It was a real life fight that sparked the Rocky movies. In 1975 a little-known boxer went the distance with the world's greatest fighter. A broke actor was inspired to write the movie.
The Floyd Mayweather - Conor McGregor fight has all the makings of a rematch between Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. My question is which one is Rocky?
It's almost impossible to stay on topic when interviewing 'Weird Al'. He's a walking encyclopedia of popular culture knowledge and every answer leaves multiple alleyways to explore. Ahead, the topics covered include 'Star Wars,' 'UHF,' Charlie Kaufman, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Springsteen, 'The LEGO' Movie, his is favorite movie of all-time, Joe Piscopo, 'The Naked Gun,' 'Rocky' and a host of other topics that don't have much to do with one another.