I had forgotten how good Mike Douglas shows were back in the day. He included people from all different backgrounds and experiences. This made his show a learning experience as well as entertainment. We need these kind of shows today because people are so divided and dont know how to have a conversation with someone who has different beliefs and opinions. Muhammad Ali was always so honest and an amazing human being. Sly is just Sly but man what a bandleader and performer!!
Ali was amazing in his ability to remain poised focused and full-minded. Respect to MD for not cutting the brothers off when things got heated. We can talk and respectfully disagree. The fact Sly was shuckin and jivin was was wild to me but it shows the many vast personalities of certain people of color. Willing to stand up to each other but not his own oppressing situation.
Is that really the case though? We're in a time where people can't stop bitching about how others are supposedly upset and offended by everything, and if that were true it would certainly mean that people are taking things -too- seriously. I think the current climate, if I had to name a major issue of our time (that isn't unique to it, but is a huge component of) I would say it's the obnoxiously shallow black and white thinking people have. Everything is A or B, right or wrong, all good or all bad, nazi or communist, etc.
Yes, 8 billion people on earth and growing. There'll never be another, you know this, of course, because you've met and verified every human being in existence since Ali was born. Moron.
I believe that Mike Douglas changed his name from an Italian name. I might be wrong about this but somebody back then who was famous changed their name and I think it was him
Ali was once in a lifetime. The way he articulated his reasons, dropped knowledge and whupped ass in the ring whatever it was called for, not to mention pure intelligence, humility and humbleness because he was _rare_ as a person. Rare in every aspect of the word. And he getting ready to put hands on Sly a couple of times throughout this interview, although looking back, anyone could tell that Sly was high in the friendly skies. A great interview nonetheless!!! #RIPMuhammadAli
Humility was not an attribute of Muhammad Ali. I used to have to spend lots of time in Children's Hospital in Oakland, California when I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s. Often celebrities' publicists arranged for them to come to the hospital to have PR photos taken of them sitting with and cheering up sick and otherwise hospitalized children, doing good turns and deeds. Every celebrity I ever saw visit spent time speaking and playing with the kids, except for Muhammed Ali. He was in and gone in less than 10 minutes, and didn't even say hello. When he left the kids talked about it, and the consensus among the children was that "He just came to get his picture taken".
I remember seeing this when it aired!!!! I was 8 years old and totally fascinated by Sly and the family Stone!! I still love their mudic!!!! Thank you! ☮️💟
We white people in Balkans are proud of you black and indian people in America but most of us have no oportunity to say it in public. We love you as you are. We are similar in many ways.
This is so random, but back around 1976 or so, one day after school was out, a small group of us high schoolers were standing outside in front of the school waiting for the bus. When out of the blue, a limo pulls up, and who gets out of the limo? Muhammed Ali!! We couldn't believe it. I honestly can't remember all of what he said, but he encouraged us to stay in school. I was mesmerized, thinking "what just happened??" We were all blown away. He only stayed for 15 min or so, and then he got in limo and left. Maybe he was on the way to the airport? The cool thing was, he knew about our high school and took time out to stop by. Poly High, Long Beach, California! I am 61 now. I never forgot that day! And for any doubters, that's ok too. You are welcone to contact Poly High in Long Beach. Hopefully they still have records from 1977 or 78 and can verify. Or possibly someone from Muhammed Ali's organization. There are records somewhere!
@@marciawright I had to share! It's just too amazing NOT to share! Of course as I get older, I appreciate the memory even more. It was a once-in-a-lifetime for us kids at school.
This was honestly a great debate between all parties. It was all kept professional. Everyone got to state their arugment, while the other individual listened. No one jumped out of anger, disrespected the other individual by slurs, etc. And all parties provided factual things. Not just nonsense. This was great!
Intelligence? He is articulate. But I wouldn't say super intelligent. Because he is in denial of actual history. He literally believed black slave traders were nice to their slaves. And sold then because they were just good people. 🤦♂️ they forcefully enslaved weaker tribes. Murdered them. Sacrificed them. Bred them like animals so they could take their children and sell them. Come on man. If people want to hold the small percentage of white Europeans who had a part in the African slave trade. Than let's hold all the people accountable. Because it wasn't like it was only white people. Because there was also black African Kingdoms that invaded European countries and enslaved millions of Europeans. Did disgusting things to Europeans.
Sly Stone acts like a little child, when his parent is on the phone talking seriously. The child keeps pulling on his parent's pant leg. "Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy!" Or a mosquito buzzing around, until it gets swatted. Sly, shush!
Ali was kinda arrogant though (did he had beef with him or something ?) I mean he literally tried to clown Sly right in the beginning, and make him look bad/bounty or whatever, as if he was a slave to the white system. We all know the trick, to make you look good on saying "you know there is poor people in this world", which is a cheap liberal trick that does never provide solutions (always done by the richest by the way). So I get why Sly would be annoyed by this, he also had many good arguments regarding how to help brothers and not being "phony". I mean Mohammed always had some type of flamboyance about him that could be annoying sometimes; even if he was right. There was a point when Ali would have want to become the president or something. jHe wanted to be taken seriously but would clown another brother for this. I don't like it.
This is jaw dropping television; absolute icons speaking truth and being unafraid of raw honesty. Nothing like this could ever happen on American TV today.
Sly was so happy to be invited and to be making money and, to be approved by certain people! He wouldn’t let Ali be serious!! But Ali was real and a gentleman after Sly stayed quiet!
Reparations is the dumbest idea ever. It just propagates a victim mentality. Whites where kept as slaves also, are we gonna give reparations to whites? What about the Africans who sold blacks to white slave masters? The whole thing is a BS idea from Communists who wish to destroy America.
Ali doesn't appreciate Sly coming out on TV high on drugs..he refuses to even look him in the eye. I am a huge fan of both of these legendary giants ..but it is hard to see the musical genius Sly , so wasted in public. He needed help with his addiction but was surrounded with yes people..so tragic.
A lesson for all. Two are talking argument . One is talking ,learning can happen. Sly was on the job of trying to bring Ali down and confuse the issue. Ali the GOAT. Entertainer, thinker, lover, willing to speak truth to power. K.W., Jay, Floyd, Tiger W. What are they thinking? What are they doing? Let us come together and realize that there is a solution. Now!! You know who you are. Call you out by name next time. In honor of us all.
Didn't anybody catch Sly's statement, "You did mind fooling around when we were back stage?" I see them both saying the same thing; Sly in his music's words, Ali in his pointed statements of fact! The witness effect, 'we both say the same thing through different eyes. HUH?
@@timothypage3385 I think that was. Ali's point. He always tried to use his platform to inform first and entertain second. He took those opportunities seriously.
He didn't because that why the fool idiot Sly Stone was there to do what he did. They wanted to set him up to beat up black stupid man rather than talk about them.
I totally agreed, Sly was a bit illiterate. He really didn't understand what was going on, so Ali kind of tried to keep from hurting his feelings and save the friendship but get his point across
I was born in 1952 so seen so many pluses over the years (in racial matters) but recently saw a YT comment section featuring comments by mixed race American children. It broke my heart and made me see we really have a long long way to go. All of us need to embrace the idea that we can be better people and discipline ourselves in that direction.
Made most sense? Like segregating people on the basis of skin color? Great athlete but he was wrong on this and he later knew that and in fact changed his belief.
@@cynthiawadeson8843 I agree with embracing the idea of being better people. I think because of how people have so thoroughly embraced the idea of race, we dont see ourselves as people, independent of racial ideology and identities. "Race" the ideology permeates our vocabulary. Its become central to our identity. It effects the way we think, see ourselves and view others. Until we stop speaking lies, we'll never be free from other peoples fabricated reality.
@@davida.4933 Making sense doesnt make it right. That doesnt make him wrong. How do you make sense of the way people treated other people in the evolution of the United States of Anerica as a nation. Its almost a miracle that some people not only survived but thrived. The struggle continues. As the truth gets told. As long as your not ashamed to be wrong admitbit and change. There is a chance. How many people, are personally willing to do that. Much less collectively as a nation. Most are trying to avoid the shame that sometimes comes with discovering lies once believed to be true.
Ali will not be the joker like some people want to be...True professional & wanting to have that serious conversation that nobody still wants to have... Love Him Sooooooo much ❤
The Hell with Peel this is America and Ali was and will always be the Greatest. Who cares about dumbazz bullcrap isoccer. America plays Football and Jim Brown is the Greatest when it comes to Football. Fuk soccer that BS is for girls.
