Oh man, I guess I’m going to have to learn about minor league baseball … that sounds like no fun if I’m being honest. Let’s go!
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) The film’s finale takes place in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. For whom was Hubert Humphrey vice-president?
2) The first film was written by David S. Ward, and he is still talking about making a proper third film and banishing this one to the Phantom Zone. Ward was nominated for two films. One, a caper film from 1973, and the other a romantic comedy from 1993. Name either.
3) Minor League baseball. We’ve seen a film about Minor League Baseball (kind of, Summer League Baseball really). Summer Catch with Freddie Prinze Jr. What league did they play in in that film?
4) The song Turning Japanese by the Vapors featured heavily in the film. It also features in another film starring Chris Farely. Can you name that film?
5) Walter Goggins played Billy ‘Downtown’ Anderson in the film. He has also been nominated for two Emmys. One for Justified. And another more recently for a popular television show based on a video game. Name that show/video game.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: Going up against Back to the Minors’ primetime debut was this sequel. The original, in a funny connection, starred Tom Berenger. What is the original film called?
Answers
1) That would be Lyndon Johnson. I’m going to be honest, I don’t know if I would have gotten this correct even though Johnson is the only person who makes sense. For some reason Carter was sticking in my mind. Carter’s VP was Mondale.
2) This is a giveaway if you read the preview, but the films are The Sting and Sleepless in Seattle. I think the 1993 one is gettable regardless, what other romantic comedy would have been nominated for screenplay in the early 90s?
3) That would be the world renowned Cape Cod League. If I was really nuts I would have asked you which team he played for. That would be the Chatham A’s. But that would be nuts.
4) Think about it … it has to be Beverly Hills Ninja. Now that is a film I’ve seen a few times, and it is wild we haven’t done it yet. Played 37 times on television in the 90s. We’ve done zero Farely films! We have Coneheads, Beverly Hills Ninja, Almost Heroes, Airheads, Black Sheep, Billy Madison, Dirty Work, and Tommy Boy to go!
5) That would be fallout. I haven’t gotten to that one yet. I like Goggins though. I remember playing Fallout waaaaaaay back when it came out in 1997. Is has isometric graphics, like Baulder’s Gate. It is good, but much different than the more recent ones.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: You best believe that is The Substitute. And yeah Treat Williams would star in a trilogy of sequels ending in 2001. This is a film that deserves a remake I feel like, the original is just a weird film and an update could go into interesting places.
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