The Sandlot (1993)
The Sandlot serves as the principal focus of our discourse, wherein we delve into its nostalgic portrayal of childhood adventures and the indelible impact of summer memories. This cinematic gem, released in 1993, encapsulates the essence of youthful exuberance, as it narrates the escapades of a group of boys who navigate the trials of friendship, fear, and the pursuit of identity through the lens of baseball. As we traverse the film’s narrative, we find ourselves sidetracked by personal anecdotes from our own formative years, providing a rich tapestry of reflections that resonate with the film's themes. The conversation not only celebrates the film's humor and heart but also evokes a profound sense of longing for simpler times, when the world outside beckoned with possibilities and adventures awaited at every turn. Join us as we explore both the cinematic and personal landscapes shaped by The Sandlot.
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Speaker A:But with all that said, we're in week three of summer kickoff Summer movies.
Speaker A:It's crazy to think about week three of June.
Speaker A:And yeah, we are off and running.
Speaker A:And we're keeping it up with the sand lot.
Speaker A: ,: Speaker A:It stars.
Speaker A:Let me gear up for this.
Speaker A:Tom Geary, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Rena, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quentin Adams, Grant Yelt, Shane Obodzinski.
Speaker A:Why'd you ever have a shitty name like that?
Speaker A:Victor Demadia, Dennis Leary and James Earl Jones with Karen Allen and a whole ton more, funnily enough, including my brother in law's ex wife and his sister are in this movie.
Speaker A:So yeah, there it is.
Speaker A:This movie is about the summer of 62.
Speaker A:A new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
Speaker A:I feel like that's like such an shitty synopsis in general.
Speaker C:It's really bad.
Speaker A:But yeah.
Speaker A:All right, Matson, I think this was your pick, right?
Speaker B:I believe it was.
Speaker B:I mean, when we're talking about summer movies and I mean this the kid, his biggest fear initially is he moved in right before the summer and he says didn't really have time to make friends.
Speaker B:And thinking back to your childhood, I mean, that would put the fear of God in me if I moved.
Speaker B:Like right at the end of the school, you're like, oh, like how?
Speaker B:What am I gonna do?
Speaker B:Especially back in the day, not nearly as hard as people Actually played outside.
Speaker B:Like.
Speaker B:Like that's all I did.
Speaker B:Like we played hockey, road bikes, playground, he.
Speaker B:All kinds of stuff, RC cars.
Speaker B:But these days, like kids even go outside.
Speaker B:I don't really see them anymore.
Speaker B:Like, they just play on the video games, hop on the line.
Speaker B:But this movie makes me think of summer and especially the pool scene.
Speaker B:I mean, just what cinematic gold that gets me every time.
Speaker B:Makes me laugh every little.
Speaker B:Every pre pubescent or early pubescent boy's dream of swaddling an older girl and making your crush dreams come true.
Speaker B:And later on he actually married the girl, so, you know, like doing it right.
Speaker B:But to me, there's just so much to like about this movie.
Speaker B:You got your career, free summer, a kid trying to find his identity and in his confidence and then wrapped up in another good thing you do in your childhood is you believe in legends and rumors and you make something bigger than what it is.
Speaker B:And I love the Beast.
Speaker B:And I also like that the Beast turns out to be a lovable giant.
Speaker B:And at least 2 of the people on this podcast are big time dog lovers.
Speaker B:So always good to see a slobbering mouth.
Speaker B:But so much to say about this movie.
Speaker B:But I just, I've always liked it because I saw it when I was young and not like I'm the biggest baseball fan, but I just think there's a lot to like about it and it just makes me laugh and makes me smile and makes me remember my childhood and remember what summers were like when you actually had a summer and could do what you want.
Speaker B:And I mean, I'd love to go back to that feeling because being an adult sucks.
Speaker A:That's fair.
Speaker A:What about you, Alec?
Speaker A:You were a little young when this came out, and by that I mean, you weren't even born yet, right?
Speaker C:Yeah, I don't think so.
Speaker C:I was born 93, so.
Speaker A:Same year.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker C:But I think it beat me.
Speaker B:That's fair.
Speaker A:That's fair.
Speaker B:Full days.
Speaker C:What I really like about this movie is how much it stood the test of time.
Speaker C:So it's crazy now that, like, these kids are grown up, right?
Speaker C:And they are in many ways more closely tied to baseball than several professional baseball players are tied to baseball.
Speaker C:And that's pretty cool.
Speaker C:Like they.
Speaker C:They struck lightning in a bottle with the Sandbot in terms of cheesy kid movies that just will not go away and only seem to get bigger and bigger the longer it's been out.
Speaker C:It's crazy.
Speaker C:And I mean, it's never a bad time to sit down, watch Sandlot heavily quotable.
Speaker C:Just super entertaining.
Speaker C:And you never leave feeling upset.
Speaker C:So cool.
Speaker C:I love it.
Speaker A:It's true.
Speaker B:I mean, to that point, the kid that.
Speaker B:The curly redhead kid, the one that.
Speaker C:Says the Great Hambino.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker B:It was like a month ago or something.
Speaker B:I wish I could remember it more.
Speaker B:He.
Speaker B:They did some paired with him at a base like a MLB baseball stadium and he showed up and like him and I think one or two other people from sandlot and they just did that like a month ago or something.
Speaker B:So it's.
Speaker B:I mean it's so deeply tied to baseball war.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Well, he just recently was on.
Speaker A:He went and hit Savannah Bananas.
Speaker A:The Savannah Bananas?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Oh, did it.
