D-Con classic tv commercial Muhammad Ali 1980

[darrylhaynes]

his speech is starting to go.

[gjc82071]

@darrylhaynes Yes. You could also tell in a '78 commercial. Personally I think the Earnie Shavers fight did a lot of damage. Why he took THAT fight, so late in his career, is beyond me. Even Ali said the same thing about the fight.

[UGodd]

Listening, it sounds like the parkinson's disease was starting to take effect

[StukInBuf]

My folks used this once.

[irish89055]

i believe this was his only commercial... roach spray, how appropriate...  George Foreman, so rich... only showed the American flag to each side of the side at the 68 Olympics....

[robinsonr]

I don't want you livin w- roaches!

[WeThePeopleInc]

lol hahaha I dont want you livin' wit rooooaches!

[django747]

I think this is the point in his career where he took one too many punches to the head. He sounds scary as hell.

[norsef]

G'ddamm roaches man!

[ChineseGangStalker]

I got a quarrel with them roaches.

[MIKESOWELL]

@ChineseGangStalker  LMAO!!!!

[dreman1970]

This wasn't 1980.....It was older........At least 1978. I have the original broadcast of the first Spinks fight on CBS and the commercial was on there........I think it was done in 77

[MIKESOWELL]

@dreman1970 This can't be 1977....Ali's speech was not this bad in 1977. This might be late 1978 though.

[dreman1970]

@MIKESOWELL It's not late 1978...Like I said, I have the original Ali Spinks I CBS broadcast and this commercial was on it....And the fight was Feb 15, 1978.  And I'm ALMOST positive it was done late 77. Obviously it was no later than Feb 78...

[MIKESOWELL]

@dreman1970 Really??? Wow....I have been listening for months to videos of Ali from 1975 to now. I had noticed that 1977 seemed to be first time that Ali's speech was becoming affected. But it was still not that bad. It had gotten worse by 1978. In this commercial he sounds quite bad. There is a video of him doing an interview surrounded by the Jackson 5 on Youtube. Michael is right by Ali. It's from 1977....Ali sounds MUCH better than he does here. Ali's speech must really went downhill after

[MIKESOWELL]

@dreman1970 the Shavers fight in September if this is from 1977.

[timdub70]

Roaches are worse than Joe Fray-siah!

[infinitecimal]

There is a link between pesticides and parkinson's and Ali suspects his parkinson's is due to his exposure to D-Con and other pesticides.

[trueredexe]

@infinitecimal Well, he was on the box after all.

[bundangbear]

THE GREATEST!

[86pimp3]

I don't want you livin with ROACHES!

HAHAHAHAHAH!

[BBBlais]

"i don't want you living with ROAches!"

ahah the man.

[candaceparkersbigfan]

go ali you rule i love u