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Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

G-Fafif Jan 01 2021 03:38 PM

The third-season premiere of FXX's mostly animated anthology series Cake (July 9, 2020) had a short showing the Miracle on the Hudson from the perspective of the geese, prominently featuring the soon-to-be demolished Shea Stadium.

G-Fafif Jan 03 2021 05:15 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

https://twitter.com/devonteford31/status/1344140929666482176?s=21

metsmarathon Jan 04 2021 10:11 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

well, duh. if he was a yankee fan, there'd be nothing to make a movie about.

Edgy MD Jan 04 2021 12:44 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Ouch.

Edgy MD Jan 15 2021 07:25 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

New Jack Swing babies Another Bad Creation hailed from Atlanta and were associated with a Philly based movement, but it when it came to rocking their improvised baseball togs in the "Iesha" video, they knew where it was at. [fimg=500]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/screen-shot-2021-01-15-at-9.21.42-pm.png[/fimg]

G-Fafif Jan 18 2021 03:40 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Mets recently noticed they're in movies and stuff. https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-pop-culture-resurgence-ae19d8f34b67

G-Fafif Jan 25 2021 05:46 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Strong Mets vibe in Edward Burns's new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel set in 1980 Valley Stream. Burns, who also plays the father of Jimmy (Sam Vartholomeos), an aspiring photographer, includes plenty of period flourishes. A poster of the Mets fan favorite Rusty Staub can be glimpsed on the wall of Jimmy's childhood room, and Burns lent his own vintage 1960s Mets jersey to Brian Muller, who plays Pags. A little Bob Murphy play-by-play is audible as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/television/edward-burns-bridge-and-tunnel.html

G-Fafif Feb 07 2021 01:58 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

“All right, H.B. If you'll play ball with me, I'll play ball with you.” —Darrin Stephens (Dick Sargent), “The Phrase is Familiar,” Bewitched, January 15,1970 (S. 6, E. 17) — as soon as he spouts this cliché (per Endora's spell), Darrin and the client to whom he's speaking are suddenly wearing Mets uniforms. Darrin's is No. 9, with the MLB patch from the 1969 season, à la J.C. Martin.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 08 2021 05:04 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

“All right, H.B. If you'll play ball with me, I'll play ball with you.” —Darrin Stephens (Dick Sargent), “The Phrase is Familiar,” Bewitched, January 15,1970 (S. 6, E. 17) — as soon as he spouts this cliché (per Endora's spell), Darrin and the client to whom he's speaking are suddenly wearing Mets uniforms. Darrin's is No. 9, with the MLB patch from the 1969 season, à la J.C. Martin. That looks like a real-deal authentic uniform, too. [FIMG=777]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50922166977_5232706323_o.jpg[/FIMG]

Edgy MD Feb 08 2021 06:26 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Sargent even appears to be rocking baseball shoes. David White as Larry Tate, of course, owns the scene, as he owned any and all scenes, God bless him.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 08 2021 06:46 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

It's nice to see Larry Tate again! You're right, David White was terrific in that role. Fun fact: the high school principal on Wizards of Waverly Place was named after his character. (The principal's name was "Mr. Laritate")

G-Fafif Feb 09 2021 01:04 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Strong Mets vibe in Edward Burns's new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel set in 1980 Valley Stream. Burns, who also plays the father of Jimmy (Sam Vartholomeos), an aspiring photographer, includes plenty of period flourishes. A poster of the Mets fan favorite Rusty Staub can be glimpsed on the wall of Jimmy's childhood room, and Burns lent his own vintage 1960s Mets jersey to Brian Muller, who plays Pags. A little Bob Murphy play-by-play is audible as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/television/edward-burns-bridge-and-tunnel.html In the third episode, Burns as a dad who hasn't given up post-1977 (unlike his apparently valuesless son), says of Tom Seaver, "I swear to Christ, it breaks my heart to see him in that Cincinnati uniform."

Edgy MD Feb 09 2021 01:23 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I have to admit, as a guy, like many of us, from the world Burny has set his films in, I never really connected with his stuff. I get him as an actor, not so much as an auteur.

G-Fafif Feb 20 2021 01:05 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Keith Hernandez joins David Brenner, who's wearing the same sweatshirt I once had. https://youtu.be/E8WrOiQ2VfA Air date was December 1, 1986, after Monday Night Football — the Giants-Niners game when Bavaro dragged tacklers for like 20 yards. Ron Darling was Brenner's guest the Monday night before, which followed the Jets fiasco at the Orange Bowl. Perhaps ABC figured the New York audience was sure to stay tuned.