Speaker B:Let me see.
Speaker B:That's like.
Speaker B:I mean they could bring them all back, but that'd be perfect.
Speaker B:That's like.
Speaker B:It was like made for him.
Speaker A:Well, so as you probably know, this was filmed in Utah and two years ago.
Speaker A:Oh yeah, two.
Speaker A:This.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Filmed mostly up in Ogden, but a couple other places in Utah there.
Speaker A:In fact, I think the sandlot was down by where the actual field is still there.
Speaker A:And I think it was closer to down by you.
Speaker A:I don't remember where exactly it's at, but where you were anyway.
Speaker A:Yeah, but like.
Speaker A:So two years ago and the.
Speaker A:The 30th anniversary or whatever it was, they brought for a Bees game.
Speaker A:Casey and I went to it.
Speaker A:They did.
Speaker A:They brought them the whole team back, I think, except for like one guy.
Speaker B:Mlb.
Speaker B:I'd be like, oh, yeah, they do that.
Speaker B:But the Bees being like a AAA or whatever, that's surprising.
Speaker B:That's cool.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And it.
Speaker A:Mostly because it's.
Speaker A:It was the, you know, they're the Utah team, the Salt Lake team.
Speaker A:And then the fact that it was filmed here in Utah, they brought them out.
Speaker A:It was like the 30th.
Speaker A:They were doing a whole lot of.
Speaker A: For it that year in: Speaker A:So it was pretty fun or 23 rather.
Speaker A:So it was pretty funny.
Speaker A:They.
Speaker A:But they came out and hung out after the game like they were there the whole game and like you could go get autographs and take pictures and.
Speaker A:And then they hung out for a while after the game was over down on the field and you could go out and it was cool.
Speaker A:Like we didn't hang around, but we did hang out, go and watch the game and that's back when we were going to be games a little bit more and then they moved the stadium and it's just too far to go now.
Speaker A:So for me anyway, I'm not that Much into lower level baseball.
Speaker A:Just go watch the Ogden Raptors and call it good.
Speaker A:But yeah, so it's.
Speaker A:For me, the sandlot like took on a light.
Speaker A:Well, I grew up with this movie because I was 12 when it came out and I was still playing, you know, peewee baseball or I guess I was getting into more pony league stuff.
Speaker A:But it.
Speaker A:Yeah, like I played baseball from the time I was 5 years old until I graduated high school.
Speaker A:And so I love baseball.
Speaker A:And so this movie for me was like this was on all the time as a kid because it was funny, it was relatable to me.
Speaker A:And yeah, and back then summer was.
Speaker A:I liked summer versus now where I'm like, turn off the sun.
Speaker A:But the.
Speaker A:Yeah, back then I loved it.
Speaker A:So this was a great movie, great choice for this.
Speaker A:And then I moved out to Utah, ironically enough, between my junior or sophomore and junior year of high school in the summer, which was terrible.
Speaker A:But then I found out like in later on in life I.
Speaker A:Like I said my brother in law was talking about the fact that his sister and ex wife are in the pool scene.
Speaker A:And like I've been to a bunch of the places where they filmed all this stuff just by nature of being here.
Speaker A:And I was like, I'm gonna go check out the sandlot field and I'm gonna go check out Rick's.
Speaker A:Like we could go to the pool and we'll show you where it's at.
Speaker A:So it was wild.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:But this, this movie is just fun.
Speaker A:Like there's no time that I've watched it that I just haven't been thoroughly entertained and had a great time and.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:What's your, what's your favorite scene, Jay?
Speaker B:If you had to pick one, what gets you the most giggles?
Speaker A:Dude, it's the flashback scene in the freaking.
Speaker A:The.
Speaker A:In the tree house.
Speaker A:Like the forever.
Speaker A:Like that whole black and white where it's like that scene just makes me giggle.
Speaker A:Like so when it comes to laughs and funny, like that's Matt said.
Speaker A:I don't know what to do.
Speaker A:Like I feel like we've moved from movie review podcast to like erotic streaming.
Speaker A:I had that milking on your fingers right now, dude.
Speaker A:It's just like.
Speaker A:Like how far back there do those go, dude?
Speaker A:Like you got some skills.
Speaker A:I'm just saying.
Speaker A:20 bucks.
Speaker A:20 bucks, dude.
Speaker A:Sorry, I got.
Speaker B:Hey, for our podcast listeners, if you're, if you're wanting to see something, just jump on YouTube.
Speaker A:Yeah, let me save you the trouble.
Speaker C:Don't jump on YouTube for that.
Speaker B:I love that.
Speaker B:I mean there's so many scenes.
Speaker B:I mean, full scene for me probably takes it, but the, the same kid.
Speaker B:What's the kid with the glasses that he.
Speaker B:That Quince.
Speaker C:Did you even watch the movie?
Speaker B:Yeah, I did.
Speaker B:I just watched.
Speaker B:I just.
Speaker B:I don't.
Speaker B:I don't remember all the names.
Speaker B:I'm like JJ with some of that stuff when he, when they're doing the whole mission, they're trying to retrieve the ball with all the different ways.
Speaker B:I just love when like they get.
Speaker B:He's like, pull it up.
Speaker B:He's like.
Speaker B:Or he's like, you got it.
Speaker B:That always makes me laugh because he's like, yeah.
Speaker B:And you're like.
Speaker B:But every time, he's like, he's so hopeful.
Speaker B:And then the Beast just obviously ruins plans.
Speaker B:And I love all the, the different.
