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00:14you know one moment you know everybody has that one time in their life um where that one moment
00:21changes everything you understand yeah and my moment was september 24 1988. ben
00:30now that we're in korea you need to focus you have to figure out about opening ceremony all them
00:35something me i was never planning to go really now because you look like a calgary horse pin
00:42sorry mark tootberry i'm kurt harnett i'm skipping the ceremony
00:48well we can still go right because my mom is watching back home and if she doesn't
00:52get out of here oh sorry oh sorry mama i'm coming spend the week meditating and no girls hey ben
01:02when are you going to give me those pole vault lessons you promised aren't you a u.s pole vaulter
01:06yeah then you don't need any lessons he's a sprinter come on out of here
01:12okay
01:15you do not leave this room until race day you hear me yes mommy
01:28following is a fictionalized and heightened betrayal of my experiences at the 1988 soul games
01:32is it 100 true it's true to me and that's what matters yeah you know i didn't leave that room
01:38for
01:38a week oh man i was meditating i was working out i mean after a while i started to lose
01:45my mind so i
01:46just you know i reached my breaking point when i uh hello you were in the middle of a sentence
01:53um what was i yes uh i was going stir crazy yes i was going stir crazy and i really
02:02needed a release
02:05hey i've been working with polls for a long long time and i can do things with them that would
02:13blow
02:13your mind big polls or small polls big we'll let the games begin now oh uh sir excuse me oh
02:24i'm so happy
02:25you decided you decided to see me me too i know everybody except for standing in my room but i
02:33say
02:33what's the worst that can happen cheers that is more than a hangover someone poison you know
02:44poison i tell you do not leave the room from no one till the race you don't heat or drink
02:52nothing that
02:52don't come from me i got a little something that'll fix that right up no not now you'll mess with
03:00this test nothing i give will ever show up on a test what is why need is some ginger tea
03:05no we don't
03:06have time the qualifying heat is the qualifying heat is in two minutes come on we're good
03:13we need for real oh luckily you know in the early eats competition you know is very strong
03:36easy to have no chance especially against me even when i'm sick you know you know thankfully for
03:48the other eats my mother was there to nurse me back to hell i feel better don't yeah it's all
03:55right
03:58you know you're ready for the quarterfinals you feel even better now right now you're ready for the
04:14semi-finals
04:34now meredith for the finals mommy and you are welcome my sugar dumpling
04:39oh
04:43well it's finally here the moment we've all been waiting for ben johnson versus carl lewis
04:49the great us of a versus lonely canada
04:54your
04:54oh
05:07look at him majestic
05:11if you ever wondered why the entire world loves the usa
05:16This man's the reason why.
05:18Well, if you ever wondered why the entire world hates the USA,
05:22this man, he's the reason why.
05:24I want him to babysit my kids.
05:31Okay, hold up.
05:32I just watched this race on YouTube.
05:34Carl was wearing normal track clothes.
05:35I mean, well, that's how I remembered it.
05:38And there he is, wishing good luck to his fellow competitors.
05:41Great Britain.
05:43More like mediocre Britain at best.
05:47Brazil?
05:48Brazil.
05:48Brazil.
05:49Didn't we beat you in a war or something?
05:51No.
05:51Coffee sucks.
05:52Hey, Canada.
05:53You, um...
05:55Carl and Ben having a little pre-matched size up,
05:58like two alpha caribou.
06:01That dirty Canadian's trying to bully Carl Lewis.
06:04But this ain't Carl's first rodeo.
06:07All right, gentlemen.
06:09It's time.
06:11Time to kick your ass.
06:13It's time for Britain.
06:14What do I call you Carl?
06:16Get ready for the most exciting 10 seconds
06:19since my wedding night.
06:28Get ready for the most exciting 10 seconds
06:30since my wedding night.
06:39On your marks.
06:41On your marks.
06:54And set.
07:04And Ben Johnson explodes at other blocks with an amazing start.
07:08Oh, no.
07:09Lewis is already behind.
07:13Now Carl is so distracted he almost stepped out of his lane.
07:17And Carl stepped out of his lane.
07:18That should be an immediate disqualification.
07:21Holy shit.
07:23Go, baby.
07:36Yes!
07:39Yes!
07:40Let's go, baby!
07:42Unbelievable!
07:449-7-9, Canada!
07:47A world record?
07:49Cool!
07:50Adios!
07:52I won!
07:56I won!
07:58He did it!
08:00The fastest man in the world.
08:04Ben!
08:06Johnson!
08:08Fuck this!
08:11Canadian Ben Johnson
08:13is the fastest man in the world.
08:16Fastest man in the world.
08:18Fastest man.
08:20Come on, Amirat.
08:22I'm a bad man!
08:24I'm a bad man!
08:29You bad man!
08:31You bad man!
08:33You bad man!
08:34You bad man!
08:36You bad man!
08:38You bad man!
08:44It was one of the best moments of my career.
08:47My life.
08:51But some people had already started planning to take it away from me.
08:58After that, it was time for me to take my test.
