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==The Tape==
==The Tape==
The tape began with the fan, who Jericho refers to as "Farleyloaf" due to her resembling Chris Farley in 1977 if he dressed as Meatloaf, looking into the camera while where a rebel flag t-shirt with "You wear your colors, I'll wear mine." The fan again proclaimed her love for Jericho and wanted this to be a tape for him, saying "I made this tape for you, Chris Jericho. We love you Chris Jericho. You're my favourite 'rassler, Chris Jericho, and I really love you Chris Jericho." The background consisted of a bed in the living room, containing pictures of Jesus Christ, and of The Rock 'n' Roll Express' Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson
The tape began with the fan, who Jericho refers to as "Farleyloaf" due to her resembling Chris Farley in 1977 if he dressed as Meatloaf, looking into the camera while wearing a rebel flag t-shirt with the text "You wear your colors, I'll wear mine." The fan again proclaimed her love for Jericho and wanted this to be a tape for him, saying "I made this tape for you, Chris Jericho. We love you Chris Jericho. You're my favourite 'rassler, Chris Jericho, and I really love you Chris Jericho." The background consisted of a bed in the living room, containing pictures of Jesus Christ, and of The Rock 'n' Roll Express' Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson


She then began a dancing routine while speaking seemingly nonsense, with Jericho comparing her to Annie Wilkes from the 1990 film ''Misery''. Farleyloaf's family then appeared on-screen, smacking each others' posteriors and singing and dancing to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song ''Electric Boogie''. A man, possibly the fan's brother or husband, then proceeded to explain how much he liked watching wrestling, only to experience flatulence. A woman with no teeth, possibly the mother or the man's wife, patted his posterior and commentated on the "fragrance".  
She then began a dancing routine while speaking nonsense, with Jericho comparing her to Annie Wilkes from the 1990 film ''Misery''. Farleyloaf's family then appeared on-screen, smacking each others' posteriors and singing and dancing to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song ''Electric Boogie''. A man, possibly the fan's brother or husband, then proceeded to explain how much he liked watching wrestling, only to experience flatulence. A woman with no teeth, possibly the mother or the man's wife, patted his posterior and commentated on the "fragrance".  


Farleyloaf then proclaimed that she liked Storm too, before proceeding to push a toy wheelbarrow around, and shaking her posterior. The camera also captured the man walking like a crab, before panning into the yard containing rusty vehicles with dogs inside them. It concluded with a lady, who Jericho said had "a worse Lloyd Christmas Dumb and Dumber haircut than Jim Carrey.", proclaiming her love for the Thrillseekers, expressing a desire to have children called Chris and Lance, and a dog called Storm.
Farleyloaf then proclaimed that she liked Storm too, before proceeding to push a toy wheelbarrow around, and shaking her posterior. The camera also captured the man walking like a crab, before panning into the yard containing rusty vehicles with dogs inside them. It concluded with a lady, who Jericho said had "a worse Lloyd Christmas Dumb and Dumber haircut than Jim Carrey.", proclaiming her love for the Thrillseekers, expressing a desire to have children called Chris and Lance, and a dog called Storm.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[AJ Styles vs Kenny Omega (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2006)]]
*[[Alberto Del Rio vs CM Punk vs Dolph Ziggler vs Jack Swagger vs John Cena (partially found master tape footage of untelevised Hell in a Cell match; 2011)]]
*[[Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)]]
*[[Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)]]
*[[Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)]]
*[[Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)]]
*[[Blood Circus (partially found Santo Gold film; 1985)]]
*[[Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)]]
*[[Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)]]
*[[Bradshaw vs Christian (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2001)]]
*[[Bradshaw vs Christian (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2001)]]
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*[[The Game (partially found Disturbed cover of professional wrestling theme song; mid 2000s)]]
*[[The Game (partially found Disturbed cover of professional wrestling theme song; mid 2000s)]]
*[[GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)]]
*[[GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)]]
*[[The Giant's moonsault (lost footage of professional wrestling move; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)]]
*[[Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)]]
*[[Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)]]
*[[GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)]]
*[[GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)]]
*[[Goldberg's pre-television debut matches (lost footage of professional wrestling dark matches; 1997)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)]]
*[[Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)]]
*[[Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)]]
*[[Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)]]
*[[Johnny Gargano vs Velveteen Dream (lost footage of alternate finish to professional wrestling match; 2019)]]
*[[Kurt Angle vs Owen Hart (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1999)]]
*[[The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)]]
*[[The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)]]
*[[Lita (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Lita's training matches (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Low Ki & Mercury vs Ric Blade & TCK (partially lost footage of hardcore wrestling tag team match; 2000)]]
*[[Mark Jindrak in Evolution (partially found unaired vignettes of professional wrestling stable; 2003)]]
*[[Pat Tanaka vs Rocco Rock (lost footage of "Body Count" professional wrestling match; 1993)]]
*[["Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)]]
*[["Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)]]
*[[Radio WWF (lost professional wrestling radio show; 1993-1994; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Radio WWF (lost professional wrestling radio show; 1993-1994; late 1990s-2000)]]
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*[[Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)]]
*[[Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)]]
*[[TNA Impact! 2 (lost build of unfinished professional wrestling game; 2009)]]
*[[TNA Impact! 2 (lost build of unfinished professional wrestling game; 2009)]]
*[[TNA International and TNA Wrestling Collection (completely lost pro-wrestling TV shows; 2006)]]
*[[TNA Xplosion (partially found TV series; 2002-2016)]]
*[[WCW 2000 (lost work on unfinished PlayStation 2 game; 2000)]]
*[[WCW 2000 (lost work on unfinished PlayStation 2 game; 2000)]]
*[[WCW All Nighter (partially lost professional wrestling compilation show; 1994-1995)]]
*[[WCW All Nighter (partially lost professional wrestling compilation show; 1994-1995)]]
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*[[WWE Crush Hour (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of vehicular combat game; 2002)]]
*[[WWE Crush Hour (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of vehicular combat game; 2002)]]
*[[WWE SmackDown vs Raw Online (lost build of cancelled online professional wrestling PC game; 2010-2011)]]
*[[WWE SmackDown vs Raw Online (lost build of cancelled online professional wrestling PC game; 2010-2011)]]
*[[WWE Wrestlemania 36 (lost footage of alternate finishes to professional wrestling matches; 2020)]]
*[[WWF Attitude (lost professional wrestling recap show; 2001-2002)]]
*[[WWF Attitude (lost professional wrestling recap show; 2001-2002)]]
*[[WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)]]
*[[WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)]]