G-Fafif Feb 21 2021 09:14 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

On July 4, 1989, one night before comedian Jerry Seinfeld's pilot aired on NBC, CBS showed Coming to America, the sitcom. It was never made into a series, but it did star Tommy Davidson, who, as Prince Tariq, wore a period-accurate Mets starter jacket. The project is explored here: https://youtu.be/vJN7r25mTbk

Edgy MD Feb 21 2021 12:48 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I watched the Coming to America film last night and man, it was chock full of Mets shit. The cabby picking them up at the airport has a Mets lid, and when Akeem and Semmi look to dress down, Akeem gets a Mets warmup jacket and poor Semmi gets the Jets. You can get a loving recreation of Akeem's jacket with all the bling for a cool $1,500. [fimg=500]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0L4AAOSwIYlfws9S/s-l1600.jpg[/fimg]

TransMonk Feb 25 2021 09:53 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1364926507618082817

Edgy MD Feb 25 2021 10:08 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

HOLY SHIT!

G-Fafif Mar 09 2021 05:26 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Dillon Gee, not on Sesame Street, but a good bit nonetheless. https://twitter.com/cornehogeveen/status/1369239329273487364?s=21

G-Fafif Mar 12 2021 11:28 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

For those who claim Kevin McReynolds lacked moxie. https://twitter.com/zbdigitalibrary/status/1370438086530830337?s=21

Edgy MD Mar 29 2021 04:06 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

My wife picked up a new favorite ridiculously hammy actor. She read that he appeared in Avatar, which neither of us had seen, so we tried it on for size. I found it dull and dumb and quit about 50% of the way through. Wifey subsequently found an amateur review of it from 2010 which including the following unprovoked but understandable Jerry Manuel-era burn: [BLOCKQUOTE]Being a human in Avatar is like playing for the New York Mets — no matter how great things seem to be going for you, you are eternally courting improbable and embarassing failure.[/BLOCKQUOTE] I mean, it'd've landed a little better if he hadn't mis-spelled "embarassing," but touché to him.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2021 04:09 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

The only thing I remember about Avatar was thinking that it would have been much better if they had trimmed it by about an hour.

Willets Point Mar 29 2021 05:30 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

That Avatar review needs to be trimmed by about 5000 words.

MFS62 Mar 29 2021 05:45 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The only thing I remember about Avatar was thinking that it would have been much better if they had trimmed it by about an hour. It had so many stretches of nothingness (except scenery), it could have been directed by David Lean. Later

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2021 06:25 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Some of the Smurfs were pretty sexy, though.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 25 2021 02:08 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

On Gilligan's Island The Hunter, loosely based on The Most Dangerous Game (S3E18, original air date 1/16/67), Gilligan, the Professor and Mr. Howell are tuned in to a radio broadcast announcing that the Dodgers shut out the Mets 4-0. Apparently, Gilligan bet Mr. Howell 300,012 bananas that the Mets would win that game.

G-Fafif Apr 25 2021 04:05 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Thank you for reinjecting this into my Mets popular culture consciousness. I remembered the radio and the 4-0 score (and that the Dodgers were the opponent), but I didn't remember the specific episode nor the content of the bet. It was the Skipper who lost that wager (that I remembered). He told Mr. Howell he could subtract it from the 960 mangos Howell owed him from playing gin. Still, I'm touched someone would bet that many bananas on Wes Westrum's Mets. http://www.gilligansisle.com/scripts/script86.html

Edgy MD Apr 25 2021 06:51 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

In Ben-Hur, the title character, during his Roman galley slave days, is known not by his name, but by the number 41. Most Mets references are echoes of the past, some (like Gilligan's Island, above) cast an eye at a fictional parallel present, but a small mysterious minority are the product of prescient foreshadowing, as this clearly was.

Edgy MD Jun 19 2021 07:46 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

https://img.newspapers.com/img/thumbnail/485996659/400/400/0_0_3526_4589.jpg> https://img.newspapers.com/img/thumbnail/485884807/400/400/0_0_3539_4487.jpg> Paul Dooley as Casey Stengel in the 1981 production of The Amazin' Casey Stengel, or Can't Anybody Here Speak this Game, which sadly ran for only 13 performances at American Place Theatre on West 46th Street in 1981, before closing on May 3. In response, a few weeks later, baseball itself would close.

