The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Basketball

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Sat Mar 30, 2002, 01:10am
certified Hot Mom tester
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: only in my own mind, such as it is
Posts: 12,918
Exclamation

On the CBS show, "First Monday", tonight, they portrayed a basketball game between the Department of Justice team and a team representing the Supreme Court. One of the Supreme Court justices was a referee and he called an "over the back" foul on one of the players. The mechanic he used looked like my beagle when he sits up and puts his paws in the "begging" position. Not only that, both "officials" were wearing shirts with collars.

There was one scene where an official threw a chest pass to an inbounder from about 20 feet away.

Doesn't anyone act as an advisor on these shows? Let me answer my own question: DUH!!!

BTW - just for you , Juulie - at the end of the show, two of the justices toasted "basketball players and the men who referee their games." Get it? The men.
__________________
Yom HaShoah
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Sat Mar 30, 2002, 10:10am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 14,616
This is an old story line that writers seem to use when they run out of ideas. "Let's have a basketball game where the cops play the robbers!" It's been done on Hill Street Blues, LA Law and numerous other shows. I've yet to see officials betrayed accurately in any of these shows.

Hey Hollywood, give us a break already.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Sat Mar 30, 2002, 01:10pm
certified Hot Mom tester
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: only in my own mind, such as it is
Posts: 12,918
Post

Two comments: first, Joe Mantagna isn't a real Supreme Court justice - he just plays one on TV.

Second, there was a movie made about 10 years ago or so called "The Temp". It was filmed here in Portland and there was a basketball game in it. They filmed the game at a middle school where one of my brothers-in-law taught and they asked him to play a referee in the scene.

If you ever see the movie, the really tall guy playing a referee is my brother-in-law Jim, and his mechanics are perfect.

I wonder how that happened?
__________________
Yom HaShoah
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Sat Mar 30, 2002, 07:10pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: West Ishpeming, Mi. (U.P.)
Posts: 235
I see that stuff at many sub-varsity (and sometimes varsity) games in my area. So the idea of "Art imitating life" was alive and well on that show.

[Edited by zebra44 on Mar 31st, 2002 at 08:56 PM]
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Mon Apr 01, 2002, 06:32pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 136
Wink

I've yet to see officials betrayed accurately in any of these shows.

Hey Hollywood, give us a break already. [/B][/QUOTE]


Hey, BktballRef, I think you mean portrayed, not betrayed, don't you.
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Mon Apr 01, 2002, 07:03pm
certified Hot Mom tester
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: only in my own mind, such as it is
Posts: 12,918
Wink

Quote:
Originally posted by Schmidt MJ
I've yet to see officials betrayed accurately in any of these shows.

Hey Hollywood, give us a break already.

Hey, BktballRef, I think you mean portrayed, not betrayed, don't you.
[/B][/QUOTE]

I'm sure he did, since we are "betrayed" with regularity.
__________________
Yom HaShoah
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:50am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1