You must know the old joke about the guy who was so slow that it took him an hour and a half to watch the seminal CBS TV magazine show, "60 Minutes."
Well, the long running Sunday night program is zeroing in on Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao and it's no joke.
Promoter Bob Arum said CBS is going to start shooting material next Sunday at Coach Freddie Roach's funky Wild Card Gym in a scruffy section of Hollywood.
Maybe the CBS cameras can get some pithy quotes about Megamanny from that kid in Las Vegas, that Mayweather character.
"It just shows that interest in Manny has transcended sports, gone beyond that," Arum said by phone Sunday from his Las Vegas home.
"Good Morning America on the ABC network is also going to do something on Manny. It is really phenomenal how the interest is widening on Pacman."
The popular program does the occasional sports related profile, interview or story but not many.
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For example, basketball superstars Michael Jordan and LeBron James have been put under the "60 Minutes" media microscope.
It was not immediately known which of the "60 Minutes" reporters has been assigned to interview Pacquiao. I've been told the Pacquiao piece won't air until next fall.
Morley Safer, the late Ed Bradley, legendary Mike Wallace among the reporters for "60 Minutes," the CBS TV staple (USA Today Photo)
Off the top of my alleged head, the last "60 Minutes" boxing related piece was likely one on Mike Tyson but I will have to check that.
It will be interesting to see if the profile airs before Pacman's March 13 bout in Dallas against Joshua Clottey.
On another front, Arum said that interest in the Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout May 1 (Las Vegas) is no detrimient to Pacman.
"Absolutely it is something that will just add interest to Manny's fight in Texas and what he might do after that if he can beat the tough Clottey."
Arum repeated his earlier statements that "over 30,000 tickets" have been sold for the Pacman-Clottey bout at the Cowboys football stadium in Arlington, Texas.
From Wikipedia on "60 Minutes":
60 Minutes is an American television newsmagazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by long-time producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. It has been among the top-rated TV programs for much of its life, and has garnered numerous awards over the years, including 78 Emmys (as of 2007)[1] . It is considered by many to be the preeminent investigative television program in the United States.
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Nice. Go Manny !
MARLEY, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO CREDIT MYSELF IF EVER MANNY WILL BE FEATURED ON ONE OF 60 MINUTES SEGMENTS. HONESTLY, I E-MAILED AND SENT A COMMENT TO CBS 60 MINUTES TO CHECK OUT THIS
FILIPINO BOXER THAT'S CREATING A BUZZ IN THE AMERICAN BOXING SCENE. THIS WAS DURING HIS BOUT WITH COTTO. YOU CAN CHECK WITH THEM IF YOU WANT........
faggot
marley, you should interview the people behind the scenes at CBS and not get some BS quote from Arum and find the real reason for the piece Is it his fighting skills or his attempt at being an athelete and politician. This story brings you down to the ranks of a TV critic, and a lackey for Arum rather than the exceptional reporter we know you are. We need the facts not some conjecture by the Promoter.
I TOLD CBS TO CHECK THIS GUY MANNY PACQUIAO CU'Z HE WAS ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE (ASIAN EDITION) AND WAS FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT SELDOM WRITE ABOUT BOXING IN THEIR SPORT PAGE.
I ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT HIS BIG FIGHT COMING WITH AMERICAN FLOYD MAYWEATHER........
Manny is not just about boxing anymore, its the human interest side that's going to transcend him into worldwide popularity. Go Manny and Freddy!!!
Roberto, Just so you know 1 person doesn't do it.. from an insider ...there is something else whether postive or negative going on behind the scenes. So if it is you that brought this to light you may reconsider taking the credit especially if the reason is something neagtive which was made public before the last fight
To Roberto: Did you really told CBS to check about Manny pacquiao. Dude, they will do their homework before they featured Pacquiao. And Pacquiao should be seen by everybody even not a fanatic with boxing because Manny is in his position now because of his hardword, perseverance, discipline, God-fearing person and above all believe that he can do it. Manny is an example of a person that can do everything he wants in life as long as he do it honest way. Manny is not a dirty fighter. He is a gentleman and humble even to his opponents. You should be proud of him because he is not fooling you. He is not a cheater. You will entertain the way he fights because it is his natural power, and not a xylocaine or steroids. I hope you are not a hater particularly to the Asians. Go Manny!! That is the fruit of his hardwork and for the love of boxing and he even dedicated his fight with Cotto to the people who love boxing.