G-Fafif Jun 19 2021 08:24 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

So anyway, Vlad, it's 1986, and I'm at Studio 54 with Tommy Lee and Wally Backman. Bad guy, nasty guy, nice to me, though. He was in a platoon with Tim Teufel, do you remember Tim Teufel? —Seth Meyers, imagining Donald Trump riffing during a previous summit with Vladimir Putin, Late Night, June 17, 2021 About 1:30 in. https://youtu.be/awsjQGiMio8

Frayed Knot Jun 27 2021 07:52 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

WFUV's Don McGee, disc jockey and noted NYM fan, noted the Jethro Tull references/jokes Gary Cohen got out of Ian Anderson's start for the Braves last week. And so in tribute to that and to Keith following up by offering that BENEFIT was his favorite JT album, McGee played WITH YOU THERE TO HELP ME and TO CRY YOU A SONG off that album on his Saturday 'Mixed Bag' show.

Edgy MD Jun 27 2021 08:34 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Just found out today that Tony Iommi did a brief stint in Tull in late 1968.

G-Fafif Jul 13 2021 05:29 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Noah Syndergaard stops by Seth Meyers's couch (July 12, 2021), talks ice baths and book clubs. https://youtu.be/QUG6I7D_3h8

RealityChuck Jul 13 2021 07:58 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: WFUV's Don McGee, disc jockey and noted NYM fan, noted the Jethro Tull references/jokes Gary Cohen got out of Ian Anderson's start for the Braves last week. And so in tribute to that and to Keith following up by offering that BENEFIT was his favorite JT album, McGee played WITH YOU THERE TO HELP ME and TO CRY YOU A SONG off that album on his Saturday 'Mixed Bag' show. Now I feel even more sorry for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_A._Anderson

RealityChuck Jul 13 2021 07:59 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: WFUV's Don McGee, disc jockey and noted NYM fan, noted the Jethro Tull references/jokes Gary Cohen got out of Ian Anderson's start for the Braves last week. And so in tribute to that and to Keith following up by offering that BENEFIT was his favorite JT album, McGee played WITH YOU THERE TO HELP ME and TO CRY YOU A SONG off that album on his Saturday 'Mixed Bag' show. Now I feel even more sorry for this Ian Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_A._Anderson

Edgy MD Jul 24 2021 10:13 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

British comedy duo Hendra & Ulett take in a Mets game on The Ed Sullivan Show, August 7, 1966. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQlzHlYZ2R4

batmagadanleadoff Aug 05 2021 10:28 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Undercover NYPD cop part of arresting team taking down an MTA fare evader rocks a Jacob deGrom Mets jersey. Click on link and then watch video of arrest and take-down. Met cop appears at about the eight second mark. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-iab-investigating-brutal-fare-evasion-arrest-20210804-lqb4rwcxpbgqvfzcsemyo3fgqm-story.html

bmfc1 Aug 05 2021 10:31 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Nice find, batmagadanleadoff!

G-Fafif Aug 05 2021 10:56 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[tweet]https://twitter.com/citifield/status/1423076155083706369[/tweet] Brian Bell represents.

TransMonk Aug 29 2021 06:05 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1432106745581740045[/TWEET]

bmfc1 Sep 04 2021 04:54 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 8, Episode 8, "Renewal": Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) is without battery power in his phone because he used it "mining for MetsCoin. It's the first cryptocurrency that is also the Mets."

G-Fafif Oct 14 2021 08:31 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[tweet]https://twitter.com/retronewsnow/status/1448835258720395266[/tweet]

G-Fafif Nov 15 2021 12:02 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mrmet/status/1460318174415671301[/tweet]

bmfc1 Nov 15 2021 05:11 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Between Curb and this video it's been a big month for Dylan O'Brien. However, I'm glad that the picture is a joke as I don't need the Mets connected to "Him" and "Jake Lyon" in anyone's mind.

86dreamer Dec 07 2021 03:25 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Mackie Shilstone's journey into the popular culture took him through Jose Reyes' hamstrings and into John Goodman's belly. https://pagesix.com/2021/12/07/john-goodman-continues-to-show-off-200-pound-weight-loss/amp/

Edgy MD Dec 07 2021 04:15 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

It pretty much brings everything full circle when Mackie Shilstone counts Fred Flintstone among his client list.

