{"id":2127826,"date":"2025-10-31T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2127826"},"modified":"2025-10-31T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:38:43","slug":"twinkietown-movie-night-next-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/twinkietown-movie-night-next-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"TwinkieTown Movie Night next Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jmm7PbJcEvQmHa6qSMk4EA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYzNTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/c9990278260f10e9edb76257cef71751\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, as I mentioned <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twinkietown.com\/scenes-from-an-offseason\/49625\/who-wants-to-do-a-twinkietown-movie-night\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a few weeks ago;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a few weeks ago<\/a>, there\u2019s another site (mostly a political one) that does a Movie Night every Saturday. No, we all don\u2019t go to see <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> together, although it did play at the Grandview in Saint Paul last night; I didn\u2019t go, because I wasn\u2019t sure if there would be anybody squirting water during the rainstorm scene, as is good and proper. There <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinaltheatricals.com\/originals\/rocky-horror-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WAS a live version;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WAS a live version<\/a> some years ago where audiences were encouraged to participate in the customary rituals, and it had retired news anchor Don Shelby in it:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"416\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/l.W6nzEMyxRFE8YQXAIMJw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTQxNjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/a93c466fd4d3eb1cb57447712d9744a3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s the way this works. You play the movie on yer TV. (If you have a smart TV, this should be pretty easy; if you don\u2019t, but you have a PlayStation or XBox, that works as a smart TV by itself. I\u2019ve got a dumb TV hooked up to a PlayStation and Blu-Ray player.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We all start the movie at 7 PM (just like a baseball game!) and make comments during the movie. Comments like \u201cthis part is cool\u201d or \u201cthis person is kinda weird-looking\u201d or \u201cum, there\u2019s a boom mike in the shot,\u201d anything goes, so long as you\u2019re basically cool to others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019ve been participating in this on the other website for a little over a year, and it\u2019s generally really fun, unless the movie either A) is really dull or B) is a depressing bummer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s no fun if nobody participates, though \u2014 just like GameThreads are no fun when the Twins stink and I\u2019m the only one making comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So we\u2019ll be trying this for a few weeks, and see if it works out, or if anybody wants to suggest a few changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s the schedule:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">November 7: <em>The Jackie Robinson Story<\/em> (1950)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The version <em>42<\/em> with Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford is pretty good; so\u2019s the original, with Robinson as himself. Free on YouTube and Internet Archive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">November 14: <em>Long Gone<\/em> (1987)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TV movie about a fictional last-place minor-league team. I\u2019ve never seen this, but it\u2019s also free on YouTube. The Wiki page says \u201cit\u2019s the best baseball movie most of you never saw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">November 21: <em>Angels in the Outfield<\/em> (1951)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A mean, cussy manager learns to be nicer, with the help of some divine intervention and a very-lovely Janet Leigh. This is free on Internet Archive. Spanish subtitles you can\u2019t turn off, but they won\u2019t hurt you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">November 28: <em>Bull Durham<\/em> (1987)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">About a experienced catcher and experienced groupie who teach a young pitcher a thing or two. Written\/directed by Ron Shelton, no relation to Twins manager Derek Shelton\u2026 but Ron DID play on a team with Derek\u2019s dad. It\u2019s available on Bezos Prime, but also on free streamers Plex, Pluto, Roku, and Tubi (with commercials, I\u2019d imagine). It\u2019s on the free library streamer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/product\/11553189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kanopy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kanopy<\/a>, and on library DVD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, that\u2019s the lineup, for now. Two YouTubers, one Internet Archive, one that\u2019s available on multiple platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019m open to suggestions like changing the regular day\/time, and of course any movie suggestions. Free ones are best, but I\u2019m not opposed to ones we\u2019d all have to go get the library DVDs for. Any baseball movie counts; I\u2019d say we can also do movies about other sports, too. I haven\u2019t seen <em>Hoosiers<\/em> in a zillion years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019ll put the posts up at 6 PM, with appropriate links where there\u2019s a YouTube or Internet Archive version available. And I\u2019ll try to have a few facts about the making of the movie for you. Showtime, again, starts at 7 PM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If people like it, I\u2019ll extend the schedule out further. If not, well, these are all movies I don\u2019t mind watching again. Except if <em>Long Gone<\/em> really stinks, then I\u2019m coming for the bum who suggested it! (I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be better than some of the Saturday movies we watched at the other site. <em>Creature From the Black Lagoon<\/em> was\u2026 really, pretty bad. Neat monster suit design by Millicent Patrick; Ricou Browning wore the suit underwater, sometimes holding his breath while swimming for up to four minutes at a time while wearing a big rubber monster suit! But the movie was\u2026 booooring.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, join us next Friday, if you like! Make some popcorn! Or drink beer! Or both, or neither! It\u2019s up to you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019d like to leave you with a movie to watch, but it\u2019s Halloween, and there aren\u2019t any baseball horror movies. Not any good ones, anyways \u2014 there\u2019s been some cheapo slasher films. So instead, I\u2019ll give you the silliest horror-rock song I\u2019ve ever heard, \u201cD.O.A.,\u201d by Fort Worth metal band Bloodrock:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yes, it is eight minutes long. It is told in the first person, by a guy who\u2019s just experienced a mid-air plane collision. He\u2019s describing falling to the ground, his body parts missing, corpses all around him, etc. It was actually a mild hit, reaching #36 in the charts. 1971 was a weird year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I heard this two years ago, driving to rehab therapy a few weeks after breaking the s**t out of my arm. At like, 6:30 in the morning, and it was dark &amp; snowing outside, and since it was the first snow dusting of the season, cars were crashing, you could hear ambulances in the distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was perfect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">See you next week for the Jackie Robinson movie!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, there\u2019s another site (mostly a political one) that does a Movie Night every Saturday. 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