My grandmother was my best friend and she passed at 94 yrs old. This was her favorite movie (our movie) I believe in signs, and I've been really sad and thinking of her. Your channel popped up with our movie. The day I buried her, this movie came on. I'm trying to write this with tears rolling down my face. Great reaction and thank you. This was my sign. I needed this. ❤
I'm sure your grandmother is watching over you and I'm so happy that we were able to remind you of her. Keep her memory close to your heart. I'm sure she loved you more than you will ever know. - Toni 🤓❤️
@carriemichelle322 My grandmother (d. at 91) was my best friend, too! That wasn’t always the case, but I got to live with her during quarantine. Due to shared insomnia, we ended up bonding over TV and movies. I showed her a bunch of Marvel stuff and even took her to see Black Widow once theaters started re-opening. She LOVED the complicated family dynamics (and action!), so now that’s my go-to film when I’m missing her 🥹 Bonus memory: Grandma didn’t realize that Marvel’s post-credit scenes were actually included in the theatrical showing and LOUDLY asked why “none of these other people” in our row were leaving once the movie had “ended”
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No they are not. They are well established actresses with well over 100 combined roles dated back decades. Lynn Cartwrite, Eunice Anderson, Partricia Wilson, Barbara Erwin, Vera Johnson, Kathleen Butler, Betty Miller, Eugeni Melin, and Barbara Peliven.
@@jcarlovitch I think we are talking about two separate things. You're talking about the older players talking with the older Dottie. I'm talking about the scenes over the credits with the women actually playing baseball.
@@popculturallychallengedI can tell you that regardless of the discrepancies between comments here. YES those are some of the original league not actresses. Cooperstown NY is in upstate NY...my brother was a coach down here on Long Island. We're a huge baseball family and he actually got donations of money and services in order to get a ball field built here for the kids. He said if I can find a way to get the funding will you approve the permit when the town hall meeting refused the idea. Cooperstown has been a part of both my brother lives and all 5 of my nephews since the late 1980s early 1990s when get first got married. We're a Yankees family, one sister in law grew up right by Yankee stadium! This IS a family pilgrimage and it had been a weekend getaway while dating...it was the test weekend before they'd continue dating. It's a giid few hrs from here plus it's not as exciting like a club plus the town is small. We live like 30 miles outside of NYC, life isn't going to be fast and expensive tastes you see why it's the test. How bored are uou gonna be in a 72 hr period Witt travel cuz you won't make it 50 yes of sometimes boring life. 😂 Yes that was Squiggy, he'd stayed friends with Laverne aka Penny Marshall who directed this movie. Her father was who run the league and chocolate bar company in the movie in case you didn't recognize him. Ohhh yes that's Gary Marshall. I'm surprised you difnt recognize Rosie O'Donnell because she was like the bff of Madonna and has a distinctive voice. She's a Long Islander btw who started in comedy clubs here. XOXO 😊 #NYGenXBIKERLady
I saw this Woman's Baseball exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Copperstown, NY. During the closing credits actual members of the Girl's Baseball league are shown playing at Doubleday field in Cooperstown.
yeah, me, too! My dad took me and my 2 brothers to the Baseball Hall of Fame back in the 90s. I played softball, both of my brothers played baseball, and all 3 of us played in our town's leagues. Also, at the time, I had seen "A League Of Their Own" prior to the trip, so I was most excited about seeing the Women's Baseball exhibit!
The "Betty Spaghetti" reveal scene in the locker is a truly masterfully done reveal scene and it gets everyone teary eyed, the scene when we find out Shirley can't read is another great scene too.
Great reaction! Loved this movie when it came out, everyone was so good in it. Regarding you questioning Madonna's song, "This Used to Be My Playground", the song was released as a single in 1992, and it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The guy dancing wirh Madonna was Eddie Mekka. He played Carmine (aka the Big Ragoo) on Laverne and Shirley. He was an excellent Singer and Dancer. One of Baseball Stadium Announcers calling the game was David Lander who played Squiggy on Laverne and Shirley. The Baseball Scout was played by Jon Lovitz (from Saturday Night Live). Many of his insults and funny comments weren't in the script and were adlibs by Lovitz himself. Jimmy Duggan (Tom Hank's character) was based on the Real Manager of the Rockford Peaches former Star Player Jimmy Foxx. Kit (Lori Petty) has a Cult following as the title character in the movie Tank Girl. The horrible bruise on the Actesses leg was real. It took a year for it to heal.
The director of this movie was 'Laverne' herself Penny Marshall, and 'Walter Harvey', the guy who hired Tom Hanks' character, is Garry Marshall, Penny's brother. The lady who played Betty 'Spaghetti' is Penny Marshall's daughter, Tracy Reiner, who was adopted by Rob Reiner when he married Penny.
This movie is part of the trifecta for me. It is completed with Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias, both of which I highly recommend. I’m glad you liked this one.
In regards to whether Kit and Dottie talk or not when they’re older, in the beginning of the movie Dottie says she doesn’t think Kit will go to the dedication bc Kit travels a lot with her husband. So I think they just don’t get to see each other much, not bad blood or anything like that.