09:01The way the rooms are set up back there, you know, it's really just supposed to be the athletes and
09:06the testers.
09:07Oh, it's ready to see a gold medalist.
09:10Peep-peep!
09:12What are we it?
09:15What are you doing this one?
09:21I feel like you keep getting to the good parts, then you stop.
09:25What happened next, Boomer?
09:26Oh, uh, what happened next?
09:28Oh, what happened next was a party for 62 hours straight.
09:32Strut!
09:46Okay, not any of that.
09:48Okay.
09:48Tell me about the steroids.
09:50Oh, the steroids, yeah, that part.
09:51Yeah.
09:51Um, 62 hours later, she hit the fatter.
09:54Ben!
09:56Oh, shit!
09:57Ben, get up!
09:59You tested positive!
10:01What?
10:02Yeah!
10:02Hold on, one second.
10:03We gotta go!
10:04Come on!
10:05Come on!
10:07Put that away!
10:08Come on!
10:09Great, Bob.
10:10See ya?
10:12Test positive?
10:13What do you test positive for?
10:16Steroids, I think?
10:17Wait, can I catch that?
10:19Bongiorno, how the fuck are you gonna fix this?
10:22Why you ask a little Italian man how to fix the steroids a day?
10:26I know, and we're being a little small, and we're being a tiny, and we don't know...
10:29We're too tiny!
10:30It is always up to the shoe companies to get rid of positive test results.
10:34The bribes, the threats, whatever it takes!
10:37No!
10:38No!
10:39We're not implying that shoe companies bribe officials.
10:42This is just some fun fiction to spice up the show.
10:45That wacky Ben.
10:46Am I right?
10:49Remember the use of the term fictionalized in the disclaimer?
10:52I won that fight.
10:55Please don't sue.
10:57We're simple people.
10:58We're cobblers.
10:58We know nothing about steroids.
11:01Bribery.
11:02We know tomatoes.
11:03We know olive oil.
11:04We know what the shoes are.
11:05Mama, cannoli.
11:06Okay, no, is it?
11:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:06Yeah, but cannoli.
11:07You've got all the better vengeance.
11:09Is it gonna trigger the stressor right away?
11:10You have one of those.
11:11You're gonna feel good, okay?
11:12Okay.
11:14I told you we should've stayed with fodder.
11:17This isn't my fault.
11:19They found Stonazolol.
11:20Stonazolol tightens your muscles and slows you down.
11:22I would never give him that.
11:23I give him animal steroids.
11:25If it's not good enough for a horse, it's not good enough for men.
11:26You are a fucking joke, Jamie Asterfan.
11:30Oh, I'm a joke.
11:31Yeah.
11:31Why?
11:31Because I'm a white-passing brown man with a delightful Cartesian accent?
11:35You know how hard it is to walk around with this face and this voice?
11:37I've been discriminated against my whole life!
11:39I'm not talking about that!
11:40I'm just talking about you being fucking terrible at your goddamn job!
11:42Stop!
11:47We hate women's dress.
11:51So I'll go out next, Charlie.
11:54The worst possible thing you can imagine.
11:59Congratulations to our gold medal winner!
12:02We're here for you, Carl!
12:05Andabod, Carl!
12:07Dukman!
12:07Thank you, thank everyone so much.
12:09Everybody back there as well, thank you.
12:10Oh, wait, I forgot to do, uh, my song.
12:13Oh, uh, I forgot to bring my boombox.
12:17Let's go, boombox!
12:18It's quite alright.
12:18Another microphone!
12:19I always come prepared.
12:20Oh.
12:22Oh, say can you see
12:27By the dawn's early light
12:32What so proudly we have
12:37We're here
12:38At the twilight's last gleaming
12:42Canadian Sprinter wins
12:45Who's brought stripes and bright stars
12:51Through the perilous fight
12:54Mr. Carl Lewis!
12:55How does it feel to win the gold medal?
12:57I'm in love
12:58I'm in love
12:59Hey, where far, sweet, wild
13:05Whistle, gallantly streaming
13:11And arriving
13:16Ricklenn!
13:17Yeah, man, not good.
13:19Oh, uh-oh.
13:22The bombers, the air
13:27Gave proof
13:29To the night
13:31That of the night
13:33That of the night
13:34That of the night
13:36That of the night
13:38Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet
13:47Will wave
13:53For the land of
13:55The free
13:57I'll make up for it right now
13:59Oh, God
13:59And the home
14:03Of the
14:06Brave
14:18The
14:18Did I take steroids?
14:19Yes, of course
14:20But did I cheat?
