
150 - James Sullivan and the 1904 Olympic Games (Live)
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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He believed he had debunked the mythical existence of the noble savage and in his final report, yes, he wrote a report. Sullivan said, quote, the whole meeting proves that the savage has been a very much overrated man from an athletic point of view. What happened as a kid that he was like, you know what? One day I'll put on a seven month long fair and I'll show you that white people are the best. He had the weirdest creepiest laugh. It was so distracting for the scientists. They're trying to like write stuff. Nobody make a joke. Is that how he laughs? Yeah, that's his real laugh. Shh. Just ignore it
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