Hollywood Tried to Make Hulk Hogan A Comedy Star in the ‘90s

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Hulk Hogan's cameo in Gremlins 2: The New Batch was nearly cut from the movie, and for a while, it wasn't available to audiences.

Hollywood Tried to Make Hulk Hogan A Comedy Star in the ‘90s

Hulk Hogan, who passed away today at the age of 71, was never funny exactly. But as a talk-show guest in the ‘80s and ’90s, the wrestling superstar was entertaining as heck. Play His massive size made mere mortals like Johnny Carson appear comically small, for starters. And Hogan was a master showman, flexing his pecs, threatening his rivals and croaking out slogans like, “Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you?!” Like Mr. T, his co-s…