Aged 18, he changed his name to Mr T. “Let me explain that,” he says. “See, everything I do there is a reason behind it. My father was a minister and I watched him being called Boy. And I watched my uncle being called Boy. I watched one of my brothers who was a marine come home from Vietnam in his beret and uniform, and some white guys were calling him Boy. So at 18 I had to register for the draft. I said, if I’m old enough to fight and die for my country, I’m old enough to be respected as a man, so I self-ordained myself Mr T at first. Then I legally changed my name to Mr T later on, so the first word out of everyone’s mouth would be Mr.”
I met Mr T when I was working in a wine shop in San Francisco in the late '80s. Middle of the afternoon, he walked in with a lot of excited little kids trailing him. Bought a 4-pack of Champale. Surprisingly short, spectacularly nice.
scootunit | 9 hours ago
Aged 18, he changed his name to Mr T. “Let me explain that,” he says. “See, everything I do there is a reason behind it. My father was a minister and I watched him being called Boy. And I watched my uncle being called Boy. I watched one of my brothers who was a marine come home from Vietnam in his beret and uniform, and some white guys were calling him Boy. So at 18 I had to register for the draft. I said, if I’m old enough to fight and die for my country, I’m old enough to be respected as a man, so I self-ordained myself Mr T at first. Then I legally changed my name to Mr T later on, so the first word out of everyone’s mouth would be Mr.”
OrdinarilyIWouldnt | 5 hours ago
I met Mr T when I was working in a wine shop in San Francisco in the late '80s. Middle of the afternoon, he walked in with a lot of excited little kids trailing him. Bought a 4-pack of Champale. Surprisingly short, spectacularly nice.