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05-27-2014, 09:08 PM #1
America's Got Talent: 93 yr old Son of turn-of-the-century strongman The Atom pulls a station wagon with his teeth
This sort of stuff just makes me happy.
Mighty Atom Jr, Mike Greenstein pulls a 70s station wagon (with paneling!) with his teeth tonight! With 3 people sitting in the car.
Here's an article about it from last year: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1341506.
And he's got his OWN teeth! And now he's asking for a next demonstration to be an open-back truck w/ 20-30 people in it. Gotta love the attitude - MORE WEIGHT!
This stuff just makes me happy!
Here's also his father's story for some good stuff from just a little later than Sandow's hey dayb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Greenstein. According to wikipedia, his list of strength feats are nuts:
Despite standing only 5'4" and weighing 140 pounds, Greenstein became one of the 20th century's leading strongmen. Some of his alleged feats of strength included:
- Driving 20 penny nails through a 2½ inch board with his bare hands.[1]
- Lying on a bed of nails while supporting a 14-man Dixieland band on his chest.
- Changing a tire on a car without any tools.
- Breaking as many as three chains by chest expansion.
- Bending an iron bar or horseshoe by holding one end with his teeth while one end of the bar was held fixed in a vise.
- Bending half-inch steel bars with his hair[citation needed].
- Biting nails in half with his teeth (he could perform this feat with a 25-cent coin)[citation needed].
- Resisting the pull of an airplane with his hair[citation needed].[3] This feat was performed at the Buffalo Airport and was documented in the Buffalo Evening Times on September 29, 1928.
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05-28-2014, 01:26 AM #2
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I work with a guy who when he was a boy went to the same temple as the Mighty Atom. One day at temple when he found out who he was. I think his father introduced them i cant remember. But he asked the mighty atom to do a strength feat. Because it was sabbath he told him something about not being able to do works but took a penny and ripped it in half..
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05-28-2014, 02:36 AM #3
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They also had some women who claimed to have the largest arms in the world, but beyond that not sure what she did.
"I know what your thinking. Did I fire 5 shots or did I fire 6 shots. You gotta ask yourself, Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, Punk?"
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05-28-2014, 09:20 AM #4
The Mighty Atom was one of my favorite parts of the show. He was great!!!
DON'T BE AVERAGE!!!
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