OT: Memorable Sitcom Sports Episodes

[godwulf]

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The first one that comes to mind for me is Al Bundy vs his high school nemesis "Spare Tire" Dixon (Bubba Smith).

Four touchdowns in one game, baybee!!

One 'Married with Children' episode, which did not feature any real-life athletes, as I recall, but was sports-related and very funny, was 'The Unnatural'. One of my own favorite "game-used" (technically "screen-used") items came from that - I have Peg/Katy Sagal's softball jersey, as well as the football jersey she wore in 'Al's Angels'.

'Arliss' was a good show that featured actual athletes on nearly every episode. I remember one show in which Arliss was on his cell phone, talking about how Luis Gonzalez, one of his clients, was going to get screwed on some deal he was making, and it turned out that he Luis was on the line and fired him.

[Sixburgh, PA]

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That's funny you mention that, I wanted to have an A. Bundy custom "New Market Mallers" softball jersey made based on that game.

Can you please post a pic for reference? I had the episode recorded on my DVR, but a power surge erased it.

[sox83cubs84]

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From "The Munsters":

Herman and Eddie go to the nearby park to horse around playing ball. Herman launches a ball that travels for a mile, conking Dodgers coach Leo Durocher on the head when it lands. Being told the distance the ball must have travelled, Durocher pursues and signs Herman to a Dodgers contract. During his first team workout, Herman digs a 20-foot groove in the infield with a ground ball, hits another hot grounder that burns a hole in a teammate's mitt, and conks a home run that knocks over a scoreboard. Herman is let go before playing in a game becuase Walter O' Malley says that every time Herman played, it would cost him $20,000 to repair the stadium.

At the end, Herman and Eddie decide to go to the park to throw around the ol' pigskin, and a punt by Herman lands in the same area a mile away and conks a Rams official in the noggin. The guy and his associate are then seen starting down the same trail as Durocher did when the episode ends.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[karamaxjoe]

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From "The Munsters":

Herman and Eddie go to the nearby park to horse around playing ball. Herman launches a ball that travels for a mile, conking Dodgers coach Leo Durocher on the head when it lands. Being told the distance the ball must have travelled, Durocher pursues and signs Herman to a Dodgers contract. During his first team workout, Herman digs a 20-foot groove in the infield with a ground ball, hits another hot grounder that burns a hole in a teammate's mitt, and conks a home run that knocks over a scoreboard. Herman is let go before playing in a game becuase Walter O' Malley says that every time Herman played, it would cost him $20,000 to repair the stadium.

At the end, Herman and Eddie decide to go to the park to throw around the ol' pigskin, and a punt by Herman lands in the same area a mile away and conks a Rams official in the noggin. The guy and his associate are then seen starting down the same trail as Durocher did when the episode ends.

Dave M.
Chicago area

I think Leo did a lot of sitcoms back in the sixties. I remember an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies where Durocher tries to sign Jethro to a contract. The one thing I remember is Ellie May throwing a ball to Leo and knocking him into the cement pond.

[metsbats]

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On that one episode with the yankees team signed birthday card.That show was on the other night and i just thought it was funny.The amount of money the sports shop guy paid kramer for it-$200.00.For a team signed yankees anything,that cheap,the people at sienfield didnt really do thier homework on that.

Bernie and Derek were also on Seinfeld too.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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From "The Munsters":

Herman and Eddie go to the nearby park to horse around playing ball. Herman launches a ball that travels for a mile, conking Dodgers coach Leo Durocher on the head when it lands. Being told the distance the ball must have travelled, Durocher pursues and signs Herman to a Dodgers contract. During his first team workout, Herman digs a 20-foot groove in the infield with a ground ball, hits another hot grounder that burns a hole in a teammate's mitt, and conks a home run that knocks over a scoreboard. Herman is let go before playing in a game becuase Walter O' Malley says that every time Herman played, it would cost him $20,000 to repair the stadium.

At the end, Herman and Eddie decide to go to the park to throw around the ol' pigskin, and a punt by Herman lands in the same area a mile away and conks a Rams official in the noggin. The guy and his associate are then seen starting down the same trail as Durocher did when the episode ends.

The Rams official is Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Sandy Koufax on "Mr. Ed".

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Maury Wills on "Get Smart".

[LastingsMilledge85]

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Paul O'Neill was in Seinfeld too. Not a sitcom, but Brett Favre was in There's Something About Mary.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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And another Seinfeld episode with Joe DiMaggio, but they never show his face they just talk about him and dunking his doughnut.

[Soonerfan65]

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Kevin McHale in cheers; they ask him something about how many bolts are in the parquet floor at the Garden or some inane question like that.

[2000mvpfan]

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Sparky Anderson on WKRP in Cincinnatti...after being fired from the Reds,he gets hired to do a sports talk-show at the station,with pretty funny results.


Joe

[cordovacollector]

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It might not necessarily be a sitcom, but what comes to mind is a Saturday Night Live sketch in the late '90s that featured Todd Hundley, Scott Rolen, Mark Wohlers, Gregg Jefferies, Mark Grudzielanek, Todd Zeile and several others...there must have been about 20-25stars of that era in the sketch.

Are you think of the Helen Hunt sketch on SNL (Dec. 13, 1997), where she is in her bedroom having a dream and all the baseball players come gather aroung her bed? It was a favorite of mine too because Marty Cordova was in the sketch.

I have the tape and info somewhere, but seems to me a bunch of players showed up in the audience just to watch the show but the staff quickly decided to make them a part of the show.

Marty Cordova... Himself (uncredited)Russ Davis... Himself (uncredited)Jeff Fassero... Himself (uncredited)Cliff Floyd... Himself (uncredited)Mark Grudzielanek... Himself (uncredited)David Howard... Himself (uncredited)Todd Hundley... Himself (uncredited)Gregg Jefferies... Himself (uncredited)
Jack Nicholson... Himself (uncredited)Scott Rolen... Himself (uncredited)Mike Sweeney... Himself (uncredited)Rondell White... Himself (uncredited)Mark Wohlers... Himself (uncredited)Todd Zeile... Himself (uncredited)

[cordovacollector]

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Here's the trascript:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97i.phtml

[cordovacollector]

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Here's the transcript:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97i.phtml

Here's the real transcript, sorry for the mistake:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97ibaseball.phtml