Always fun speaking with Angelo, but after the recent loss of Gene Hackman we were able to learn that Burt Reynolds, Jack Nicholson, & Robert Duvall 'Norman Dale'
Lat week Angelo Pizzo joined top talk about Gene Hackman and 'Hoosiers.'
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That was a fun interview to listen to. Lot's of interesting tidbits. Don't get caught watching the paint dry!
I saw this video yesterday and learned some interesting things. Milan had beaten Crispus Attucks in the semi final which was lead by Oscar Robertson. In the movie the coaches of South Bend Central was the Crispus Attucks coach and Oscar Robertson's brother.
Can we get Don't get caught watching the paint dry quote placed on a patch on this IU teams unis?
Don't think Ray Crowe, who was the Crispus Attucks coach and coached the opposing team in Hoosiers, was Oscar's brother. Never heard that before.
In the movie there were two prominent coaches for South Bend Central. Perhaps one was Oscar's brother and the other Crowe.
And I believe they defeated the Muncie Central Bearcats in the finals.
I have a book on it that goes through their 2 year run (forget who beat them the year before... Terre Haute Gerstmeyer?), and profiles every player and Coach Marvin Wood. It's an easy and fun read and gives lots of extra details (they drove around Monument Circle backwards with a police escort after they won). I'll have to see if I can dig it up, but if anyones really interested in Milan, or IN high school bball history, it's worth reading. Bobby Plump was the guest speaker at our sports banquet my senior year (1983 Southport Cardinal!), and was entertaining.
Well if they had Chandler Thompson back then it would have turned out differently.
When Angelo was on the radio show with me recently, he said that Dennis Hopper "completely adlibbed" that line!
- George: I don't know why Cletus drug your tired old bones in here, he musta owed you somethin' fierce. Fact is, mister, you start screwin' up this team, I'll personally hide-strap your ass to a pine rail and send you up the Monon Line!
- George: Look, mister, there's... two kinds of dumb, uh... guy that gets naked and runs out in the snow and barks at the moon, and, uh, guy who does the same thing in my living room. First one don't matter, the second one you're kinda forced to deal with.
I guess IU would never have hired Norman Dale unless Cletus was the AD.
Several years ago I got the 25th anniversary DVD of Hoosiers . It had some parts that were cut out because of time restraints. If you can get that DVD it is good because it helped clear up some question, like how the one player who quit got back on the team . Hoosiers is the greatest movie ever made about the greatest sport ever played , basketball .
Just googled her and would you believe she lived to be 101? 5 days away from 102!
WowJust googled her and would you believe she lived to be 101? 5 days away from 102!
- [Shooter is coaching the team at a critical moment after Coach Dale was ejected] You think #22's gonna take their last shot, Dad?
- Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch: Yeah, probably... they been pickin' low all night. Rade, let yourself get taken out! Uh, Buddy, drop down and take his place! Close that lane!
- Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch: [after Buddy Walker steals the ball] Time! Time!
- Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch: Alright, boys, this is the last shot we got! We're gonna run the picket fence at 'em! Merle, you're the swingman... Jimmy, you're solo right! Everett, Merle should be open on the other side of that fence! Now, boys, don't get caught watchin' the paint dry!
Absolutely beautiful movie. If you're a born and bred Hoosier (like me) it's special.
So what's solo right? If shit breaks down and Merle isn't open, get it to Jimmy?
I always assumed.
I always assumed.
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