One of the high points of my life was meeting Muhammad Ali. I was working at Saint Jude children’s research Hospital in Memphis in 1990 and Muhammad Ali came in to film a commercial for the hospital. It was a rainy day and the production people were delayed so he was sitting in the waiting room and a nurse friend of mine who worked in receiving told him there was a guy in the hospital who was a boxer because I had fought golden gloves for a couple of years growing up so he said go get him. So I came up from the pharmacokinetics lab where I worked and there he was standing in the hallway and when I walked by him I said a few words to him and he kind of stared crazy off into the sky as if he couldn’t hear me so then I started getting humble and then he took a swing at me! He said you’re too easily fooled! So I backed off and we shadowboxed for a couple of minutes and then we stopped and had a laugh and his wife mostly did the talking for him but it was fun and unbelievable. He was always present for anyone to brighten her day and that’s why he was at the hospital to do a commercial for young kids dying of cancer.
I was 14 years old when this show aired. I thank Mike Douglass for hosting so many black Americans and for having discussions that affected our lives here in USA during a time when very few shows did.
Kudos to Mike Douglas here, as well. I am really impressed with his handing of the varied conversations going on in this episode. His composure is exemplary and he is actively engaged and opinionated, as well. A true broadcast pro....
The week before this Ali was in Ireland joking and said exactly why he don't joke and play around in the USA like other places. Best thing I've watched ever with Muhammad Ali
Ali was really something..what a great wise man 💯 one of a kind. He kept his composure even though Sly was annoying to the max. God bless RIP brother ✝️💞
Ali kept his cool with Sly and I loved that about him. He could have easily rearranged Sly's face and made him sober, but choose not to. Ali kept his dignity
While Sly was high and avoiding the truth of the day, Mohammad Ali was living and breathing it confronting it head on. He was a strong and focused soul of deep faith and understanding. When you see people smoking weed and drinking and doing drugs, they are trying to escape instead of face what’s really going on. I respect most about Ali is he was always confronting the truth and didn’t practice escapism through drug use to avoid serious and painful issues. A true courageous man.
@@davida.4933 He evolved from that view and many other views he believed earlier as a Muslim. That and George Wallace apologized and said he too was wrong and did so in a Southern Black Church.
Don't forget back in them days it was banging Doris Day a middle-aged version of Martha Stewart well I swear white women no matter what age they are when they want some black dick they want some black dick I should know personally on this one oh yeah 😜😆
It seems like Ali was showing some signs of memory loss even then. So the fact that he was instructing upcomers to carefully consider boxing before getting involved.
He ran away from Muhammad Ali Jr like a criminal leaving the scene of a crime after 911 has been called. Jr has had trouble his whole life. Greatest...? Not the greatest father.
M .Ali was not only the greatest boxer but also the greatest human ! I love his ideology about the world . I wonder if we will ever see a man like him again ?
@@daveoliver5838 Sly stared Ali down and basically defeated him here. And hey, I think Ali was incredible, but not his/Elijah's idea races need to be segregated. Good grief, Ali even said (elsewhere) he agreed with George Wallace!
@@davida.4933 lol. U really think Ali ‘feared’ Sly in any way. That was his friend and he could see Sly was just too high. He was probably just disappointed in him
@@user-ew1xu4wq4k You hit the mail on the head. When Sly hugs Ali, Ali says something to him. I think he was already disappointed in what he was hearing and seeing with Sly. But when you watch this interview, it’s sad yet telling at the same time. Sly, which maybe a lot of people don’t know, was well educated and a college graduate. Ali, on the other hand isn’t very educated at this point, and as he has said on other interviews, couldn’t read past a 3rd or 4th grade level. So Sly is actually making a lot of valid points but because he’s high and saying things in I’ll say, “Hippie Lingo,” Ali doesn’t get his point. He’s actually talking over Ali’s head. But Ali during this whole segment is definitely pissed at Sly and everyone else is catching his wrath. You can tell with Sly’s eye contact before the break when he goes to sip his drink, and you can also hear when the show resumes that Ali is saying some things to Sly. This is really a case of two men being on two different levels of sophistication. One not really being educated and in a lot of ways at this point in life, being programmed, and the other being extremely educated and having complete understanding of the world-but he can’t be heard beyond his altered state by Ali.
Ali sounds so smooth and mellow. Could have listened to him all day and night. And I wasn't expecting that Sly performance at the end, that was magical. What a legend.
Please don't let it stop and remain in the past.....He will always remain relevant to us and our children's children no one like HIM...49 years later and it sounds like today
This is a very rare time that they both was right you have to admire these two black men and that's the way we were back then we might not agree with everything but we respected each other
You can agree or disagree, Muhammad Ali spoke truthfully about white supremacy on national television without apology. I think that Sly was as high as a kite on this show. Both were true legends for what they contributed. Social media would’ve been crying tattoo tears if Ali were still alive.
@T M hindsight. And Ali had plenty expenses, including supporting wives, ex-wives, children and mistresses. Not to mention assorted leeches. Easy to say he should have retired in 1974, but Ali needed the money. Back then, there were no $200 million paydays like Mayweather earned. Ali's largest purse was under $10 million.
@@suhaylali2917 I don't know exactly how you arrived at your number (guessing?) but you're a bit off. When Ali received his largest purse in 1980 for the Holmes bout, his nearly $10 million paycheck, adjusted for today, would be worth about $32 million in current dollars. That's according to the revered Consumer Price Index. Not exactly chump change, but far from the kind of money Mayweather would climb into the ring for. Ali is estimated to have earned about $60 million in his entire 20 year career. That's about $188 million in today's dollars, or about $62 million short of what Mayweather earned for just one routine night against Connor McGregor. Make no mistake, Ali was a well paid athlete in his day. But his expenses, along with the needs of those associated with him, ate up the bulk of Ali's fortune. It's why he still was fighting at the age of nearly 40, when most of his skills were gone and the onset of disease was already apparent.
I was born & raised near Ali's training camp and went there often to see him train , reel ahead a few years and I was stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California . My room mate was from Oakland and took me and a few guys to the little green house on the corner in the hood where Sly grew up . Experience of a lifetime and things that I will never forget . Loved both Ali and The family Stone ....
Authenticity...and much respect to Mr. MIKE Douglas for allowing Mr. Ali to exercise his first amendment rights. It is a difficult discourse that sounds like it is talking about what is occurring today.
It's sad to see what drugs did to Sly, being an intelligent and conscious man himself, this was humiliating. Ali handled it like a champ though. You can see he saw that he was high and just paid him no mind
Yes sly was probably high on some sort of drug, but how do you know Michael Douglas didn't just have a drink. Sly was completley with it the whole time, you are just too lazy to understand what he was saying and its easier to just believe the narrative that drugs are bad and don't listen to people on drugs, even though Micheal douglas probably had a few drinks and maybe even some uppers or caffiene to keep himself focused. it is sad to see what years of misuse of drugs from ill gotten sources have done to him, but in this interview he is totally with it, just comming from a different culture and talking with a different language than what you're accustomed to. This was in the late 60s and early 70s when human consciousness, love and traditional values were more in the front of people's minds than money. The youth tossing off the 50s, suspenders and collared shirt with uncomfortable brown pants in 90 degree weather, and picking up ideas from the aboriginals who were on the land before they were. Because they knew the aboriginals had been there for thousands of years and were doing fine, meanwhile the society they were in that claimed to be so much better, was so blatantly corrupt and on a clear path to destruction. (Fast forward 50 years and look where we're at now, thousands of armed and ready nuclear missiles around the globe, global warming, terrorism, collapsing economy, an infrastructure so weak it can't handle a simple epidemic which was easily foreseen by people with knowledge of history and pandemics and viruses. And people were being sent to die in gruesome jungle warfare against gurilla forces that knew the land like the back of their hand... So to those who think sly was off his rocker and Ali was so intelligent, well I would say Ali was a little behind the times. And where sly is saying let's all just focus on enjoying now and making positive change, Ali is taking a divisive Stance. And what happens is an argument of counter opposing talking points, and sly realizes that it aint gonna change anything, its just going to create annomosity, and its positive interactions, for example sharing music and dancing, that allow people to become exposed to the same sort of information the other side has been getting. And take it further, if people were to be positive and act with pure intention towards one another, people would be more willing to hear criticism on their sides point of view. And then Sly shows the boxer, the TV personality and the author what true power is when he gets everyone up out of their seats with his funky beats! Thats real power.
@@Levitaz4236 right? this was 74' and based on a wiki we are just assuming things. to act like sly doesnt share that sentiment because of a drug even if it doesn't matter; when hes a black man not from money at this time with muhammed ali of all powerful and moving figures in human history is just painfully unaware and shortsighted.
Wow!! I remember my late parents loved the Mike Douglas Show. I remembered watching this awesome show during the week Monday thru Friday. I LOVED "The Mike Douglas show." BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET MEMORIES ❤🍸🍷🍺!!
