Comments on: Make It A Blockbuster Night (of FOOTBALL!) https://korkedbats.com/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/ That Funny Sports Blog Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Austin https://korkedbats.com/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-351 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:57:06 +0000 http://korkedbats.flywheelsites.com/2009/09/28/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-351 Great call with Lucas… I don't know how I forgot that one!

]]> By: Styu https://korkedbats.com/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-350 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:27:59 +0000 http://korkedbats.flywheelsites.com/2009/09/28/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-350 No love for Leatherheads or The Comebacks?? Weak…

]]> By: rossbtaylor https://korkedbats.com/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-349 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:47:41 +0000 http://korkedbats.flywheelsites.com/2009/09/28/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-349 Necessary Roughness-
Robert Loggia went to Mizzou, Scott Bakula is from Kirkwood, MO and Kathy Ireland is my generation's Farrah Fawcett. With Rob Schneider as the hapless PA man + Sinbad as a ringer of sorts (grad students have years of eligibility?) this ragtag crew of misfits score a feel good victory at the end of a 1-9-1 season.

All the Right Moves-
Before Tom Cruise became Jerry Maguire, Craig T. Nelson was always the Coach. And BTW: band chicks will eventually go all the way if they feel sorry enough for you.

Lucas-
A more realistic take on the old "nerd-plays-football" angle: nerd gets concussion, everybody feels horrible. Charlie Sheen also plays the ancient Hollywood archetype: Jock that inconceivably defends nerd. I'm looking at you, Junior Floyd and Dennis Quaid in "Breaking Away".

The Field-Goal Kicking, Garbage-Picking, Philadelphia Phenomenon
Tony Danza plays a garbage man named Tony that saves the Eagles' season in this forgotten Disney epic. This reminds me of an old Disney movie with Don Knotts starring a field-goal kicking mule. I'll say this much: At least they didn't have to name the mule's character "Mule" so he could remember his cues.

A few comments on the KB list:
Everybody's All-American is pretty great; it's got 80s sap overload, and the racial messages are outdated; but Goodman and Quaid are terrific.

The original Longest Yard is pretty awesome for two reasons: Burt. Reynolds.

Friday Night Lights: The book and TV show are better than the movie.

And finally, all I could ever feel about Rudy was, "This is stupid; after his 40 seconds of obscurity, he's going to be a working class nobody again." I would hate my life if I was Rudy Rutteger.

]]> By: jeff https://korkedbats.com/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-348 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:35:03 +0000 http://korkedbats.flywheelsites.com/2009/09/28/make-it-a-blockbuster-night-of-football/#comment-348 I'm commenting on the shear fact that I've set foot on the "Smurf Turf," not really knowing it's significance at the time, but now I do. I'll consider netflixing it. :)

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