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Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

G-Fafif Dec 30 2018 03:19 PM

Keep an eye peeled as you consume television, film, what have you and place your sightings here.

G-Fafif Dec 30 2018 03:20 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 02 2019 12:34 PM

Here's a roundup of Mets in the Popular Culture 2018 (including a few appropriate farewells): http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2018/12/30/the-2018-oscars-cap-awards/

batmagadanleadoff Jan 01 2019 08:47 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

If it's New Years, you know there's a Twilight Zone marathon on somewheres. Here's a Mets Twilight Zone reference from the SyFy channel I was onto for decades. I never posted it before because I figured someone already did. In A Kind of Stopwatch, (S5E4 - October 18, 1963) McNulty the bore comes into possession of an unusual stopwatch that, when he clicks it, stops the world. Everybody and everything but McNulty is frozen in time. Another click and the world resumes moving and going, etc., etc. This episode isn't necessarily my favorite but I like it and it does get me to daydreaming quite a bit whenever I view it. Anyways, it takes McNulty the whole episode to finally figure out that he could stop the world, walk into a bank and leisurely take as much money as is there. Until then, he uses the stopwatch mostly to commit silly pranks -- like going to the Polo Grounds to watch a Mets game, and stopping the world to move second base closer to Ron Hunt to allow for the Mets rookie to steal second base safely. Hunt's rigged steal proves decisive as Snider drives him in with the game's winning run. OT -- the IMG function isn't working too good. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. And the IMG link's not there. Neither is the FIMG link.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 02 2019 07:05 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

The IMG icon is the little picture of the sun behind the mountains, to the right of the asterisk. The next time you see try to post an image and find that it doesn't work, post it anyway (in its broken state) so that I can take a look. For more on FIMG, see the post with the cows in this thread.

LWFS Jan 18 2019 02:35 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

That Piazza HoF banner lurking in the background set dressing marks our boy Peter Parker as the MCU's sports-allegiance moral center, in the official trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home. [YOUTUBE]DYYtuKyMtY8[/YOUTUBE]

Willets Point Jan 18 2019 03:23 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

J.K. Rowling reveals some tidbits about the Hogwarts' sorting hat and the Mets. https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--VI7zLtEf--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/rnxcgziqhs42jgs9cicz.png>

bmfc1 Jan 28 2019 01:41 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

In the Hulu documentary about the Fyre Festival, "Fyre Fraud" (not the Netflix documentary on the same subject), at the very end, Ja Rule is on some sort of broadcasted program, drinking, and the host of the show is wearing a Mets jersey and cap.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 28 2019 02:13 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I saw a few seconds of a Michael Kay interview with Ron Howard where Ron sez he's a Dodger fan first but once in New York adopted the Mets as his club.

Willets Point Jan 29 2019 11:10 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

The Mountain Goats - the band not the actual goats - are releasing an album in April called In League With Dragons which will tell “wild tales of revenge and redemption, heroes at a crossroads, and great figures in decline.” Curiously, the track listing includes a song titled "Doc Gooden."

G-Fafif Jan 29 2019 01:44 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I saw a few seconds of a Michael Kay interview with Ron Howard where Ron sez he's a Dodger fan first but once in New York adopted the Mets as his club. During the 2006 NLDS, Ron was interviewed by Julie Donaldson of the defunct (now, not then) Mets Weekly at Shea. The director diplomatically said, in essence, he was a Dodgers fan first, a Mets fan locally. The host tried to rechristen him as a Mets fan since "this is a Mets show," but Ron, smiling but unflinchingly, wasn't having it. The Kay interview seems to have first aired in 2013, so perhaps he's put that Hollywood hogwash behind him.

