Six things to keep in mind when it comes to football, courtesy of classic TV
When creating your game plan, don’t make these classic TV football mistakes.
If you’re a fan of football, it has been an exciting couple of weeks, as most levels of the game are underway.
Whether you’re a fan of the NFL, college, high school or if you’re a new fan, we wanted to share a couple of pointers on how the game shouldn’t look. Across classic television, there’s been plenty of blunders on the gridiron, making for some instantly recognizable scenes and funny moments that continue to live on.
Here are six friendly pieces of advice when it comes to football, and six examples on why you should follow it, courtesy of some of classic TV’s funniest football scenes!
1. Don’t take your eyes off the target – The Brady Bunch
After just hitting Bobby in the backyard endzone on the previous play, Peter Brady gets a little too confident at quarterback. After snapping the ball, Bobby runs out to the same spot hoping for another laser from Peter. But instead, Peter takes his eyes off his target, sending the ball right into Marcia’s direction. It not only caused a bruised nose, but it cost her a date with Doug!
2. Don’t trip over your own feet – Leave It to Beaver
When Wally and Eddie from Leave It to Beaver take up coaching, they just can’t seem to get through to the team during practice. Eddie Haskell never misses an opportunity to display his skills, no matter what they may or may not be. In this case, he’s showing the “owls” how to catch a pass and run it in for a score. He runs a nice fade route and Wally lays a perfect pass on him. When cutting across the field unopposed, he trips over his own two feet, falling short of the goal line. The team certainly shouldn’t be doing that!
3. Don’t fumble – Leave It to Beaver
With Beaver Cleaver under center and the team’s secret play, “old 98” up their sleeve, The Lightning Eleven football team looks to score. The Beaver takes the snap, play fakes and gets swarmed by the opponents, the Grant Avenue Tigers, who rip the ball away and score a touchdown. After this fumble, Ward tries to cheer him up by saying, "don't worry about it, you can't win all of them." To which Beaver responds, "Gee dad, we can't win any of them." Bonus tip: don't tell anybody what your secret play is!
4. Be aware of your surroundings at all times – Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
If you happen to throw the ball around this football season, look out for things that might be along your receiver route, especially trees! Stopped by security while trying to get the game ball out of the stadium, Sgt. Carter pitches to Pyle for a pass. After Carter runs out of the turnstile and into the clear, Pyle heaves the ball over the gate and perfectly places it in Carter’s hands. No matter how great of a catch it is, if you’re stuck short of the goal line it doesn’t matter, and that tree certainly knocked Carter out of his cleats!
5. Don’t overdo it – The Flintstones
The last thing you want for you, your relative or even your favorite pro football player is to overdo it. Let’s use Fred Flintstone as an example. He’s out of a job unless he goes back to high school for two weeks to get his diploma. While attending class, the football coach approaches and immediately recruits him for the team, as he’s bigger and stronger than the rest of the high school kids. In the Rock Bowl, Fred can do no wrong, scoring touchdowns, picking up fumbles and even flying through the goal post on an extra point! All that fun begins to fade when he comes home with a limp! Moral of the story: Don’t overdo it!
6. Be wary of those field-level seats – Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Let’s step off the field for this one. It’s everyone’s dream to watch the big game from field-level seats. For Sgt. Carter and Gomer Pyle, it’s a dream come true! Carter says it’s the “greatest day” of his life. That lasts all of one play, as the first of the game sees the running back bounce outside, into the sideline and into Carter’s face! That outcome could’ve been avoided if he were in the nosebleeds! To make things worse, that knockout collision cost him $50.00!
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𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥---𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐱---𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞---𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞---𝐒𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐔𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡
https://ia802504.us.archive.org/32/items/broken-arrow-1996-1080p-z-flix-co/03%20-%20Hollywood%20-%201996/Scream%201996.720p_zFlix%20CO.mp4
Sunday's Horror and Sci-Fi Double Feature. Not only a scare or two but a lot of laughs in both of these movies.
Return Of The Living Dead (1985) 1 hr 30 min- Comedy--Horror--Sci-fi-
Director
Dan O'Bannon
Stars
Clu Gulager---James Karen---Don Calfa---Beverly Randolph---Thom Mathews
Usually this movie is found in low resolution as in 360P-480P. This one is along the lines of 720P or better.
https://ia801503.us.archive.org/29/items/return-of-the-living-dead-1985/Return%20of%20the%20Living%20Dead%20%281985%29.mp4
Mars Attacks (1996)-1 hr 46 min-Comedy--Sci-Fi-
Director
Tim Burton
Stars
Jack Nicholson---Pierce Brosnan---Sarah Jessica Parker---Jim Brown-
Annette Bening---Glenn Close---Michael J. Fox---Danny DeVito-
Martin Short---Rod Steiger---Natalie Portman---Tom Jones
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor. Ugly too!
https://ia802504.us.archive.org/32/items/broken-arrow-1996-1080p-z-flix-co/04%20-%20Hollywood%20-%201996/Mars%20Attacks%21%20%281996%29%201080p_zFlix%20CO.ia.mp4
In Search of the Castaways (1962) 1 hr 7 min-Disney-Adventure--Family--Fantasy-
Director
Robert Stevenson
Stars
Hayley Mills---Maurice Chevalier---George Sanders---
https://archive.org/details/disneys-in-search-of-the-castaways-1962-hayley-mills-2264583047891
The Shadow On The Window (1957) 1 hr 13 min-Crime--Drama--Film-Noir-
Little Jerry Mathers is in this movie.
