then probably every one commenting on here has, both probably ran Wilt Chamberlain a close race for second in the amount of women they both screwed
Well, Ali just said it's very rude to have these types of conversations around people nothing racist. Just not respectful toward him since they know he is religious that's all
Ali was a great athlete but please......he had two illegitimate children while having affairs during his 4 marriages!.... so there does seem to be quite a bit of hypocrisy there! Perhaps he was just clowning like he always says he is!
"Ali was a great athlete but please......he had two illegitimate children while having affairs during his 4 marriages!." You mean to tell me that I'm not the only one that can see this? People have a tendency to gloss over these types of things when it is someone that they like. I think that all of us are inconsistent at best and hypocrites at worst . Muhammad Ali spoke about the sanctity and respect of women but didn't show that much to any of his wives. He was going to do what HE wanted to do regardless. I remember when he was over in the Philippines. "The Thrilla in Manila" that he left his wife Belinda back in the states and started fooling around with Veronica Porsche (I think that was her name). Can you imagine how humiliating that was for Belinda? The only thing (in my opinion) that is keeping Muhammad from fooling around on his current wife is the fact that he physically CAN'T at this point an juncture in his life. Usually it goes like this: "Once a dog, ALWAYS a dog"
Ma007rk yes and you both or such godly men father's of the century. Smh I can respect Ali because he was a man that spoke for himself and when he did speak for the people he spoke about them loving and respecting each other but he didn't have to be some black leader of morality their where black men to looked up to rather than an athlete...Like Malcolm now let's see y'all play that game with him
Did I say anything that was untrue or slanderous? Ali did alot of good things for alot of people. You celebrate the good but you acknowledge the bad as well as the shortcomings. That's all I'm saying.
Ali sounded a lot like a young Jessie Jackson, then. Both, in the tone of voice; and rhythm of speech. Btw-Joe and Magic J, are both charming men; but they are not, talk show hosts
what because he had some morals? good on Ali for not taking part in a convo which he didnt believe in, some people have self respect, i guess u people dont.
Please, see this video and understand the video you are watching here is edited... What is left out of the live show is that Ali, made it clear he was a minister and the nudity thing was not a good thing... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PyWCR-rzmXw.html It is around the 7 minute mark in this video link... But, first watch the video on this channel to get the context and then watch the link I shared... If, you care to understand Ali's different ''tone'' they showed here.
Joe Namath & Ali are two of the greatest athletes of the 20th century and their encounter was among and between professionals and friends God bless both of them and it was fun watching them both.
What the hell you people was watching! What I seen was the most uncomfortable the most disrespectful interview muhammad Ali ever been in. Namath couldn't handle Ali wisdom on social issues . Ali tells him I don't partake in sexual conversations, namath: well you better go back to sleep " . Come on!
@@drstrangelove09 no he wasn't the whites killed black for jokes , 50 and 60s was a racist error especially in USA So if you still say Ali was the racist then you need to wake up , speaking up doesn't make you a racist ( black lives matter)
@@ilyasmohammad5045 You do not understand . That is not the basis. You need to learn more about the crazy things that the Nation of Islam believes. They believe that white people are LITERALLY the devil.
@@ilyasmohammad5045 also, hating people today because white people maybe did some things in the past is also racist... but agan, that is not what I'm talking about... surely you see that saying "because some white people did something bad years ago then that means all white people are the devil" is racist...? Even saying "a white person did something bad today and so all white people are the devil" would also be racist. You see that, do you not? But again this is not what the Nation of Islam says. The Nation of Islam says: "all white people are literally the devil" and Ali also said that.
Ali was right refusing to talk about 'all that naked stuff'. 'Without integrity nothing works' and you only have to look at how over fifty years the integrity continued to decay to the position we have today. Ali again proves his greatness. Ali was right - even when it was unpopular to say so.
Don't let Ali fool you my friend, now I like Ali and yes he was funny but he had plenty of women. He was with different women while he was training to fight Foreman in Africa. I remember Larry Holmes talking about all the different women coming up to his camp in Pennsylvania. Ali wasn't a saint by any means. I am not judging his lifestyle but it was a bit hypocritical to act like he was all pure and blind to that sort of thing when in reality he had affairs with several women.
@@dedalusVeen , Larry Holmes was in Africa when he fought Foreman. I have heard him talk about it during interviews and it was even talked about in the movie Ali with Will Smith. It was well known that Ali had different Women. He had a couple of marriages and it was public knowledge. I am not Judging the man just stating what has been written and told in biography and from people that were around him.
