Outstanding! A League of Their Own | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

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With the ranks of professional baseball depleted by players going off to war, in 1943 minor leagues were closing down and it was feared the majors might do the same. Thus was born the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Tom Hanks stars as washed-up ballplayer Jimmy Dugan, who is hired to coach a team of athletic and driven young women including Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the "baseball Dollie" with the Babe Ruth swing, her younger sister Kit Keller (Lori Petty), and teammates Mae Mordabito (Madonna) and Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnell). A League of Their Own is a comic look at the true story of these amazing young women who left their homes to become part of the league and revel in a skill they might once have been ashamed of, and made history in the process.
Actors: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman
Director: Penny Marshall
Comedy: Drama Sports
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@bramos488 2 года назад

"There's no crying, there's no crying in baseball!"...one of the most iconic quotes ever. I absolutely love this film. Great reaction 👌🏼

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Thanks glad you enjoyed it

@spotbk 2 года назад

To this day whenever someone does something kinda dumb in front of me, I quote the scout (John Lovitz) by saying, “see, the way it works is, the train moves not the station”

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's funny

@ericaclark9155 Год назад

Hey milk maids, see the grass? Don't eat it.

@shainewhite2781 2 года назад

"There's No crying in Baseball!" Tom Hanks, we love you.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Agreed

@TheM3th0d 2 года назад

That bruise was real. I believe all the injuries in the movie were all real. Alice's bruise was still there for over a year.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's crazy

@DementisXYZ Год назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies Alice's bruise came specifically from the shot just beforehand with the slide. The shot of the ice pack on the bruise was decided on the spot to show off what they went through back then.

@mariestreeting4213 Год назад

I always bawl my eyes out at the end of this movie. Madonnas song gets me every time.

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

It's a great movie

@tarascholfield5887 2 месяца назад

me tooo

@karlsmith2570 2 года назад

Fun Fact for you, James: The injuries that the actresses had during this movie were all real, they weren't makeup effects

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's crazy

@melhawl3685 10 месяцев назад

"I loved you in the wizard of oz" was a reference to Jimmy calling Miss Cuthbert the wicked with of the west lol

@19stalkern 7 месяцев назад

"the hard is what makes it great". This is by far my favorite quote in any movie, and my wife holds up a sign that says it during my biggest races I need to hear it.

@spiritscar 2 года назад

So you know this lead actress, Geena Davis. She starred as the wife who died and became a ghost in the movie “Beetlejuice” that you watched for the channel. That was a while ago now.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Yup remember that after

@windandcloudshadow158 2 года назад

She was also a badass pirate in Cutthroat Island.

@gameboypunk660 2 года назад

@@windandcloudshadow158 I saw that in the theater it was less than half empty but the crowd really enjoyed the movie and laughed and yelled at the appropriate times

@dr.burtgummerfan439 2 года назад

Geena Davis: The Long Kiss Goodnight, Transylvania 6500, Earth Girls Are Easy Lori Petty: Tank Girl

@adnap 2 года назад

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 And Orange is the New Black

@paularobinson4358 Год назад

If you look closely, the male dancer in the bar who kisses Madonna goodbye is Eddie Mekka who played Carmine Ragusa on Laverne and Shirley.

@e72882 Год назад

This might not be everyone's favorite baseball film, but it is my personal favorite. I absolutely love the story, the characters, the baseball, and the historical aspect to it. This film is actually based on real-life events, even if the characters did not actually exist. The comedy in this film is top notch, and I love the way that Tom Hanks and Geena Davis go back and forth, and eventually become friends. I hated when Dottie and Kit fought with each other because of how people always preferred Dottie over Kit, but I always appreciated the way they brought it back around by the end. I can always watch this movie, and I did many times growing up. Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell put up star making performances as Mae and Doris too.

@sharonhoyt2133 4 месяца назад

The older women playing baseball during the reunion were some of the actual women who played on the league.

@JBROWN7840 2 года назад

"The Natural" -- add to your list of must-see baseball movies.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added

@RSVT92 2 года назад

Thats my favorite baseball movie, maybe my favorite movie movie

@Cherokeelion 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies YES. The Natural is… baseball at its finest.

@0PsychosisMedia0 2 года назад

The greatest baseball movie ever made!

