Episode #24: Bull Durham

Longing to get outdoors? Looking for an escape from your home office? Then head on out to the ballgame with Adam and Jim. This time they’re heading out to see the Durham Bulls in Ron Shelton’s 1988 iconic sports dramedy, Bull Durham.

SHOWNOTES

• Pocket Casts - Addressing Racism

• Bull Durham - Criterion

• Directing

  • Ron Shelton (Writer / Director)

    • White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

    • Blue Chips (Writer) (1994)

    • Tin Cup (1996)

• Acting

  • Crash Davis - Kevin Costner

    • The Big Chill (1983)

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    • Dances With Wolves (1990)

    • Field of Dreams (1989)

    • For the Love of The Game (1999)

    • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

    • The Bodyguard (1992)

    • Waterworld (1995)

    • Tin Cup (1996)

    • The Postman (1997)

  • Annie Savoy - Susan Sarandon

    • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    • The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

    • Thelma & Louise (1991)

  • Ebby Calvin ‘Nuke’ LaLoosh - Tim Robbins

    • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

    • Mystic River (2003)

  • Skip (Manager) - Trey Wilson (died 1 year later in 1989)

    • Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benatar’s Dad) (1983)

    • Raising Arizona (1987)

    • Twins (1988)

  • Jimmy (the religious one) - William O’Leary

    • Marty Taylor (Tim’s youngest brother) - Home Improvement (1991 - 1999)

  • Millie - Jenny Robertson

    • Maggie Winters (1998 -1999 TV Series)

    • Rude Awakening (1998 -2001 TV Series)

    • Reno 911! (2003 - )

  • Other baseball movies

    • The Natural (1984)

    • A League of Their Own (1992)

    • The Sandlot (1993)

    • Rookie of The Year (1993)

    • Little Big League (1994)

    • Angels in The Outfield (1994)

• Cinematography

  • Bobby Byrne - Director of Photography

    • Sixteen Candles (1984)

    • Mad About You (1992-2019)

• Music / Audio

  • Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

  • Only A Memory - The Smithereens

  • Born To Be Bad - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

  • I Idolize You - Ike & Tina Turner

  • Middle of Nowhere - House of Schock

  • La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf

  • Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf

  • Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

  • I Got Loaded - Los Lobos

  • When will I be loved - The Everly Brothers

  • Centerfield - John Fogerty

  • Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes

  • A Woman Loves A Man - Joe Cocker

• Misc

  • The real Durham Bulls