14:22No, man
14:23Cheating is an unfair advantage
14:24And most of us were on the juice
14:26So it was an equal playing field
14:30The only thing that was unfair
14:31Is that only one of us got punished
14:34and thing is I only got caught because I was drugged stop stop sorry okay so you
14:44were on drugs and you were also drugged now you're getting it hold on sorry one
14:48sec oh well go on everyone we're in the old abandoned warehouse no you got too
14:54far man you gotta come around come around I mean like five minutes all right I'll
14:59see you soon all right all right bless her what so now you're just inviting randos
15:04up here no man that's uh that's spike it's quite fair with her no an American
15:09college shot putter we used to hang around all of us back then yeah he was in
15:15every part of my story okay but we don't have time to talk to one of your old
15:19track buddies track buddies I mean spike was the one that drugged me wait what
15:23yeah got me disqualified what him you have more food oh hey you remember when
15:30Ray Stewart stole all your clothes right he didn't run around the hotel lobby naked
15:36then gone wild
15:55oh you remember that time I spiked your drink with the nozzle off they got you
15:59disqualified from the games
16:06oh then he took your gold away it was on the cover of sports illustrated it was hilarious
16:20wait you you don't know did you ever wonder why a random college shot putter was at all your
16:28meets but my job was to follow you and drug you I've been doing it for years
16:39look at this track star that's right
16:49but no matter what I did nothing would stop you that's why for the finals we had to get extra
17:06aggressive I thought you said the only people allowed back there were athletes and testers seems a little odd right
17:15seems odd but I could use a little company
17:20right go on go to the while going Oh yeah oh yeah oh gold you got gold
17:27for me yes
17:28yep
17:33you know what to do
17:36yes it was foolish but I was so happy I was thinking straight
17:43Congrats, brother.
17:47I mean, come on, the race is over, so I guess...
17:52Party!
17:56Woo!
17:58Come on.
18:02Oh, party, yeah.
18:04Ah.
18:08Wonderful.
18:11Well...
18:13Mr. Johnson, I'm here to administer your test.
18:17Oh, hold on.
18:19Is that a beer?
18:20In the testing room?
18:26Yes.
18:28Don't mind if I do.
18:30Right.
18:31Party.
18:32Woo!
18:33Now this is how to test.
18:36Oh, merci, s'il vous plaît.
18:40Bibliothèque.
18:43Oui, trois de gens.
18:44You only got one left.
18:47It's for you.
18:48Yeah.
18:49Oh!
18:52I joke, man.
18:53I can't do it.
18:54It's funny.
18:58To gold.
19:01Gold.
19:14All right.
19:15Time to shake the Jamaican snake.
19:18Oh!
19:18That's my job!
19:20Yeah.
19:20Remember when I told you that there was the one thing that changed my life forever?
19:24Remember that?
19:25Yeah, I wasn't actually talking about the race.
19:27No, I was talking about something else.
19:29I was actually talking about the time that changed my life forever.
19:33It was accepting that beer.
19:33And the reason why I'm bringing it up again is because Spike is here!
19:37Yes, Spike!
19:39Ha!
19:39Ha!
19:41Ha!
19:42Ha!
19:44Good.
19:45Thank you, thank you, man.
19:45Now you're losing weight.
19:46Yeah, I've been eating snails.
19:48Snails, man.
19:49Scara.
19:50Oh!
19:51Ashanti.
19:52Ha!
19:52Ha!
19:53Uh-oh.
19:54Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
19:55Hold up.
19:56Man, you trying to get me on camera again?
19:58Uh...
19:59See, the minute you called me telling me to meet you in an abandoned warehouse, I should
20:04have known you were filming a sports documentary.
20:07Man, they're filming all here.
20:09Man, I'm out of here.
20:15Hold on, Spike.
20:16Come here.
20:16One second.
20:17Come here.
20:18Okay.
20:19Okay, Spike.
20:21Right.
20:22Come on, man.
20:23We all know Father paid you to drug me.
20:26Okay?
20:28I mean, you got your money.
20:29I lost everything.
20:31You know this, man.
20:32Please.
20:34So all I need you to do is just admit it publicly so you can clear my name, man.
20:42After all these years, just clear my name.
20:43That's all I'm asking, man.
20:44Please?
20:46From the bottom of my heart.
20:47Please.
20:51Okay.
20:52We're rolling.
20:53Okay.
20:54All right.
20:55It's out of time.
20:56So I've been waiting for this moment for years.
20:58Okay?
20:58So this is Spike.
20:59Did you drug me in the 88 games?
21:03Pow, pow, pow, pow.
21:05Drummer, please.
21:13Spike ain't no snitch.
21:16Sorry, babies.
21:17Peace.
21:18I'm out of here.
21:20Shoot, man.
21:21Damn it.
21:22I almost had him there.
21:23Why are you still friends with the dude who cost you your gold medal?
21:29If I held a grudge on people who screwed me over, okay, then I'd have no friends in
21:35track.
21:35Duh.
21:37Plus, there's worse things that Spike did to me other than taking my gold.
21:43He made me miss the death of my mother.
21:46Amen.
21:49Oh, my God.
21:52Yeah, you're right.
21:55Maybe I shouldn't be friends with that guy.
22:20No, no, no, no.
22:23But then, that's all right.
22:26I can't wait for you.
22:26I'll be here.
22:27Oh, my God.
22:27Sorry.
22:29Yeah.
22:35All right.
22:37No.
22:42I can't wait for you.
22:44You
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