Edgy MD Jan 29 2019 02:13 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Ron's played at Shea and made a film about the Beatles live performances, including Shea. He's got at least a little juice. Hell, he caught a fly ball off the bat of Peggy Hodges! https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/security-official-looks-on-as-director-ron-howard-and-actor-matt-at-picture-id97282606?k=6&m=97282606&s=612x612&w=0&h=y47sWCzpwkGzzy7CCM2fq2pSMUHq9HAT-wA0gOH8-vA=> https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/1014/02/original-vtg-henry-winkler-happy-days_1_9a087d9c747a50436ef65fc4711d305a.jpg> Ron Howard directs a Mets game.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 29 2019 05:24 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I saw a few seconds of a Michael Kay interview with Ron Howard where Ron sez he's a Dodger fan first but once in New York adopted the Mets as his club. During the 2006 NLDS, Ron was interviewed by Julie Donaldson of the defunct (now, not then) Mets Weekly at Shea. The director diplomatically said, in essence, he was a Dodgers fan first, a Mets fan locally. The host tried to rechristen him as a Mets fan since "this is a Mets show," but Ron, smiling but unflinchingly, wasn't having it. The Kay interview seems to have first aired in 2013, so perhaps he's put that Hollywood hogwash behind him. That's pretty much the same story he told Kay. Kay of course tried to get Cunningham to say he was a MFY fan but the best Opie could do was say his son likes them. Apropos of nothing, the actor who played Richie Cunningham Jr. on Happy Days grew up to be a chef/entrepreneur and founded a modern hipster grocery chain called Lucky's Market known for in-store smoked bacon and $2 pints of beer. Fun guy. Also a Dodgers fan, I bet.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2019 05:47 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Until Howard makes with the UTLEY U BUTTLEY banner, he's suspect.

LWFS Jan 29 2019 11:09 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

WTF does "Dodgers fan first/Met fan locally" mean? Show up, root lightly if you will, Opie. But you're a fan, or you're not.

stevejrogers Feb 03 2019 04:46 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

An empty Citi Field will appear as part of Thanos' devastation in Avengers: Endgame.

Lefty Specialist Feb 04 2019 11:19 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

This one hurts. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UFcFoR0KO0I/hqdefault.jpg> Gavin McInnes, leader of the racist hate group The Proud Boys, is apparently an enormous Mets fan. Yeah, he's just as smart as he looks.

Willets Point Feb 04 2019 11:24 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

=stevejrogers post_id=2294 time=1549237562 user_id=57] An empty Citi Field will appear as part of Thanos' devastation in Avengers: Endgame.

Oh, snap!

seawolf17 Feb 04 2019 12:43 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: Gavin McInnes, leader of the racist hate group The Proud Boys, is apparently an enormous Mets fan. Ah, fuck. Well, I guess every team has their douchebag fans.

Lefty Specialist Feb 04 2019 01:01 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Willets Point wrote: =stevejrogers post_id=2294 time=1549237562 user_id=57] An empty Citi Field will appear as part of Thanos' devastation in Avengers: Endgame. Oh, snap!

One can only hope Thanos made quick work of the Wilpons and spared Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom.

Willets Point Feb 04 2019 02:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: Willets Point wrote: =stevejrogers post_id=2294 time=1549237562 user_id=57] An empty Citi Field will appear as part of Thanos' devastation in Avengers: Endgame. Oh, snap! One can only hope Thanos made quick work of the Wilpons and spared Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom.

We do know that Thor survived.

bmfc1 Feb 06 2019 05:42 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 15 2019 12:43 AM

On the new season of Survivor, Dan "The Wardog" DaSilva has a Mets tattoo. You can see a Nets tattoo, too https://ew.com/tv/survivor-edge-of-extinction-cast-gallery/#dan-the-wardog-dasilva https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzUOZLxU0AAT_c2.jpg:large>

Willets Point Feb 08 2019 09:00 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

A new episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is a parody of the movie Sliding Doors and in the alternate universe it is said that the Mets are winning "World Series after World Series."

G-Fafif Feb 09 2019 12:56 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://i1.wp.com/onesnladay.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-3-1983_0.00.45.00.jpg?ssl=1> Tom Seaver leads off Saturday Night Live reporting for NBC Sports on the rain delay holding up the December 3, 1983, show. On February 8, 2019's Real Time, Bill Maher and Chris Christie bond over their Mets fandom.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 12 2019 09:59 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fdavidseideman%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F02%2Fjack-lemon-resized.jpg> Jack Lemmon (as Felix Ungar) at Shea Stadium with Tommy Davis in 1967.