@nooneofconsequence1251 2 года назад

Something else: the casting person who found the older versions of all these actresses did such a great job! They all are immediately recognizable even though they are different actresses! The older version of Gina Davis' character looks so much like her I used to think they had just put old lady makeup on her. At least in my opinion.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Agreed

@little_kawala_baby5761 5 месяцев назад

I believe the older women (besides the couple actor) are the actual baseball players at the end

@Shazzadut1 2 месяца назад

The actresses dubbed their voices for the old players which helps.

@the_nikster1 2 года назад

it's funny that one of the most memorable lines in this movie is "There's no crying in baseball" because this movie always makes me cry lol great reaction! ❤️

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

so true

@nooneofconsequence1251 2 года назад

"I loved you in the Wizard of Oz" .. is a reference to the fact that the woman looks a lot like the Wicked Witch of the West.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Got it

@Littlepea2890 2 года назад

I used to watch this movie with my grandmother when I was a kid. We both loved it! She would make snacks and pour some soda and we’d stay up late watching it together. I’m so happy you loved it:

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Love it

@jflaugher 2 года назад

A taxi dancer is a paid dance partner in a partner dance. Taxi dancers are hired to dance with their customers on a dance-by-dance basis. When taxi dancing first appeared in taxi-dance halls during the early 20th century in the United States, male patrons would typically buy dance tickets for a small sum each.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Super weird and interesting

@stefanvanschaick 2 года назад

The older ladies playing were actual members of the league

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Love that

@irina1296 2 года назад

Madonna also made a very beautiful soundtrack song for this amazing movie called "This Used to Be My Playground". The fact it wasn't nominated for the Oscar is still a huge travesty

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Oh man, I'll have to check that out thanks

@scotlight1895 8 месяцев назад

The song was not included on the official soundtrack for the movie. It was released as a single only. Maybe that's why?

@irina1296 8 месяцев назад

@@scotlight1895 It doesn't count. The song was in the end credits which is already a solid qualification. Plus I heard it was in the Top 10 Soundtrack Songs that year, just didn't make to the Top 5 which is still very weird. It was better than almost all "nominated" songs.

@AmbassadorScorpio Год назад

Most ppl miss that Gina Davis’ s voice is overdubbed in the elder dottie scenes

@goldieschooch8512 Год назад

This was great!! I loved the line by Tom Hanks “ I loved you in the Wizard of Oz” ☀️✌🏻

@tomyoung9049 2 года назад

a great movie. And a fun piece of history. Our local team was called the Lassies. Grew up hearing what it was like during those days from my parents.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Cool

@baskervillebee6097 2 года назад

It was OK on the bus, but the bus terminal in Amarillo about 2AM is definitely the Star Wars Cantina. No kidding. 😳

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Funny

@baskervillebee6097 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies Not really.

@cobbycaputo3332 2 года назад

I took the Greyhound a couple times between Dallas and Austin and Houston and Austin when I was in college. Soooo many stops, so many smells, so many late nights walking more than a little scared from the old Austin bus terminal in downtown to my apartment a couple miles away.

@zzzroxyzzz 2 года назад

My mom took me to this one when I was little and it's since been one of my favorites, the movie is fantastic, and I loved when my mom took me to the movies. Another great one that's a true story like this one is "we are marshall" with Matthew McConaughey, it's FANTASTIC. No one's reacted to it and I really wish they would. Remember the titans is another you can get a history lesson and a hell of a story from, both football movies.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

@rhannah7873 2 года назад

As a baseball fan myself. I've been to the baseball hall of fame and seen the exhibit there for the AAGPBL. It was amazing. The next baseball movie you need to react to is Major League(1989). You'll be rolling on the floor.😆

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added

@spiritscar 2 года назад

Funny that though you never watched Saturday Night Live, you always seem so drawn to the various SNL players whenever they pop up. Saturday Night Live debuted in 1975 with various comics over the years and you always highlight them whenever you see them. Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade, were all comedians who starred in SNL. The movie The Coneheads started out as a bit on original SNL. And in this movie, the smart ass scout is played by comic John Lovitz. Another player out of Saturday Night Live. A couple great SNL movies to see in the future, that would make for a great double feature theme week. “The Blues Brothers” (1980) “Wayne’s World” (1992) These are comedies that are loved and started out as sketches on Saturday Night Live, as The Coneheads did.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added

@drewrayg 2 года назад

Such a beautiful movie. Great comedy, great story and so much heart in this film.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Agreed

@jeffshirton7234 Год назад

The scout was played by Jon Lovitz, who was a Saturday Night Live alumnus.