"There's no crying in baseball!" I love Lori Petty. It is a shame she did a number of bad movies (not this one) and fell off the map. Tank Girl (1995) was at her best, even if the rest of the movie was a disaster. Fun Fact: The screenwriters wrote the part of Ernie Capadino especially for Jon Lovitz. Action Star Fact Fact: Geena Davis really does catch a pop up behind her back. It was supposed to be done by a stunt double, but the double was having trouble. So Davis gave it a go. Sweet Karma Fact: After they bring out the Peaches for their first game, and announce all of them, they run out on the field. In the background, you can see Rosie O'Donnell trip over a wire and fall down. Authentic Battle Damage Fact: Many of the injuries and bruises in the film were real injuries that the actresses received during filming. The "strawberry" bruise Renée Coleman received on her thigh while sliding into a base remained for over a year. Historical Fact: Tom Hanks' character, Jimmy Dugan, is loosely based on real-life baseball sluggers Jimmie Foxx and Hack Wilson. The film portrays the league as initially unpopular and unprofitable, until demeaning gimmicks are used to attract male audiences. In reality, the league was popular and profitable from the start, largely because it played in towns in the upper Midwest that had no way of watching a live baseball game. Eventually, the league grew into a ten-team two-division league. The advent of televised baseball games in the early fifties, however, would lead to the demise in the popularity of the league. The storyline was inspired by the career of baseball legend Dottie Collins. During World War II, Collins played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and pitched seventeen shutouts during her six-year career.
This is one of two movies my brother made sure I watched when I was researching the Brooklyn Dodgers and starting to learn about baseball. It always makes me both laugh and weep. (p.s. the other movie is "Major League"). I have a book about the Women's League; and my brother intended to take us both on a trip to CoopersTown as a birthday gift that October I was researching, to see the exhibit, but weather interfered and we wound up in Montauk instead for the day.
So glad you two saw this great movie. The song at the end, Madonna's "This used to be my playground " always makes me nostalgic about my childhood playing ball at the nearby park when I was very young.
I can’t hear that song now without thinking of the last year of Veterans Stadium where I saw a lot of games and learned about baseball. They played it throughout the season with former players reminiscing about their time playing with the Phillies there.😢😢
A few bits of information for you guys. -The AAGPBL was real and ran for almost 12 years. -Mr. Harvey was modeled after old man Wrigley, the gum king. His name was Philip Knight Wrigley, and his father, William Wrigley, Jr. created the company. Thus Wrigley Field is named after the family in Chicago. -My third grade teacher went to a casting call for extras for the stadium seating scenes, and was in the film. However, I have yet to find her in the stands after 30 plus years of trying to spot her. -This film is a classic! ❤
Yes that’s such a hard scene when the mail man comes in with the letter from the war department. Tear time for Toni! That scene gets me every time too!!
I think that scene also reminds us that there's a war going on. These women are dealing with their husbands or loved ones overseas, while still playing baseball to entertain the people back home. It also gets me each time...
I love Jon Lovitz in this. He steals the show. I heard Penny Marshall the director talking about him in the film. She said he was concentrating so much a cow fell over next to him in the barn and gave birth and he didn't even notice! She said they put grapes in the cuffs of his trousers so the chickens would flock to him... The actress playing Betty Spaghetti is Penny Marshalls daughter.
“I wonder how many of these ladies played baseball with their grandkids” Actually one of the real life members of the league, Hellen Callaghan, played baseball with her son. His name’s Casey Candaele and he played for the Expos, Astros, and Indians in the 80s and 90s.and is currently a coach on the Blue Jays.
BTW the correct answer when you wife says, "You haven't taken me to a steak dinner" is not, "I'm sure I have" it's, "just tell me when you want to go." ;)
Just realized at the end Tom Hanks' character shaved for the first time in the film. He's so out of the practice of doing so that he cut himself - as evidenced by the paper on his jaw. He's clearly completed the redemption arc.
This movie is a love letter to our nostalgia. Any middle school kids watching this movie should take this movie as inspiration to join their school's after school team because we only get only so much time to be young and innocent in school to form these memories and character.
This movie is based on historical events, this isn't a "pep" talk to inspire kids to become active in sports - it's meant to teach/remind people of what living during wartime was like, what was sacrificed...., lest we do it again. Men - Husbands/Fathers went off to war, leaving their families alone. Women had to take their place here at home to keep the economy running - the economy that provided everything needed to keep their men safe and win the war.
I grew up where this film was made (Racine field) and currently live in the same county as where the Rockford Peaches field was filmed in Indiana. The pride surrounding this film still exists as the field has been kept just as pristine as it was 30 years ago. Tom Hanks still talks about Southern Indiana being one of his all-time favorite places to film in.
THe girl with the large leg bruise was actress Renee Coleman and she had that contusion for over a year after filming. Talking about taking one for the team?!?!?!??!
lol I hadn’t seen your comment and said the same thing! This was filmed partially in my hometown so I have a special place for it ❤ I loved that they chose actresses that could actually play
The shingles you noticed are either what we call shake, which are small wood planks (typically cedar), or architectural (asphalt made to look like shake).