G-Fafif Feb 23 2019 12:59 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

The junior Senator from New York wants nothing do with the junior ballclub from New York in 1967 (around the 1:35 mark). [youtube]rpvk8aO9g34[/youtube]

CeetarForgotPassword Feb 24 2019 02:18 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Does this count as 'popular' culture? (I haven't read it yet, but here's a snippit) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Io2x8pR7GTIeNEwcxCkycOwu-380L96N-tB7gTA6w8RLgZQbTfcmNCU00K9tjUwyPvWdZOzYTP5y9B5MHIH4CFzhnIVxwH0PucMqzYCxVmAm28I3bLctQXtZV3N-yJ6IUR1e0PEAzL-fpP2oX-n6vVgy2G52tN9a5EPV9n80TX4c6xek8rjpgc3wW2Pkk7Li1iG271fJ-RLXN_oM50ieU-nFpZ3dzUI-bdQYj-7bkTMhfAQWLijC4g6TgbIJutSyIosZjtvOaB5Y9FkXxEAHrLkAD73NT-fAxuim-b235vUDuYm_dRtLvXo7qUafb82gG1a8IK6R5sdv5CNGjz6igL3Wi0wNMDeGTGuEpGMP8nWWg5TBXBwTHieRD3B-0Z6uUJ_xsQwRtNykEsXSWOSoySBd8AkrkeYxodTOpjzEJ8sdO81j5H9EYagUOBJQzpazxJ2KQHUAxfdMzPrFyVMYBecvNdOWRPq0FlSVWHcoT2QEWQ3ww6GxGediCvcAO10AdNxgQPqrzQsNPkLAw2_eMtmPInX3hjh85oOk_X0FfLfkF84rICjz78sBwLJbnV7Ag-8M34u5IRe348VBj14YMcGt7R2rdAau4dUcxeLpAc2smfHIr1VZkBr_W9oxOtetmuIQXGxkB6r2rGtL2C3MmSD6VVC7nj8MUm2VatC0e2ZcVydFtEeCSfgTjrqU4XEkCRcBokVNHiJAXe_-kmmqxRPG6A=w667-h889-no> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6cmtwK1SFMYvIlC-VXJLqIU72KHKP5ZrvRgKNZHQoQfj4SAo-_eZomG8waLElqUizywo5_wJqi-oPalYu6hmxjrZp9pGFzYI31tEok6gcFIfDOo3mIAyhPZyZL9pz2-TGgXrH-SZ5wV_VqJlDQtQA4lW95dZ0xd1uLvCKmJtirNHB30Le-8KsvdPBZjnpv1jaKb7VDsrIkLW5eH5_oHQtcfkgAerghEcMG5NqEIWiIax_cjyu6eIJB8LEYkYTUYl9bxr0BU-N6Lm7HoDa-erDeM8X94iKUp0duBDUiqjJfpGEtLNXREvi4oQhVYvx-oHL_EB74KJYVPsnXcorfg1S09IrbMxnoyp1r1E2KRLlVMcnl6FBwSZWAEnsB3rFkrIV1KB9ssIfOjSJhrxUpI6aZW0K2j7PXgBHyxrPd4-EYDJx__5jTowoQ7pcTsDNwUB0mBeXgpgBKySm-JSIidWOv96MyP2z-HpU4hEJ77iNOBgxZLBWacc3TCaJnV4FQTf98HR9XqwexotPfZ_DbAl-Yn7Kz-fhO0iOOPF6Tm-Xv48S_j43GTq-XoVxdk4_qv5NID0-bBMm8FnRfnBGsnhuq7tg8fXs0DbOQSr7QNpBcqV3SBMMHC0ME6Y2yQ29ckrkXuRQ44bFCAJcN98rbzvKy6t06M72BxK=w1186-h889-no>

Edgy MD Feb 24 2019 07:59 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Everybody welcome back Cee.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 24 2019 09:08 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

ceeeeetzz

TransMonk Feb 25 2019 09:40 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I've been watching This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy which is a documentary series on Amazon hosted by Kal Penn. Their episode on death briefly mentions Brian Cole's death and the $131 million his family won in their lawsuit with Ford.