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A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex, which discussed Strange Kentucky People.

Status: Lost

In his 2007 autobiography A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex, professional wrestler Chris Jericho discussed his time working in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW).[1] During a show in Paintsville, Kentucky, Jericho received a videotape from a female fan, which she claimed contained all of his SMW matches. In actuality, it contained a bizarre "tribute" to him, with the tape now commonly referred to as Strange Kentucky People.

Background

In 1994, Chris Jericho competed in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, teaming with Lance Storm as part of The Thrillseekers. During his brief time in the company, Jericho teamed with Storm to face opponents such as Well Dunn, The Heavenly Bodies, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express. This included a match against The Heavenly Bodies at the 1994 Night of the Legends event, where despite breaking his arm in preparation for the match, Jericho contributed towards a well-regarded contest.[2] He also was involved in the famous Jim Cornette Dairy Queen incident, where the manager and SMW owner Cornette angrily confronted the Dairy Queen workers after waiting twenty minutes for food only to be told no progress had been made because the workers thought it was a prank against them.[3]

During an SMW show in Paintsville, Kentucky, Jericho was hanging around waiting for his next match. A female fan then approached him, where she stared at the ground and proclaimed her love for Jericho, as well as giving him a tape of all of his matches in SMW. Jericho decided to watch the tape, and it became clear that the tape did not contain his matches. Rather, it featured the fan and her family performing a "tribute" to Jericho.

The Tape

The tape began with the fan, who Jericho refers to as "Farleyloaf" due to her resembling Chris Farley in 1977 if he dressed as Meatloaf, looking into the camera while wearing a rebel flag t-shirt with the text "You wear your colors, I'll wear mine." The fan again proclaimed her love for Jericho and wanted this to be a tape for him, saying "I made this tape for you, Chris Jericho. We love you Chris Jericho. You're my favourite 'rassler, Chris Jericho, and I really love you Chris Jericho." The background consisted of a bed in the living room, containing pictures of Jesus Christ, and of The Rock 'n' Roll Express' Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson

She then began a dancing routine while speaking nonsense, with Jericho comparing her to Annie Wilkes from the 1990 film Misery. Farleyloaf's family then appeared on-screen, smacking each others' posteriors and singing and dancing to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song Electric Boogie. A man, possibly the fan's brother or husband, then proceeded to explain how much he liked watching wrestling, only to experience flatulence. A woman with no teeth, possibly the mother or the man's wife, patted his posterior and commentated on the "fragrance".

Farleyloaf then proclaimed that she liked Storm too, before proceeding to push a toy wheelbarrow around, and shaking her posterior. The camera also captured the man walking like a crab, before panning into the yard containing rusty vehicles with dogs inside them. It concluded with a lady, who Jericho said had "a worse Lloyd Christmas Dumb and Dumber haircut than Jim Carrey.", proclaiming her love for the Thrillseekers, expressing a desire to have children called Chris and Lance, and a dog called Storm.

Availability

Jericho commented on the tape's content, stating that he was unsure why the fan gave him the tape but proclaimed it was more entertaining than a tape of his SMW matches. According to Jericho, the recording ended up on the tape trading circuit like the Cornette Dairy Queen incident, being called Strange Kentucky People. However, while the tape theoretically could still be in the possession of an avid tape collector, no footage or images of it have ever resurfaced. It has since become a "holy grail" among wrestling tape traders.[4] Its lack of presence however has led some to question its existence.[5][6]

On January 31st, 2011, Jericho made a Twitter post claiming that Strange Kentucky People had been found, with plans to upload it to YouTube.[7] Based on the comments of the post, the recording ultimately never ended up on the platform. Even if it did, it has since become missing again.

Gallery

The Jim Cornette Dairy Queen incident, another recording subject to significant tape trading.

See Also

References