Speaker B:I mean, it's so ludicrous.
Speaker B:Like the, the three vacuum thing.
Speaker B:I'm like, I don't even know.
Speaker B:Would that even work?
Speaker B:Probably not, but it looked cool.
Speaker B:All those different attempts, just pretty great.
Speaker B:And I love how they make the Beast with their.
Speaker B:All their memory and the things they've seen, like, look like it weighs like, I don't know, like it's a mountain lion that weighs like 2,000 pounds or something and chucked out the.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's not Cult, it's not connects.
Speaker B:But the metal thing that they use, the little robot they made, I'm like, I don't know how that worked when obviously the dog's not that big.
Speaker B:So did they, like, was that part of the lore?
Speaker B:Who knows?
Speaker B:But that's, that's a part of the.
Speaker B:I mean, it's just fun because that's the part of the movie I really like, but I wanted to.
Speaker B:Jay, do you hate.
Speaker B:Did you.
Speaker B:Do you not like the narration where they, they use that from time to time to like fill in gaps of the story or is that passable for you?
Speaker A:No, actually, like the story relies on it and to kind of tie into what you were talking about.
Speaker A:The reason it makes sense.
Speaker A:Like, when I watch this movie, one of the things that I love the most about it is the fact that because we're getting it secondhand, like, I can't tell you how many times I tell stories from when I was a teenage, like a young kid.
Speaker A:And it exaggerates and it grows.
Speaker A:Even though I'm a 44 year old man, I'll still add in some, some zest to a story here and there from when I was a kid.
Speaker A:And like, so the narration makes sense to me because it's this, the adult version of him telling this story.
Speaker A:And so as I look at it as a kid, it was just a fun movie, right?
Speaker A:And it was just hilarious and I could relate to these kids.
Speaker A:And I would have probably tried to think of, can we connect three vacuum cleaners to get enough suction to get a ball out of this place, right?
Speaker A:Because we would have done dumb like that instead of just knocking on the door and asking for the ball.
Speaker A:But as an adult watching it, like, it makes a ton of sense from the perspective of this was the greatest summer of their lives and it never was connected again.
Speaker A:And so these over the top pieces of storytelling, like, make sense to me because, like, how much more fun is it if you're trying to tell a bunch of kids this crazy story that's really on its core, probably very boring.
Speaker A:You did a bunch of dumb and tried to get this ball back.
Speaker A:But when you add in the zest of it from your telling this story and you're like, yeah, we put three vacuum cleaners together into one vacuum head and suck that sucker up.
Speaker A:And then the beast like drug it under the fence and threw it over and like, yeah, like I could just.
Speaker A:I love that aspect that it not only applies when I'm a kid and it's fun and interesting, I'm like, I want to go do all that.
Speaker A:But as an adult, I'm like, yeah, I embellish some like that too.
Speaker A:Like it's especially depending on your audience, right?
Speaker A:And he's talking, in my opinion, to kids because it's a kids movie.
Speaker A:So he's got to make it more interesting and long lasting and fun.
Speaker A:And so I love that aspect because it makes perfect sense in this particular movie.
Speaker A:What I don't like is when someone gets lazy as and they're like, well, I got a four hour movie I want to make, but I need to make it too.
Speaker A:So I'm gonna have this voice tell half the story in a voiceover that drives me crazy.
Speaker A:But in this case, yeah, it's.
Speaker A:It's valid question.
Speaker B:Would you be.
Speaker B:Were you a trash talker playing sports?
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, dude, I played catcher three quarter probably half the time I was in playing baseball and I was absolutely just like him.
Speaker A:Like I was talking constantly and in high school, like, it's that I wouldn't like repeat to my mother.
Speaker A:But in little kids stuff, it was just like you didn't know what to say.
Speaker A:So most of the time you're just like running your mouth.
Speaker A:I wish I was good at it as he is in the movie.
Speaker A:But yeah, like we.
Speaker A:I used to talk a lot of behind the plate.
Speaker A:If I could distract somebody.
Speaker A:That was my.
Speaker A:I used to point out pretty girls as they'd walk by the like stands or.
Speaker A:And I'd get real lucky if it was one of their sisters because then I'm Right.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Then I'm really distracted.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:But yeah.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:That was my favorite pastime.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:You seem like you'd.
Speaker B:You'd be like the hambino and trash talk it up.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:When they play the, the baseball team.
Speaker B:Pretty, pretty great.
Speaker B:When they just totally wax him and everyone plays great.
Speaker B:The other thing I, I always forget and love is when.
Speaker B:Gosh, I can't remember the main character.
Speaker B:Not why am I forgetting his name.
Speaker B:So stupid.
Speaker A:Smalls.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And you're killing me.
Speaker B:Smalls.
Speaker B:Yeah, his hat that he wears that I'm like, did those hats exist?
Speaker B:Like, were those fishing hats?
Speaker B:Like, I've never.
Speaker B:I only see them in this movie and then like some old timey baseball movies and they were a little longer even.
Speaker B:As long as that, like that hat always gets from like, dude.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:What in the world?
Speaker A:That's because back then they weren't a fashion statement.
Speaker A:They were in the, in the 90s when this movie was being made.
Speaker A:It was.
Speaker A:They were becoming a fashion statement versus a baseball cap was meant to keep the sun out of your eyes while you're playing baseball.
Speaker A:Now it's like bad luck.
Speaker A:It's all about the fashion statement.
Speaker A:But yeah, that's, that is ridiculous.
Speaker B:It gets me every single time.
Speaker A:Yeah, I love the different aspects too.
