Sep 9, 2024
Nicolas Chemla, author of the new book Mister America, is the guest on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast for Part Two of his interview. Mister America is a novel about the life of bodybuilder Mike Mentzer. Originally published in France in 2019, Mister America has now been translated to English and is available in the United States. In Part Two of his interview, Nicolas talks about Mike's trip to see the first Mr. Olympia contest in 1965, Mike's friendship with Dave Mastorakis, meeting Arthur Jones and Casey Viator in 1971, Mike's relationship with Joe Weider and the eventual decline of his life. At the end of the interview, host John Hansen reads the article "Mike Mentzer - A Future Superstar" written by Armand Tanny for the January, 1976 issue of Muscle Builder magazine and then John reads an excerpt from the book Mister America when a young Mike Mentzer goes to see the first Mr. Olympia contest in New York in 1965.
Time Stamps:
3:05 - Upcoming Mr. Olympia
4:00 - Emails to the Podcast
7:07 - Start of interview with Nicolas Chemla, Part Two
7:41 - Meeting Larry Scott and Dave Draper
10:30 - Joe Weider vs. Bob Hoffman
13:45 - John Ziegler and Mike Mentzer
24:30 - Rolling Stones concert
33:00 - Meeting Arthur Jones and Casey Viator
41:20 - Mike's relationship with Joe Weider
50:20 - Mike's magazine Workout
55:40 - The decline of Mike's life
59:30 - John reads the article "Mike Mentzer - A Future Superstar" by Armand Tanny from the January, 1976 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.
1:09:10 - John reads an excerpt from the book Mister America.
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