Definitely based on a true story about the AAGPBL which lasted 11 years I believe. I had the honor of meeting 2 of the real players in the league. The league existed in a very small region of the country in factory towns that were geared up for the war. Racine Wisconsin. Rockford Illinois. Fort Wayne Indiana, South Bend Indiana. Battle Creek Michigan, Grand Rapids Michigan, and Chicago Illinois. If you look on a map the cities look really close together. But, with no interstate highways yet and riding a bus. It must have felt forever between towns.
I adore this movie and still can't believe it was so criminally overlooked at the Oscars! It deserved the Best Picture, Best Director (Penny Marshall), Best Actress (Geena Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Original Song (Madonna) nominations!!!
Such a fun movie. Just a fun fact there were 68 Canadian Women mainly from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta " on this All American Women's Baseball League"
I love that y'all played the ending footage with the real players. First time I've seen a Reactor do that so thank you 🫶. This will always be one of my favorite films. RIP Penny Marshall
It's kind of a movie convention to show someone's face and then go into a flashback. I kind of take it as us being shown the past more than their remembering it all in that moment.
My grandmother took me and my other 2 brothers to see this at the theater when we were kids. Glorious memory. Fantastic movie that I'm sure my grannis connected with so much.
I remember i saw a commercial for this movie telling us it was next. I told my dad, who is a very macho man i mean i only saw home once at my grandmother's funeral, "That's a good movie. Not sure if you watched it. " He replied, " There's no crying in baseball. " i just laughed. 😅😅😅😅
My biggest mind blown moment was decades later when i learned that the actress who plays older dottie is NOT Geena Davis in aging makeup. It's a completely different actress that they dubbed her voice over. But that the actress just really looks like what Geena Davis would look like as an older woman!
Cooperstown is a small town. It is beautiful. It is well worth the trip. Just don't go in the summer. Go in November. Or early March. You won't be disappointed.
Re: Peeing, I heard Penny Marshal (the director) was controlling the flow off-stream and didn't tell Hanks how long it would go on. Makes for a funny improvisation.
The dancing guy with Madonna, got famous, with the director gary Marshall and penny Marshall, who were started and big in tv, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley. He played a wannabe actor dancer singer boyfriend, for Shirley!
Toni I loved your expression when the “chaperone got kissed by Tom!! And David I loved that you caught the Wizard Of Oz reference after Tom kissed her!!
I always felt sorry for poor Marla; with everyone going on about her looks... until she met the right guy, then she looked stunning (even though she couldn't sing!)! and my favorite line, along with many others, "THERE's NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!"
Movie Fact: The leg injury at 22:35 is real, no makeup. They played baseball for real in the movie. The actress, Renée Coleman, bruised her leg while sliding into a base.
Hey guys great reaction! I always enjoy you guys. Toni....I knew it would get you. This is one of my favorite baseball movies. I've actually been to Cooperstown and seen the exhibit. Its breathtaking and its AWESOME to know that it's part of pro baseball history. I love seeing the actual players playing at the end while madonna's song is playing
I think Kit and Dottie still see each other but not as often as Dottie would like (she complains Kit is off traveling with her husband or whatever at the beginning), but I think this would have been emotional even if they'd seen each other last week.
"Avoid the Clap" - Jimmy Dugan 😆. That line always gets me. Such a great movie. For all of Tom Hanks' great performances and accolades, this is my favorite performance of his. Great reaction! Cheers from Hart, Michigan.
David loves displaying the dollar amount now. Even before the channel he would always go look to see what that would be in today's monies.... That was a very touching moment. I was with you, I had a lump in my throat too. - Toni 🤓
The shingles are called shake shingles and they are literally little pieces of wood. I never put any down, but my brother did when he roofed houses 1000 years ago. ( Maybe not 1000 but probably 40 years ago)
Can't believe you cut out the scene of the girl that couldn't read her name. Thought that was a nice scene with some emotion that you would appreciate.
At the beginning, they are playing fast-pitch softball. Jon Lovitz played the talent scout. He was so good in this, I wish he had a bigger part. The batter for Racine that you said you thought you saw somewhere before was actress Tea Leoni. She's been in many things, my favorite being "Deep Impact". This movie has a special place in my heart for me & one of my granddaughter's. She still text each other whenever one of us is watching it. I knew you'd love it. I enjoyed watching you watch it.
I went to Cooperstown in the late 90s and I saw the women’s exhibit… It was one wall. It’s understandable since the actual Hall of Fame is a pretty small building. But where they showed it in the movie is not where it was. That room they were in is the portrait room where they have famous baseball paintings by people like Norman Rockwell and several others. Double day field, where they played in the beginning, and end of the movie is the field that’s right next-door to the Hall of Fame. This is definitely one of my favorite movies. I’m glad you guys enjoyed it too! And the one woman that you thought looked familiar near the end of the movie was Tia Leone. She’s more recognizable as a blonde since that’s what she was in every other movie and TV show that she’s been in. I’m so glad I got to see your reaction to this. Thanks for the morning cry! 🥲🤧⚾️ #There’sNoCryingInBaseball 💙💙💙
There was a reunion of a few of the original players and some of the actresses some years back. The one with the large bruise on the thigh was there and was asked if that was real or makeup. She said it was very much real and still has scars on her leg from it.
