*APOLLO & THELMA: FAINE BARELY MET MIGHTY APOLLO- NO SOURCE*
*APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE- PHOTOS ABOVE: MIGHTY APOLLO 73yrs, FAINE IN HIS MID TO LATE 20-TIME PERIOD WHEN THEY MET IN THE EARLY 80s. TWO UNIVERSES TOTALLY APART. MIGHTY APOLLO A SEASONED PIONEER IN THE PHYSICAL FITNESS WORLD, FROM A HARD, DANGEROUS LIFE. *FAINE YOUNG & SHELTERED, LITTLE LIFE EXPERIENCE & NON PHYSICAL. FAINE STATED IN HIS BOOK THAT MIGHTY APOLLO WAS FROM A WORLD UTTERLY FOREIGN TO HIM. HIS BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THIS NON CONNECTION & MISUNDERSTANDING.*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE.
*FAINE IN HIS OWN WORDS SAID THAT HE NEVER MET THELMA, HIS KNOWLEDGE WAS GAINED THROUGH THELMA'S WORK COLLEAGUES, MIGHTY APOLLO & HIS SONS.
*FAINE'S EXPOSURE TO MIGHTY. APOLLO, DESPITE HIS CLAIM, AMOUNTED TO A MERE HANDFUL OF TIMES. THIS WAS WHEN THE WRITER WAS IN HIS MID TO LATE 20s, AS A JUNIOR LAWYER.
* IN AN ATTEMPT TO INFLATE HIS ASSOCIATION, THE AUTHOR STATED THAT MIGHTY APOLLO NEVER RESPONDED TO LETTERS & RARELY ANSWERED THE PHONE. HE SAYS THIS RESULTED IN REGULAR PERSONAL VISITS.
THIS IS STORY CREATION EMBELLISHMENT.
*MIGHTY APOLLO WAS BOUND TO HIS GYM 24/7, THE ONLY WAY TO RUN A GYM IN THAT ERA. HE LIVED ON THE PHONE, IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO HIS BUSINESS & AS A CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. FOR THE SAME REASON MIGHTY APOLLO ALWAYS ANSWERED LETTERS. HE VALUED THE CHANCE TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH THE WRITTEN MEDIUM.
* MIGHTY APOLLO WROTE FOR LEADING MAGAZINES & KEPT VOLUMES OF IN DEPTH DIARIES. THE ARCHIVES IN PAUL'S PERSONAL POSSESSION VALIDATES THIS.
*DURING FAINE'S FEW VISITS, APOLLO WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM AN OVERVIEW OF HIS PRESS BOOKS, IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT & VERIFY HIS CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS. APOLLO WOULD HAVE ALSO GIVEN FAINE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HIS UNPUBLISHED BOOK DRAFT REGARDING HIS PSYCHING PROCESS.
*MIGHTY APOLLO ENJOYED TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE THROUGH THE ABOVE MEDIUMS. THIS WAS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IF SOMEONE SHOWED AN INTEREST. INFORMATION SHARED WAS A PERIPHERAL OVERVIEW, NOT A PERSONAL, OR AN IN DEPTH REVEAL.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: PRESS BOOKS DISPLAY MIGHTY APOLLO’S LIFE*
*PHOTOS: MIGHTY APOLLO WOULD TAKE PLEASURE IN SITTING DOWN WITH A CUPA & TALKING TO GYM MEMBERS. IF YOU WERE LUCKY & APOLLO FELT MOTIVATED, A VERY BRIEF VIEWING OF HIS MASSIVE PRESS BOOK COLLECTION MAY BE GIVEN.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO’S FEATS, WERE DEATH DEFYING*
*PHOTO: ONE OF THE MANY ARTICLES, THAT FLOOD MIGHTY APOLLO’S PRESS BOOKS. HIS REMARKABLE LIFE & PERFORMING ACHIEVEMENTS, WERE TESTAMENT IN ARTICLES SUCH AS THIS, AUSTRALIAN POST, 1954.*
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*MIGHTY APOLLO WOULD STATE, REGARDING HIS LIFE, THAT “THE TRUTH WAS STRANGER THAN FICTION”.
*APOLLO WOULD USE HIS PRESS BOOKS, PHOTOS & ARTICLES DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS OF HIS GYM, TO RECOUNT EVENTS OF HIS LIFE.
*MIGHTY APOLLO’S FEATS & ADVENTUROUS LIFE, WAS HARD FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS FAINE TO UNDERSTAND. YET THE PROOF WAS THERE IN HIS ARCHIVES, REPORTED BY THE PRESS OF THE DAY.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: FAINE NO FREIND TO MIGHTY APOLLO'S SONS.*
*APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE- PHOTO ABOVE: PAUL ANDERSON FAR RIGHT. DISCUSSING POTENTIAL MIGHTY APOLLO DOCUMENTARY ON JON FAINE RADIO SHOW, 2016 (AFTER SHOW).*
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APOLLO & THELMA : A TRUE TALL TALE
*PAUL HIGHLIGHTED THE SON'S LACK OF CONNECTION TO FAINE ON THE AUTHOR'S RADIO PROGRAM IN 2016. PAUL MISTOOK FAINE FOR ANOTHER LAWYER, WHO'S SERVICES WERE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME IN THE 80s. SUCH WAS FAINE'S LACK OF IMPACT & PRESENCE.
