This set of pic's and story shows how Elvis still had it in 1977!!!!!

[nolvis]

I got this story and the pic's from the FECC site, and the pic's were posted by-paulsweeney (the bulk of pics including a couple from kenny's collection), and Greybeard, and the video by christian.I've also included some of the more interesting comment's!-

Is that the best way to get to the stage that they could come up with?

According to Keith Alverson it's the Hilton Hotel in Macon as Elvis was leaving to go to the Coliseum

That situation is UNBELIEVABLE !!

didn't spill a drop

Well, it was up to Elvis' 'roadie' to suss out a better route !

Step forward: Diamond Joyce Peseta !

Don't want to fuel or start another "Elvis the Disaster" thread but I got talking to Sam Thompson about the situation and he said they were looking around for an easier way down to the cars and before they could say anything Elvis was crouched down and heading off the loading bay without, as you say, spilling a drop or marking the suit. He said it's one of his favourite pictures because it showed the spirit and strength Elvis still had and that a funnier picture would have been the body guards trying to get down in such a spritely fashion right after Elvis.

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

[presley31]

elvis looks so unhappy in those pictures, you can tell he's not himself.

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

I don't understand the title of this thread i.e. "
This set of pic's and story shows how Elvis still had it in 1977!!!!!"

In what way do they show Elvis still had it?

[Getlo]

I don't understand the title of this thread i.e. "
This set of pic's and story shows how Elvis still had it in 1977!!!!!"

In what way do they show Elvis still had it?

I was kind of wondering that myself ...

[Tony Trout]

I don't understand the title of this thread i.e. "
This set of pic's and story shows how Elvis still had it in 1977!!!!!"

In what way do they show Elvis still had it?

I was kind of wondering that myself ...

Same here....

[cameron]

Quote:talking to Sam Thompson about the situation and he said they were looking around for an easier way down to the cars and before they could say anything Elvis was crouched down and heading off the loading bay without, as you say, spilling a drop or marking the suit. He said it's one of his favourite pictures because it showed the spirit and strength Elvis still had and that a funnier picture would have been the body guards trying to get down in such a spritely fashion right after Elvis. unQuote

It's ok, Nolvis . I read it and see what was meant.

[Getlo]

So ...

Elvis had the ability to negotiate his way down a not-especially high loading dock with a glass of water in his hand.

That's "it", is it?

[thedoc]

Unfortunately,and obviously, there's no way you could see any better and deeper than you do now.You better think about judging things in it's own situation,it takes more than one angle to look at them sometimes.

[epmoodyblue]

elvis looks good in those pics but reason elvis kinda had a sad expression on his face is because ginger was beside him

[utmom2008]

I got this story and the pic's from the FECC site, and the pic's were posted by-paulsweeney (the bulk of pics including a couple from kenny's collection), and Greybeard, and the video by christian.I've also included some of the more interesting comment's!-

Is that the best way to get to the stage that they could come up with?

According to Keith Alverson it's the Hilton Hotel in Macon as Elvis was leaving to go to the Coliseum

That situation is UNBELIEVABLE !!

didn't spill a drop

Well, it was up to Elvis' 'roadie' to suss out a better route !

Step forward: Diamond Joyce Peseta !

Don't want to fuel or start another "Elvis the Disaster" thread but I got talking to Sam Thompson about the situation and he said they were looking around for an easier way down to the cars and before they could say anything Elvis was crouched down and heading off the loading bay without, as you say, spilling a drop or marking the suit. He said it's one of his favourite pictures because it showed the spirit and strength Elvis still had and that a funnier picture would have been the body guards trying to get down in such a spritely fashion right after Elvis.

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

I'm trying to figure out how he did it without getting the back of that jumpsuit filthy..

[utmom2008]

I don't understand the title of this thread i.e. "
This set of pic's and story shows how Elvis still had it in 1977!!!!!"

In what way do they show Elvis still had it?

[utmom2008]

That situation is UNBELIEVABLE !!

didn't spill a drop

Well, it was up to Elvis' 'roadie' to suss out a better route !

Step forward: Diamond Joyce Peseta !

before they could say anything Elvis was crouched down and heading off the loading bay without, as you say, spilling a drop or marking the suit. He said it's one of his favourite pictures because it showed the spirit and strength Elvis still had and that a funnier picture would have been the body guards trying to get down in such a spritely fashion right after Elvis.

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

I also got this pic from just before which Sam said showed him and Elvis noticing the loading bay at the same minute with Sam thinking "oh heck, what we gonna do?" and Elvis's expression saying "ha! lets jump this sucker!"

I think from these comments that people were expecting to see Elvis jumping off of a 10 ft. loading dock....not a 2 ft. dock. It's kind of amusing that a group of young men were wondering how in the world they were going to manage to do that... And this bunch was there to protect Elvis??

[Diane]

That was just Elvis' personality, he was always daring physically. I don't think getting hurt was ever a worry to him and wasn't it said that in his Karate classes that he had a large tolerance for pain? I'll bet he was hell for his bodyguards to keep up with at times.

Diane

[utmom2008]

That was just Elvis' personality, he was always daring physically. I don't think getting hurt was ever a worry to him and wasn't it said that in his Karate classes that he had a large tolerance for pain? I'll bet he was hell for his bodyguards to keep up with at times.

Diane

I agree that there may have been times when he was physically daring.....I just don't believe this was one of them.

[Elvistcbkirch]

No offence, but the picture says it all. An obvious overweight Elvis making his way down the gutter among the thrash beside a garbage container. On stage he was amazing untill his death, but mentally and physically he was falling apart. Merry Christmas, Martin

[Johnny]

he said they were looking around for an easier way down to the cars and before they could say anything Elvis was crouched down and heading off the loading bay without, as you say, spilling a drop or marking the suit. He said it's one of his favourite pictures because it showed the spirit and strength Elvis still had and that a funnier picture would have been the body guards trying to get down in such a spritely fashion right after Elvis."

Man, what a respect for Elvis they must have had - if I'm reading between the lines correctly; "Man, we must find stairs as Elvis can't possibly get down these 60, 90 (or whatever) cm ...well, I'll never ...he made it and without spilling his drink. Bet he'll not be so lucky next time"

[Diane]

Martin, you certainly have a way with words....the situation couldn't be made to sound worse if you tried.

Diane

[Getlo]

I think people, especially Martin, are reading way too much into the picture.

It was probably a case of the quickest way to the car being down the loading dock, and it was probably Elvis' idea.

It's just a pic of him sliding off a loading dock, nothing more than that.

[nolvis]

Sam Thompson himself, said that he was amazed at just how easily Elvis jumped off the loading area and maintained his drink without spilling a drop, because if it was him or Dick Grob or good ole' Joe, well they would have spilled their drink on themselves for sure! And he was impressed by Elvis' lithe and easy manner to negotiate this manaouvre!!! On the other board at FECC, people (guys) that are 42 and around that age, say that they couldn't do this "simple" jump and hold without for sure spilling on themselves also, and were very impressed by this "seemingly" simple task, unlike some of the people on this board who think it is nothing and just a joke.

[thedoc]

Tcbkirch,you may find to humiliate Elvis,as the best way to feel better or bigger(as some other Elvis "fans" do as well,no idea about the reason!!) but that behaviour could only put you in a worse and impossible situation.Obviously he,in spite of being dead,has a much more respectable place in people's hearts and in this world,comparing millions of other living person,let alone when he was alive.