Edgy MD Dec 10 2021 03:32 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Bizarre first episode of The Jerry Lewis Show from 1963. It sort of predicts Letterman in that the show itself subverts the whole form, but nothing's really going right, or the audience isn't getting the idea that the sloppiness is part of the gimmick. Beyond that, it's like 88% padding. It's like the Letterman show was hosted by Andy Kaufman, and he didn't hire any writers, and made the whole premise of the show to see how long he can bullshit his way around not doing his homework before he gets wrestled off the stage. Around 10:50 in, Jerry calls for the sponsor's product (L&M cigarettes) to be tossed to him, and he misses the catch badly. He bends over to pick them up and says, "I should play with the Mets." [YOUTUBE]9bs4bbNHmO0[/YOUTUBE]

Willets Point Dec 22 2021 07:42 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Yo La Tengo, a band whose name is inspired by a Mets anecdote, released merch for their recent Hanukah shows with Mr. & Mrs. Met in a compromising position. https://yolatengo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-14-at-8.56.22-PM.png>

Benjamin Grimm Dec 22 2021 08:01 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I hope, for their mothers' sake, that both of them were born by Caesarian.

G-Fafif Dec 27 2021 09:58 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

See if you can pick out the real Sign Man — only one panelist could. [youtube]djmOI-EGBMg[/youtube]

Marshmallowmilkshake Dec 27 2021 08:35 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Saw the Spider-Man movie tonight. Excellent. No spoilers. But a prominent Mets reference!

Frayed Knot Dec 28 2021 05:28 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Noah Syndergaard, actually his nickname, was an answer on JEOPARDY Monday night. The category was NOAHs

seawolf17 Dec 28 2021 10:40 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Sure, and I got fuckin' FORESTS and POLKA YOUR EYES OUT. Pfft.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 12:38 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Beyond Syndergaard, I'm not sure NOAHs would be a particular easy category.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:02 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

The guy with the ark. Mr. Webster...

MFS62 Dec 28 2021 01:03 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Beyond Syndergaard, I'm not sure NOAHs would be a particular easy category. Webster. Later

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:06 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

OK, let's do this. [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 400[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 600[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$1000[/BIGPURPLE][/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:09 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I'll take NOAHS for 400 please.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:13 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] Born a Crime is the title of this comedian's memoir. . [/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 600[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$1000[/BIGPURPLE][/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Who is Trevor Noah?

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:16 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

That's good for $400 and the board is still yours!

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:21 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Um ... we didn't cut to a commercial. [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] .............TREVOR ...............NOAH ......... [/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 600[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$1000[/BIGPURPLE][/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:32 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

NOAHs for $600.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:33 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

(Sorry for the delay. I was caught in one of those dreaded "do these pants make me look fat?" situations.)

kcmets Dec 28 2021 01:35 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Hopefully you didn't go with the, "no, it's your wonderfully thunderous thighs that make you look fat!" line.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:36 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I hope you answered in the form of a question. To be fair, to best represent Jeopardy!'s time limit on responses, your response must be timestamped within one minute of the answer being posted. Please stand by.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:43 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I'm sorry. You caught your host ... out of the room. doing something. [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] Apart from 23 singles and 16 doubles titles as a pro, this celebrated tennis player has also made a name for himself as a prolific recording artist, and the father of an NBA All-Star.[/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$1000[/BIGPURPLE][/TD]

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:45 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

THERE'S THE BUZZER!! Two minutes for someone else to chime in!

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 01:52 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

BZZ! BZZ! I'm sorry. We were looking for the great Frenchman Yannick Noah. Chance for someone else to get on the board! [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD]......... ............Yannick ..............Noah .........[/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$1000[/BIGPURPLE][/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 01:59 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

NOAHs for $1000.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:00 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Hey, man, somebody else gets to grab the board.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:00 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

That's not how Jeopardy works!

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:00 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

OK, fine.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:02 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

[TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] This screenwriter/flim director has two Oscar nominations.  Perhaps he should name all his films after sea creatures.[/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:03 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Who is... Noah?

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:05 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

We need a little more.

Frayed Knot Dec 28 2021 02:06 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Trevor Noah and Noah Webster were both answers. Can't remember who the other two were, although I'm sure there's a site that'll tell you.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:08 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Bzz. Bzz. Time's up. Anybody else like to grab the board? [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] This screenwriter/flim director has two Oscar nominations. Perhaps he should name all his films after sea creatures.[/TD]

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:15 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Ok, times up. We were looking for Who is Noah Bambach? Noah famously directed and wrote The Squid and the Whale. Noah ... Bambach ... . [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 800[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] .......Who is Noah ........Baumbach? ......... [/TD] Ben's still got the board!