Speaker A:Like, I laugh at the part where Benny hits the ball like into his glove, like, and he like can put it anywhere because that's one of those things that to me is more ridiculous almost than a dog throwing the crumpled up vacuum cleaner over the fence.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:When he puts a little spit on him, like, bro, that ain't putting it right on the glove.
Speaker A:I'm sorry, but I love this.
Speaker A:But again, the storytelling aspect of it because like, I think back when I was this age living in Ohio, we.
Speaker A:I played baseball, Little league baseball with a kid named Misha Lang.
Speaker A:And I swear to you, like, we were like 10, dude, 9 or 10 years old when we were playing when I was on the same team as Misha.
Speaker A:But the kid could throw the ball hard.
Speaker A:Like he pitched.
Speaker A:And we had just started getting into like self pitch league age and the kid was, he could throw the ball very hard.
Speaker A:So to another 8 or 9 year old, like it felt like he was throwing a hundred miles an hour.
Speaker A:Kids probably throwing 30 miles an hour.
Speaker A:But it felt like he.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:And he was really good across the board at baseball as well.
Speaker A:Like, he was.
Speaker A:Yeah, he was just really good.
Speaker A:And so he would be that kid.
Speaker A:Like, when I would think back, like, I always go, oh, he's our Misha.
Speaker A:Because I talk about him now, I'm like, this kid was throwing 70 miles an hour in third grade.
Speaker A:And I'm like, I know it's.
Speaker A:But when I was a kid, like, he'd throw the bomb.
Speaker A:Like, man, if he hits me with that, like, and he hit me once in practice, and it left scene marks on my knee.
Speaker A:Like, on the inside of my knee.
Speaker A:That's how hard he threw the ball.
Speaker A:But God bless.
Speaker A:Like, it wasn't.
Speaker A:But so I think about that.
Speaker A:That spot, and how Benny's just like, this superhero that can do anything.
Speaker A:I'm like, that's so funny, because he was probably a phenomenal baseball player.
Speaker A:He plays in the bigs at the end.
Speaker B:But I was gonna say, clearly, yeah, he was very good.
Speaker A:But it's.
Speaker A:It's so funny to me.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like, that's another aspect that I always smile at when I watch this, like, knowing he wasn't that good.
Speaker A:Nobody.
Speaker B:Is the mom in this.
Speaker B:Is she in.
Speaker B:Is she the Indiana Jones chick from.
Speaker B:Yeah, but I didn't realize it till this time.
Speaker B:I was like, wait, why didn't I have another piece that together?
Speaker B:Because I watched both these movies enough.
Speaker B:I should totally know that, but I never did for some reason.
Speaker A:Yep, that's her.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Good stuff.
Speaker B:And then I'll like.
Speaker B:I love the part where they have to trade in the baseball and the.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's funny.
Speaker B:He's in.
Speaker B:I should be able to.
Speaker B:I can't name his name right now, the actor, that he's.
Speaker B:Another baseball movie.
Speaker B:But it was like, they were just like, oh, he did so good to feel the dreams.
Speaker A:We just got to put him in Jones.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You were pulling your best JJ impression today.
Speaker B:I know, I know.
Speaker B:Maybe I don't want to access my brain right now, but I love him in this movie, too, because.
Speaker B:Because you could.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I guess he's blind, but, like, half the time, I'm like, I swear he just can see.
Speaker B:And he's just, like, effing with these kids and just having a good time.
Speaker B:But, like, how giddy he is once he finally realizes that he can trade this ball and have people to talk to and all that.
Speaker B:Like, it gets me every time.
Speaker B:Like, he Just looks too dang happy because I'm used to him being just like a grump.
Speaker B:But I love him.
Speaker A:Yeah, I love.
Speaker A:He's got one.
Speaker A:He's got maybe my favorite line in this whole movie, arguably the tard.
Speaker A:Because there's so many.
Speaker A:As Alec pointed out, like, this thing is so wildly quotable.
Speaker A:But when he's like, George signed this.
Speaker A:I'm not kidding.
Speaker A:You're not in trouble.
Speaker A:You're dead where you stand.
Speaker A:That line is just so good to me.
Speaker A:But yeah, for a two minute clip, like, he absolutely steals the show like that.
Speaker A:And that's the, the talent of James Earl Jones.
Speaker A:But like, I love that part too, where they go in and they're actually talking to him and him telling the story of Tate getting hit in the.
Speaker A:In the head and going blind.
Speaker A:Yeah, it's.
Speaker A:It's great.
Speaker A:And I love his first.
Speaker A:Like, why didn't you just come ask me?
Speaker A:Because that's such a.
Speaker A:Like, and that.
Speaker A:So when I was a little kid again in Ohio, we.
Speaker A:I used to live across the street from my cousin, and next door to him was these family with triplets, the Gordon girls.
Speaker A:And then right next to them was this old lady.
Speaker A:And I don't remember her name, which is unfortunate, but she had this big garden in this big lush backyard with the garden in it and the corn was always growing and stuff.
Speaker A:Well, all three of these backyards, my cousins and then the Gordon family, their backyards connected.
Speaker A:And they didn't have fences back there.
Speaker A:It was just you could walk from one backyard to the other, and there wasn't a road between their house and the houses behind them.
Speaker A:They were connected backyards.
Speaker A:Unless they put a fence up.
Speaker A:Well, the old lady had put a fence up.
Speaker A:And we used to play baseball, Wiffle ball, more often than not.