Love this movie. Yes the AAGPBL was a real thing and yes they are in the baseball hall of fame. It really opened the door for women’s sports. I played softball through high school and college and we would have team sleepovers and we always watched this movie.
5:48 - Longer legs does NOT mean faster! (being taller than average, with long legs, I hear that all the time) Shorter legs generally have a higher turnover. What's faster, fewer longer strides, or more shorter strides?
What you said is 100% true... BUT (isn't there always a 'but'?), from someone who is short with very short legs, the turnover does even up the speed, yes. It also wears us out a lot faster, unfortunately. Sprinting is fine. Longer distances, no way! Those long strides will kill us every time! 😉👍
@@leslieoneal4464 - Well, the strength of leg muscles for running are dependent on the cross section (area) of the muscle fiber, and the mass is dependent on the volume. As something gets bigger, the 3-dimensional mass increases at a faster rate than the 2-dimensional area, so our larger mass will kill US every time. May be why short distance sprinters are usually much more muscular than the long distance runners.
Just found this.... so happy you guys reacted to this!! it's one of my comfort movies!!.... on movies like this i always love to back and rewatch the movie with the commentary playing in the background... you learn sooo many interesting facts and tid-bts that you would've never known.
Every time one of your videos pop up in my feed, I immediately get flooded with memories of the EXACT scenes where I know Toni is gonna lose it.. and I think oh no!
You seemed to enjoy that one. Good to see Tom Hanks in another Penny Marshall movie. I like your Field of Dreams reaction. Other baseball faves for me are Moneyball and Trouble With The Curve.
I told my girls i would take them to a baseball game that had fireworks at the end and buy them all the snacks and food they want. It's been 10 years still waiting for one to say yes. 😅😅😅😅😅
Watching Tom Hanks act like a dick is rare and it actully was a bit funny. This is a nice movie, specially since it's based in a true story. Nice reaction guys
There was a series of deleted scenes, but unfortunately RUclips took them down. The best one was right after Marla left the train station, when they were on the train eating. The infamous "peeing" scene in the locker room was basically improvised. Penny Marshall was off-camera pouring water in a bucket from a hose and Tom just reacted to everything she did. This film was an absolute classic. And now, at 60, I still my cry eyes out every single time at the end. Every. Single. Time.
@@popculturallychallenged you're welcome back then when the movie came out I used to be a fan of Madonna's music back then but I can't stand her now as a person but she did used to have good music back in the day
Have you guys seen these Geenia Davis movies???? 1.Cutthroat Island 2.Quick Change 3.Thelma And Louise 4.Earth Girls Are Easy 5.Beetlejuice 6.Hero 7.The Long Kiss Goodnight 8.Accidents Happen 9.Transylvania 6-5000 10.The Accidental Tourist
I've loved this film for decades but one thing never added up for me. So Kit and Dottie never saw one another again until the end ceremony? I mean Dottie played one year and went back to Oregon the same state she and Kit were from so it's weird that they imply that they didn't see each other again for 40-50 years.
Good point. I thought maybe Kit had died at one point. Maybe they just weren't as close as they once were.... maybe life got in the way..... I would have hoped at the very least holidays. Who knows.... - Toni 🤓
I find it amusing, at Rosie O'Donnel's expense, that every reaction I watch of this movie, no one seems to know who she is, not just the reactors but the commenters too. Such a blow to her and her sense of notoriety/celebrity.
Yes that brunette girl that you said you've seen before that is Tea Leoni David duchovny's ex-wife and she has played in other movies like bad boys when she had her dark brown hair but she went blonde later and she also played in Jurassic Park 3
Sir, I think you owe your lovely wife a steak dinner. Those are the rules, last time I checked. A power move is to give her some flowers, and chocolates when you ask her, or so I have been told.
Thank you, for reviewing this movie. Must have watched this over 100 times and, I still love it each time . Without a doubt, this is my favorite "female sports" movie. The actress Ms. Geena Davis also stars in my favorite pirate movie of all time the 1995, "Cutthroat Island". So, I hope you also watch this film soon (smile...smile).
My grandmother was my best friend and she passed at 94 yrs old. This was her favorite movie (our movie) I believe in signs, and I've been really sad and thinking of her. Your channel popped up with our movie. The day I buried her, this movie came on. I'm trying to write this with tears rolling down my face. Great reaction and thank you. This was my sign. I needed this. ❤
I'm sure your grandmother is watching over you and I'm so happy that we were able to remind you of her. Keep her memory close to your heart. I'm sure she loved you more than you will ever know. - Toni 🤓❤️
@carriemichelle322 My grandmother (d. at 91) was my best friend, too! That wasn’t always the case, but I got to live with her during quarantine. Due to shared insomnia, we ended up bonding over TV and movies. I showed her a bunch of Marvel stuff and even took her to see Black Widow once theaters started re-opening. She LOVED the complicated family dynamics (and action!), so now that’s my go-to film when I’m missing her 🥹
Bonus memory: Grandma didn’t realize that Marvel’s post-credit scenes were actually included in the theatrical showing and LOUDLY asked why “none of these other people” in our row were leaving once the movie had “ended”
@@popculturallychallengedReaction request-Tokyo Vice season one (an HBO/Max Yakuza crime drama that's great), highly underrated but it's easily an 8.5/10 for me, and the second season finished streaming recently on Max; I'm waiting on a UK release date for season two. The series is based on the true story of American journalist Jake Adelstein. All the best from the UK 👍🏽🏴
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you sound like the granddaughter every grandma would love to hold...and as a grandfather I can tell you this.. she is holding you still sweetie...