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

I only watched a few episodes of that series but people reminded me he was in an episode of Friends and that's where I know him from.

@hannelinorrgard2403 2 года назад

My childhood! I played softball in the 90s, and at least where I lived this movie was a huge part of the softball culture. We referenced it, watched it at parties, and "There's no crying in softball." was a huge saying. This was clear into the 2000s, so the movie definitely lasted. I'm glad to see more people watching it.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Loved it thanks

@PaulaRobinson-jt6kf 10 месяцев назад

some trivia for you. the scout ad libbed most of his lines and the girls had a hard time not laughing at him. The nasty bruise on the one girl's hip was real. They really played the game and part of auditions was that they had to actually be able to play baseball.

@EricAKATheBelgianGuy 2 года назад

MLB Hall of Fame player Jimmie Foxx was the inspiration for Jimmy Dugan; he managed the Fort Wayne team in 1952.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Oh interesting

@EricAKATheBelgianGuy 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies Jimmie Foxx actually did hit 58 homers in the 1932 season.

@zimnizzle Год назад

There are so many great lines in this film. “There’s no crying in baseball” has got to be one of my favorites. The casting is amazing! Jon Lovitz is a comic genius (he’s the scout that you liked so much).

@TallyDrake Год назад

Yes, I've been on a Greyhound, from Binghamton NY to Seattle WA, 3 days and 2 nights, and back again. Also went to Olean NY, Virginia Beach VA, and Charlottesville VA by bus. I never thought Dottie dropped the ball on purpose. She was in it to win it! She told the pitcher Kit's weakness for high fast balls, and the look on her face when she got back in position was intense. I think Dottie wasn't expecting Kit to hit her so hard.

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

How was the bus rides?

@TallyDrake Год назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies They were great trips. I met some interesting people, as well as a few creeps. A nun saved me from one particularly creepy guy! That was back in the '80s; I bet traveling by bus is a lot worse nowadays.

@1Cheytown Год назад

The ex player in me LOVES this movie to no end and loves that it came out on her 11th birthday. Fun trivia... Penny Marshall (of Laverne and Shirley and the director) had her brother Gary in the film as Walter Harvey (who is based off the founder of Wrigley that started the actual league) and a couple of her former Laverne and Shirley co stars are in the film (David L Lander aka Squiggy was the main P.A. announcer and Eddie Mekka aka The Big Ragu was the main guy Madonna dances with when they are all at the Suds Bucket). Also...many of the older versions of the players during the end credits were former real AAGPBL players. Glad you enjoyed!!

@yg713 2 года назад

I always like your reactions you love to laugh and it shows. I have watched your Happy Gilmore a few times because you losing it is so fun. For your next baseball movie check out "Bull Durham" or "Major League" if you want to laugh. If you want a quieter, more inspiring movie still about baseball, check out "The Natural".

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

All added to list thanks

@donbergeson6771 2 года назад

Taxi dancing was a club where guys (servicemen usually) would go in and buy tickets to dance with girls for a song. The ladies would turn in their tickets at the end of their shift and get a percentage of the price of each one.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's crazy to me

@randeecarreno4289 2 года назад

"There's no crying in baseball!" Really looking forward to this reaction. 😊 This is one of my favorite baseball/sports movies. And it's a great cast. Another great baseball movie that I highly recommend is the 1984 movie "The Natural".

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

@k_salter 2 года назад

Enjoyed watching this with you!! You should check out "Moneyball" for a baseball movie, it's based on a true story and nominated for a number of Academy awards. Looking forward to your next movie.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added thanks

@ronluk76 2 года назад

"Moneyball" was great. They had the movie premiere here in Oakland when it came out. I was in the crowd across the street from the theatre where the premiere was trying to get a glimpse of Brad Pitt and the other actors when they were arriving.

@tree6787 2 года назад

I think you would really love Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Already reacted to it. Go check it out

@semperparatusadversustyran4336 2 года назад

Geena Davis was asked if she dropped the ball in an interview she said that "Dotty didn't drop the ball on purpose because she and Kit were very competitive and Kit would have known if she let her win"

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Got it

@davewhitmore1958 2 года назад

Yeah, I think Kit wanted it more

@marybethgoeggel4658 Год назад

This movie never fails to elicit belly laughs from my dad when we watch it. The Wizard of Oz line (and she does kinda look like Margaret Hamilton), the umpire line, and when Jimmy signs the baseball are the 2 lines that will send him over the edge. Also, when the scout is yelling at the cow (‘will you SHUT UP!’) - the cow was giving birth (they named the baby cow Penny). I’d moo too!!!!

