We have a winner
*Dave's World's Official Mets Correspondent, Denis from Queens, is the winner of this week's contest. He says Slapshot is the greatest sports movie of all-time. I disagree (I don't see how any movie without the Hulkster in it can even be considered), but the whole point was to say what your favorite sports movie was and tell why, and DFQ does a good job laying out his argument.
This is easy.
Slapshot.
What movie more aptly displayed, visualized what a sport is/was than Slapshot? The Chiefs are the prototypical ECHL team, a bunch of talentless goons, in an economically depressed area (Charleston).
To draw fans, the Chiefs hire three brothers, better served to wrestle six man tag-team matches in ECW with the Dudley Boys, who brawl with everybody.
For God's sake, Paul Newman is the team captain, and his language made sailors blush. Several examples, thanks to the good folks at IMDB:
I defy any sports movie to top Slapshot. Oh sure, some come close. Major League. THE ORIGINAL VERSION of the longest yard. Airplane, just for the scene with Kareem. But no movie captures the essence of hockey, the violence of hockey, the...humor that encompasses the sport quite like Slapshot.
DFQ sent in a bunch of Paul Newman's most profane quotes from the movie. I appreciate the effort, but tend to avoid bad language on the site for the most part (Real-time Dave is a different story). He pulled the quotes from here, if you're interested.
So on second thought, I've never sat down and watched Slapshot from start to finish -- just watched it in big chunks here and there after stumbling on it while flipping through the channels. Also, if I remember correctly, the Dudleys, who are Dave's Worlds Official Best Tag Team of the 1990s, were originally meant as Hanson Brothers knock-offs. Regardless, congrats to DFQ, who wins an official 2005 Boston Red Sox pocket schedule.
The Texas Yankees Fan writes, in regard to my note yesterday about the airport layover in Vegas: Ok, true story. I'm in Vegas covering (event for his employer). Was there for two nights, as I had to fly back on the redeye. Anyway, long story short, won about $1,000 playing roulette the two nights at Treasure Island and the only available ride to the airport was three hours early. Played video poker at the airport and on my dog's life, hit four of a kind three times in less than an hour and won another $500. It was gone within 10 days, but still, now you know someone who won at the Vegas airport.
Sure pal … next thing you'll tell me is Everett and Brockton have combined for 39 EMass football titles since 1990. If I didn't see it, it didn't happen.
Also, by the time my flight took off yesterday it was 115 degrees at the airport. Ever been in a near-full plane as it tries to take off when the air is that heavy? If I didn't know better, I would have thought the pilots were trying to pull off Blue Angels-type tricks with the jet.
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