And nothing wrong with that. Top 5 icons in tennis today. I would say bigger than Serena Williams.
Yeah most people here are too young(or are too tennis nerdy) to realize just how famous John McEnroe is with the general public. I would say he is more famous in the US than Sampras, Agassi, or Serena.
The way he has managed to stay relevant is rather amazing(and I'm not just talking about these commentary gigs). The man is 65, retired in 1992, and they can't stop making documentaries on him. or feature films. He was in Curb Your Enthusiasm and was the narrator on the Netflix show Never Have I Ever(they sought him out, it's like he's going around pleading for work - do any of todays players have a voice as famous as Mac? yelling "you cannot be serious" has translated into more money than just about any phrase in history...)
He was in Only Murders in the Building last year! That show is huge.
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And there is no talk show host in the world who would want to interview sampras, agassi, or serena over him. He is like Charles Barkley, people love to hear him talk.
It's doubtful that they will be making docs on the big three 40 years from now like they keep doing with the icons of the 70s/80s. Hell, no one seems to care about doing one about the Sampras Agassi rivalry(which was a joke in terms of mainstream interest in comparison to the Mac/Borg/Connors rivalries)
In the last few years alone these films were made about or involved Mac. Someone check back in 40 years to see if anyone is cranking out movies about Fedal. they aren't exactly the most interesting people to hear speak.
just a few weeks ago the AO youtube channel dropped this! and look at the production values, and effort to track down all these people. Gee, I wonder why they would waste all those resources on some old out of touch dinosaur tennis player.
from 2022, doc on Mac aired on Showtime/Paramount Plus
and this was doc from a French director, so the "only dumb Yanks care about Mac" argument doesn't hold water
BBC doc on 70s tennis boom from last year featuring one entire episode on Mac-Borg final(it's not like we are lacking for info on the 1980 W final, but yet they still keep making content about it!)
Borg vs McEnroe movie which Mac had no involvement with(again, he's not just courting all this attention)
I'm sure I'm forgetting more. But don't worry, I'm sure another doc will be coming out in the future.
and here's an interview with Pat McAfee(2 million subscribers) from last year. And McAfee isn't some boomer, he's Djokovic's age! No way in hell would he rather interview Agassi or Serena. Mac is broadcasting gold.
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