Speaker A:So we didn't break windows in the backyard of my cousin Robbie and his family and then the Gordon's backyard, they used to let us come over and use their backyard.
Speaker A:We would.
Speaker A:We'd play one more like cricket than baseball really, because we just have one base.
Speaker A:It was long base, but we.
Speaker A:Every time we hit a baseball or a wiffle ball into the old lady's yard, it was the same reaction.
Speaker A:I won't go in over there.
Speaker A:She's gonna be so mad.
Speaker A:She's just this little old lady, dude.
Speaker A:But at 10 years old, you're like, I'm not going to knock it on her door if we just lost another wiffle ball, boys.
Speaker B:For us, we played baseball, but it was mainly hockey in some soccer but we always played Nicole de Sac.
Speaker B:We had these Russian neighbors.
Speaker B:They're still there.
Speaker B:They've lightened up quite a bit.
Speaker B:But I don't think they understood.
Speaker B:When they first moved in, our neighborhood was chocked full of.
Speaker B:It was a new neighborhood, and so it was just kids galore.
Speaker B:Like, everybody was out.
Speaker B:Like, most of the neighborhood was playing hockey.
Speaker B:One time they decided to call the cops on us playing hockey in the cul de sac.
Speaker B:And I remember the cops came.
Speaker B:The only thing they said at the end was, like, hey, you all should be playing with helmets.
Speaker B:And they just left because what are they gonna do?
Speaker B:Like, we're just playing hockey in the cul de sac.
Speaker B:And then they also called the cops on 4th of July when everyone was using illegal fireworks.
Speaker B:And every of the cops can.
Speaker B:We're like, yeah, bye.
Speaker B:Funny how neighbors will do so.
Speaker B:But the soccer.
Speaker B:My.
Speaker B:He actually used to be my little peewee soccer coach Juan, our neighbor.
Speaker B:That's still there as well.
Speaker B:This I feel bad about, because now being a homeowner, I'd be pretty pissed.
Speaker B:We played soccer in our yard and used his.
Speaker B:The side of his yard as a goal because he had these two, like, trees that worked out perfectly that were, like, ferns.
Speaker B:But, yeah, he ended up planting bushes in the middle of them, I think to.
Speaker B:Because before they were there, when we'd shoot, like, we were shooting, and it just smashed into his siding.
Speaker B:Like, we made debt.
Speaker B:Like, just actually.
Speaker B:And then he planted bushes, which helped.
Speaker B:But then I thought.
Speaker B:I was like, man, we really did have dirty.
Speaker B:Because we, like, physically beat his house.
Speaker B:And now being, like, a homeowner, I'd be like.
Speaker B:I would have been.
Speaker B:I've been, like, really mad.
Speaker B:He was a good sport about it.
Speaker B:But, like, I'm sure they're just sitting in their house.
Speaker B:I was like, what?
Speaker A:Yeah, that's a face dude right there.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like, he.
Speaker B:Yeah, very much so.
Speaker B:To the point now I.
Speaker B:We.
Speaker B:We've told him how sorry we were, and he just.
Speaker B:I mean, he's a great guy.
Speaker B:Just laughs it off.
Speaker B:But, yeah, that one.
Speaker B:I'm like, yeah.
Speaker A:Being a kid used.
Speaker A:It's so funny.
Speaker A:I think about now and the.
Speaker A:That we used to do when we were kids.
Speaker A:Like, there's no way we get away with it today.
Speaker A:Like, when I like saying, my cousin Robbie, My older cousin Robbie lived directly across the street from us in Ohio, and we used to get tennis balls and tennis rackets, and we would play tennis across the street because it was a quiet little Midwestern street in the middle of nowhere.
Speaker A:Ohio.
Speaker A:And so we would play 10, and then if car would come, we'd stop, right?
Speaker A:Well, one day we figured out on accident, I think, because I got pissed and I grabbed a rock and I hit it with the tennis racket.
Speaker A:That you could send a rock a really long way with a tennis racket.
Speaker A:So we started just blasting these things, and they would go so far, we're like, oh, we're not hitting.
Speaker A:You know, you're a kid, you don't recognize the fact that there's still houses as far away as you're hitting these rocks.
Speaker A:And eventually, some neighbor came down again.
Speaker A:It's amazing I didn't get in more trouble if some neighbor came down to our houses and was like, we don't know how it's happening, but it's coming from your place.
Speaker A:And we could hear him out running.
Speaker A:But we're.
Speaker A:We got dings in our cars and from rocks getting sent all the way until finally I got my ass ripped for.
Speaker A:Because we would.
Speaker A:We just grab these tennis rackets and just swing our nuts off on these rocks and send them.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker B:Very similar.
Speaker B:We had a power generator with bushes around my buddy Houston.
Speaker B:They lived in, like, one of those long driveways that split in two, but they had a generator out front, right next to the.
Speaker B:The main neighborhood road.
Speaker B:And we just, like this.
Speaker B:Long story short, things just got progressive worse until we decided we're just gonna throw rocks at cars.
Speaker B:And then, oh, yeah, end up hitting a.
Speaker B:I remember it's a red car, and I just remember the door opening and the person got out.
Speaker B:I ran into what we called the common grounds, which is, like this big, like, drainage area.
Speaker B:And then there was, like, a forest and a playground.
Speaker B:Person never found me.
Speaker B:But that was the last time we threw rocks, because that was.
Speaker B:I was like, well, I want some adult chasing after me.
Speaker B:And then the only other did a lot of dumb things, the one that makes me laugh, I used to have a bow and arrow, like a compound bow that is shot at a target.