The players at the end are all actual players from the league, which continued for 11 years until 1954.
That is so cool! - Toni 🤓
No they are not. They are well established actresses with well over 100 combined roles dated back decades. Lynn Cartwrite, Eunice Anderson, Partricia Wilson, Barbara Erwin, Vera Johnson, Kathleen Butler, Betty Miller, Eugeni Melin, and Barbara Peliven.
@@jcarlovitch I think we are talking about two separate things. You're talking about the older players talking with the older Dottie. I'm talking about the scenes over the credits with the women actually playing baseball.
@@popculturallychallengedI can tell you that regardless of the discrepancies between comments here. YES those are some of the original league not actresses. Cooperstown NY is in upstate NY...my brother was a coach down here on Long Island. We're a huge baseball family and he actually got donations of money and services in order to get a ball field built here for the kids. He said if I can find a way to get the funding will you approve the permit when the town hall meeting refused the idea. Cooperstown has been a part of both my brother lives and all 5 of my nephews since the late 1980s early 1990s when get first got married. We're a Yankees family, one sister in law grew up right by Yankee stadium! This IS a family pilgrimage and it had been a weekend getaway while dating...it was the test weekend before they'd continue dating. It's a giid few hrs from here plus it's not as exciting like a club plus the town is small. We live like 30 miles outside of NYC, life isn't going to be fast and expensive tastes you see why it's the test. How bored are uou gonna be in a 72 hr period Witt travel cuz you won't make it 50 yes of sometimes boring life. 😂 Yes that was Squiggy, he'd stayed friends with Laverne aka Penny Marshall who directed this movie. Her father was who run the league and chocolate bar company in the movie in case you didn't recognize him. Ohhh yes that's Gary Marshall. I'm surprised you difnt recognize Rosie O'Donnell because she was like the bff of Madonna and has a distinctive voice. She's a Long Islander btw who started in comedy clubs here. XOXO 😊 #NYGenXBIKERLady
I saw this Woman's Baseball exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Copperstown, NY. During the closing credits actual members of the Girl's Baseball league are shown playing at Doubleday field in Cooperstown.
wow, that's so cool! - Toni 🤓
yeah, me, too! My dad took me and my 2 brothers to the Baseball Hall of Fame back in the 90s. I played softball, both of my brothers played baseball, and all 3 of us played in our town's leagues. Also, at the time, I had seen "A League Of Their Own" prior to the trip, so I was most excited about seeing the Women's Baseball exhibit!
The "Betty Spaghetti" reveal scene in the locker is a truly masterfully done reveal scene and it gets everyone teary eyed, the scene when we find out Shirley can't read is another great scene too.
Great reaction! Loved this movie when it came out, everyone was so good in it. Regarding you questioning Madonna's song, "This Used to Be My Playground", the song was released as a single in 1992, and it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"This is our daughter Dottie... And this is our other daughter... Dottie's sister" 🤣🤣🤣
Hey guys thanks for keeping the most famous line in from the movie:”There’s No Crying In Baseball!”💕
You're very welcome. It was a great line. - Toni 🤓
No ton of CGI, no explosions, just a great story, well told.
Forrest Gump had a ton of CGI. Is that a problem now?
@@kuhpunkt Thanks for the troll.
@@757optim I'm not trolling. There's a lot of CGI used in Forrest Gump.
23:05 "..there are."
Toni is an ABSOLUTE sweetheart
Amazing movie. Perfectly cast and with a flawless score. Shit makes me cry every time.
The guy dancing wirh Madonna was Eddie Mekka. He played Carmine (aka the Big Ragoo) on Laverne and Shirley. He was an excellent Singer and Dancer. One of Baseball Stadium Announcers calling the game was David Lander who played Squiggy on Laverne and Shirley. The Baseball Scout was played by Jon Lovitz (from Saturday Night Live). Many of his insults and funny comments weren't in the script and were adlibs by Lovitz himself. Jimmy Duggan (Tom Hank's character) was based on the Real Manager of the Rockford Peaches former Star Player Jimmy Foxx. Kit (Lori Petty) has a Cult following as the title character in the movie Tank Girl. The horrible bruise on the Actesses leg was real. It took a year for it to heal.
Everyone recognizes Squiggy, but never knew that was Carmine (the soldier).
