These days I can watch most of my favorite movies with a click of a button. If there's not a DVD sitting on the shelf... then they're accessible on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Disney+, and HBO Max.
But growing up in the 70's and 80's, things were much different. Unless you owned the movie or worked in a video rental shop, you had to wait to watch a specific movie. In fact... half the time I'd flip through channels and stumble across a movie halfway through and begin watching it from there.
But growing up in the 70's and 80's, things were much different. Unless you owned the movie or worked in a video rental shop, you had to wait to watch a specific movie. In fact... half the time I'd flip through channels and stumble across a movie halfway through and begin watching it from there.
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The Pride of the Yankees is one of those movies. As a kid, it was one of those "stop" and "drop" everything films... along with The Wizard of Oz and Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. After forty-plus years, I still consider it one of my favorite sports movies... right up there with Remember the Titans.
In 2009, Panini created several cards featuring this film. One of them is a relic card containing a swatch of clothing worn by Gary Cooper, the actor who portrayed Lou Gehrig. That card has been on my radar since I learned about it. The problem is the reasonably priced copies sell quickly, while the rest sit there outside of my comfort zone.
Well... thanks to Jim over at cards as i see them, I've officially crossed that card off of my most wanted list. Technically... he went above and beyond by sending me the dual relic version, which also features a swatch of clothing worn by Teresa Wright. She played Lou's wife in the movie and has an article about her featured on the Baseball Hall of Fame website.
There's a special reason I pushed back this post until today. The Pride of the Yankees premiered on July 14th, 1942 at the Astor Theatre in New York City... exactly 80 years ago.
Thank you Jim for this awesome card! It's not often I receive a care package that includes a card off of my Most Wanted list.
As for the rest of you... here is your question of the day:
What were some of your "stop" and "drop" everything films?
Happy Thursday and sayonara!
Definitely Pride of the Yankees, The Natural, as well as In Harms Way, The Longest Day, any Pink Panther movie from the 70s, the original 12 Angry Men, The Fugitive, Star Wars, A New Hope, and All the President's Men.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the awesome card! 👌
Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Bull Durham, those were my jams.
ReplyDeleteCool card.
ReplyDeleteRaiders of the Lost Ark
In the Name of the Father
Annie Hall
Casablanca
Casino
Probably Shawshank and the Harry Potter films.
ReplyDeleteVery cool card! My stop and drop everything film is "Young Frankenstein" - I've seen it so many time I could probably quote the whole movie, yet I'll always watch it when it's on!
ReplyDeletejohn sharp - you listed some awesome movies. i love 12 angry men and of course... a new hope.
ReplyDeletethe snorting bull - watched both of films in my youth, but haven't seen either in the past decade or so. i think i own both dvds, but just not enough time to sit down and watch them
elliptical man - grew up with raiders of the lost ark. casino is one of my all-time favorite movies. i have heard of annie hall and casablanca, but never watched them. and never heard of in the name of the father
the lost collector - shawshank is like forrest gump. i can watch them over and over without getting bored. i used to say the same thing about the harry potter films (seen them at least 5 to 7x each), but i started watching them a few months ago on hbo/max... and didn't finish. guess i got bored ;D
matt - never seen it. but now i want to.
Any Star Wars movie! (back then there were only three . . . )
ReplyDeleteNice to see the Astor Theatre photo. It was a legendary theatre, torn down in the 1970s and replaced with a boring hotel.
Only a few off the top of my head: The Sandlot, Dazed and Confused, and Dog Day Afternoon.
ReplyDeletePicnic,Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf,Cool Hand Luke,Last Picture Show,Willie Wonka,Chinatown,Altered States,Body Heat,Thief of Hearts,Body Double,Sid and Nancy,Pulp Fiction,Jackie Brown,Dazed and Confused and Clerks.
ReplyDeleteGreat card, congrats! Movies off the top of my head: Spaceballs, The Blues Brothers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Trek 2, and Star Trek 6.
ReplyDeleteGreat movie. Star Wars of course, Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run and Cool Hand Luke from back in the Day.
ReplyDeleteNice of Jim to find that card for you. Hopefully he got a good deal on it.
ReplyDeleteForrest Gump and Shawshank Redwmption.
ReplyDeletebo - i remember the days when there were only three sw films. as for the astor theatre... it was gorgeous. shame they tore it down instead of restoring it
ReplyDeletenick - haven't watched dog day afternoon, but i need to. the sandlot is another classic. my buddies loved dazed and confused, but i don't really remember it.
sg488 - wow. that's quite the list. clerks and pulp fiction are two of my all-time favorite movies. i also love willie wonka.
jafronius - i think you have to have a certain sense of humor to enjoy monty python. i know a bunch of people who love it. one of them is my brother. but i just couldn't get into it. on the other hand, i'm a huge fan of the wrath of khan.
bulldog - oh man... i need to go back and watch smokey and the bandit. that's another one of those films i'd stop and watch when I was younger
jon - yeah. it was a very generous gift. and i hope so too.
sumomenkoman - two of my all-time favorites. i can watch them every year and never get sick of them.