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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
05:06will say
05:07majestic if you ever wondered why the entire world loves the usa this man's the reason well if you
05:19ever wondered why the entire world hates the USA this man he's the reason why I
05:24want him to babysit my kids
05:31okay hold up I just watched this race on YouTube Carl was wearing normal track
05:35clothes I mean well that's how I remembered it and there he is wishing
05:39good luck to his fellow competitors Great Britain more like mediocre Britain
05:45best Brazil Brazil Brazil didn't we beat you in a war or something no coffee sucks
05:52hey Canada you Carl and Ben having a little pre-match size up like two alpha
05:59caribou that dirty Canadians trying to bully Carl Lewis but this ain't Carl's
06:06first rodeo all right gentlemen it's time time to kick your ass time for Britain
06:14record in the car get ready for the most exciting 10 seconds since my wedding night
06:21yeah get ready for the most exciting 10 seconds it's my wedding night
06:40yeah
06:42yeah
06:42yeah
06:42yeah
06:43yeah
06:46yeah
07:04and Ben Johnson explodes at other blocks with an amazing start
07:08oh no Lewis is already behind
07:13now Carl was so distracted he almost stepped out of his lane
07:16and Carl stepped out of his lane that should be an immediate disqualification
07:21holy shit
07:41let's go baby
07:42unbelievable 979 Canada
07:46a world record
07:49whoo
07:50I won
07:56I won
07:57he did it
08:00the fastest man in the world
08:03Ben
08:06Johnson
08:07fuck this
08:11Canadian Ben Johnson
08:13is the fastest man in the world
08:15fastest man in the world
08:18fastest man
08:19come on
08:21I'm a bad man
08:23I'm a bad man
08:29you bad man
08:31you bad man
08:32you 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 other rooms are set up back there
09:03you know
09:04it's really just supposed to be the athletes
09:06and the testers
09:07oh he's ready to see a gold medalist
09:10beep beep
09:11what we it
09:15what y'all do this one
09:21I feel like you keep getting to the good parts
09:23then you stop
09:24what happened next boomer
09:26oh uh what happened next
09:28oh what happened next
09:30was a party for 62 hours straight
09:46okay not any of that
09:48okay
09:48tell me about the steroids
09:50oh the steroids yeah that part
09:51um 62 hours later
09:53shake the fat
09:55oh shit
09:57Ben get up
09:59you tested positive
10:00what
10:01yeah
10:02hold on one second
10:03we gotta go come on
10:04come on
10:06put that away
10:07come on
10:09great mom
10:12test positive
10:13what do you test positive for
10:15steroids I think
10:16wait 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
10:26and no we're being small and we're being tiny
10:28we'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 no we're not implying that shoe companies bribe officials
10:41this is just some fun fiction to spice up the show
10:45that wacky Ben
10:46am I right
10:48remember the use of the term fictionalized in the disclaimer
10:52I won that fight
10:56I won that fight
11:21please don't sue
11:22I would never give him that
11:23I give him animal steroids if it's not good enough for a horse it's not good enough for men
11:26you are a fucking joke Jamie Aster fan
11:29oh I'm a joke
11:30yeah
11:31why because I'm a white passing brown man with a delightful Cartesian accent
11:34you know how hard it is to walk around with this face and this voice I've been discriminated against my
11:38whole life
11:39I'm not talking about that I'm just talking about you being fucking terrible at your god damn job
11:47get up
11:48me 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 Karl
12:05on the boat Karl
12:07Thank you, thank everyone so much.
12:09Everybody back there as well, thank you.
12:11Oh, wait, I forgot to do my song.
12:13Oh, uh, I forgot to bring my boombox.
12:17Let's go, boombox.
12:18It's quite all right.
12:18Another microphone.
12:19I always come prepared.
12:20Oh.
12:22Oh, say can you see
12:27By the dawn's early light
12:31What so proudly we hailed
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, how does it feel to win the gold medal?
12:58I'm in love.
12:58The brave red parts we walk
13:04With so gallantly streaming
13:11And arriving
13:15Rickliss!
13:17Yep, man, not good.
13:18Oh, oh.
13:22The boomers be here
13:24Get journey
13:28Get away
13:30To the night
13:31That I'll fly
13:33Oh, get out, get out
13:35To the light
13:37Oh, get out, get out.
13:39Oh, say does that
13:42Star-spangled banner yet wave
13:53For the land of the free
13:57I'll make up for it right now.
13:59Oh, God.
14:00And the home of the brave
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.
14:29The only thing that was unfair
14:31is that only one of us got punished.
14:34And thing is...
14:37I only got caught because I was drugged.
14:39Stop. Stop.
14:42Sorry.
14:42Okay, so you were on drugs
14:45and you were also drugged.
14:47Now you're getting it.
14:48Hold on. Sorry. One sec.
14:50Oh, Wagwan.
14:51We're in the old abandoned warehouse.
14:54No, you've gotten too far, man.
14:55You've got to come around.
14:56Come around.
14:57I mean, like five minutes.
14:58All right, I'll see you soon.
14:59All right?