Speaker B:But, like, JJ talks, you just get progressive.
Speaker B:Like, oh, I'm doing this.
Speaker B:I should just do something.
Speaker B:Like, I got bored with the target.
Speaker B:You're like, I should shoot something else.
Speaker B:Like, I could do better.
Speaker B:And so they.
Speaker B:We.
Speaker B:I used to have a forest behind my house, but then they built these homes, and we had these two neighbors behind us, and we used to have our trampoline there.
Speaker B:But then they got annoyed because we had so many people that would come.
Speaker B:So we ended up taking that down.
Speaker B:So didn't vibe with that neighbor.
Speaker B:Like, and wasn't enjoying it.
Speaker B:But for whatever reason, I don't know what I was thinking, I decided I'm gonna shoot this arrow, like, close to this house.
Speaker B:Long story short, I don't know what I was thinking.
Speaker B:I shot it, like, high enough up where it was in their siding hanging out.
Speaker B:And I didn't.
Speaker B:I was like, I can't tell them.
Speaker B:Like, I.
Speaker B:There's no way I'm gonna tell them.
Speaker B:So I remember I got a.
Speaker B:A ladder and, like, a really long pole, and I knocked it out of the siding and never told them.
Speaker B:To this day, never did.
Speaker B:And they.
Speaker B:They finally replaced the siding, but it was like a very.
Speaker B:It was a sizable chunk.
Speaker B:Like, if you looked, you'd be like, what the freak happened to my siding right here?
Speaker B:Like, just never told him.
Speaker B:Never told anybody.
Speaker B:I guess I told the world now.
Speaker B:But, yeah, that was the.
Speaker B:Probably one of.
Speaker B:And I still.
Speaker B:I don't.
Speaker B:I don't remember if I was with friends.
Speaker B:I think was just me.
Speaker B:And I don't know what I was thinking.
Speaker B:Like, what was I doing?
Speaker B:But, like, I just remember the visual hanging.
Speaker B:I was like, oh, man.
Speaker B:Like, I gotta.
Speaker B:I gotta go address that.
Speaker A:Yeah, the.
Speaker A:We did stand lot, baby, all day long.
Speaker B:Stupid stuff we do.
Speaker B:But that's why I love the movie, because it makes me think about childhood shenanigans and playing sports with their friends outside.
Speaker B:And if there is anyone from the younger generation, I don't think anyone listens to us that are young enough that are still out doing this.
Speaker B:But, like, go outside.
Speaker B:Go have some fun.
Speaker B:Like, don't just be stuck in your video game system or watching social media.
Speaker B:I think that's the sad thing today.
Speaker C:Is go shoot arrows at your neighbors.
Speaker B:Why not?
Speaker B:Why not hit rocks with a racket.
Speaker A:With a rat?
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:I mean, I just don't see kids out.
Speaker B:This doesn't really happen anymore.
Speaker A:I mean, we used to because they're smarter than us.
Speaker A:Well, that's fair too.
Speaker A:We used to get in BB gun fights.
Speaker A:That's because we didn't have shit to do.
Speaker A:Like, I beat the Nintendo game and mom and dad aren't gonna buy me a new one, so I gotta go do some shit or dad wants to take a nap.
Speaker A:So he literally kicked my ass out of the house and locked the fucking door.
Speaker A:And even when I was thirsty, he told me to go drink from the fucking spigot.
Speaker A:So it's like, yeah, that's how I live.
Speaker B:Don't throw firecrackers at geese.
Speaker B:Yeah, say that they're much more intimidating than they look.
Speaker A:They hurt too.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah, they're mean.
Speaker C:The best part is you can't tell if you were talking about the firecracker or the geese.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Also, don't throw golf balls at swans.
Speaker A:You think geese are intimidating?
Speaker A:You should have a swan, which, by the way, is as tall as you, if not taller.
Speaker A:When they're pissed and their wings are out, there's a big ass bird now.
Speaker B:I learned after the geese, I had an opportunity for some swans when they put in the need.
Speaker B:No, no.
Speaker B:I was a little bit older, certainly wiser at that point.
Speaker B:Did not.
Speaker B:Did not make the attempt on that one.
Speaker A:I learned about swans, and then as an adult, I broke into a golf course to get in the pond to get free golf balls.
Speaker A:And the golf course was called Swan Lakes for a reason.
Speaker A:We saw swans and decided we were not gonna go get golf balls by my urging, because I was.
Speaker A:I was like, I'm not going in there.
Speaker A:There's a swan in there.
Speaker A:The will eat you.
Speaker A:What dumb did you get up to, Alec?
Speaker A:I'm afraid, yeah.
Speaker A:Because I feel like there's, like, some jail time involved if anybody.
Speaker C:The Statue of limitations has about two more.
Speaker B:Run.
Speaker C:We'll circle back.
Speaker A:That's great.
Speaker A:That's great.
Speaker A:Future episode the dumb that Alec got J.J.
Speaker A:how many.
Speaker B:How many animals died under your care?
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:Like me?
Speaker A:Mutilate.
Speaker A:You know what?
Speaker A:I shot a bird once when I was, like, 8 years old with a BB gun.
Speaker A:And I felt so bad about it.
Speaker A:I never actually killed another animal until I was, like, hunting or fishing or like, there was a purpose to it.
Speaker A:But, like, me just being an and be like, I got a BB gun and there's a bird.
Speaker A:I only did that once, and it, like, tortured my soul, so I didn't do it.
Speaker B:The only time I tried to intentionally kill something was pigeons on my mission.
