Carnival Circuit · 1962 · All ages
A Demonstration of Holds
Professor Otto Kline vs. The Yukon Beast
Studio B, Channel 8, Chicago
Kline was a chemist before he was a wrestler. He treats the Beast like a problem on a chalkboard: headlock, wristlock, the patient conversion of size into geometry. Live television, velvet curtains, no applause track.
Program notes
Kline never raised his voice. Grandparents who remember this one remember the quiet — and the way the Beast, twice his weight, looked suddenly mortal.
- Professor Otto Kline
- The Yukon Beast
House historian
A late-night call of this film — why it played then, and why it still plays for whoever is on the couch.