Roberto, 1 person doesn't peak the interest.from an insider.. Usually it is something either positive or negative in the behind the scence. Don't take credit if it is something negative, such as we found out before the last fight. It may turn out that this might be a piece designed to invoke controversy rather than to highlight his skill.. again be careful what you take claim to, it might come back to haunt you..
I do hope that the intent of the person to interview Manny is to find out direct from "the horse's mouth" the ingredients that have brought him success that reverberates around the world, not to make insinuations or create doubts in the mind of the boxing fans.
The interviewer has to be down-to-earth in the interview unlike other media men who feast on the controversy espoused by the Mayweather team. That way, the "60 Minutes" will serve as inspiration not only to boxers but to any person who is faced with, or could face difficulties and/or adversity in the fulfillment of his dreams.
I do hope that the world will see Manny as what he really is and not what some quarters try to paint him to be.
I SAID I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF I HAVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS, ALL I KNOW IS THAT I SENT AN E-MAIL AND COMMENTS TO CBS 60 MINUTES TO CHECK OUT THIS GUY MANNY PACQUIAO. POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE DOESN'T REALLY MATTER . WHAT MATTERS IS THEY NOTICED MY E-MAIL IF THEY REALLY DID.
What a way to start a day.
I just hope they would leave Manny alone regarding ped,hope they have the professional wits not to jump into the bandwagon of wanna be scientist expert who accused manny of taking drugs who came from a bunch of family cons,and I hope Mannys camp would have an interpreter so they can help Manny to answer the questions cause many times Manny was mis qouted by his lack of proper english!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU GUYS SEE, THE PROBLEM IS WE AMERICANS CANNOT ACCEPT THAT A TINY GUY FROM THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY RULED BOXING RIGHT NOW. THEIR CULTURE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM US SO INSUINATING SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
WHY DON'T YOU ASKED BILL (THE TUNA ) PARCELL, HE WAS THE ONE WHO
NOTICED PACQUIAO'S TALENT AND RECOMMENDED TO JONES TO BACK HIM UP
BECAUSE HE'S FROM A POOR COUNTRY. WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S FIGHTING NOW AT THE COWBOYS STADIUM?
Hope this interview will turn out great. Manny is a humble gentleman inside and outside the ring.
we all know or " mostly that manny is not on steriods" as of the moment and as this decade is the best.
roberto really sucks
@ Bixing 101,
I hope they do a detailed account of the whole drug fiasco coz the only ones that'll look like the 'Fool's is the Fraud /GBP camp. They will be exposed in the media on 'PrimeTime' T.V. of the types of things people will do to try and avoid a fight they know they can't win. Say all you want Fraud fans. Fraud's style is to use up all the minutes till the end. Manny's, well. We all know how many devastating knock outs the guys got. And I don't blame Fraud for being afraid to step in the ring with a man on a mission. Especially after all the accusations from them. With a lawsuit still in tow, I'm not too sure how soon we'll see Fraud man up and fight Manny. First he has to get by Shame. A fight that's 10 years too late. Still, Mosely will destroy Frauds ego and send him to the canvas for the first time. Then it's all downhill from there. Fraud fans, get a hold of yourselves. Time to start accepting the fact that your man WILL lose to Shame Mosely, 10 years too late...
I wonder how the interview would go?They'll ask Pacquiao questions and he'll answer from out of nowhere.This will be stupid,Pacquiao don't know english.
ROBERTO YOU ARE A SUCH A LOOOOOOOOSER JELOUS IS IN YOUR MIND......YOU ARE A RACIST.
