201. ⚾Major League (1989)

Dan, Manny, & Billy put the 1989 baseball comedy classic Major League (1989) to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

 

“We've been doing a load of dog shit so far and we [were in] need of a win. We needed a definite win."
-Dan Dissinger

 

Oh man! The journey to podcasting immortality starts with the 1989 classic Major League, a comedy that was able to be offensive, heartwarming, exciting, have a love story, easily making it a top 5 of baseball movie. It’s been a rough journey for our hosts and like they’ve been saying for months, they really needed a win. 

With new movies and our lives being sanitized of color watching Major League reminds the audience of a time when films, lives, clothes, and the overall world was a fun place to live. Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but the men and woman looked like people. The bodies were real bodies. It was more okay to age. Actors were age appropriate for their parts. Suspending disbelief was so much easier.

The guys talk all about these things while reciting their favorite lines, laughing about the many training montages, giving the late Bob Uecker his flowers, and talking about the power and lasting legacy of baseball movies like The Natural, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own. They also talk about how Major League has a killer cast, yet only 2 and a quarter speaking roles for women. What?!

All of this was going on while the New York Knicks were being destroyed in game 3 of the NBA Finals. You can listen to the other episodes where the guys talk about the mall while The Knicks are playing and then hear their reactions to the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history.

So, grab your baseball mitt, your best friends, fill a cooler with beer, and fire up the grill because baseball season is underway and this episode will have everyone singing “Wild Thing.”

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Major League Kickoff

00:27 Knicks Game Banter

01:08 Why This Movie Rules

01:59 Plot Setup & Ted Lasso

03:31 Personal Nostalgia Story

04:32 Baseball Movies & Misfits

05:46 Team Names & Mascots

08:08 Cast Talk Berenger vs Sheen

09:49 Jumping into the Movie

12:49 Quotes C Iconic Scenes

15:32 Spring Training & Trivia

19:45 Bob Uecker Steals It

23:21 Love Story Complaints

25:46 Winning Streak and Pacing

31:59 Can You Make This Today

35:16 Charlie Sheen Fastball Trivia

35:45 Halftime Superstition Spiral

36:32 Uecker Improvs & Steroids

38:22 Sheen Career Highs & Lows

41:30 Ranking Baseball Movies

47:40 Field of Dreams Road Trip

50:41 Signs and Sign Stealing

53:08 Major League II & Snipes

59:29 Nostalgia Test Verdict

01:00:50 Wrap Up & Plug

 

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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. Other music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected