I had the fortune to meet Andre when I was 5. I'll never forget it. He was the most gentle giant ever. He reaches down, scoops me up like a feather. I was terrified for a moment but he smiled and said " you're not a Hogan fan are you?" Obviously seeing my Hogan shirt. Then he grinned and gave me a little hug (being mindful not to crush me) while letting my grandfather take a couple Polaroids of us. Best day ever! Such a nice man.

Andre the Giant drinks 116 beers still makes it to work on time.

I met Andre for a second in around '89. He was wrestling the Junk Yard Dog later that night. I was standing in the hallway of the stadium and he came from behind me and in the loudest , deepest voice I ever heard said " excuse me boss!!!" As he put both hands on my shoulders as he walked past me. I never felt smaller in my life. I also never felt a more gentle touch before or since. What a man.

I'm a simple man. I see an Andre The Giant story, I click.

I met Andre when in college (mid 80s on a trip to NYC). I'm 5 ft tall. He patted me on the head like I was a little elf and was very nice to me.

Say what you will about André Roussimoff but from every account recorded he was one of the most endearing, benevolent and cherished human beings to ever exist. God bless that man!

Never met Andre, but saw him wrestle in 1975. When he walked to the ring ,the through the crowd, he was not only the biggest human in the arena. He was the biggest thing in the arena. He was still near his prime, standing straight . Just massive.

Damn, I bet the bars loved to see Andre come in.

Andre was 4 beers shy of 5 cases!... Fucking legend!

Of any athelete, or any entertainer..no one tells stories better than pro wrestlers

I saw Andre at a restaurant while on a family vacation in Quebec way back in the early 80s. He pretty much had one of everything on the menu. He was a true giant. I have never seen a man that big it was insane. We were seated pretty close to him and I will never forget that night. A truelly very nice person as well.

The line about the breakfast steaks is the best part of the story. Utter gold.

I remember reading a story about Andre where Hogan got him a 9 bottle case of his favorite wine for his birthday while they were touring Japan. Hogan was still green as goose shit at the time, and he knew by then that getting on Andre's bad side was a really bad idea, and since Andre was basically the unwritten boss of the locker room, it's better to make nice than not. So they go out to the bus to travel to their venue for the day, and Andre sits in the very back with his case and Hogan sits in front of him. After about an hour of the drive Andre kicks the back of Hogan's seat. "PISS BREAK", he bellows, and they stop the bus. Hogan asks him how many bottles of wine he had drunk by that point, and Andre replies 'All of them, boss." 9 bottles of wine in an hour. The man was the living definition of "having a hollow leg".

When ken calls you a hardcore alky you’ve arrived

I was 13 years sitting in a pizzaria on the Atlantic City boardwalk when I saw Andre and Arnold Skaaland casually walking along the boardwalk. Immediately my sister, our friend and I darted from our seats and ran out the store to catch up to him. Andre did not disapoint.....he was so hugeeeeee and he and Skaaland were completely friendly to us. We watched Andre wrestle at the Steele pier later that night. Awesome memorable encounter

You know the song 99 bottles of beer on the wall? Andre did that that in its entirety, THEN drank 17 more. Legendary. Dangerously, legendary. The man was a living Greek myth. He is responsible for putting over hulk Hogan. The most recognizable name in wrestling. That shit wouldnt be if Andre didnt allow it. The amount of respect for him was uncanny, and him and hogan at wm3 was the biggest reason the golden age of wrestling got its name. R.i.p. Andre. Seriously, he made my childhood so awesome.

These guys were living so large in life I almost envy them. They had stardom, beer, and steaks.

Bless Andre The Giant. His life was full of pains, he was much to large for a world designed for a tiny man.

He must have had the longest urine stream in the history of mankind.

As I’m listening to this, I’m drunk myself, as everytime while I listen to this, I love stories like this.

Jake the Snake said The Giant drank 2 cases of beer without peeing. Over an 84 mile drive.