Roberto, It has nothing to do with your e-mail if ever there was one. CBS has ears and eyes much sharper than yours. They noticed it themselves worthy of their attention.
To all pundits and attention getters out there...Manny Pacquiao earned this limelight. Nobody except himself funneled him to celebrity status. It is befitting that he be featured in any
world magazine. This is why a lot of people are envious especially Floyd "the insecure" Mayweather. Those who claim credit for all of these will answer to the truth. When truth prevails, the deceiters, liars, and culprits will be wiped out of this planet. Only the good will remain. One of them is Pac.
Pacquiao the Orangutan says:
I wonder how the interview would go?They'll ask Pacquiao questions and he'll answer from out of nowhere.This will be stupid,Pacquiao don't know english.
Thats is why they need someone to guide Manny.Manny is inteligent,but he lacks proper english,he might not exactly say what he really meant with his poor english and people might mis interpret this as they did when he was interviewed in ESPN HOT SEAT..They trow bunch of questions at Manny and Manny struggled answering those questions and I guess they did it in purpose to maybe put Manny in a bad situation(to justify teddy atlas accusations)..
I doubt it would air before march 13 marley...i wouldnt be surprised if they bring up the fallout between him and floyd mayweather and at the same time give floyd free puplicity HA HA HA HA HA HA are you just trying to get 1 up on floyd cause of the superbowl? or is this for real? 60 minutes? damn
so what if manny's not good in english? anyways, he is excellent in boxing! you don't win in boxing by speaking good english.
Manny's presence alone on that show is enough to make people happy. with or without english manny is a man of few words.
Leave the talking to floyd maywether, he is good at that.
Pacman is for boxing & floyd is for talkshow.
The gauge of a person intelligence cannot be measured by his skill in speaking the english language.....we should know better from the Japanese.
Pacman is idolized for his skill in boxing NOT his english. If he is a journalist or media man then by all means let us judge him with his grammar. But as a boxer.... let us measure him by his skill inside the ring. Make sense?
The interview will encompass:
1. His astronomical popularity in boxing
2. His work ethics
3. His polital aspirations to help his people (very noble)
4. Of course the nonsensical assumations of ped use.
5. His humble demeanor considering all the bad publicity from athletes.
Pacquaio is popular beacause of boxing not because of his bad english. there is a wannabe boxer out there who speaks good english & who is always appearing on talkshows to please everybody but in the end, most of the people don't believe him.
That boxer talks too much, spending million of saliva per interview.. he is pretending to be popular but he doesn't hold any championship belt, he is not the #1 pound 4 pound, he is not the boxer of the decade, he doesn't have product endorsements as in he is really nothing..
So boxing is not about speaking good english.
Boxing is a contact sport.
it is the achievement of the man and his character that makes him a "writers" material...i hope those paid up "writer detractors" makes sense in their article about manny, if not for him ,boxing is going to a dwindling comatose state.
hey boxing101, howd that kkk rally go last week? how many crosses did u burn? how many inbred kids u got?
The poster below who calls himself "Pacquiao the Orangutan" is actually a grade school dropout and now a full-time wannabe thug (and a suspected drug dealer?) and goes by the nick "O.J". He does look like an orangutan seen in the wilds of Borneo. And in fact, uglier than the ugliest of the orangutans. Small built and with smaller brain, I'm sure, you can easily flush him in any toilet bowl.
@boxing101,
Pacquaio is not good in english but he is good in boxing while you are good in ehglish but you are not good in boxing... Maybe you will kill manny w/ your english language but for sure manny will kill you in the ring!!!!!!
The poster below who calls himself "Mayweathorangutan " is actually a grade school dropout and now a full-time wannabe thug (and a suspected drug dealer?) and goes by the nick "O.J". He does look like an orangutan seen in the wilds of Borneo. And in fact, uglier than the ugliest of the orangutans. Small built and with smaller brain, I'm sure, you can easily flush him in any toilet bowl.
a good english speaking monkey vs a good boxing onrangutang, who do you think will win?