A Boy Named Seo Feb 25 2019 10:06 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

GF and I watched the outrageously cheesy and fun Cobra Kai on YouTubeTV and there on Daniel LaRusso's desk sat a Keith Hernandez bobblehead doll that I didn't notice at all, but my keeper GF did. She even knew who it was. https://www.reddit.com/r/NewYorkMets/comments/8oqsbd/keith_hernandez_bobblehead_on_daniel_larussos/

G-Fafif Mar 06 2019 01:45 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://i1.wp.com/onesnladay.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2-9-1985_0.12.19.00.jpg?ssl=1> Christopher Guest and Billy Crystal as the Minkman Brothers, of novelty toy infamy, at Mets Fantasy Camp, on SNL, Season 10, Episode 13, February 9, 1985. Ed Charles and Bud Harrelson appear.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2019 01:18 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Tom Seaver makes a stealth appearance on Mannix in the fall of '74. [IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/2z820rd.jpg[/IMG]

Edgy MD Mar 06 2019 01:41 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

That's a gold nugget right there.

bmfc1 Apr 09 2019 02:10 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

"Oh yes he did!" https://youtu.be/SfcaNuVgE-Q

Edgy MD Apr 09 2019 02:39 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I wonder if they recut that commercial for every market. That's not what this says. Go, Golden Eagles! !!! ... GO, CARP!!

Methead Apr 09 2019 05:03 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

You guys have probably seen this before, but I saw this LP at my local record store the other day and had to have it. https://thriftyvinyl.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/sam_0448.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 09 2019 05:18 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

That LP was hugely influential in my young fandom. About a decade ago Soupcan found a CD rerelease and made a copy he sent to me. Today you can stream it I think

bmfc1 Apr 09 2019 09:04 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Edgy MD wrote: I wonder if they recut that commercial for every market. That's not what this says. Go, Golden Eagles! !!! ... GO, CARP!! I wondered the same thing but don't see any others on their YouTube page.

Ceetar Apr 12 2019 07:42 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Grey's Anatomy last night. the new(ish?) bone doctor was on a consult in NY talking to the other doctor It was part of my wish. You wished for perfect pizza? From a fairy godmother? Cancer kids who are in as bad a shape as I was get wishes. Osteosarcoma. Age 10. Full remission. What'd you wish for? - Baseball game at Shea Stadium. - Yeah. I got to meet my favorite player, Dwight Gooden. I remember thinking, "I'll be back. " And the next time was with the Mariners as the team doctor. That is impressive. Nothing will beat that first time out here. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=greys-anatomy&episode=s15e21 Actor (Chris Carmack) was born in 1980, so guess the timeline kinda checks out (the actual Grey's timeline is probably a disaster) though a search says he's never tweeted about the Mets himself and he's from WAshington/Maryland He's watching a game on a tablet on the plane ride back before a conversation, we get this in the transcript. (It's not someone we know announcing it) "the bat. Fires. Slaps it to right. That one's gonna split the gap and head all the way to the wall! One run is in. Here comes Beasley around third, but cut off by Montanari, and he's, of course, standing up"

A Boy Named Seo Apr 12 2019 09:30 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

That record is great. A few copies on eBay. Looks like interviews and game clips?

bmfc1 Apr 25 2019 09:01 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I'm getting this second hand: in Avengers Endgame, there is a shot of CitiField and one of the characters says "I miss the Mets".