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:17 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Okay, NOAHs for $800.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:20 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Good choice! Looking for that Daily Double! [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD][BIGPURPLE]$ 200[/BIGPURPLE][/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] Many commentators have explained away his excessive drinking, claiming he had no way of knowing about the intoxicating effects of wine.[/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:21 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Who is Noah the ark builder?

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:28 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

We're going to go to the judges on this, ... and the judges are saying ... YES!! Another $800 for you, and we're just going to show you the last question! [TABLE][TR][/TR]\[TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]NOAHs[/TH] [TD] This Yale grad was unable to find work as a lawyer, so he became the "Father of American Scholarship and Education" instead.[/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD] [TD] ..Noah, the Biblical ........Patriarch ......... [/TD] [TD] ............. ............... ......... [/TD]

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:29 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Who is Noah Webster?

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:31 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

And you got three of our five NOAH-riffic questions!! Perhaps not as easy as Seawolf might have hoped, but he didn't ring in for any! Please be assured that Frayed Knot will be banned from any future tapings of the show after shouting a potential answer from the audience!

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:35 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

We'll assume your overall score was $9,600. Your opponents have $13,100 and $10,300. Our final jeopardy category is US Cities. Please lock in your wagers, while we cut to a commerical.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:37 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

And feel free to post it here, as your opponents don't actually exist and can't see your post.

Frayed Knot Dec 28 2021 02:39 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Please be assured that Frayed Knot will be banned from any future tapings of the show after shouting a potential answer from the audience! No, I merely mentioned which answers had been used on last night's show and only after both had already been spoken aloud here.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:40 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

$6000

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:41 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Please be assured that Frayed Knot will be banned from any future tapings of the show after shouting a potential answer from the audience! No, I merely mentioned which answers had been used on last night's show and only after both had already been spoken aloud here. Judges have made their ruling. C'mon. Scoot. We have another taping.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:43 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

FINAL JEOPARDY! This US city was the birthplace of future Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Gil Hodges. Please lock in your question while we play a stress-inducing song.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 02:44 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

What is Evansville, Indiana?

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:48 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

OH! I'm sorry! You were in the right neighborhood! We were looking for "What (or Where) is Princeton, Indiana?"! You were, perhaps, thinking of Don Mattingly, which is an ugly thought! We see you've bet $6,000. That takes you down to $3,600.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:51 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Imaginary Player #1 had $13,100, let's see what she answered ... What is Boise, Idaho? No! I'm sorry. Again, we were looking for Princeton, Indiana. She correctly had an I state, but that won't get her far. Let's see what she wagered. 6,100 That leaves her with $7,000.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 02:56 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Imaginary Player #2 had $10,300, let's see what he answered ... Where is San Bernadino, California? No! I'm sorry. Perhaps he was guessing that many great players come from Southern Cal. Perhaps Gil lived there in his LA Dodger days, but again, he was from Princeton, Indiana. Let's he bet $4,600 That leaves him with $5,500. IMAGINARY PLAYER #1 IS OUR NEW CHAMP! She goes home with money and prizes and is invited back to compete again tomorrow. The rest of you get the home edition of the game, so you can relive your humiliation on a nightly basis, as well as a one-way ticket to Seawolfenburg! We'll see you tomorrow!

Benjamin Grimm Dec 28 2021 03:00 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

I should probably just stick with getting people to vote on newspaper covers.

Edgy MD Dec 28 2021 04:14 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

You did great! You missed the Final Jeopardy! question by only 28.6 miles! A straight shot up US 41!

G-Fafif Dec 30 2021 10:12 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

One more on the game show theme… [youtube]0kfGylsltP8[/youtube] Featuring contestant Sharon Grote!

MFS62 Dec 31 2021 05:41 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Arlene Francis was American, born in Boston. I was turned off by the intro. She was speaking with a British accent. Nice find, though. Later

Edgy MD Dec 31 2021 08:19 AM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

Skip seemed pretty excited when he realized who Sharon was.

Edgy MD Jan 04 2022 02:19 PM Re: Mets in the Popular Culture 2021

When you're ready to publish the great book on Mets references, I'd like to be your co-editor. Also, sorry for hijacking this thread with the NOAH quiz.