U jeloused over PAC? go to hell est fire
boxing101 says:
Pacquiao the Orangutan says:
I wonder how the interview would go?They'll ask Pacquiao questions and he'll answer from out of nowhere.This will be stupid,Pacquiao don't know english.
Thats is why they need someone to guide Manny.Manny is inteligent,but he lacks proper english,he might not exactly say what he really meant with his poor english and people might mis interpret this as they did when he was interviewed in ESPN HOT SEAT..They trow bunch of questions at Manny and Manny struggled answering those questions and I guess they did it in purpose to maybe put Manny in a bad situation(to justify teddy atlas accusations)..
yah!!!your very good in speaking and writing english.but there is no sense on your writing and speaking,you only sounds more than an idiot,uneducated,lowlife,retard,floyd nuthuggers!!!lol!!shame on you!!!
Floyd will destroy manny in a one on one talkshow..
Manyy will kill floyd one on one inside the ring.
Iisang tao lang si #1floydfan at si Pacquiao the Orangutan. Pinoy din. Wag nyo nang patulan may tama yan sa utak.
Thank you for the updates Mr. Marley.
Manny pacquaio THE most popular boxer in the world & the best boxer of the decade! No boxer @ present can beat that. MAMATAY SILANG LAHAT SA INGGIT! MABUHAY ANG PILIPINO!
breaking news!!!!!!
the UNITED GAYS OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN headed by Floyd Mayweather jr., is coming to the Phils. to endorse ANG LADLAD PARTYLIST for the coming May election.
@#1floydfan & Pacquiao the Orangutan
Pare tama na yan. Ginugulo mo lang ang tropa e. Si Mayweather ang tirahin natin. Makiisa ka na lang, magkababayan tayo pare.
PACMAN SAYS:
I have sacrificed a lot of blood, sweat, aches and tears before I became Fighter of the Decade. I thank the Lord God for giving these blessings. I will not stop to fight and fight harder so that I can give more joy and excitement in the ring to all of my fans. They are the reasons why I try to become better and better each fight. Thank you to all of you.
Now that's more like it.
To any flomos here, your Coward Floyd idol is going to get KTFO by Mosley on May 1. That's what you get for ducking Pacquiao you COWARD.
you should carefully read first before you hate,it just make you look dumb as mayweather,Im 110% paquiao fan,im just pointing out how they try to turn things around and take advantage of Mannys poor english as what they had done in ESPN HOTSEAT,they tried to confuse Manny with bunch of questions regarding PED,so i guess someone would guide Manny so he has a chance to express himself with to answers questions.
at sa mga tanga na nag oover react kaagad,mag basa muna kayo maiigi at intindihin ang sinulat ko,kailangan ni Manny ng konting tulong sa interview dahil ginagawa si mannyng gago ng mag kanong ito sa interview nila,ang punto dito eh hindi yung sa kakulangan ni manny sa english,kundi sa mga taong nakapalibot sa kanya na tulungan sya na masabi nya talaga yung gusto nyang isagot
dak dak kayo ng dakdak eh hindi nyo naman naiintidihan ang punto...sarap nyo kotosan!...jokeeeee! peace po sa lahat ng pinoy!
Manny Pacquiao believes in fate having been born in a culture marked by belief in superpowers and superstition. This explains his abhorence to shed blood so close to the fight. It is not that he is taking drugs and wants to hide it to cheat. It is just that he believes that shedding blood saps his power and that it would make him vulnerable.
There is nothing scientific in this and this may never be understood by people living in the parts of the world.
that's definitely good news Dad! Thanks. Miss u & your huggin' Haha. envious you only hug the pacman we all love, but i believe you are true to your word!
This is not definitely an ambush interview which Manny has no idea of all the questions. But if in case Manny answers their questions sometimes out of the blow, so is that a big problem. He's a boxer and not a lawyer or a doctor anyway. This is not about how good he answers these questions or how good he speaks English language, as long as Manny's in there answering questions about him and boxing, people will listen to him.
sorry po sa lahat ng bobong tinamaan ng sinabi ko!
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