G-Fafif Apr 26 2019 01:23 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Movie filmed on an off night.

seawolf17 Apr 26 2019 06:57 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I'm getting this second hand: in Avengers Endgame, there is a shot of CitiField and one of the characters says "I miss the Mets". Yep. Right at the beginning.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2019 07:28 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

=Ceetar post_id=7096 time=1555076562 user_id=102]Here comes Beasley around third, but cut off by Montanari, and he's, of course, standing up"

Fucking Beasley, man. That guy wouldn't slide if it was giraffe trying to tag him.

dgwphotography Apr 26 2019 08:30 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I'm getting this second hand: in Avengers Endgame, there is a shot of CitiField and one of the characters says "I miss the Mets". Yep. Right at the beginning. I have to get this shirt... https://fanatics.frgimages.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=/productimages/_3212000/altimages/ff_3212809alt1_full.jpg&w=2000>

seawolf17 Apr 26 2019 08:49 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

[YOUTUBE]ON001ywI5yU[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Apr 26 2019 09:30 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Wow.

bmfc1 May 01 2019 09:47 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Billy Joel, still keepin' the faith: [TWEET]https://twitter.com/billyjoel/status/1123614209479196673[/TWEET]

seawolf17 May 03 2019 12:56 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://www.facebook.com/JimBreuer/videos/434619137302104 Jim Breuer, with Mookie in house, on the Buckner play.

G-Fafif May 26 2019 12:34 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

”What's the score?” "Mets are down by two." “What else is new?” —Conversation between Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and the guard at the stage door of the 46th Street Theatre in the summer of 1975 during the original run of Chicago, portrayed in Episode 7 (“Nowadays”) of Fosse/Verdon, May 21, 2019

Lefty Specialist May 26 2019 05:53 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

=seawolf17 post_id=9021 time=1556909817 user_id=91] Jim Breuer, with Mookie in house, on the Buckner play.

God, do I hate Jim Breuer. He's MFY-level obnoxious. I'm ashamed he's one of us.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 27 2019 06:16 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Yeah, I never once laughed at those insufferable selfie videos. I mean, kudos to the enthusiasm but keep in your pants, man.

RealityChuck Jun 01 2019 07:09 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

CBS Sunday Morning just showed a story on the discovery of the Clotilda, the last slave ship, which has been found. One of the people interviewed was Cleon Jones. I heard the name and saw he was wearing a Mets cap, and the anchor confirmed it was him.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2019 07:45 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Yeah, much of the population of Jones' Africatown, outside of Mobile, are descendants of the illegal cargo of The Clotida. This was 52 years after the banning of slavery imports. Depending on how you define things, though, it probably wasn't the last ship smuggling slaves into the US, though it appears to have been the last of the Atlantic slave ships from Africa. With regard to Jim Brewer, apart from the things he exaggerates/embellishes, he somehow gets two key facts wrong in his summary of events.

G-Fafif Jun 02 2019 10:09 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

On the May 27, 1972, edition of American Top 40, heard on great radio stations like SiriusXM 7 this weekend, Casey Kasem introduced the No. 22 song, "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon with a geography lesson regarding the location of Corona. Casey told his listeners then and now that Corona is near Shea Stadium, "home of the New York Mets, who play some pretty tough baseball." It will be noted that when this particular AT40 was recorded, the Mets were comfortably in first place, riding an eleven-game winning streak. Pretty tough, indeed. Just like the Queen of Corona.

Edgy MD Jun 02 2019 04:51 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I was listening to that yesterday in the car, but an UNNAMED PERSON was talking over Casey's intro.

bmfc1 Jun 21 2019 01:12 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

This guy: [TWEET]https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1142110404862238720[/TWEET]

bmfc1 Jul 06 2019 09:21 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

In the movie "Yesterday", during the blackout which leads to the events of the movie we see CitiField and then a Brewers batter.

41Forever Jul 07 2019 03:31 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Not sure if this has been covered, but in the new Spider-Man movie, Peter Parker has a Mike Piazza pennant in his room!

metirish Jul 08 2019 08:16 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

=41Forever post_id=15318 time=1562535115 user_id=69] Not sure if this has been covered, but in the new Spider-Man movie, Peter Parker has a Mike Piazza pennant in his room!

saw this , very cool

Lefty Specialist Jul 22 2019 12:50 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 22 2019 01:41 PM

A New Yorker cartoon this week: https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/5d3268a56e66c9000898315f/master/w_1160,c_limit/190729_a23024.jpg> “Please, call me Michael—Mr. Met is my father's name.”

