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Joe Boyd/Joe Hart
Nov 27, 2014
Published in
The 2020 Fictitious Veterans Inductees
We will be up front that we are not the biggest fan of musicals, especially when it is in the sports genre. That aside, we do like the plot of Joe Boyd, mild mannered and middle aged and a die hard fan of the Washington Senators. How much does he love his beloved baseball team? He is willing to sell his soul and alienate his wife to become a young athlete named Joe Hardy, the cure to what ails the Senators and help them beat those Damn Yankees! Makes you wonder who Manny Ramirez really is doesn’t it?
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Damn! Yankees (1955)
Actor:
Tab Hunter
Role Portrayed:
Superfan of the Washington Senators/Outfielder for the Washington Senators
Why You Should Vote For Him:
On the field, he took them to the American League Pennant.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
This is a musical. For most of you, that is probably enough.
Joe Anthony
Nov 27, 2014
Published in
The Veterans
When the caddy in question is Jerry Lewis, what kind of level of success do you think it is for the golfer, Joe Anthony (Dean Martin)? Actually, Lewis’s character, Harvey Miller, was actually a very good golfer, but his fear of crowds prevented him from competing. As a Golf Pro, Anthony becomes his client, and a natural on the course, so much so that he can play professionally, though the bungling nature of the two leads them to form a comedy routine as opposed to a winning golf team. Hey, Dean Martin performs “That’s Amore”, and that is enough for us to put it on the ballot, regardless of how farcical the plot is.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Caddy (1953)
Actor:
Dean Martin
Role Portrayed:
Professional Golfer
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Dean Martin is the king of cool.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Wait, he washed out as a golfer to become an entertainer? What kind of athlete is that?
Jimmy Kane
Nov 27, 2014
Published in
The Veterans
There is something off for us in this movie, yet we can’t help but be completely compelled by the James Cagney boxing film, “Winner Take All”. First off, Cagney is intriguing no matter the role, but instead of the sad sack boxer at the end of his rope, we have a legit contender who needs a sabbatical due to excessive womanizing and drinking. During that sabbatical Jimmy Kane (Cagney) meets a woman a former nightclub singer who makes him self-conscious about his looks and gets plastic surgery to enhance his appearance that boxing took from him. Now we have a boxer who would rather take on weak opponents and fights in a style to protect his face. It isn’t a traditional boxing film for sure, but isn’t that a good thing in a way? Oh, he wins the Light Heavyweight Title at the end, for whatever that’s worth.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Winner Take All (1932)
Actor:
James Cagney
Role Portrayed:
Boxer
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Cagney is a legend, and this is a very unique film.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
We can’t really find a lot to like about a boxer afraid to be hit, especially for the sake of vanity.
Huxley College (The Marx Brothers)
Nov 27, 2014
Published in
The 2018 Fictitious Veterans Inductees
As you have seen with the Athlete and Contributor section, we very rarely separate candidates, but even though the roles on the field were so different, how can we possibly separate the legendary Marx Brothers? You can’t and here we have Horse Feathers, where Groucho plays the President of fictional Huxley College and he begins recruiting for the football program (two of them being Harpo and Chico). Through turns of events that can only happen with the Marx Brothers, all four of them wind up on the gridiron where they score the winning touchdown on the back of a horse drawn wagon. Maybe they should try that in the Canadian Football League?
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Horse Feathers (1932)
Actors:
Groucho Marx (Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff)
Harpo Marx (Pinky)
Chico Marx (Baravelli)
Zeppo Marx (Frank Wagstaff)
Roles Portrayed:
Administrator/Players on Huxley College
Why You Should Vote For Them:
There is a lot of Football in this movie and the ending game might be one of the funniest things in fictional sport cinema.
Why You Should Not Vote For Them:
It is such a farce (as per the Marx Brothers) there is nothing remotely believable.