*FAINE PRIVATELY POINTED THIS OUT TO PAUL, OFF AIR AT THE END OF THE SHOW.
FAINE PUT THIS DOWN TO HIM BEING YOUNG & IT BEING ALONG TIME AGO. FAINE DID NOT ADMIT TO BEING A VERY SHORT TERM, UN NOTABLE PERSON TO THE SONS.
*THE AUTHOR WAS & IS NOT A FRIEND TO THE FAMILY. THERE WERE & HAS NOT BEEN ANY SOCIAL GATHERINGS OVER THE YEARS. FAINE ACTED AS A LAWYER DEALING WITH THELMA'S WILL, THATS IT.
* FAINE'S DISTANCE FROM OUR FAMILY WAS EVIDENT AT MIGHTY APOLLO'S FUNERAL. THE SONS WERE NOT AWARE OF HIS ATTENDANCE. FAINE WAS A MERE SIGNATURE IN THE RECEPTION BOOK, OBSERVED MANY YEARS LATER BY PAUL.
* IN RECENT TIMES, THE AUTHOR'S COMMUNICATION WITH THE SONS MARK & BRUCE HAS ONLY BEEN DURING THE BOOK CREATION PROCESS. THIS WAS MAINLY IN A COUPLE OF PHONE CALL INTERVIEWS IN 2020.
*AROUND 2017, FAINE VISITED PAUL'S GYM & WAREHOUSE HOME TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOOK & TO VIEW MIGHTY APOLLO'S MEMORABILIA.
*PRIOR TO THE BOOK RELEASE THE WRITER MADE 5 VISITS TO PAUL'S WAREHOUSE, AVERAGING A COUPLE OF HOURS EACH. THIS WAS FOR INTERVIEWS, PRESS BOOK VIEWING & PHOTOGRAPHS.
*OVER THE 2 & 1/2 YRS OF THE BOOK'S DEVELOPMENT, FAINE SENT EMAILS TO THE SONS. APART FROM ONE CHAPTER (THE ONE OF US AS CHILDREN) THAT WAS COLLECTIVELY SENT, THE EMAILS WERE MOSTLY GENERAL, ADDRESSING STAGES OF DRAFTING, OR PROMOTION.
*MANY OF THESE EMAILS WERE MONTHS APART. SPECIFICS OF THE BOOK'S CONTENT, WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY WITHHELD, DUE TO WHAT FAINE CALLED THE GUARDED NATURE OF THE PUBLISHER.
*IN ORDER TO GIVE THE BOOK WEIGHT & SUBSTANCE, FAINE PROFESSES THERE WERE MANY HOURS OF DIRECT INPUT FROM THE FAMILY. EMAILS TO BE PRESENTED, WILL SHOW THIS IS NOT CORRECT. DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM THE WRITER OF FULL FAMILY DRAFT CHECKING, THE SONS WERE DENIED & BLOCKED.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO & CROWD, PROVED FEATS REAL*
*PHOTOS: MIGHTY APOLLO WOULD CHALLENGE SHOW SPECTATORS & SPORTING TEAMS, TO A TUG OF WAR. *PHOTO ABOVE TAKEN IN THE 30s, DEPICTS SUCH A PERFORMANCE. MIGHTY APOLLO IS HIGHLIGHTED (IN YELLOW), ALMOST HIDDEN WITHIN THE STRAINING MASS OF PEOPLE. *THE CLOSE UP PHOTO, SHOWS THE HUGE DEMAND ON MIGHTY APOLLO’S FLEXING BODY, AS THE CROWD TRIES WITH ALL ITS MIGHT TO RIP HIS ARMS APART.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO’S GYM, DECORATED TO INSPIRE*
*PHOTO: MIGHTY APOLLO 1979, IN HIS GYM, CNR OF ABECKETT ST & ELIZABETH ST MELBOURNE. MIGHTY APOLLO, ALWAYS PROUDLY WORE HIS EMBLAZONED TRACK SUITS. HIS GYMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HIGHLY DECORATIVE. THE AIM WAS TO CREATE AN INSPIRING ATMOSPHERE FOR CLIENTS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO’S FEATS, DREW THE MEDIA*
*PHOTOS: MIGHTY APOLLO PULLS WITH HIS TEETH, THE BIGGEST FIRE ENGINE, LADDER CARRIER, IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT MEDIA SOURCES AT THE TIME, RECORD THE FEAT, WHICH WAS PERFORMED AT EASTERN HILL MELBOURNE, 1941.*
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