15:01All right.
15:02Bless up.
15:02What, so now you're just inviting randos up here?
15:04No, man.
15:05That's, uh...
15:06That's Spike.
15:07Spike Fairweather.
15:08Who?
15:09An American college shot putter.
15:10We used to hang around all of us back then.
15:14Yeah.
15:15He was in every part of my story.
15:17Okay, but we don't have time
15:18to talk to one of your old track buddies.
15:20Track buddies?
15:20I mean, Spike was the one that drugged me.
15:23Wait, what?
15:24Yeah, and got me disqualified.
15:24What?
15:25Him.
15:25You have more food?
15:27Oh.
15:28Hey, you remember when Ray Stewart stole all his clothes?
15:32Right?
15:33He didn't run around the hotel lobby naked.
15:36Then gone wild.
15:41Remember when a little friend Christy
15:43had always switched out his tooth pierce
15:45with Ben Gale?
15:49Oh, what did he say?
15:51No, I mean, what is Silas?
15:56Oh, you remember that time I spiked you
15:57and drank this to Nazalow?
15:59It got you disqualified from the games?
16:06Oh, then he took your gold away.
16:08It was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated.
16:11It was hilarious.
16:13It didn't.
16:14I got me just the only one laughing.
16:19What?
16:20Wait.
16:20You don't know?
16:24Did you ever wonder why a random college shop
16:27putter was at all your meats?
16:28I mean, my job was to follow you
16:31and drug you.
16:33I've been doing it for years.
16:39Look at this.
16:40Track star.
16:41Track star.
16:42That's right.
16:45Cheers.
16:49But no matter what I did,
16:52nothing would stop you.
16:54That's why for the finals,
16:56we had to get extra aggressive.
16:58Who wants to see a gold medalist pee-pee?
17:02But wait.
17:03Where are they at, sir?
17:06I'm here to celebrate with you, ma'am.
17:08Wait, wait.
17:09I thought you said the only people allowed back
17:11there were athletes and testers.
17:13Seems a little odd, right?
17:16Seems odd.
17:18But I could use a little company.
17:20Wow, go on.
17:24Oh, yeah.
17:26Oh, yeah.
17:26Oh, gold.
17:26You got gold.
17:27I mean, yes.
17:28Yup.
17:33You know what to do.
17:36That's, it was foolish,
17:37but I was so happy.
17:39I wasn't thinking straight.
17:43Congrats, brother.
17:44Oh, man.
17:46I mean,
17:49I'm on the race is over,
17:50so I guess.
17:52Buddy!
17:56Woo!
18:01Oh, buddy.
18:03Yeah.
18:09Wonderful.
18:13Mr. Johnson,
18:15I'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.
18:31A party.
18:32Woo!
18:33Now this is how to test.
18:35Yeah.
18:36Oh, merci.
18:38Oh, s'il vous plaît.
18:40Bibliothèque.
18:43Oh, oui.
18:44Oh, je vous plaît.
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.
19:01Oui.
19:14All right.
19:16Time to shake
19:16the Jamaican snake.
19:18Oh, that's my job.
19:20Remember when I told you
19:21that there was the one thing
19:22that changed my life forever?
19:24Remember that?
19:25Yeah, I wasn't actually
19:26talking about the race.
19:27No, I was talking
19:28about something else.
19:29I was actually talking
19:30about the time
19:32that changed my life forever.
19:33I was accepting that beer,
19:34and the reason why
19:35I'm bringing it up again
19:36is because Spike is here!
19:37Yes, Spike!
19:39Ah!
19:39God!
19:40Yeah!
19:41Ah!
19:42Oh, my God.
19:44Oh, good.
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!
19:50I shanty.
19:53Ah-oh.
19:54Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
19:55Hold up.
19:56Man, you trying to get me
19:56on camera again?
19:58Uh...
19:58God!
19:59See, the minute you called me
20:01telling me to meet you
20:02in an abandoned warehouse,
20:03I should have known
20:04you were filming
20:05a 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.
20:21All right.
20:22Come on, man.
20:23We all know
20:25Father 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
20:36is just admit it publicly
20:39so you can clear my name, man.
20:42After all these years,
20:42just 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
20:57for years.
20:58Okay?
20:58This is Spike.
20:59Did you drug me into 88 games?
21:04Pow, pow, pow.
21:05Drum roll, 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
21:25with the dude
21:26who cost you your gold medal?
21:29If I held a grudge
21:30on people
21:31who screwed me over,
21:33okay,
21:33then I'd have no friends
21:34in track.
21:35Duh.
21:37Plus, there's worse things
21:38that Spike did to me
21:39other than taking my gold.
21:43He made me miss the death
21:44of my mother.
21:46Amen.
21:50Oh, my God.
21:52Yeah, you're right.
21:55Maybe I shouldn't be
21:56friends with that guy.
22:22Have a great day.
22:25Bye.
22:28Bye.
22:30Bye.
22:33Bye.
22:34Bye.
22:35Bye.
22:35Bye.
22:36Bye.
22:37Bye.
22:38Bye.
22:38Bye.
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