Thank You for posting this 🙏🏾. 1974 was my 9th year on the planet🌎. This was great to see. Ali’s great strength and focus was needed✊🏾, even on that show of attempted entertainment. I Thank Ali, as like I Thank PE (Public Enemy)🩶🖤✊🏾. Though Ali was a showman with the entertainment part of boxing 🥊, he bravely chose this show to express the shit that black folks endured; and sadly ‘Merica has slowly advanced/improved.
Muhammad so impressive here... and man, does he look pissed at sly! it was really surprising--and uncomfortable--to see the tension or conflict between Muhammad and Wayne hays (as well as sly)... but there's an argument to be made that that is what is needed, a kind of creative tension. I admire Muhammad even more after seeing this: what an incredible, and fearless, straight shooter!
While I love both of them, I feel like they should have been on different episodes. Two different personalities and they are obviously clashing. Ali is a very serious and disciplined soul and Sly is very free spirited & fun loving and has a hard time keeping quiet when someone else is talking. They experience the world differently.
Putting these two on the same show was done purposely. White folks have always sought to keep us clashing and enjoy watching the Sly behaviors in us, to water down or dilute the message of an Ali. This was done on purpose. SMH.
Sly was high on life...and was a happy person...I enjoyed him...he was playing around and messing up a little .but that's sly..always have luv and respect for him...he's still alive and well. Going to start doing some music again.. can't wait for that...
@@bobbyz23 what i mean to say is no need to dis him.. he is a great music icon..no need to bring him down and disrespect him he never hurt anybody. He was having fun enjoying the moment. Ali may have been a little disturbed like a brother just cutting up a little. And he understood that about Sly...he let him be. Love sly...and I was laughing with him ..not laughing at him thin king he was a bother....and he is alive!!!...we still have him to enjoy!!
@@bobbyz23 I Don't know or care whether sly was stoned or not. He's an entertainer on an entertainment show. I love Mohammed Ali but I thought he was being rude to sly implying he was phony, tee hee hee he says sarcastically. It's the Mike Douglas entertainment show not Meet The Press.
This honestly is the best moment of live television I've seen recorded. I'm assuming it was live.. I didn't know Ali did this much advocating for race reform..My respect is even higher now
@@avacatzepps6815 Sly wasn't embarrassed, he's an entertainer in the music industry. Music doesn't have color blinders, it enriches the soul without a fight. Ali was a man of message and among brother's they new and respected each others contributions. Love each other because we are all different...
Some people think because you love yourself means you hate others. But for intelligent people it's not a problem to do both. they can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time and never miss a beat. But that was a good point.
@@srfotog I don't think Ali hated anyone. He lived his life with a wink and a smile, but spoke his true mind on America's shameful biased issues and he did it unapologetically. That was Muhammad Ali! He was just a guy that couldn't be bought nor sold like a lot of these selfish self-centered people of the current time period. Look how Donald Trump bought these rappers to vote for him. They stand for nothing! They make him rap with their wannabe swag, but Muhammad Ali was the real deal, as he said the greatest of all time!
Good Lord!!!! Ali showed an immeasurable amount of restraint towards Sly Stone. The amount of patience and forgiveness he exhibited towards our intoxicated Brother is a lesson I will remember, while still being alert of my surroundings. Ali was a strong man of principles.
@@jigga_9896 only now, he's a DEAD nigga (quoting youself) probably in the deepest hole in Hell along with his fake god, awaiting the arrival of Oprah & her partner Gail King, imagine having to preform oral to 2 of the nastiest pussies that Satan ever turned loose on planet earth, for ETERNITY!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😨😨
@@76shogun1 It worked. The stereotypical “N” word. Which only reoresents a small portion of black people- pimps up, Hoes down, dope all day/night, uneducated.
@@shellecapos8574 omg I see what you're saying but Sly was a entertainer he was just a musician. Damn. Its like this whole rap debate. That's only one part of black culture only one part of American culture. It's no one business what America what whites think of blacks. It's the job of the black community to be human and to be themselves. Whether they poor or rich. Corporate raiders or blues mucisians. This is like Gerry Adams trying to talk to Axl Rose about Irish Freedom on national tv Like come-on bro. Let's be real. Let's be real. Muhammed should have just rolled with the punches and waited till he has a solo interview instead of getting all upset. Like woe
I remember this Episode on the Mike Douglas show. The late Muhammad Ali and the amazing talented Sly Stone. This conversation was really intense. I love them both❤❤. Mr. Muhammad Ali and Sly Stone❤❤. Mike Douglas and Muhammad Ali May they "Rest In HEAVENLY Peace ❤,". I was a little girl when this episode aired.
@@richardweiler3966 You pay Ali his fee and he' d fight anyone, anytime, any condition. He fought at least one fight with advanced Parkinson's. The man didn't give a fuck....
Yeah, I caught that too...he could have saved that for backstage though. No matter how honest people are, when they're on tv, they're performing for a mass audience (at least it used to be), so I can't see any upside in calling out Ali when he's doing good work. Sly didn't want everything to be political, but everything is political, especially calling out Ali on national television...IMHO...
@@dylanemeraldgrey exactly. Especially when they're using anagrams to enslave a people that have updated their articulation of the English language. It sounds pretty pathetic tbh how these whites tried to enslave these people or any people for that matter
And they were friends, Sly would go to his home. But you know how it is, you can have a friend you may think they cool people but you don't like everything about them or the things that they stand for or believe in.
Brilliant discussion, Sly and Ali are luminaries. Its a trip to see how you can go back to pretty much any point in Black American history and hear/read the exact same arguments being made, yet every generation of leadership seems to act like we're being brand new lol. My biggest takeaway from this interview is that the past is so incredibly present, the only thing that's truly history about these matters are the calendar dates; we've been trying to convert these issues to hindsight the entire time. Silly side note … Idk what happened backstage, but SOMETHING gave Sly a sense that Ali was goin be on 10, cuz mans was trying to calm him down before he even stepped onstage! 😂🤣
This is absolutely the most interesting show I have seen. First, a co-host high as a heck, then the interaction between Mohammed Ali and Sly who was high the whole show, Ali holding his own against the politician without bitting his tongue. This was a fireworks of a show!
Really? Ali seemed like a racist dickhead in this clip. All he's doing is citing his idiot religeon. You know, the one that killed Malcolm X. Ali was being a simple minded cartoonish fool here. I like Ali, seriously, but there's no need to worship the guy. He made his share of mistakes and was as self centered as a breying jackass. I don't respect his thinking in fact I don't believe he really was thinking - just another entertainer like Sly Stone was imo. This is what I hear....... Ali: "All these people dancing and singing. It's phoney. I'm a serious man. I make my living punching people in the brain. That's serious work. Everybody praise me. Sly, all you do is write songs, dance and make people smile. I'm a serious man. I punch people in the face with shorts on and then I show up on some TV show and say racist stuff for no fucking reason, whenever I feel like it. I'm the GREATEST. " You like that shit? I don't. I prefer Sly's approach any day.
Sly knew he caught Muhammad in a trap. Ali is all about ‘black unity’ and black people not being made out as ‘clowns’ by the white man, both he’d be countering and making himself look weak and hypocritical.
It's been five decades and we're still in this same loop. "we need time to research" is the excuse the government gives time and again for any kind of reparations. TBH I didn't know they were running that same play in Ali's time either until he mocked them. Time for talk is over. What blacks need is a revolution. And first of the mind.
Sly got Ali good with “WHere do you live” line. He’s exposed sone of Alis hypocrisy. I live Alu but he’s not the first black man to profit from the Whyte man whil preaching black power
I think sly came off better than Ali in this. Your only praising Ali because it's the most common thing to do. Or you didn't watch the interview all the way through.
I met Ali twice - I gave him an Islamic book and an Islamic pin. He hugged me and kissed me on my cheek while Shaking my hand. I will always remember that occasion and the second time I met him was when he was promoting his cologne at a local mall. I got another hug and was allowed to walk with him ; along with a whole Group of us) to the roof top where he was taken away by helicopter. He is and was a great man ! May he rest in peace.
I feel Sly was ahead of the times in terms of the free spirited n not afraid of speaking his mind in the definition of entertainment. Just the times were too conservative n very very hard for Black Americans.
What's great about this TV interview is everyone is getting involved and giving their own opinion without fear or self censorship. The sort of debates you could have in a Pub back in the day without people labelling everything a Hate Crime. Then calling the thought police. Even better is when Ali acknowledges his in a good position financially but is concerned for his community. Mayweather what a fool you are, not to of learned anything from the Greatest of All Time.
I don’t think much has changed though- it’s just that there is so much out there at your disposal now… instantly. Worldwide. And the more people that see and hear outrageous (to them) things and connect with others who think the same… 💥 that’s how we got where we are.