Speaker B:But in my childhood, I had some.
Speaker B:You know, like, you come across a turtle or.
Speaker B:Or like, baby birds when you thought their mother wasn't coming back.
Speaker B:Those birds died because I fed them, then put them out in, like, a little fort.
Speaker B:Snakes ate them.
Speaker B:And then the mom came back the next day, not even joking like that one.
Speaker B:Still to this day, because I go home and know right where they were, and then right where the mom flew out.
Speaker B:I'm like, oh, man.
Speaker B:Like, I can't believe I did that.
Speaker B:But the one that makes me feel even worse is there was a turtle.
Speaker B:I was coming home from elementary school.
Speaker B:I would think I was in fifth grade.
Speaker B:And I took it Home hung out with it for like a week.
Speaker B:Put in my mom's, like, Jacuzzi tub and had the mirror, gave it lettuce.
Speaker B:It was great.
Speaker B:Like, it was fun.
Speaker B:I was like, I should probably, like, you know, let's put it back.
Speaker B:So I was going in the bus.
Speaker B:I remember one of the days I let it out and remember coming home.
Speaker B:I was walked the same way.
Speaker B:And I was like, wait, something's a little pancaked on the road.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:What could that be, dude?
Speaker B:It had to been the turtle because it looked just like the turtle.
Speaker B:The top of it, it was totally pancake flattened.
Speaker B:That was the last time I tried to take any wildlife under my care.
Speaker B:Because that one, I felt so bad.
Speaker B:I was like this.
Speaker B:I had a good time with it and just totally flattened.
Speaker B:Like, oh, no, totally dead.
Speaker B:And I was devastated, like, that.
Speaker B:That thing did not deserve what happened to it.
Speaker B:And it had to have died, like, very soon after I left.
Speaker B:Probably within minutes after I got on the bus, like, because I don't know, like, just felt terrible.
Speaker A:Not only that, but you up somebody's tire and probably alignment because hitting the turtles, like hitting a boulder.
Speaker A:Dude's terrible.
Speaker B:Felt I felt bad.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like, my hamsters died tragically as well.
Speaker B:That was my.
Speaker B:Wasn't my fault.
Speaker B:One blood in my hand.
Speaker B:The other my mom killed because it liked to hang out behind our dryer with the lint.
Speaker B:And it wasn't coming out soon enough.
Speaker B:This was Bubba after Harry had died.
Speaker B:And my mom started to move the dryer and I guess punctured it with.
Speaker B:With the corner.
Speaker B:I'll never forget.
Speaker B:On the white linoleum flooring.
Speaker B:All of a sudden, a trail of blood comes out and totally had killed it right there.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker C:Matt's gonna be living some this episode.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:No, Santa's bringing back.
Speaker C:Doing some trauma unpacking.
Speaker B:Yeah, I was.
Speaker B:Those hamsters, the.
Speaker B:I wasn't ready.
Speaker B:I did all.
Speaker B:I put them on trampolines and jumped them to, like, my height.
Speaker B:I put them in my old sister's dollhouse.
Speaker B:And I had to grease Bubba's butt because it started to get purple to get him out with butter because he got stuck.
Speaker C:Oh, God.
Speaker A:Animal cruelty over here.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:Hey, I'm great to him.
Speaker B:Bubbers.
Speaker B:He's a special dog.
Speaker A:But I had never had rodents or anything like that.
Speaker B:There's.
Speaker B:There's more stories I could get into, but only a couple more.
Speaker B:But I was pretty cursed things that I like animals that I found.
Speaker B:And I.
Speaker B:I don't do that.
Speaker B:Because it doesn't end well.
Speaker A:I think my parents knew I never had.
Speaker A:I had a dog and that was it.
Speaker A:Like growing up.
Speaker A:Like we had little dogs and that.
Speaker A:I think my parents knew.
Speaker A:He's too bored.
Speaker A:He's too ADHD at the time.
Speaker A:Add, and he can't.
Speaker A:Like, he'll never take care of anything.
Speaker A:We barely get him to feed this dog.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:Yeah, I don't think I ever got anything because of the fear that I would probably.
Speaker B:And look at you now.
Speaker B:Your dogs are your life.
Speaker A:That's true.
Speaker A:That's true.
Speaker A:Yeah, we kind of got sidetracked on sandlot, but I.
Speaker A:It was pretty funny, but.
Speaker A:Yeah, I don't even know what else to say.
Speaker A:We, like, spun sandlot into like, childhood traumas.
Speaker A:Childhood good times.
Speaker B:Well, I didn't hear anything about Alex.
Speaker A:Fifth amendments from Alec.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Fifth.
Speaker A:Pleading the fifth and like.
Speaker A:Yeah, statute of limitations.
Speaker A:It's good times.
Speaker A:So sandlot.
Speaker A:You know what?
Speaker A:I will say this before we're done.
Speaker A:The sandlot, the one thing about.
Speaker A:Has always annoyed me about sandlot is the kid that repeats his brother every goddamn time.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker C:Every goddamn time.
Speaker A:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, but it's not.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, but no.
Speaker A:Yeah, he has the.
Speaker B:I know, I know.
Speaker B:I was trying to say.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:What is the kid's name?
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker B:I don't remember that.
Speaker C:Little Tommy.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:I think it's Timmy.
Speaker A:And they call him like.
Speaker A:No, it's Tommy.
Speaker A:Repeat.
Speaker A:They call him Repeat.
Speaker B:Repeat.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:I hate it.
Speaker A:That drives me nuts.