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The director of this movie was 'Laverne' herself Penny Marshall, and 'Walter Harvey', the guy who hired Tom Hanks' character, is Garry Marshall, Penny's brother. The lady who played Betty 'Spaghetti' is Penny Marshall's daughter, Tracy Reiner, who was adopted by Rob Reiner when he married Penny.
Director Penny Marshall played Laverne on Laverne & Shirley. Her brother Gary Marshall, also a director, was Mr. Harvey.
This movie is part of the trifecta for me. It is completed with Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias, both of which I highly recommend. I’m glad you liked this one.
In regards to whether Kit and Dottie talk or not when they’re older, in the beginning of the movie Dottie says she doesn’t think Kit will go to the dedication bc Kit travels a lot with her husband. So I think they just don’t get to see each other much, not bad blood or anything like that.
Maybe they live in different cities, Dottie went to her hometown, Kit stay in the league and in other place.
Your reaction to the baseball card being ripped was appropriate. 😂😂😂
"There's no crying in baseball!"
I love Lori Petty. It is a shame she did a number of bad movies (not this one) and fell off the map. Tank Girl (1995) was at her best, even if the rest of the movie was a disaster.
Fun Fact: The screenwriters wrote the part of Ernie Capadino especially for Jon Lovitz.
Action Star Fact Fact: Geena Davis really does catch a pop up behind her back. It was supposed to be done by a stunt double, but the double was having trouble. So Davis gave it a go.
Sweet Karma Fact: After they bring out the Peaches for their first game, and announce all of them, they run out on the field. In the background, you can see Rosie O'Donnell trip over a wire and fall down.
Authentic Battle Damage Fact: Many of the injuries and bruises in the film were real injuries that the actresses received during filming. The "strawberry" bruise Renée Coleman received on her thigh while sliding into a base remained for over a year.
Historical Fact: Tom Hanks' character, Jimmy Dugan, is loosely based on real-life baseball sluggers Jimmie Foxx and Hack Wilson. The film portrays the league as initially unpopular and unprofitable, until demeaning gimmicks are used to attract male audiences. In reality, the league was popular and profitable from the start, largely because it played in towns in the upper Midwest that had no way of watching a live baseball game. Eventually, the league grew into a ten-team two-division league. The advent of televised baseball games in the early fifties, however, would lead to the demise in the popularity of the league. The storyline was inspired by the career of baseball legend Dottie Collins. During World War II, Collins played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and pitched seventeen shutouts during her six-year career.
This is one of two movies my brother made sure I watched when I was researching the Brooklyn Dodgers and starting to learn about baseball. It always makes me both laugh and weep. (p.s. the other movie is "Major League").
I have a book about the Women's League; and my brother intended to take us both on a trip to CoopersTown as a birthday gift that October I was researching, to see the exhibit, but weather interfered and we wound up in Montauk instead for the day.
Lori Petty is good AF in Orange is the New Black.
Lori Petty does do good work even in the bad movies she shined.
When Toni turned to David and stroked his cheek was such a sweet moment.
So glad you two saw this great movie. The song at the end, Madonna's "This used to be my playground " always makes me nostalgic about my childhood playing ball at the nearby park when I was very young.
It's a great song and was used very well. Happy found memories.... I love that movies can do that. - Toni 🤓
I can’t hear that song now without thinking of the last year of Veterans Stadium where I saw a lot of games and learned about baseball. They played it throughout the season with former players reminiscing about their time playing with the Phillies there.😢😢
A few bits of information for you guys.
-The AAGPBL was real and ran for almost 12 years.
-Mr. Harvey was modeled after old man Wrigley, the gum king. His name was Philip Knight Wrigley, and his father, William Wrigley, Jr. created the company.
Thus Wrigley Field is named after the family in Chicago.
-My third grade teacher went to a casting call for extras for the stadium seating scenes, and was in the film. However, I have yet to find her in the stands after 30 plus years of trying to spot her.
-This film is a classic! ❤
Yes that’s such a hard scene when the mail man comes in with the letter from the war department.
Tear time for Toni!
That scene gets me every time too!!
I couldn't believe someone could be so cold and inconsiderate. - Toni 🤓
I think that scene also reminds us that there's a war going on. These women are dealing with their husbands or loved ones overseas, while still playing baseball to entertain the people back home. It also gets me each time...
I love Jon Lovitz in this. He steals the show. I heard Penny Marshall the director talking about him in the film. She said he was concentrating so much a cow fell over next to him in the barn and gave birth and he didn't even notice! She said they put grapes in the cuffs of his trousers so the chickens would flock to him... The actress playing Betty Spaghetti is Penny Marshalls daughter.
“I wonder how many of these ladies played baseball with their grandkids”
Actually one of the real life members of the league, Hellen Callaghan, played baseball with her son. His name’s Casey Candaele and he played for the Expos, Astros, and Indians in the 80s and 90s.and is currently a coach on the Blue Jays.
That is so cool!! Thank you for the insight!! - Toni 🤓
BTW the correct answer when you wife says, "You haven't taken me to a steak dinner" is not, "I'm sure I have" it's, "just tell me when you want to go." ;)
Just realized at the end Tom Hanks' character shaved for the first time in the film. He's so out of the practice of doing so that he cut himself - as evidenced by the paper on his jaw. He's clearly completed the redemption arc.