My dad loved this man. The smile the grin the happiest on my dad's face when he got to see Ali on TV. Ali and Dr. King were the two greatest men ever to my dad.
Sly was a genius. Ali had the boxing ring and quick hands; Sly used his pen and his mind as his choice of weapons. And he could verbally rope-a-dope as easily as Ali could in the ring. Albums like Stand!, There's a Riot Going On, and Fresh are a testament to that.
No matter how great Sly's performance was that does not change the fact that he was acting a fool a bit while Muhammad wanted to be serious because he had some important things to say.
I love the way Ali ignored Sly Stone. It's no wonder what his life eventually became and how sad the music industry treated and disrespected him and took so much from him.
And Sony is still making bank off his albums. Sly wasn't getting one red cent in royalties. A judge did order some $5M in royalties be given to Sly in a settlement but last I checked Sony still hasn't given him anything.
@@invisiblesun6595 Really? Where did you get this info, I want to read this because musically Im a true fan of his, not his politics. This is a darn shame.
Truly the Greatest in every sense of the word. I loved Sly's music but he was such a f*cked up character. I don't think it was all drugs. He was very unprofessional, conceited and rude to Ali. Yet Ali was the ultimate gentleman. And 21:42 the most eloquent too!
I had forgotten how good Mike Douglas shows were back in the day. He included people from all different backgrounds and experiences. This made his show a learning experience as well as entertainment. We need these kind of shows today because people are so divided and dont know how to have a conversation with someone who has different beliefs and opinions. Muhammad Ali was always so honest and an amazing human being. Sly is just Sly but man what a bandleader and performer!!
Sorry Ali was being a passive aggressive A-hole. I love Muhammad Ali.
@@rocky-iv1446y'all can't stand it when black call your white supremacy out so you result to name calling Ali was telling it as it is
Sly is a man with a beautiful heart.
@@rocky-iv1446 I think Ali was focused on his next fight against Foreman which was a big big one
Ali was amazing in his ability to remain poised focused and full-minded. Respect to MD for not cutting the brothers off when things got heated. We can talk and respectfully disagree. The fact Sly was shuckin and jivin was was wild to me but it shows the many vast personalities of certain people of color. Willing to stand up to each other but not his own oppressing situation.
I feel so much love and respect when I hear Mohamed Ali talk. He is a man of integrity. I am grateful and privileged to witness him speak.
Mis respetos a estas personas 👏
I agree with Ali on the fact that we don't take things seriously enough, even today, everything has to be for our entertainment.
……..and it’ll stay that way when people like Sly wanna be blasted while talking stupid. Put that dumb shit DOWN and let’s get SERIOUS❗️
Theres only so much seriousness a person can take until it becomes depressing.
@@brenetssss Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.
Is that really the case though? We're in a time where people can't stop bitching about how others are supposedly upset and offended by everything, and if that were true it would certainly mean that people are taking things -too- seriously. I think the current climate, if I had to name a major issue of our time (that isn't unique to it, but is a huge component of) I would say it's the obnoxiously shallow black and white thinking people have. Everything is A or B, right or wrong, all good or all bad, nazi or communist, etc.
@@Taima Is communism meant to be something bad?
I love Muhammad Ali, man. 🥹
There will NEVER be another person like him.
Come on, tedious racists are ten to a dozen these days.
Yes, 8 billion people on earth and growing. There'll never be another, you know this, of course, because you've met and verified every human being in existence since Ali was born.
Moron.
@@JackKlumpassyou're in the wrong crowd for all that negativity. Everyone here is obviously a die Ali fan if you're watching this video. You included
We all do bro we all do Allah loves him too ❤
I believe that Mike Douglas changed his name from an Italian name. I might be wrong about this but somebody back then who was famous changed their name and I think it was him
Ali was once in a lifetime. The way he articulated his reasons, dropped knowledge and whupped ass in the ring whatever it was called for, not to mention pure intelligence, humility and humbleness because he was _rare_ as a person. Rare in every aspect of the word. And he getting ready to put hands on Sly a couple of times throughout this interview, although looking back, anyone could tell that Sly was high in the friendly skies. A great interview nonetheless!!! #RIPMuhammadAli
True indeed
The greatest. Noone ever came close. You are right. Once in a lifetime.
Ok, all due respect to you, humility is the word, humbleness is not a word.
Being on the verge of borderline retardation is not what I would define as intelligence.
Humility was not an attribute of Muhammad Ali. I used to have to spend lots of time in Children's Hospital in Oakland, California when I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s. Often celebrities' publicists arranged for them to come to the hospital to have PR photos taken of them sitting with and cheering up sick and otherwise hospitalized children, doing good turns and deeds. Every celebrity I ever saw visit spent time speaking and playing with the kids, except for Muhammed Ali. He was in and gone in less than 10 minutes, and didn't even say hello. When he left the kids talked about it, and the consensus among the children was that "He just came to get his picture taken".
I remember seeing this when it aired!!!! I was 8 years old and totally fascinated by Sly and the family Stone!! I still love their mudic!!!! Thank you! ☮️💟
Wish I could like this 1000 times. How I wish blacks (we as a people) including entertainers/ athletes today would be more like Ali.
...WHO""S GONNA FIGHT THE WAR'''''
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@Adiel Ben Judah sounds good but we have to do for our selves instead of thinking all we gotta do is stand back and wait to be saved lol
We white people in Balkans are proud of you black and indian people in America but most of us have no oportunity to say it in public.
We love you as you are.
We are similar in many ways.
This is so random, but back around 1976 or so, one day after school was out, a small group of us high schoolers were standing outside in front of the school waiting for the bus.
When out of the blue, a limo pulls up, and who gets out of the limo? Muhammed Ali!! We couldn't believe it. I honestly can't remember all of what he said, but he encouraged us to stay in school. I was mesmerized, thinking "what just happened??" We were all blown away.
He only stayed for 15 min or so, and then he got in limo and left. Maybe he was on the way to the airport? The cool thing was, he knew about our high school and took time out to stop by. Poly High, Long Beach, California!
I am 61 now. I never forgot that day!
And for any doubters, that's ok too. You are welcone to contact Poly High in Long Beach. Hopefully they still have records from 1977 or 78 and can verify. Or possibly someone from Muhammed Ali's organization. There are records somewhere!
Beautiful ❤️. Thank you so much for sharing. Ali was a rare human being…RARE. Amazing that you had a moment with him. ❤️❤️❤️. Outstanding. #Love.
@@marciawright I had to share! It's just too amazing NOT to share! Of course as I get older, I appreciate the memory even more. It was a once-in-a-lifetime for us kids at school.
Great story!
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Unforgettable!!!!
This was honestly a great debate between all parties. It was all kept professional. Everyone got to state their arugment, while the other individual listened. No one jumped out of anger, disrespected the other individual by slurs, etc. And all parties provided factual things. Not just nonsense. This was great!
My god Muhammad Ali has so much patience, respect, and intelligence. Yet he is not afraid to voice his opinion without holding back. It's amazing.
Intelligence? He is articulate. But I wouldn't say super intelligent. Because he is in denial of actual history. He literally believed black slave traders were nice to their slaves. And sold then because they were just good people. 🤦♂️ they forcefully enslaved weaker tribes. Murdered them. Sacrificed them. Bred them like animals so they could take their children and sell them. Come on man. If people want to hold the small percentage of white Europeans who had a part in the African slave trade. Than let's hold all the people accountable. Because it wasn't like it was only white people. Because there was also black African Kingdoms that invaded European countries and enslaved millions of Europeans. Did disgusting things to Europeans.
Sly Stone acts like a little child, when his parent is on the phone talking seriously. The child keeps pulling on his parent's pant leg. "Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy!"
Or a mosquito buzzing around, until it gets swatted.
Sly, shush!
Ali was kinda arrogant though (did he had beef with him or something ?) I mean he literally tried to clown Sly right in the beginning, and make him look bad/bounty or whatever, as if he was a slave to the white system. We all know the trick, to make you look good on saying "you know there is poor people in this world", which is a cheap liberal trick that does never provide solutions (always done by the richest by the way). So I get why Sly would be annoyed by this, he also had many good arguments regarding how to help brothers and not being "phony". I mean Mohammed always had some type of flamboyance about him that could be annoying sometimes; even if he was right. There was a point when Ali would have want to become the president or something. jHe wanted to be taken seriously but would clown another brother for this. I don't like it.
You said that So Well !!!! Very interesting and insightful comment. That’s cool TY
@@michaelcorreira8125 that was very kindly said :)
This is when talk shows had quality topics and guests! I almost forgot how good this was. Ali and Sly kept it real!!
This is jaw dropping television; absolute icons speaking truth and being unafraid of raw honesty. Nothing like this could ever happen on American TV today.