Speaker B:But there was always that kid.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And I would always be like, say it again.
Speaker A:When I was a kid.
Speaker A:Repeat my ass one more time and see what happens.
Speaker A:Oh, all right, so we rate this movie we barely talked about.
Speaker C:Let's do it.
Speaker A:All right, Matt, so kick us off, buddy.
Speaker B:I mean, do we want to get that deep into the metaphor of sandlot?
Speaker B:I don't think so.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:I don't know for what this movie is.
Speaker B:I'm giving this movie A5.
Speaker B:I love this movie.
Speaker B:This movie.
Speaker B:I'll watch it anytime, anywhere.
Speaker B:Obviously it takes me down the trips of memory lane, whether it's a memory I really should be happy about or some that a little more depressing when you really think about what happened and what little life that you crushed.
Speaker B:But I loved my summers, even though my mom would make me do a bunch of like, cursive writing and math before I could go out and do anything.
Speaker B:Which it was like basically mini school, but not having homework really.
Speaker B:And a sense of responsibility.
Speaker B:I think that's what I miss most about true summers when you grew up.
Speaker B:I'd love to go back to that right now, but so is the life of being an adult.
Speaker B:But I think that's what the sandlot captures for me, is it transports me back to a time in my life.
Speaker B:When you're that young, you want to get old, but when you're this old, you want to get young.
Speaker B:And the sandlot just makes me happy.
Speaker B:And I think, like JJ talked about, you always embellish stories, especially those that are from that long ago and just a good time, good watch, just makes me laugh.
Speaker B:And I'll watch it again real soon.
Speaker A:Alec, what about you, buddy?
Speaker B:Five.
Speaker C:Easy five.
Speaker C:Like, there's the, there's a kid aspect.
Speaker C:It's fun, but you also have a little bit of nice words of wisdom in there as well.
Speaker C:Like from Art Lafleur.
Speaker C:Like quote sticks, to me is the heroes and legends, right?
Speaker C:Heroes live forever.
Speaker C:Legends never die.
Speaker B:Legends never die.
Speaker A:That's.
Speaker C:That's some dope ass for a summer kids movie.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker C:So, yeah, it's a five.
Speaker C:I'll watch this anytime, anywhere.
Speaker B:Easy.
Speaker A:Same.
Speaker A:It's a five.
Speaker A:Like there's, there's.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:No matter.
Speaker A:I could point out a couple of different things that always make me smile and things that I'm like, what?
Speaker A:And I still get giggles about the fact that a pair of shoes like, to them made a difference.
Speaker C:They're PF Flyers.
Speaker B:PF Flyers make a kid run faster and jump higher.
Speaker B:And you're like, they basically look the exact same.
Speaker A:And I think part of it too is makes me laugh because I remember being that thought like pumps were gonna make me better at basketball.
Speaker A:Like, you know, I got a little ball.
Speaker A:Basketball pump on the front of my shoe, so it's gonna make me a better basketball player.
Speaker A:It didn't.
Speaker A:I was horrible at basketball.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:But yeah, like, there's a lot of nostalgia for this movie, but it's still a lot of fun as an adult.
Speaker A:And I see different things.
Speaker A:Plus it's always fun to see people that I know in it.
Speaker A:And I forgot a friend of mine, Gabe was on the other baseball team that they play.
Speaker A:So he.
Speaker A:Yeah, he's on it too.
Speaker A:And I, I laugh because he always talks about it and I'm like, man, you talk a lot about that dude.
Speaker A:You almost 50 years old.
Speaker A:You gotta let that go.
Speaker A:But I, He's a.
Speaker A:I love that dude.
Speaker A:Gabe's funny.
Speaker A:So, yeah, that kind of stuff.
Speaker A:But it's just, it's just a whole, wholesome, fun, good movie that I love to watch.
Speaker A:So five for me as well.
Speaker A:Man.
Speaker A:It's been a while since we've had a five across the board movie that one or the other of us or multiples didn't poo poo somebody for giving it a five.
Speaker A:But yeah, there it is.
Speaker A:Sandlot.
Speaker A:Good stuff.
Speaker A:Alec, tell everybody where they can find us.
Speaker C:Happy to thank you for tuning into week three of Summertime Months.
Speaker C:This really I think turning point for us in the month for week three coming out strong.
Speaker C:Special thanks to Charles and Rich for go ahead and giving us the selection of movies.
Speaker C:If you guys want to get involved in movie selection, Patreon's a place to do it.
Speaker C:Rich and CB or Charles, I can't remember what his name is anymore.
Speaker C:Our wonderful patrons are the masterminds behind the list creation and Mick picks.
Speaker C:So don't blame us, blame them for any movies that you do not agree with.
Speaker C:But Patreon's place to get involved it's completely free to vote so if you want to get involved in the content that we put out, join us there.
Speaker C:What's our verdict?
Speaker C:Reviews to get involved in all the contact creation.
Speaker C:Fun times.
Speaker C:With that I'll kick it back to and I'm so glad the nicknames finally come full circle because this is what inspired it a year and a half ago to the King of Crash, the Sultan of Sweat, the great Bambino JJ.
Speaker A:I will say that is the one place where to me and Tommy make me laugh because they say the same nickname right after each other.
Speaker A:That shit's funny.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Thanks Alec.
Speaker A:I was, I was been looking forward to this this sign off pitch since we decided to put this one on the list that he got voted for.
Speaker A:But yeah, as always we appreciate you tuning in.
Speaker A:We'll catch you on the next one Cinematic.