Benjamin Grimm Jul 22 2019 01:03 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I hope he was born by Caesarian.

MFS62 Jul 22 2019 06:54 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I hope he was born by Caesarian. No more calls, please. We have a winner. Later

Edgy MD Jul 25 2019 05:41 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

About 1:10 into this infuriating news story, a man in a MATSUI-25 jersey is detained by ICE. It looks like it's in Dolphin colors or something, though.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 16 2019 06:08 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Holy Gotham City version of reality! In Season Two, Episode 49 of Batman - Catwoman Goes to College, Robin refers to a Lions and Tigers concert that will take place at Spayed Stadium. Meow.

Edgy MD Aug 19 2019 01:33 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

A classic photobomb by Mister upstages the stars of Blue Bloods, Season 9, Episode 14: "My Brother's Keeper." https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/image-2.jpeg>

Edgy MD Aug 19 2019 07:12 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

It looks like he's about to push a Donald Trump bobblehead off the shelf.

ashie62 Aug 19 2019 09:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Son of a gun he does! Too funny and nice catch

Edgy MD Sep 05 2019 05:43 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Nineteen-eighty-seven. Season one, episode two of the cheeseball TV series Beauty and the Beast. Approximately 41 minutes and 38 seconds into the episode, a character who has been taken against her will is left behind with a silent minion as the evil boss leaves the scene, saying "Watch her." The abduction victim turns to the minion with a sense of irony and asks, "So ... (shrug) ... how 'bout those Mets?" Episode written by George R.R. Martin.

Lefty Specialist Sep 06 2019 08:07 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Jimmy Kimmel, 9/3/19: “That's right — he's not even trying to hide the lies anymore. Not only do we have fake news, we now have fake weather, too. I'm hoping we get fake sports, because I want to see the Mets win the World Series.”

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2019 05:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

66 Across in Sunday's NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ballpark with the Home Run Apple _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Lefty Specialist Sep 16 2019 07:03 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: 66 Across in Sunday's NYT Crossword Puzzle: Ballpark with the Home Run Apple _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S-H-E-A-S-T-A-D-I-U-M doesn't fit.

Edgy MD Sep 16 2019 07:46 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

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Edgy MD Oct 02 2019 01:54 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Late Show field producer Jake Plunkett wears ... a Met hat rendered in Yankee colors?

G-Fafif Oct 13 2019 12:52 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://twitter.com/madamsecretary/status/1183404452742619136?s=21

G-Fafif Oct 14 2019 11:20 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Madam Secretary's first pitch went off without a hitch to ceremonial catcher Luis Guillorme, though Elizabeth McCord did dream in advance that she hit Mr. Met in the head (big target).

G-Fafif Oct 14 2019 11:20 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2019 11:24 AM

Nas wore a Pete Alonso jersey on tour this year.

G-Fafif Oct 14 2019 11:22 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

In Sunnyside, the generally unwatchable Kai Penn vehicle on NBC (Season 1, Episode 2, October 3, 2019, "The Ethiopian Executioner"), lead character Garrett Modi, a disgraced former Queens councilman, makes reference to having been hit in the face while trying to catch a fly ball at a Mets game last week — and Jimmy Fallon having had "a field day" with the clip.

G-Fafif Oct 14 2019 11:23 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

In Bewitched, Season 2, Episode 3 (“We're in for a Bad Spell”), September 30, 1965, Aunt Clara researches the Book of Spellees, and finds the New York Mets listed alongside Richard Nixon, among others.

Willets Point Oct 16 2019 09:13 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

A Mets fan reads the newspaper on the subway in Hi & Lois. https://joshreads.com/images/19/10/i191016hinlois.jpg>

Edgy MD Oct 16 2019 10:53 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

While the geometric perspective of that frame is a little off, Eric Reaves drew an interesting crowd there. The shifty bank robber and the Chinese rabbi seem to be having a particularly furtive conversation. He could have moved the word balloon to the top right, so we can see the heads of Mr. Guitar Guy and Ms. Long-Sleeved Shift Dress.