Sly was high on something on that show tho. 😆
it is amazing isnt it. should be a theatre play
You haven't heard Ice Cube or Ice-T talk, obviously..... lol
The only one speaking any truth , was Muhammad Ali🖤❤️
@@SuperOmnicronsj44They don't talk on a national talk show
Ali is not there to clown . I love this man.
The greatest
What an idiotic thing to bring out that potty poopah politician.
Sly was so happy to be invited and to be making money and, to be approved by certain people! He wouldn’t let Ali be serious!! But Ali was real and a gentleman after Sly stayed quiet!
he is so real talking about reparations. it was a serious topic and no one in that time, took it up with such fever
Reparations is the dumbest idea ever. It just propagates a victim mentality. Whites where kept as slaves also, are we gonna give reparations to whites? What about the Africans who sold blacks to white slave masters? The whole thing is a BS idea from Communists who wish to destroy America.
Ali doesn't appreciate Sly coming out on TV high on drugs..he refuses to even look him in the eye. I am a huge fan of both of these legendary giants ..but it is hard to see the musical genius Sly , so wasted in public. He needed help with his addiction but was surrounded with yes people..so tragic.
A lesson for all.
Two are talking argument .
One is talking ,learning can happen.
Sly was on the job of trying to bring Ali down and confuse the issue.
Ali the GOAT.
Entertainer, thinker, lover, willing to speak truth to power.
K.W., Jay, Floyd, Tiger W. What are they thinking?
What are they doing?
Let us come together and realize that there is a solution. Now!!
You know who you are.
Call you out by name next time.
In honor of us all.
Didn't anybody catch Sly's statement, "You did mind fooling around when we were back stage?" I see them both saying the same thing; Sly in his music's words, Ali in his pointed statements of fact! The witness effect, 'we both say the same thing through different eyes. HUH?
@@timothypage3385 I think that was. Ali's point. He always tried to use his platform to inform first and entertain second. He took those opportunities seriously.
Its just what we do we inherently hate each other
The discipline he had from not putting Sly to sleep is amazing.
😂😂😂😂😂better then me, ain't nothing worse then being a sambo in amongst mixed company
@@nineether3757Like tupac said about hammer time 🤣
😂😂😂
He didn't because that why the fool idiot Sly Stone was there to do what he did. They wanted to set him up to beat up black stupid man rather than talk about them.
Exactly
This was intense. Ali was sober and was ready for business. Say no to drugs. Ali really wanted to say more to Sly but showed respect.
That's true😁..that guy sly really wanted to talk joke with Ali but Ali was too serious that day en maybe he didn't like that guy
Say more? Nah,Ali was ready to put on some work on him🥊
When was Ali not sober?
I totally agreed, Sly was a bit illiterate. He really didn't understand what was going on, so Ali kind of tried to keep from hurting his feelings and save the friendship but get his point across
Can somebody tell me why there was so much Tension btwn Ali & Sly
Almost 50 years later and we are still having the same BS conversation. Ali makes the most sense in all of this still.
I was born in 1952 so seen so many pluses over the years (in racial matters) but recently saw a YT comment section featuring comments by mixed race American children. It broke my heart and made me see we really have a long long way to go. All of us need to embrace the idea that we can be better people and discipline ourselves in that direction.
Made most sense? Like segregating people on the basis of skin color? Great athlete but he was wrong on this and he later knew that and in fact changed his belief.
@@cynthiawadeson8843
I agree with embracing the idea of being better people.
I think because of how people have so thoroughly embraced the idea of race, we dont see ourselves as people, independent of racial ideology and identities. "Race" the ideology permeates our vocabulary. Its become central to our identity. It effects the way we think, see ourselves and view others. Until we stop speaking lies, we'll never be free from other peoples fabricated reality.
@@davida.4933 Making sense doesnt make it right. That doesnt make him wrong. How do you make sense of the way people treated other people in the evolution of the United States of Anerica as a nation. Its almost a miracle that some people not only survived but thrived. The struggle continues. As the truth gets told. As long as your not ashamed to be wrong admitbit and change. There is a chance. How many people, are personally willing to do that. Much less collectively as a nation. Most are trying to avoid the shame that sometimes comes with discovering lies once believed to be true.
@@davida.4933 I also can't go for any type of segregation--to me that's just a variation of the same old story--a sad one!
Ali will not be the joker like some people want to be...True professional & wanting to have that serious conversation that nobody still wants to have... Love Him Sooooooo much ❤
Ali was the greatest, not afraid to voice his opinion! True to his convictions...Can't see anyone like this on TV anymore. Rest in peace!!!
Yeah, president Trump
Nope trump believe or not hits the brakes on his true convictions
The Hell with Peel this is America and Ali was and will always be the Greatest. Who cares about dumbazz bullcrap isoccer. America plays Football and Jim Brown is the Greatest when it comes to Football. Fuk soccer that BS is for girls.
Ali was owned here and only showed his ignorance Ali =Trash
@@mpcchief71 Please give the class an example of trump 'hitting the brakes' as you put it
One of the high points of my life was meeting Muhammad Ali. I was working at Saint Jude children’s research Hospital in Memphis in 1990 and Muhammad Ali came in to film a commercial for the hospital. It was a rainy day and the production people were delayed so he was sitting in the waiting room and a nurse friend of mine who worked in receiving told him there was a guy in the hospital who was a boxer because I had fought golden gloves for a couple of years growing up so he said go get him. So I came up from the pharmacokinetics lab where I worked and there he was standing in the hallway and when I walked by him I said a few words to him and he kind of stared crazy off into the sky as if he couldn’t hear me so then I started getting humble and then he took a swing at me! He said you’re too easily fooled! So I backed off and we shadowboxed for a couple of minutes and then we stopped and had a laugh and his wife mostly did the talking for him but it was fun and unbelievable. He was always present for anyone to brighten her day and that’s why he was at the hospital to do a commercial for young kids dying of cancer.
great story!! you're so lucky, love to hear all the ali encounter stories
You are a very lucky person to have met him l wish I would have .
Not only met, but shadow boxed with him for a couple of minutes.
Priceless!
Wow that's amazing
Great story. Thanks
I was 14 years old when this show aired. I thank Mike Douglass for hosting so many black Americans and for having discussions that affected our lives here in USA during a time when very few shows did.
You’re the same age as my mother. Yet my mother holds opposing beliefs
I love that people exist front that generation that aren’t entirely trpaped
Kudos to Mike Douglas here, as well. I am really impressed with his handing of the varied conversations going on in this episode. His composure is exemplary and he is actively engaged and opinionated, as well. A true broadcast pro....
Philadelphia for sure, Mike did a lot in his community nobody knows about helped some so they would not be hurt .
Mike Douglas was fantastic
Mhmmm
The week before this Ali was in Ireland joking and said exactly why he don't joke and play around in the USA like other places. Best thing I've watched ever with Muhammad Ali
Ali was really something..what a great wise man 💯 one of a kind.
He kept his composure even though Sly was annoying to the max.
God bless RIP brother ✝️💞
To the MAX.
Sly was HIGH as a kite and you can tell Muhammad was annoyed by that. Ali didn't tolerate that.
I wasn't even alive in 1974, but now am in 2020 watching Mohammed Ali. How cool is that.
2020? You must be ahead of your time?
@@briandrier3864 I read a book who makes me ahead of time of everybody.
Malcom x Malik Shebaz was a shaheed (martyr) he will live forever in our hearts. #muslim
Word
Salam brother Malcolm x
Ali kept his cool with Sly and I loved that about him.
He could have easily rearranged Sly's face and made him sober, but choose not to.
Ali kept his dignity
tom11zz884 Lmmfao!! I like the part when you said that Ali could have made Sky sober😂
And he let Sly keep what may have been left of his dignity!
Loved the way Ali kept his cool. Sly needed to go back to the plantation for the way he was acting.
@@thebellfamilybell2477
So true. It's so sad Sly didn't understand how silly he appeared.
Ali overreacted, he was much to serious when it was uncalled for. Referring to himself and Sly as niggas, no composure or tact.
I love the 70's talk shows, there was so much more honesty on so many levels than manufactured ones today.
While Sly was high and avoiding the truth of the day, Mohammad Ali was living and breathing it confronting it head on. He was a strong and focused soul of deep faith and understanding. When you see people smoking weed and drinking and doing drugs, they are trying to escape instead of face what’s really going on. I respect most about Ali is he was always confronting the truth and didn’t practice escapism through drug use to avoid serious and painful issues. A true courageous man.
He was wrong on segregation of the races and you do know he agreed with George Wallace, on this don't you?
@@davida.4933 He evolved from that view and many other views he believed earlier as a Muslim. That and George Wallace apologized and said he too was wrong and did so in a Southern Black Church.
