12 Apr 2013
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The New Way Episode 2 – Sports Night is now live! For those of you that subscribed to us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-way/id631844643), or any podcast rss service, you should have seen the new episode update for you over last night. A new podcast will automatically update every Friday, and we may even give you one or two mid week mini episodes so you can get your fix.
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This week’s cast is all about SPORTS movies. Matt and Ben discuss sports in film. In this episode, you’ll learn why Matt likes the last name Peffercorn, why Ben can’t stop vibrating, and why James Earl Jones can own a film simply by saying, “Baseball”. We took your criticisms to heart, yet we did nothing to act upon them. Mainly, we listened to the positive feedback and ignored the bad. It’s a strategy that’s working extremely well for NBC right now.
So sit back and relax listening to soothing sounds of Ben, Matt and James Earl Jones in this week’s edition of THE NEW WAY PODCAST WITH BEN AND MATT!
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Okay, ladies. I was driving back from the San Fernando Valley today and started thinking about all the sports movies you shamefully left out. And now that I've had a PINT of cheap beer and Jameson, Im gonna spill out some films that should get honorable mention. In no particular order:
MONEYBALL
A League of Their Own
Any Given Sunday
MIGHTY DUCKS!!!!
Remember The Titans (gotta represent my peeps)
Friday Night Lights (the drama show was probably better. One of the BEST PILOTS EVER)
THE NATURAL!!!! (My dad introduced me to that film when I was a boy playing in the Little League Minors…in Forth Walton Beach, Florida. Fantastic.)
Lady Bugs
Victory. (Starring Stallone as the American goalkeeper, Michael Cain, and it even had PELE, one of the World's greatest "proper" footballers. Im an English Football fan so that film meant a lot.)
Seabiscuit
However, having The Sandlot , Air Up There, and Hoosiers on your list redeems you a little. Hoosiers brought me to tears; that scene where Gene Hackman brings them into a huddle toward the end and says, "I love you guys." I get teary eyed.
And I'm gonna predict that 42 will be at the top of my list. It's such an important story and think it's gonna be badass. Maybe they'll do one on Hank Aaron later. I'd love to see a film about the first black hockey player too cause I've been curious about that.
Well, looking forward to a little racism and TV talk on the next episode! Haha;)
Mr. John, you make some great points. Moneyball is a really well done flick that makes a topic that is literally and metaphorically “inside baseball” both compelling and entertaining. League of Their Own is great, but it couldn’t quite beat the Sandlot for me. Ducks was never my thing. Any Given Sunday I find to be a little ridiculous. lol
Titans is good, but Friday Night Lights blows it out of the water, and was VERY close to making it on my list (and one of the only GREAT MOVIES that became a GREAT SHOW…maybe the only…other than MASH?). The Natural is a little hokey to me. And my hokey slot was filled by Field of Dreams. 🙂
LADY BUGS! Hysterical. My college roommate and I watched that movie about 50 times during school. Immensely watchable flick. Victory was another one that we watched a few times in college, back when I was a more active Arsenal fan. Air Up There? Really? That one and Any Given Sunday are your weak links. I bet you can think of ten sports flicks WAY better. Hahah.
I’m curious with 42…I’ve read VERY mixed things about it. I’m hoping it’s along the lines of Seabiscuit…a very NICE movie. Not a great film…but an enjoyable flick. That’s still a SLIGHT disappointment to me though, because I think Aaron’s story could be a lot grittier and honest. I don’t know if Spike Lee’s idea would have gone TOO FAR in that direction, and sensationalized it…but I think there’s a version of that film closer to Spike’s approach that’s more what I’d be looking for.