Willets Point Oct 16 2019 11:43 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

It also appears that the Mets fan is a child.

G-Fafif Oct 24 2019 07:03 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1187347165326254082?s=21

Edgy MD Oct 24 2019 08:23 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Sirius XM is bringing back their channel dedicated everybody's favorite Yankee-loving Mets fan. https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-23-at-6.02.51-pm.png>

Lefty Specialist Oct 24 2019 01:52 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1187347165326254082?s=21 This was hilariously bad (which I guess was the intent).

Willets Point Oct 24 2019 02:24 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Toronto FC celebrates their victory in a hastily relocated MLS playoff game in a familiar fashion. https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1187174783680692225

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 24 2019 03:05 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Good job, Toronto

bmfc1 Oct 25 2019 01:47 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Mets fans made the new season of "Bojack Horseman" (Netflix, ep. 4): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHvsJLvW4AE-oda?format=jpg&name=900x900>

Willets Point Oct 25 2019 02:44 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

A Mets fan saying "Mets Suck!!!" on the internet? That's spot on!

G-Fafif Oct 26 2019 04:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://youtu.be/VDAHrI97fAs

G-Fafif Nov 26 2019 11:58 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://youtu.be/wgH1wzCK-T8

bmfc1 Dec 01 2019 08:52 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

The Irishman, Netflix, Scorsese (fantastic) has the main character watching a Phillies game and you can see Gregg Jefferies. A Twitter sleuth figured out the game and it was against the Mets from September 22, 1996.

Frayed Knot Dec 09 2019 09:51 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Sunday's (12/8) NY Times Xword puzzle, 76-Down: New York Mets epithet (6 LETTERS) A M A Z I N

G-Fafif Dec 13 2019 11:35 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

https://i1.wp.com/onesnladay.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/12-13-1997_0.25.14.00.jpg?ssl=1> Todd Hundley appears as if out of a dream, SNL, December 13, 1997.

G-Fafif Dec 18 2019 01:09 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 28 2019 08:44 AM

https://youtu.be/TvOZNVW_nsc Mike DelGuidice, who leads the Billy Joel tribute band Big Shot and plays with Billy besides, released “Mona Lisa” in 2019 with a video shot partly at a slightly dreamy Citi Field (the Rotunda never looked so good). Starring, as too many things do, Kevin James.

G-Fafif Dec 27 2019 11:34 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Overheard on a car radio news report in the 1969 film, Medium Cool, set in Chicago the summer before: "And finally, it was the Mets walloping the Pirates..."

G-Fafif Dec 28 2019 04:34 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Your eighth annual comprehensive survey of the year in Metsian Popular Culture is here. Thanks to all who unwittingly contributed.

RealityChuck Dec 28 2019 05:05 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Greg did mention it, but he missed a notable point. In The Kominsky Method, Michael Douglas claims that he was sitting in the bleachers when the Mets won the 1969 World Series. I trust everyone here knows what's wrong with that statement.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2019 05:34 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Maybe he was sitting in bleachers at some location other than Shea Stadium.

bmfc1 Dec 28 2019 05:41 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I'm pretty sure that the Mets added seating in OF (well, not in the OF but beyond the fence) so there were "bleachers". Plus, they are old guys so maybe they called "cheap seats" "bleachers". I heard it (great show) and let it pass.

MFS62 Dec 28 2019 07:02 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

I'm pretty sure that the Mets added seating in OF (well, not in the OF but beyond the fence) so there were "bleachers". Plus, they are old guys so maybe they called "cheap seats" "bleachers". I heard it (great show) and let it pass. True that. I've heard the left field upper deck stands at Ebbets Field referred to as "the bleachers". And thank you Greg, for that great article. Later

G-Fafif Dec 29 2019 08:27 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2019

Thanks MFS. Here's some Pete. https://youtu.be/z1N3vOXPZIE