Just came across this interview you are 100% right about Muhammad Ali
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
@@davida.4933 Was he wrong??! That remains to be seen.
Ali didn’t start smiling until he was talking about his children. Authenticity can’t be faked.
Don't forget back in them days it was banging Doris Day a middle-aged version of Martha Stewart well I swear white women no matter what age they are when they want some black dick they want some black dick I should know personally on this one oh yeah 😜😆
He was a racist
It seems like Ali was showing some signs of memory loss even then. So the fact that he was instructing upcomers to carefully consider boxing before getting involved.
Well he was being fake on this show with Sly trying to make him look bad
He ran away from Muhammad Ali Jr like a criminal leaving the scene of a crime after 911 has been called. Jr has had trouble his whole life. Greatest...? Not the greatest father.
M .Ali was not only the greatest boxer but also the greatest human ! I love his ideology about the world . I wonder if we will ever see a man like him again ?
so true !
God's son is the greatest ever !
When Ali bit his bottom lip, it meant danger! Sly was most fortunate that Ali was a class act, what an incredibly impressive unit he was.
Sly was good, Ali got whooped !
@@daveoliver5838 Sly stared Ali down and basically defeated him here. And hey, I think Ali was incredible, but not his/Elijah's idea races need to be segregated. Good grief, Ali even said (elsewhere) he agreed with George Wallace!
@@davida.4933 lol. U really think Ali ‘feared’ Sly in any way. That was his friend and he could see Sly was just too high. He was probably just disappointed in him
@@user-ew1xu4wq4k You hit the mail on the head. When Sly hugs Ali, Ali says something to him. I think he was already disappointed in what he was hearing and seeing with Sly.
But when you watch this
interview, it’s sad yet telling at the same time. Sly, which maybe a lot of people don’t know, was well educated and a college graduate. Ali, on the other hand isn’t very educated at this point, and as he has said on other interviews, couldn’t read past a 3rd or 4th grade level. So Sly is actually making a lot of valid points but because he’s high and saying things in I’ll say, “Hippie Lingo,” Ali doesn’t get his point. He’s actually talking over Ali’s head. But Ali during this whole segment is definitely pissed at Sly and everyone else is catching his wrath. You can tell with Sly’s eye contact before the break when he goes to sip his drink, and you can also hear when the show resumes that Ali is saying some things to Sly. This is really a case of two men being on two different levels of sophistication. One not really being educated and in a lot of ways at this point in life, being programmed, and the other being extremely educated and having complete understanding of the world-but he can’t be heard beyond his altered state by Ali.
@@dcott7071 wrong.
Ali sounds so smooth and mellow. Could have listened to him all day and night. And I wasn't expecting that Sly performance at the end, that was magical. What a legend.
kriss mg Ali looked subdued, Sly made him uncomfortable and at times speechless.
God I love this man. He was truly a great man who cared deeply for the plight of others.
Theodore bikel?
Ali will always be "Super Man" to me. R.I.P Muhammad Ali. 🥊💣
Need to pick your heroes better.
Ali. Is in. His. Own. Heaven beyond peace
Loved and respected him, taught many of us lessons in determination and confidence. RIP Sir
Please don't let it stop and remain in the past.....He will always remain relevant to us and our children's children no one like HIM...49 years later and it sounds like today
This is a very rare time that they both was right you have to admire these two black men and that's the way we were back then we might not agree with everything but we respected each other
Well said. Blacks don't have to stop being individuals. They just have to stop fighting each other.
One of the greatest human being's to live on this earth we are very lucky to witness!
Ali
You can agree or disagree, Muhammad Ali spoke truthfully about white supremacy on national television without apology. I think that Sly was as high as a kite on this show. Both were true legends for what they contributed. Social media would’ve been crying tattoo tears if Ali were still alive.
@T M hindsight. And Ali had plenty expenses, including supporting wives, ex-wives, children and mistresses. Not to mention assorted leeches. Easy to say he should have retired in 1974, but Ali needed the money. Back then, there were no $200 million paydays like Mayweather earned. Ali's largest purse was under $10 million.
Richard Weiler lol 10 million USD in them days had the value of 100 million today.
@@suhaylali2917 I don't know exactly how you arrived at your number (guessing?) but you're a bit off. When Ali received his largest purse in 1980 for the Holmes bout, his nearly $10 million paycheck, adjusted for today, would be worth about $32 million in current dollars. That's according to the revered Consumer Price Index. Not exactly chump change, but far from the kind of money Mayweather would climb into the ring for. Ali is estimated to have earned about $60 million in his entire 20 year career. That's about $188 million in today's dollars, or about $62 million short of what Mayweather earned for just one routine night against Connor McGregor. Make no mistake, Ali was a well paid athlete in his day. But his expenses, along with the needs of those associated with him, ate up the bulk of Ali's fortune. It's why he still was fighting at the age of nearly 40, when most of his skills were gone and the onset of disease was already apparent.
Sly was trash
I was born & raised near Ali's training camp and went there often to see him train , reel ahead a few years and I was stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California . My room mate was from Oakland and took me and a few guys to the little green house on the corner in the hood where Sly grew up . Experience of a lifetime and things that I will never forget . Loved both Ali and The family Stone ....
Authenticity...and much respect to Mr. MIKE Douglas for allowing Mr. Ali to exercise his first amendment rights. It is a difficult discourse that sounds like it is talking about what is occurring today.
It's sad to see what drugs did to Sly, being an intelligent and conscious man himself, this was humiliating. Ali handled it like a champ though. You can see he saw that he was high and just paid him no mind
Yes sly was probably high on some sort of drug, but how do you know Michael Douglas didn't just have a drink. Sly was completley with it the whole time, you are just too lazy to understand what he was saying and its easier to just believe the narrative that drugs are bad and don't listen to people on drugs, even though Micheal douglas probably had a few drinks and maybe even some uppers or caffiene to keep himself focused. it is sad to see what years of misuse of drugs from ill gotten sources have done to him, but in this interview he is totally with it, just comming from a different culture and talking with a different language than what you're accustomed to. This was in the late 60s and early 70s when human consciousness, love and traditional values were more in the front of people's minds than money. The youth tossing off the 50s, suspenders and collared shirt with uncomfortable brown pants in 90 degree weather, and picking up ideas from the aboriginals who were on the land before they were. Because they knew the aboriginals had been there for thousands of years and were doing fine, meanwhile the society they were in that claimed to be so much better, was so blatantly corrupt and on a clear path to destruction. (Fast forward 50 years and look where we're at now, thousands of armed and ready nuclear missiles around the globe, global warming, terrorism, collapsing economy, an infrastructure so weak it can't handle a simple epidemic which was easily foreseen by people with knowledge of history and pandemics and viruses. And people were being sent to die in gruesome jungle warfare against gurilla forces that knew the land like the back of their hand...
So to those who think sly was off his rocker and Ali was so intelligent, well I would say Ali was a little behind the times. And where sly is saying let's all just focus on enjoying now and making positive change, Ali is taking a divisive Stance. And what happens is an argument of counter opposing talking points, and sly realizes that it aint gonna change anything, its just going to create annomosity, and its positive interactions, for example sharing music and dancing, that allow people to become exposed to the same sort of information the other side has been getting. And take it further, if people were to be positive and act with pure intention towards one another, people would be more willing to hear criticism on their sides point of view. And then Sly shows the boxer, the TV personality and the author what true power is when he gets everyone up out of their seats with his funky beats! Thats real power.
100%
@@Levitaz4236 , try reading your Bible.
@@Levitaz4236 right? this was 74' and based on a wiki we are just assuming things. to act like sly doesnt share that sentiment because of a drug even if it doesn't matter; when hes a black man not from money at this time with muhammed ali of all powerful and moving figures in human history is just painfully unaware and shortsighted.
That was too cringy for me to watch brother wow
Ali did not back down from anyone! Too bad we do not have too many men like Ali!🥊
Wow!! I remember my late parents loved the Mike Douglas Show. I remembered watching this awesome show during the week Monday thru Friday. I LOVED "The Mike Douglas show." BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET MEMORIES ❤🍸🍷🍺!!
Funny how history is repeating itself....there is nothing new under the sun, Ali was right!
@DJ Evis no, never.
Nothing has changed in this country and the black race is still enslaved.
You took the Words Right out of My Mouth. Couldn't have said it any Better.
Then why didn't black people vote last election? Next election VOTE THIS GUY OUT. Get off your ass on voting day.
@@ciaronsmith4995 some can't over petty crimes but the president font change shit.
Thank You for posting this 🙏🏾.
1974 was my 9th year on the planet🌎.
This was great to see. Ali’s great strength and focus was needed✊🏾, even on that show of attempted entertainment.