Having Andre as a beer pong partner would have been stellar.

Drank about 62 beers over the course of 2 days and nights and it nearly killed me.

“Andre is standing there....” after 116 beers!!😂🤘

All my life I wanted to be a Giant, I'm only 5,11" and one of the smallest in my family. Sad to think Andre would've traded places with me in a minute just to feel normal and not stared at everywhere he went. The more story's I hear about the Giant the more I realize he was nothing short of a Living Legend. Rest in Paradise Big Fella🙏🏻

Laughing at the steaks line even more. I can imagine the food damage after getting drunk.

Man I love these Andre the Giant beer drinking stories! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

Been listening to old wrestler interviews. Just the coolest, most down-to-earth guys. And always the most hilarious stories

I love hearing these old stories of Andre and the crew! Damn 116, 65, 44, and 38 beers?! I drank 21 beers on my 21st birthday back in 1990 at 160lbs! I don’t remember ever drinking more than that and I don’t want to!

Captain Lou quit after 30 beers and went straight to Vodka...

Ken Patera's interviews are the best of all the wrestlers! I hope we get a lot more of them.

Listening to Ken Patera tell this story brings back many memories of my youth. And, now, thanks for the story, we now know when old matches had benders the night before, or in this case the morning...lol

100 beers was accomplished several times by Andre.

met Andre back in 1989... Stared at him in AWE! im 6'2 260! I vividly remember his head.. huuge! couldnt describe it to you, you would have to see to believe

Bob Uecker and Andre the Giant, great pair of players!!

Never get tired of Andre story’s.

Bro I’m drunk after like 7 lol

And here I'm thinking my 15 to 18 12oz beers was doing something🍺🤦‍♂️🍺. Good God the Giant wasn't even done warming up when I'm looking to pass out🤣🤣🤣

WE ARE HERE BOSS CAN'T IMAGINE THE ENERGY FROM YALL AT THAT POINT LMAO.

@ 1:13 "he challenged Andre the Giant to a beer drinking contest 30 minutes ago" - this is gonna go well. hahaha

Every single story I hear about Andre from someone who has met him or worked with him said he was a sweetheart of a guy.

Patera is a class act. And knew the business well.

Back in the old days people occasionally saw Andre driving around Montreal in his convertible; head looking OVER the windscreen

116 bottles of beer on the wall !!!!

I’m 6’5” 400 pounds I can drink 60 diet millers in a day , but really anything over that is very impressive . Rest In Peace Andre

03:49 Old Captain Ol' Banno quit after 30 and moved straight to vodka? Fucken respect that man!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR NICE VIDEO ALL MY BEST PERSONAL REGARDS HAPPY TO HIER STORY ABOUT ANDRE ,

Andre was drinking a beer every 5 mins for ten hours is what he is saying and the man wrestled! What an amazing person he was absolutely amazing!

Liver is the enemy. It must be punished.

Bartender sees Andre the Giant approaching "ah shit, here we go again"

THIS is the content we need.

saw Andre at the airport in Cincy. He got a cup of coffee and it looked like a shot glass in his hand

Well...this makes me feel leagues better about drinking a fraction of what they drank...Captain Lou going back to Vodka after 30 beers is fucking insane.

he was a giant, came from the land of wine and champagne and went to the land of "miller light", what would you expect that he passes out after 10 beers?

116 beers X 12 ounces per bottle =1392 ounces divided by 128 ounces per gallon equals 10.9 gallons of beer in 10 hours.......

Glad Ken talked about the level of entertainment back then, These guys were scary man, intense, insane, and funny as hell

I got to meet Andre in 83 or 84 just before a match in Utah. He was the kindest person. Signed the program and took a picture of me standing next to him and my little bother on his shoulders. I've always been tall, I'm 6'4 now, and I was around 6' at the time. He dwarfed me. I've not been able to find that picture for years. I've got no idea where it is but wish I had it.

