Being baseball fans the Stone family are excited when Willie Mays leaves four tickets to one of his games. The problem arises when Alex, Jeff, and Donna all invite a guest to join them.
How cool is that? I remember him playing at the tail end of his career. But what a career he had and given his stats offense and defense imo Willie Mays was the greatest all round baseball player ever. Sadly he just passed away. RIP Mr. Mays.
ESPECIALLY at 4:48 -- considering that this was two years before Petula Clark caused an uproar just by holding Harry Belafonte's arm - and Lena Horne's career had been derailed several years earlier just for being seen shaking Gary Cooper's hand on the Perry Como Show - it was very bold for them to be seen casually shaking hands with Mays as equals
This was a great episode. RIP WILLIE MAYS. You were such a powerful ball player. You will always be in my heart ❤. You will always be in my prayers. God has his angel 😇 back. You are in heaven playing baseball ⚾ with Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda.
Am I missing something? How does the Stone family know Willie Mays? And how does Jeff find a date so quick only being in SF for one day? What a smooth operator!
This whole episode is very radical for the times. Willie Mays shaking hands with two White women (Petula Clarke caused a big controversey when she put her hand on Harry Belafonte's arm on a TV special); Willie Mays pulling up a chair and sitting at the table; the Stone family talking with him as if he is an old family friend, not just a celebrity. These were deliberate choices on someone's part. In fact, Willie Mays was on the show 3 times. In 1950s-1960s...very radical.
One thing about this show, everything was done on the cheap. Grainy stock footage of Willie Mays at the ballpark to the point of pretending he's running up to greet Donna and Jeff.
Mays was lying about Candlestick, winds and cold robbed him of many homers - a dump. Very bad mix of game footage clips. Day game clips for night tilt in the story. Candlestick footage shot during '64 & '65 season, although parts may have come from movie "Experiment In Terror" from 1962. At least the folks in the 'bleachers' were dressed for a cold night there. Willie had a habit of crossing 1st base on way to the dugout. Drysdale had a habit of knocking Mays down, off the plate. Uniformed players/coaches were entitled to 2 'comp' tickets for all games, many times they would 'borrow' unused tix from the players who weren't using theirs, then reciprocate for other games. Clip of guard overlooking Candlestick was shot in a 'crow's nest' behind the right field stands that was removed during the expansion for 49'ers 1970-71. @ 17:31 Mays is approaching the plate from on-deck circle. Clip of Mays running @ 17:36 was from his days in NY at Polo Grounds.
What a meanie you are! Over 13,000 people got to enjoy this episode that, like me, do not get DECADES. Believe you me, I'd give a week's pay to buy the DVDs of seasons 6, 7 & 8, but they won't issue them for some reason!
Are you the executor of Donna Reed's estate? Or an accountant at the studio? Are these maybe in public domain? Do you even know? These are wonderful gems that would be lost in time and space if not for RU-vid. These were made to be enjoyed and appreciated. There's no harm done to anyone - - Except you apparently You are an officious interloper. Maybe take a laxative and let some of the pressure off. Or just enjoy the show 😊
Also, if a poster takes out a certain amount of a work then then it does not violate the copyright. Maybe poster did that. Why are you so aggressive about it? Relax...enjoy!