Director
William Asher
Stars: Jerry Mathers-
Philip Carey---Betty Garrett---John Drew Barrymore---
https://archive.org/details/the-shadow-on-the-window-1957
Bonus Movies-
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Stars
Kirk Douglas--Gena Rowlands---Walter Matthau---
Michael Kane---Carroll O'Connor---George Kennedy-
“Lonely are the Brave”..1962--
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Movie that started it all
Director
George A. Romero
Stars
Duane Jones---Judith O'Dea---Karl Hardman-
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Trailer--
Saturday night right before Halloween.
Psycho (1960) - The Roger Ebert Cut V 2
Psycho (1/12) Movie CLIP - The Bates Motel-
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Vincent Price
The Pit and the Pendulum - Vincent Price--
Your showing up movie is below:
Vesper (2022)-1 hr 54 min--Adventure--Drama--Sci-Fi-
Directors
Kristina Buozyte---Bruno Samper
Stars
Raffiella Chapman---Eddie Marsan---Rosy McEwen---Richard Brake
Struggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
https://ia801400.us.archive.org/0/items/b-10nd-3_202210/V35p3r.mp4
Howard Cosell.
However it did make for a classic TV football moment. 🏈🏈
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.
𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩t-
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒈 𝑲𝒊𝒉𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈--
⚡ 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓 #𝟏 - 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒚, 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒘𝒚𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 ⚡--
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻。 𝗨𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻。 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟱)。 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀) 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲。 𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆。 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄。 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳--
𝔸 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝟞𝟘'𝕤 𝕋𝕍 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪--
𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘 𝕰𝖛𝖊, 1965: 𝕬 𝕯𝖆𝖞 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖎𝖋𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖓 11-𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝕺𝖑𝖉 (𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖘, 𝖌𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖘, 𝕻𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖎𝖉)--
⋆ 𝒮❀𝓃𝓃𝓎 & 𝒞𝒽𝑒𝓇 ❝𝐼 𝒢🌺𝓉 𝒴💗𝓊 𝐵𝒶𝒷𝑒, 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒟🌸 𝒴♡𝓊 𝒢❀ & 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒴🍩𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒❞ 🌺𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝒹 𝒮𝓊𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓃 𝒮𝒽❤𝓌-- ⋆
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗢𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 --𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 - 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙊𝙣 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚--
𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚-
In the Line of Fire (1993)-Action--Crime--Drama
Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Stars
Clint Eastwood---John Malkovich---Rene Russo---Fred Thompson-
https://ia601402.us.archive.org/26/items/in-the-line-of-fire-1993/In%20the%20Line%20of%20Fire%20%281993%29.mp4
𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚-
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒞𝓁𝓊𝒷-(𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟧)-𝟣 𝒽𝓇 𝟥𝟩 𝓂𝒾𝓃-
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Director
John Hughes
Stars
Emilio Estevez---Judd Nelson---Molly Ringwald---Anthony Michael Hall---Ally Sheedy
https://ia801905.us.archive.org/26/items/the.-breakfast.-club.-1985/The.Breakfast.Club.1985.mp4
Oh, LoveMETV22 got this movie nailed down to 𝙊𝙝❟ 𝙂𝙤𝙙! Now we can all kick back and watch along too. Congrats LMTV22
𝙊𝙝❟ 𝙂𝙤𝙙!(1977) 1 hr 38 min
Director
Carl Reiner
Stars
John Denver---George Burns---Teri Garr---Donald Pleasence
https://ia801401.us.archive.org/14/items/massive-movie-injection/Oh%2C%20God.mp4
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴(1963)
Director
Robert Wise
Stars
Julie Harris---Claire Bloom---Richard Johnson
https://ia804505.us.archive.org/19/items/ThHntg1963/ThHntg1963.mp4
Then:
𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 (1978)
Director
John Carpenter
Stars
Donald Pleasence---Jamie Lee Curtis---Tony Moran
https://ia801407.us.archive.org/4/items/halloween-12-2021-halloween-kills/Halloween%201%20-%201978.mp4
𝓐 𝓡𝓸𝓷 𝓗𝓸𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷---
𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤 13 (1995) - 2 𝙝𝙧 20 𝙢𝙞𝙣-
𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧
𝙍𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨
𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨---𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙭𝙩𝙤𝙣---𝙆𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙣---𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙚-
𝙀𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨---𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙖𝙣---𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙩-
https://ia903409.us.archive.org/6/items/anne-of-the-thousand-days-1969/Apollo%2013%201995.mp4