@misswendyjane4992 2 года назад

I always thought it was obvious Dottie dropped the ball on purpose. She knew Kit wanted to make a life in baseball and continue to pursue a career in it but she was going back home to be with her husband and be a housewife. The ending is so melancholy and nostalgic.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

I think she did drop it

@BeautflDisaster4 Год назад

I actually think the opposite. She told the pitcher to give her high fast balls knowing she can’t hit them and can’t lay off them. She was going for her throat. But maybe she changed her mind when she saw Kit battle and not back down on that final pitch? It’s possible. I think the unknown is the best part.

@melhawl3685 10 месяцев назад

@BeautflDisaster4 I think once Dottie saw how hard Kit was working she dropped it

@user-bd9em8xp2z 10 месяцев назад

the crazy thing is that Geena Davis and the cast did an interview where Tracy Reiner who played Betty said that the huge bruise on Alice's leg was real. The actress Renée Coleman slid into home and was really all banged up.

@MsDemeanorsMusings Год назад

"Avoid the clap. Jimmy Dugan." Best line in the movie!

@riada4996 5 месяцев назад

35:27 The scout played by John Lovits. John Lovit"s character didn’t have much dialogue or scenes in the original script. He improvised probably at least 50% of his lines.

@laurenherda2415 2 года назад

My favorite Tom Hanks film this was just a fantastic movie definitely react to Big you'll love it 😀

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Yeah I need to get to it

@rockubtzer 2 года назад

The real ladies were in the film playing the older versions of themselves.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

I loved that

@brandimurray1984 2 года назад

I knew you were going to love this one, and I know you will love Sandlot just as much!! Jon Lovitz is totally hilarious in everything he does, consider Little Nicky (2000) in one of my favorite (small) rolls of his 😂

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to list

@LadyFeline3 2 года назад

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

I really did

@lara314 2 года назад

Your laugh is infectious. 😂 Love this classic. Since you're a baseball fan, I recommend "Eight Men Out" about the Chicago White Sox scandal in 1919.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

@denanebergall5514 2 года назад

The end of that movie gets me every time.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Yeah I get that

@moeball740 Год назад

And the song by Madonna at the end, This Used to Be My Playground, so melancholy, but definitely one of her best.

@denanebergall5514 Год назад

@@moeball740 Yes, I love it! ❤️

@nooneofconsequence1251 2 года назад

Madonna also recorded the song that played over the end credits. The movie was #1 in the country at the same time the song was #1 in the country.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Love it

@wantutosigh1117 2 года назад

I've loved this movie since I was a kid. Great reaction. You should do "Miracle" (2004). It's about the 1980 mens US Olympic team that won the gold medal against all odds and defeated the Soviet Union. Considered the greatest hockey team in the world.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

@krissiep1317 2 года назад

I second that.

@georgeprchal3924 Год назад

Dottie and Bill tearfully and emotionally reunite... Next Scene: Jimmy: WHY AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS BUS?!

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

Love Jimmy/Tom

@ScientificallyStupid 2 месяца назад

re: Charm school- I can balance a book on my head because I grew up going to Catholic school where one of the punishments (in the 80's, we didn't get hit or anything) was to sit in the corner with an encyclopedia volume balanced on your head. And my mom made me take ballet classes because I was a chubby, tall, clumsy little girl- she thought it would help me be more graceful. It never took- I'm still a klutz.

@MrLovegrove Год назад

I didn't see anyone else mention it in the comments, but on the bus when Tom Hanks tells the chaperone that he loved her in the Wizard of Oz, he was basically saying she looked like the Wicked Witch.

@browniewin4121 Год назад

This was a fun movie. Gina Davis won an Oscar for her role in, The Accidental Tourist (1988). Bill Pullman (who you just saw as Dottie's returning husband) is in it too.