Ken Patera sounds like he is still drunk.

I saw Andre in Joplin,Mo!He wrestled swede Hanson and Rip Hawk! I was a teenager in awe cause swede was a big man,but Andre made him look like a little boy.Precious memories how they linger!

God bless The Giant! And we can add Roddy Piper and The Macho Man to my childhood hero list! Lou Albano always made me laugh, that guy was a trip. Love the interview

I've drank nearly 40 16 oz beers in a 6 hr setting and thought I was doing something. Can't even imagine trying this

"So and so had 100, so and so had 70, i had 60, this guy only had 40... ....Captain Lou quit at 30 and went straight to vodka... he was a hardcore alcoholic." - an actual thing he just said.

Excellent interview. 😊

a gentle person, he will live forever!

My check liver light comes on after a 12 pack, can only imagine..

116 bottle caps and 45 minutes later.. HEY TIME TO GO ON TV AND WRASSLE! What a Ledge !

Andre beers:116, Andre piss breaks:0

This guy would take 5 minutes to tell you a knock-knock joke. "Knock....... er... e... e, e, e, e, e... I, I, I, I, I, I... uh, the, uh.... knock."

Drank about 30 beers once back in college over the course of at least 12 hours. I was wrecked for 2 days after that. The Giant did 15 in an hour. Amazing.

Mr. A ...Love you man !....Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers...RR...

Wow,,116 that is unreal,long live the giant,,rip brother!!!!

and that was wrestling back then. .so miss it

I met Andre when i was working part time at a construction site in high school[I was 16 in 1977]. Andre was there helping Tony Senger lay carpet. For thoes who don't know Tony was Canadian Super heavywieght Arm Whrestling Champion. Andre would carry the rolls of carpet on his shoulders chucking them in the different apts and Tony would install the carpet. Amazingly strong. When you see him carry 4 rolls at a time, you definitely knew he was super humanely strong

I would LOVE to see this match on video, knowing what i know about it now. LOL Hell, just seeing this beer drinking contest on PPV would be amazing!

Damn! They must have eroded some urinal cakes that day!!!

How does a bar hold that many beers? Did they see Andre, go "oh shit" and send somebody to buy more?

Miss Andre ,, RIP SIR Ken patera had a gym In North saint paul MN Next to that gym Was a bar called the lucky strike , seen him there a few times,

Professionalism at its finest! Cmon

3:27 CEO of "Oh yeah"

What I find funny about this is that this is Andre drinking slow 🤣

Yeah Ken told me this story and even though he is drunk in this podcast, it is the same story that he told me in 1999. I worked for his promotion in the late 90's.

Had the amazing pleasure of shaking this mans hand when I was 8. Truly amazing size and man GOD BLESS HIM

his hand is so big a can looks almost like a shot glass in a normal person's hand

I slayed MCs back in the rec room era My style broke motherfucking backs like Ken Patera. Shadow Boxing Gza Wu Tang

Bartender screaming at the bar back and beverage manger “Get me more miller lites!!!”

ahhh, nice to see youtube still knows what i love

Imagine an Andre beer fart!

Look how solid he looks at 540 lbs! Obviously not ripped, but damn. What if Andre had been part of the UFC? No one could have beat him.

Amazing wrestlers. Amazing stories.

Ken Patera is the man, I remember him in the WSM

With all due respect,this must be the greatest story ever told.

If this story is true... that means André drank a beer every 6 minutes, over the course of 12 hours.

I can attest that these stories are 100% true 👍

Miss ya Ken!

I would do 750ml bottle of crown royal and a 6 pack to wind down when I drank regularly. Better to just eat well workout and live clean now.

Fuck after a 26 oz of bourbon I speak foreign languages and Im hungover for 2 days...

Andre, a worlds record alcohol drinker. I believe it!

Outrageous!!!

I've heard it said that Andre could clean out the entire bar!

damn talk about a bar tab!