I Thank Ali, as like I Thank PE (Public Enemy)🩶🖤✊🏾.
Though Ali was a showman with the entertainment part of boxing 🥊, he bravely chose this show to express the shit that black folks endured; and sadly ‘Merica has slowly advanced/improved.
Muhammad so impressive here... and man, does he look pissed at sly! it was really surprising--and uncomfortable--to see the tension or conflict between Muhammad and Wayne hays (as well as sly)... but there's an argument to be made that that is what is needed, a kind of creative tension. I admire Muhammad even more after seeing this: what an incredible, and fearless, straight shooter!
Although he was high it's not right to Judge him that Brother had alot of Issues to deal with. So sad his life ended not knowing Jesus!
You missed the key statement. Ali told Sly "I'm not here to clown."
@@RoyalTea54 Sly Stone is definitely still among the living.
Mr. Muhammad Ali hero! Don't drink Don't smoke. Speaks with the realness. Encourage kids stay in school and get a trade.
There you go. But also get to know the Savior of your soul Jesus.
Fascinating to listen to soft spoken and astute Muhammad Ali
While I love both of them, I feel like they should have been on different episodes. Two different personalities and they are obviously clashing. Ali is a very serious and disciplined soul and Sly is very free spirited & fun loving and has a hard time keeping quiet when someone else is talking. They experience the world differently.
Well said👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
No question. It is sad to watch the sober clean living Ali juxtaposed to Sly. Sly is clearly bombed out of his mind.
@@jaeboston9228 are Guyanese???
Well said
Putting these two on the same show was done purposely. White folks have always sought to keep us clashing and enjoy watching the Sly behaviors in us, to water down or dilute the message of an Ali. This was done on purpose. SMH.
Sly was high. Ali was trying to be patient with him
Sly was high on life...and was a happy person...I enjoyed him...he was playing around and messing up a little .but that's sly..always have luv and respect for him...he's still alive and well. Going to start doing some music again.. can't wait for that...
@@elizabethmoran5045 No he was high on drugs.You can't see that?
@@bobbyz23 what i mean to say is no need to dis him.. he is a great music icon..no need to bring him down and disrespect him he never hurt anybody. He was having fun enjoying the moment. Ali may have been a little disturbed like a brother just cutting up a little. And he understood that about Sly...he let him be. Love sly...and I was laughing with him ..not laughing at him thin king he was a bother....and he is alive!!!...we still have him to enjoy!!
@@bobbyz23 I Don't know or care whether sly was stoned or not. He's an entertainer on an entertainment show.
I love Mohammed Ali but I thought he was being rude to sly implying he was phony, tee hee hee he says sarcastically.
It's the Mike Douglas entertainment show not Meet The Press.
high high highhhhh. I heard he was in the streets....homeless.This was years ago...He is a very talented man,hope he gets his act together.
This honestly is the best moment of live television I've seen recorded. I'm assuming it was live.. I didn't know Ali did this much advocating for race reform..My respect is even higher now
It was definitely live, there’s too many awkward moments from Sly that they would have edited out
Read about Ali.. You’ll keep being impressed. ex: Not going to Vietnam& the consequences.
Ali carried himself as a man and Sly carried himself as a fool. How sad and embarrassing it must have been for Sly to watch this clip later.
ExtrovertedCenobite bebi
@@gamelikaleji1805 bebi? what is the meaning please?
@MrRamto13 Sly looked, sounded and acted the fool. Sad!
Maybe he was embarrassed.He was a stoner .Ali had pity for him.
@@avacatzepps6815 Sly wasn't embarrassed, he's an entertainer in the music industry. Music doesn't have color blinders, it enriches the soul without a fight. Ali was a man of message and among brother's they new and respected each others contributions. Love each other because we are all different...
Mike Douglas was amazed at how much Sly spent on wardrobes. If only he knew how much MORE he spent on drugs!
Sly is a hell of a musician, probably a musical genius but every time I see him in an old interview, he's as high as a kite. This is no exception.
I despise when Ali is getting attacked for supporting and wanting to build up his own people. It’s always painted as him hating other races.
He never hated white people.
Some people think because you love yourself means you hate others. But for intelligent people it's not a problem to do both. they can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time and never miss a beat. But that was a good point.
@@srfotog I don't think Ali hated anyone. He lived his life with a wink and a smile, but spoke his true mind on America's shameful biased issues and he did it unapologetically. That was Muhammad Ali! He was just a guy that couldn't be bought nor sold like a lot of these selfish self-centered people of the current time period. Look how Donald Trump bought these rappers to vote for him. They stand for nothing! They make him rap with their wannabe swag, but Muhammad Ali was the real deal, as he said the greatest of all time!
@@anthonytoler718 well said, Anthony.
We are simply a threat when we speak and approach the world with pride, dignity and full black maturity.
Ali is just AS REVELANT today as this was in 1974 and it 2022 and we are still facing these problems
The more things change...
@@invisiblesun6595 the more they stay the same
2024
Good Lord!!!! Ali showed an immeasurable amount of restraint towards Sly Stone. The amount of patience and forgiveness he exhibited towards our intoxicated Brother is a lesson I will remember, while still being alert of my surroundings. Ali was a strong man of principles.
Muhammad Ali was steadfast, serious and not moved.
That's the Muhammad Ali story!
He was a real men, a men equal to 10 men! R.I.P ! Champion
What a stark contrast. Ali’s patience is remarkable.
JMJ -K I wish I had that.
Ali was & is a chump
@@riverratbond007 if hes a chump i guess all the niggas he has/could've KO'd are Pussy too😂😂😂 including ya family tree
@@riverratbond007 You lie - because even you know that's not true. You say it because you'd LIKE it to be true - which it is not.
@@jigga_9896 only now, he's a DEAD nigga (quoting youself) probably in the deepest hole in Hell along with his fake god, awaiting the arrival of Oprah & her partner Gail King, imagine having to preform oral to 2 of the nastiest pussies that Satan ever turned loose on planet earth, for ETERNITY!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😨😨
Ali is so real. I get tired of people telling me that I should smile more. 😊
You should smile more... we all should
Props to Ali for showing supreme restraint and not tagging Sly. Masterful self control.
C'est vraiment fou tabernac!! Who is that Sly guy? What market and/or demographic gives him a voice?
@@TomHuston43 he was a hand picked minstrel meant to counter Ali's powerful message.
@@TomHuston43 Oh look, another white man telling a black man what he is allowed to say and think.
@@76shogun1 It worked. The stereotypical “N” word. Which only reoresents a small portion of black people- pimps up, Hoes down, dope all day/night, uneducated.
@@shellecapos8574 omg I see what you're saying but Sly was a entertainer he was just a musician. Damn. Its like this whole rap debate. That's only one part of black culture only one part of American culture. It's no one business what America what whites think of blacks. It's the job of the black community to be human and to be themselves. Whether they poor or rich. Corporate raiders or blues mucisians. This is like Gerry Adams trying to talk to Axl Rose about Irish Freedom on national tv Like come-on bro. Let's be real. Let's be real. Muhammed should have just rolled with the punches and waited till he has a solo interview instead of getting all upset. Like woe
I remember this Episode on the Mike Douglas show. The late Muhammad Ali and the amazing talented Sly Stone. This conversation was really intense.
I love them both❤❤.
Mr. Muhammad Ali and Sly Stone❤❤.
Mike Douglas and Muhammad Ali May they "Rest In HEAVENLY Peace ❤,".
I was a little girl when this episode aired.
I admired the words that Tyson said about Ali. To Mike Tyson Ali was the greatest! Ali will always be The Champ, and Greatness never dies.
Ali looked pissed & wanted to knock him out. But he realized that it wouldn’t be a good look fighting another black man on national tv.
OH YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE LLLLLMOVED THAT!!!!
You really think that Ali was going to hit that little weenie, no matter what color he was?
Um... Ali fought black men on TV for a living?
@@0LabRat00 but at least they were in his weight division. Sly Stone is a weenieweight.
@@richardweiler3966 You pay Ali his fee and he' d fight anyone, anytime, any condition. He fought at least one fight with advanced Parkinson's. The man didn't give a fuck....
Sly said “And where do you live my brother?” This was tense. Ali was articulate and serious and Sly was…Sly.
Yeah, I caught that too...he could have saved that for backstage though. No matter how honest people are, when they're on tv, they're performing for a mass audience (at least it used to be), so I can't see any upside in calling out Ali when he's doing good work.
Sly didn't want everything to be political, but everything is political, especially calling out Ali on national television...IMHO...
@@dylanemeraldgrey exactly. Especially when they're using anagrams to enslave a people that have updated their articulation of the English language.
It sounds pretty pathetic tbh how these whites tried to enslave these people or any people for that matter
😂😂😂😂😂 Sly was really just Sly
When did he say that
Sly was high as a kite, enuff said.