@llorona7847 2 года назад

For a funny baseball movie, you gotta check out Major League. If you want drama, Eight Men Out. I think you’ll find that one of particular interest. But this was an outstanding film. It has everything you could want, sports action, heart, comedy, wonderful film.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to list thanks

@MrLovegrove Год назад

Just started watching and got to your question about the bus. I was forced to take a bus from California to New Mexico when my car broke down. Someone on the bus had a cold...and by the time we got to Albuquerque, everyone on the bus had a cold. Most of my bus trips have been fine, but that one was one of my worst experiences travelling.

@LeighMet 2 года назад

This was before Forrest Gump. The wizard of oz line was meant to be the witch/her real world counterpart. Jimmy Dugan was a composite of real life hall of Famers Jimmy Foxx and Hack Wilson. For 30 years i've been asking did she drop it on purpose.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Got it thanks

@silascallison 2 года назад

John Lovitz was almost cast as Harry from Home Alone

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's interesting

@danielskinner5346 Месяц назад

I took a Greyhound from San Antonio TX to NYC in the winter the bus broke down in a blizzard.

@LibertarianJRT Год назад

I did a 9 hour trip on Greyhound overnight in two directions to get a conference. It is the transportation method of last resort. But it's not as bad as it could have been. 😂

@3DJapan 2 года назад

I had to look this up. A Taxi Dancer was someone who was a paid dance partner. Paid per dance. So if you're at a ball or something that has partner dancing and you're alone you can hire one of them.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

that's crazy

@talltulip Год назад

Taxi dancer: a woman who dances with men for a fee. Ten cents for a one-minute dance used to be the standard (according to movies, tv and pop music). There is a (too-long but) good musical film called Sweet Charity, about a taxi dancer named Charity. Shirley MacLaine is the star. Directed and choreographed by the great Bob Fosse. The movie was based on a broadway musical of the same name. If you've ever heard the song "Hey, Big Spender" -- that's from Sweet Charity. Here is the Big Spender number: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iG3VfKlfDEk.html

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

good stuff

@taiwanwhite5762 2 года назад

I've taken the Greyhound cross country five times. My butt always hurts at the end.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

I bet

@melhawl3685 10 месяцев назад

The term "taxi dancer" comes from the fact that, as with a taxi-cab driver, the dancer's pay is proportional to the time they spend dancing with the customer. Patrons in a taxi-dance hall typically purchased dance tickets for ten cents each, which gave rise to the term "dime-a-dance girl".

@AwesomeUSMovies 10 месяцев назад

That's crazy

@laudanum669 2 года назад

There are a lot of people in this movie from director Penny Marshall's past. Walter Harvey is played by Garry Marshall her brother. He was on the TV show "Laverne and Shirley" that starred Penny. Also from that TV show is the guy that was dancing with May (He played "The big Rago") and the announcer played "Squiggy" in the TV show.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

good stuff

@3DJapan 2 года назад

5:58 Lori Petty on the left. She was in an interesting comic book movie called Tank Girl.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Cool thanks

@jankreps5115 11 месяцев назад

This movie is so much more than a comedy… It’s about making a team out of girls that are all strangers to each other! Sibling rivalry is always there! It was great to see them all grow… And the reunion at the end was fantastic! And by the way the scout was Jon Lovitz! Tom hanks can take any role and do a great job! Great cast! Nice reaction!

@AwesomeUSMovies 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@shallowgal462 Год назад

The female ghost from Beetlejuice (Geena Davis) is the lead, Dottie. Her husband (Bill Pullman) was the president in Independence Day. Jon Lovitz (the scout) is always hilarious! I love that this was a true story, and now a TV series. Madonna was really good in Dick Tracy too. When carless, I used to take Greyhounds or Trailways pretty often. More recently, I've switched to Amtrak, and it's SO much better!!! Tom Hanks implied the chaperone was the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. You cut it off, at least on RU-vid, just when the credits started. Did you watch the end credits that showed the real-life women baseball players?

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

Omg I missed that

@tommiller4895 Год назад

I hope you watched the closing credits. The older ladies were the actual Players in the AAGBBL.The Scout (John Lovitz) funniest lines were delivered spontaneously by him during filming. They were funnier than the ones in the script so Penny Marshall used his lines instead. The Jimmy Dugan character was based on a real Ball player and AAGBBL Manager, Jimmy Fox.

