Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 121: “Beavis and Butthead Do America”
I know it’s the wrong movie, but stupid is as stupid does…
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 120: “The Wild Geese”
Just in time for the Holidays, a tale of a commando raid in Africa which is as much of a Christmas movie as Die Hard or Stalag 17…which somehow ends up in the saga of Frank McCourt’s Los Angeles Dodgers.
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 119: “Gus”
You’ll get a kick out of a football-playing mule leading to a tale of the revolution which ended up in the creation of a billion-viewer sporting event!
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 118: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
If you know the Monty Python “Summarize Proust” sketch, and you remember who won that contest, you know the two reasons for this analogy.
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 117: “Ten Seconds To Hell”
Who was better at defusing bombs? Jack Palance in post-war Berlin or Bill O’Brien at post-Sandusky Penn State?
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 116: “3:10 to Yuma”
Glenn Ford’s “Ben Wade” is trying to stay out of prison. So, what does he have in common with a Cuban pitcher?
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 115: “Battleground”
Yet another connection between Van Johnson and the National Football League.
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 114: “A Guy Named Joe”
You might be cool, but you’ll never be “Got an entire sport created because of your movie career” cool.
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 113: “Personal Best”
Just in time for the Summer Games, a tale of the Olympics, screwing, and Olympic screwing.
What The Dubsists Thought…