This movie is a love letter to our nostalgia. Any middle school kids watching this movie should take this movie as inspiration to join their school's after school team because we only get only so much time to be young and innocent in school to form these memories and character.
This movie is based on historical events, this isn't a "pep" talk to inspire kids to become active in sports - it's meant to teach/remind people of what living during wartime was like, what was sacrificed...., lest we do it again. Men - Husbands/Fathers went off to war, leaving their families alone. Women had to take their place here at home to keep the economy running - the economy that provided everything needed to keep their men safe and win the war.
I grew up where this film was made (Racine field) and currently live in the same county as where the Rockford Peaches field was filmed in Indiana. The pride surrounding this film still exists as the field has been kept just as pristine as it was 30 years ago. Tom Hanks still talks about Southern Indiana being one of his all-time favorite places to film in.
THe girl with the large leg bruise was actress Renee Coleman and she had that contusion for over a year after filming. Talking about taking one for the team?!?!?!??!
lol I hadn’t seen your comment and said the same thing! This was filmed partially in my hometown so I have a special place for it ❤ I loved that they chose actresses that could actually play
The shingles you noticed are either what we call shake, which are small wood planks (typically cedar), or architectural (asphalt made to look like shake).
RIP Penny Marshall. She directed such a great film here.
Definitely based on a true story about the AAGPBL which lasted 11 years I believe. I had the honor of meeting 2 of the real players in the league. The league existed in a very small region of the country in factory towns that were geared up for the war. Racine Wisconsin. Rockford Illinois. Fort Wayne Indiana, South Bend Indiana. Battle Creek Michigan, Grand Rapids Michigan, and Chicago Illinois. If you look on a map the cities look really close together. But, with no interstate highways yet and riding a bus. It must have felt forever between towns.
The “shingles on the roof” probably are “little pieces of wood.” That looked like a cedar shake roof.
I adore this movie and still can't believe it was so criminally overlooked at the Oscars! It deserved the Best Picture, Best Director (Penny Marshall), Best Actress (Geena Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Original Song (Madonna) nominations!!!
And should have been nominated for best original score (Music Maestro Hans Zimmer)!!
Lynn Cartight played older Dottie and you are correct. She was dubbed by Gena Davis.
I thought they had made her look older or something. - Toni🤓
Such a fun movie. Just a fun fact there were 68 Canadian Women mainly from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta " on this All American Women's Baseball League"
Well, *North* American is American.
I love that y'all played the ending footage with the real players. First time I've seen a Reactor do that so thank you 🫶. This will always be one of my favorite films. RIP Penny Marshall
Thank you for watching with us. We really enjoyed the complete movie and the ending was so awesome and toughing. - Toni 🤓
It's kind of a movie convention to show someone's face and then go into a flashback. I kind of take it as us being shown the past more than their remembering it all in that moment.
My grandmother took me and my other 2 brothers to see this at the theater when we were kids. Glorious memory. Fantastic movie that I'm sure my grannis connected with so much.
I remember i saw a commercial for this movie telling us it was next. I told my dad, who is a very macho man i mean i only saw home once at my grandmother's funeral, "That's a good movie. Not sure if you watched it. " He replied, " There's no crying in baseball. " i just laughed. 😅😅😅😅
My biggest mind blown moment was decades later when i learned that the actress who plays older dottie is NOT Geena Davis in aging makeup. It's a completely different actress that they dubbed her voice over. But that the actress just really looks like what Geena Davis would look like as an older woman!
Cooperstown is a small town. It is beautiful. It is well worth the trip. Just don't go in the summer. Go in November. Or early March. You won't be disappointed.
Re: Peeing, I heard Penny Marshal (the director) was controlling the flow off-stream and didn't tell Hanks how long it would go on. Makes for a funny improvisation.
The bruise on the players thigh was real. League was real too.
The dancing guy with Madonna, got famous, with the director gary Marshall and penny Marshall, who were started and big in tv, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley. He played a wannabe actor dancer singer boyfriend, for Shirley!
Wow.... Thank you for the insight!! - Toni 🤓
Yep, and one of the stadium announcers was David Lander who played Squiggy on the Laverne and Shirley.
Toni I loved your expression when the “chaperone got kissed by Tom!!
And David I loved that you caught the Wizard Of Oz reference after Tom kissed her!!
I always felt sorry for poor Marla; with everyone going on about her looks... until she met the right guy, then she looked stunning (even though she couldn't sing!)!
and my favorite line, along with many others, "THERE's NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!"
Megan Cavanaugh was also great (and looked very different) in Robin Hood: Men in Tights where she played Broomhilde
32:55 yea that’s actress Tia Leoni up to bat, David Duchovny’s wife for real 👍🏼
My parents showed me this movie when I started playing softball and it has been a favorite of mine ever since.
Movie Fact: The leg injury at 22:35 is real, no makeup. They played baseball for real in the movie. The actress, Renée Coleman, bruised her leg while sliding into a base.
A well made Great Movie that Toni will LOVE.