@billwatson5400 Год назад

I was on a vacation to Australia. I took a bus from Melbourne to Tamworth. Our bus broke down halfway in some small town. Someone drove and told us all to go back to the city 😂

@MichelleMabery Год назад

My favorite line: There's no crying in baseball!! 🤣

@erinraecowin 2 года назад

Crying, every damn time. I've been watching this since I was very young (I was four when it was released), and it instilled in me a love of team sports I'll never forget. I've played baseball, netball, rugby, hockey, soccer and now roller derby. I wouldn't trade any of my experiences for anything.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

What is netball?

@erinraecowin 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies y'all might call it women's basketball? It's not basketball, you don't dribble.

@Gradyolson Год назад

Fun movie Fact: Many of the older woman seen in the hall of fame in the background are some of the actual surviving members of the A.A.G.P.B.L. the baseball game during the end credits was an actual game and all of the players are original members as well. In the hall of fame scene many of the photos we see that don't contain the actors and actresses of the film are also original photos. The AAGPBL wing of the baseball hall of fame is a real place you can go to today and is a testament to both the love of the game and the various pioneers and innovators who paved the way for future ball players.

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

Love that!

@karenlackner192 2 года назад

My best friend & I rode the Greyhound bus many times back in the mid 80’s. Mpls to Virginia, Mn our home town. Cost at that time was $26.00 round trip. I always enjoyed the ride. 😎

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Wow that is cheap, I'll say that

@g3o5d 2 года назад

So happy you like this wonderful movie. Please take some time and watch Robert Redford in "The Natural" and John Goodman as "The Babe". Both are wonderful baseball movies.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to list thanks

@donjackson5522 Год назад

Tom Hanks’ character is rumored to be based on actual star Jimmie Foxx. Foxx is largely unremembered due to his off field trouble and the fact that his home run prowess was secondary to some guy named Ruth.

@Greybeardmedic Год назад

Yes, they were making money for the baseball league, but its important to note that they were not competing against Men's baseball at the time. With President Roosevelt announcing that Men's baseball could resume the next season, owners moved to shut down the Women's league.

@TabaquiJackal906 2 года назад

Yes, I've ridden a Greyhound to visit a friend (I was 13). It was okay but stuff and crowded, and the bus terminal was in what amounted to a demilitarized zone - kinda scary! I can walk with a book on my head. :D All the ladies who were playing had to be able to actually play; hit, catch, slide, all of it. Even the main actors either had to play or had to take lessons and practice. Glad you watched this! It's such an excellent, fun movie.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@AutoPilate 2 года назад

Betty Spaghetti was played by Tracy Reiner, daughter of the director Penny Marshall and adopted daughter of Rob Reiner, whose “Stand By Me” you recently reacted to.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

awesome

@micheletrainor1601 Год назад

The bruise on the players thigh is actually a real injury she sustained playing ball.

@zacharyliles8657 Год назад

I also thought it was funny Dottie's husband just happened to show up the same day that her teammate's husband died lol Still one of my all time favorite movies though

@tarascholfield5887 2 месяца назад

It's one of the best movies of all time. people always ask me what my fav is; and this is in my top 5. i always feel so bad for penny marshall; she worked so hard on this film directing and making it amazing and she didn't get the oscar. i cried when she lost at the oscars and when she passed a while ago. the movie has soo much incredible stuff and i always recommend it to people; it isn't 100% to the actual league the ladies were in but that is okay. nothing can be perfect! i've argued with people about the film; and get chewed out they needed to show this and that; i've always loved this film and was lucky to get to see it in the theater with my family. i cried at the end of the film and i usually do each time. It's one of those movies where everything is perfect; but it felt like not as many people have seen it alas. i have seen fans at geeky conventions dressed as the peaches in hand sewn outfits!!!

@ralphschmitt5859 2 года назад

For YEARS I've been using the quote "You're Killing me Alice" to my wife. LOL!

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Love it

@sharonhoyt2133 4 месяца назад

Best baseball movie ever. Penny Marshall and her brother were the best when it came to producing and directing movies. If you ever watched "Laverne and Shirley" most of that cast were brought in for this movie by Penny Marshall.

@creepykidandinfinitedreams2987 2 года назад

This is gonna be a great reaction!!!

@leeannmcdermott8313 2 года назад

Yes it is!

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Yes it is!