I give him credit for not knocking his ass out. That's class...
Man, whatever Sly was on must've been good if he can get jazzy with Ali...
Sly should've bought a lottery ticket that night.
He was lucky as hell.
Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😫😫😫😫😫 he definitely was lucky cause ali definitely wanted to clean that man nose lol😂😂😫😫🤜🏿🤛🏿💪🏿
Damn Sly, take a hint! I can feel Ali’s disdain from here.
Ali kept calm, the man Sly was embarrassing and drugged up.
He was on dope man. Too dumb to get the hint
An amazing show from many different perspectives: race, politics, music, sports, musical theater, and the challenges of TV production in the 1970's.
Damn Ali was NOT feelin Sly lol
And they were friends, Sly would go to his home. But you know how it is, you can have a friend you may think they cool people but you don't like everything about them or the things that they stand for or believe in.
@george evans I kinda figured this dude was high as hell😂😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Sly is kind of obnoxious.
Ali was literally amazing man. He had a message.
@@mknop3 nigga quit nut huggin Jesus and nem. Ali da goat!
@Big Josh Lord Facts bro.
Pure Tv gold on many levels.Ali and Sly on one show. 🛸🔝💯🚀
Brilliant discussion, Sly and Ali are luminaries. Its a trip to see how you can go back to pretty much any point in Black American history and hear/read the exact same arguments being made, yet every generation of leadership seems to act like we're being brand new lol. My biggest takeaway from this interview is that the past is so incredibly present, the only thing that's truly history about these matters are the calendar dates; we've been trying to convert these issues to hindsight the entire time. Silly side note … Idk what happened backstage, but SOMETHING gave Sly a sense that Ali was goin be on 10, cuz mans was trying to calm him down before he even stepped onstage! 😂🤣
THANK YOU for posting the whole show! I watched this as a kid and remember wondering when Ali was going to clock Sly.
Brother Ali words of wise as always whilst brother Sly’s performance was sublime.... Now can you dig that, YES SIR!!
This is absolutely the most interesting show I have seen. First, a co-host high as a heck, then the interaction between Mohammed Ali and Sly who was high the whole show, Ali holding his own against the politician without bitting his tongue. This was a fireworks of a show!
and 2 live sly songs performed live! shit-- all in one show!
Lol it was the time
Muhammad Ali could have ripped Sly Stone a new one verbally, but he was overlooking him, because Ali knew he was dealing with a fool.
Verbally or physically
don't sly know Ali hit mofos 5 times b4 they even know they been hit
@@71donkrider 😆😆😆😆.
Really? Ali seemed like a racist dickhead in this clip. All he's doing is citing his idiot religeon. You know, the one that killed Malcolm X. Ali was being a simple minded cartoonish fool here. I like Ali, seriously, but there's no need to worship the guy. He made his share of mistakes and was as self centered as a breying jackass. I don't respect his thinking in fact I don't believe he really was thinking - just another entertainer like Sly Stone was imo.
This is what I hear....... Ali: "All these people dancing and singing. It's phoney. I'm a serious man. I make my living punching people in the brain. That's serious work. Everybody praise me. Sly, all you do is write songs, dance and make people smile. I'm a serious man. I punch people in the face with shorts on and then I show up on some TV show and say racist stuff for no fucking reason, whenever I feel like it. I'm the GREATEST. "
You like that shit? I don't. I prefer Sly's approach any day.
Sly knew he caught Muhammad in a trap. Ali is all about ‘black unity’ and black people not being made out as ‘clowns’ by the white man, both he’d be countering and making himself look weak and hypocritical.
This is the realist conversation I ever heard and I was born in 1975. The conversation needs to happen here in America!!
Talk shows were great back then.
Muhammad ali knows when to clown and when to not...alot of this new celebrity's should learn the same
A lot of to days celebs don't want to rock the boat.
Muhammad Ali you are definitely the GREATEST OF ALL TIMES.
Ali was putting out good stuff...sly couldn't help but to bow, he knew it was truth and everyone else too. We need more brothers like him
It's been five decades and we're still in this same loop. "we need time to research" is the excuse the government gives time and again for any kind of reparations. TBH I didn't know they were running that same play in Ali's time either until he mocked them. Time for talk is over. What blacks need is a revolution. And first of the mind.
He was as high as ever.. Mohamed Ali was all Truth and dignity throughout the video.
@@brianb1846 Some things are obvious.
I was born in the the 80's this completes my soul.
...like my Baby sister...1989...you BOTH...missed OUT'''''
What an interesting show Sly Stone, Muhammad Ali, and Finder on the Roof. Like literally where do you see this combo of beliefs. I live!!!!
Thx for posting. Ali was the man!
O.M.G. Sly. Goodness, gracious. What a shame here. Ali was amazingly brilliant and cool.
Well we all know know he was always high...
Sly got Ali good with “WHere do you live” line. He’s exposed sone of Alis hypocrisy. I live Alu but he’s not the first black man to profit from the Whyte man whil preaching black power
I think sly came off better than Ali in this. Your only praising Ali because it's the most common thing to do. Or you didn't watch the interview all the way through.
I met Ali twice - I gave him an Islamic book and an Islamic pin. He hugged me and kissed me on my cheek while
Shaking my hand. I will always remember that occasion and the second time I met him was when he was promoting his cologne at a local mall. I got another hug and was allowed to walk with him ; along with a whole
Group of us) to the roof top where he was taken away by helicopter.
He is and was a great man !
May he rest in peace.
Of course you did.
How interesting, that a Eastern European, brought up under the Jewish philosophy, was a guest chosen alongside Muhammad Ali. Ali was dropping gems.
what a great demo of sober vs stoned. Ali had enormous dignity and integrity, always spoke the truth. Sly was out of it.
I feel Sly was ahead of the times in terms of the free spirited n not afraid of speaking his mind in the definition of entertainment. Just the times were too conservative n very very hard for Black Americans.
Sly was waaay out of it and profound in his own way. I liked seeing sober vs stoned, and in 1974 as well. This is a proper time piece.
Sly was doing too much
This conversation couldn't happen today.💯👊🏿
My Mama absolutely heard Muhammad and allowed us to see and hear him also. RIP KING.
Sly doesn't need to talk as his music says it all! Soulful , Empowering ,Vital, Progressive, Healing and Uniting! Genius!
1974 I was 8yrs old, I remembered the " Mike Douglas show "
I Love the "70's" !!!😆😆😆
I miss those days!!! 😒😒😒
What's great about this TV interview is everyone is getting involved and giving their own opinion without fear or self censorship. The sort of debates you could have in a Pub back in the day without people labelling everything a Hate Crime. Then calling the thought police. Even better is when Ali acknowledges his in a good position financially but is concerned for his community. Mayweather what a fool you are, not to of learned anything from the Greatest of All Time.
I don’t think much has changed though- it’s just that there is so much out there at your disposal now… instantly. Worldwide. And the more people that see and hear outrageous (to them) things and connect with others who think the same… 💥 that’s how we got where we are.
Mohammad was so on point on all points.
The People's Champion 👊💪
I wish white people had a man so principled.
My dad loved this man. The smile the grin the happiest on my dad's face when he got to see Ali on TV. Ali and Dr. King were the two greatest men ever to my dad.
For those hating on Sly, at least check out his performance at the end. It kills!
KILLED IT! ❤️
Sly was a genius. Ali had the boxing ring and quick hands; Sly used his pen and his mind as his choice of weapons. And he could verbally rope-a-dope as easily as Ali could in the ring. Albums like Stand!, There's a Riot Going On, and Fresh are a testament to that.
Exactly yesssir
No matter how great Sly's performance was that does not change the fact that he was acting a fool a bit while Muhammad wanted to be serious because he had some important things to say.
@@tamirsharif314how was he a fool? Ali was sharing his opinions about the world, and so was him.
I love the way Ali ignored Sly Stone. It's no wonder what his life eventually became and how sad the music industry treated and disrespected him and took so much from him.
And Sony is still making bank off his albums. Sly wasn't getting one red cent in royalties. A judge did order some $5M in royalties be given to Sly in a settlement but last I checked Sony still hasn't given him anything.
@@invisiblesun6595
Really? Where did you get this info, I want to read this because musically Im a true fan of his, not his politics. This is a darn shame.
Maybe he can sell that 200k/yr wardrobe
Because he was a shaker trying to be a house black
Thanks once again for all you do Mike. Sharing all around!
👊🏿
Truly the Greatest in every sense of the word. I loved Sly's music but he was such a f*cked up character. I don't think it was all drugs. He was very unprofessional, conceited and rude to Ali. Yet Ali was the ultimate gentleman. And 21:42 the most eloquent too!