@janabraam7963 Год назад

No, I cannot walk with a book on my head. Never could. And down the stairs??? LOL!TAXI-DANCERS-- In the old days, like the 20's or 30's, people would go to dance halls and buy tickets when they went in. Each ticket would be worth 10 cents. They would give a lady a ticket to dance with her. At the end of the night, she would turn in her tickets & the dance hall would give her a small cut of her total. The more tickets she got, the more money she would make. Geena Davis was Dottie & Jon Lovitz was the scout. He was an SNL alumni. He was great! Great casting all around. Came across your channel & watched a couple. Decided to subscribe. I'll have to check out what you've watched so far. You've got a lot of catching up to do. Really enjoyed your reactions.

@AwesomeUSMovies Год назад

Love it thanks

@GothamsHer0 Год назад

Another older classic with Madonna in it is Dick Tracy, based on the old comic book.

@theolamp5312 2 года назад

What made this film great was that Penny Marshall seemed to be emotionally invested in it.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

I think she was the director right?

@theolamp5312 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies - Yes. And even though this is primarily a comedy, the emotion and heart in this movie shines from the beginning 'til the end. When the woman finds that she has lost her husband in the war, the comedy is off the table. When we see actual women ball players from the league playing the game at the end, we are brought back into the heart of the story. Penny told this story better than I ever could.

@nooneofconsequence1251 2 года назад

"our youngest child did this to our TV"... turned it into Tom Hanks? :) Did someone forget to edit in a picture of your TV? Gina Davis was a pretty big rising star for a while and this was one of the most significant films that turned her into that. But then she was getting older and also starred in Cutthroat Island - one of the biggest flops in Hollywood history - and her career faltered. If you want to see more of her watch Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (already on your list). Madonna does indeed act. She's even had some pretty big roles - like the title role in 1996's Evita. But I don't think she's really been in anything else worth seeing besides this. Maybe 1990's Dick Tracy, that was an interesting film based on an old detective comic strip starring Warren Beatty. At least it was visually interesting if nothing else. This has got to be Rosie O'Donnell's best role by far, too. She was kind of cute and likeable here; usually she's just obnoxious. Actually this was her first film role; pretty much made her career. She springboarded off the huge success of this movie, and her likeable role in it, to having her own talk show on TV 4 years later. I never thought about it but this movie represents the high point of many different stars' respective careers. :-) The only one in it who definitely went on to do much bigger and better things is, of course, Tom Hanks. For him this was also a great role, but, just one among many, and I don't think anyone calls it his best.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Actually I already reacted to Beetlejuice. Check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YLELNO3gNW0.html

@michelef3398 2 года назад

I was an extra in this movie when I was a kid, we went with our school and got to be fans in the stands for several days. then the next year we got to be fans for the movie “Rookie of the Year” love your reactions. Keep up the good work

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's pretty cool. Can you find yourself in the stands or just a blur?

@michelef3398 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMovies “Rookie of the Year” I can, they actually just kept moving us around the stadium to different seats and I’m behind home plate in a few scenes. Rookie of the year is a movie you may enjoy

@peterhecker1343 2 года назад

Hija James :) if You like Baseball movies , How about Major League(1989) with Charlie Sheen ?

@claymccoy 2 года назад

Yes!

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added

@laurenherda2415 2 года назад

@@AwesomeUSMoviesMajor League is a must! I'm from Cleveland so it's an iconic film for us Indian fans

@kathrynroat9139 2 года назад

With even MORE great movie quotes!

@lancelarson9306 2 года назад

Another baseball movie to see is For Love Of The Game (1999) staring Kevin Costner.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

@micheletrainor1601 Год назад

Taxi dancing or dancers were girls who were paid ten cents per dance by patrons in bars during the 20s,30s and 40s.

@noquarterzz9788 Год назад

Jon Lovitz is hilarious in this. Marla & Nelson 🥰

@riada4996 5 месяцев назад

He improvised at least 50% of his lines, and was added to scenes the script didn't originally have him in.

@DonnaBump Год назад

I've got the same mug! One of my best for tea because it stays warm longer.

@ryanclark6402 2 года назад

Everyone always harps on about “There’s no crying in baseball,” but for my money, “Can’t we do both?” is one of the best film lines ever written.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That is a great scene

@kendallcarstens9194 2 года назад

Fun fact. I saw a video where some of the women (actresses) met up to honor one of the original players. The player that had the huge bruise on her leg said that it wasn't makeup, that was an actual bruise and cuts. She mentioned that to that day, she still has scars on her leg from that.

@AwesomeUSMovies 2 года назад

That's crazy