Amen to that!👍
Hey guys great reaction! I always enjoy you guys. Toni....I knew it would get you. This is one of my favorite baseball movies. I've actually been to Cooperstown and seen the exhibit. Its breathtaking and its AWESOME to know that it's part of pro baseball history. I love seeing the actual players playing at the end while madonna's song is playing
Such a classic movie! ❤ My favorite baseball movie ever!
I think Kit and Dottie still see each other but not as often as Dottie would like (she complains Kit is off traveling with her husband or whatever at the beginning), but I think this would have been emotional even if they'd seen each other last week.
I bet you didn't think this movie was going to make you cry 😢 Toni
The roofing material on the house is wood shake. FYI 😀
Thanks!
"Avoid the Clap" - Jimmy Dugan 😆. That line always gets me. Such a great movie. For all of Tom Hanks' great performances and accolades, this is my favorite performance of his. Great reaction! Cheers from Hart, Michigan.
Thank you for watching with us and that was a great part. Well hello Hart, Michigan!! -Toni 🤓
Thank you for saying what the dollar amount is today.Great reaction.I got a lump in my throat when the son was meeting up with the women at the end
David loves displaying the dollar amount now. Even before the channel he would always go look to see what that would be in today's monies.... That was a very touching moment. I was with you, I had a lump in my throat too. - Toni 🤓
There’s just something about a movie that ends with a photograph.
That's interesting..... I hadn't thought about that but you are right! It has a different feeling..... - Toni 🤓
Young Stillwell reminds us all why lions eat their young.
LOL!
Yeah, I'm sure you've seen Téa Leoni before. Maybe _Deep Impact_ or _Madame Secretary?_
The shingles are called shake shingles and they are literally little pieces of wood. I never put any down, but my brother did when he roofed houses 1000 years ago. ( Maybe not 1000 but probably 40 years ago)
Can't believe you cut out the scene of the girl that couldn't read her name. Thought that was a nice scene with some emotion that you would appreciate.
My favorite emotional point of the movie.
At the beginning, they are playing fast-pitch softball. Jon Lovitz played the talent scout. He was so good in this, I wish he had a bigger part. The batter for Racine that you said you thought you saw somewhere before was actress Tea Leoni. She's been in many things, my favorite being "Deep Impact". This movie has a special place in my heart for me & one of my granddaughter's. She still text each other whenever one of us is watching it. I knew you'd love it. I enjoyed watching you watch it.
They used makeup to make Geena Davis look older. But that is her at the beginning.
I went to Cooperstown in the late 90s and I saw the women’s exhibit… It was one wall. It’s understandable since the actual Hall of Fame is a pretty small building. But where they showed it in the movie is not where it was. That room they were in is the portrait room where they have famous baseball paintings by people like Norman Rockwell and several others. Double day field, where they played in the beginning, and end of the movie is the field that’s right next-door to the Hall of Fame. This is definitely one of my favorite movies. I’m glad you guys enjoyed it too! And the one woman that you thought looked familiar near the end of the movie was Tia Leone. She’s more recognizable as a blonde since that’s what she was in every other movie and TV show that she’s been in. I’m so glad I got to see your reaction to this. Thanks for the morning cry! 🥲🤧⚾️ #There’sNoCryingInBaseball 💙💙💙
There was a reunion of a few of the original players and some of the actresses some years back. The one with the large bruise on the thigh was there and was asked if that was real or makeup. She said it was very much real and still has scars on her leg from it.
Love this movie. Yes the AAGPBL was a real thing and yes they are in the baseball hall of fame. It really opened the door for women’s sports.
I played softball through high school and college and we would have team sleepovers and we always watched this movie.
The actress you saw neae the end Playing for Racine is Téa Leoni, she appeared earloer.during charm class.
5:48 - Longer legs does NOT mean faster! (being taller than average, with long legs, I hear that all the time)
Shorter legs generally have a higher turnover.
What's faster, fewer longer strides, or more shorter strides?
What you said is 100% true... BUT (isn't there always a 'but'?), from someone who is short with very short legs, the turnover does even up the speed, yes. It also wears us out a lot faster, unfortunately. Sprinting is fine. Longer distances, no way! Those long strides will kill us every time! 😉👍
@@leslieoneal4464 - Well, the strength of leg muscles for running are dependent on the cross section (area) of the muscle fiber, and the mass is dependent on the volume.
As something gets bigger, the 3-dimensional mass increases at a faster rate than the 2-dimensional area, so our larger mass will kill US every time.
May be why short distance sprinters are usually much more muscular than the long distance runners.
Just found this.... so happy you guys reacted to this!! it's one of my comfort movies!!.... on movies like this i always love to back and rewatch the movie with the commentary playing in the background... you learn sooo many interesting facts and tid-bts that you would've never known.
That one player was in Monk.
Yep! Sharona
I LOVE HOW YOU FEEL THINGS. DON'T WORRY HE IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
The girl that you said looked familiar at the end that played for Racine was the actress that played "Scully" on the X-Files...
I gotta say…I called this one. Lol So glad u both enjoyed it, but I already knew Toni would love it.
LAVONNE " PEPPER "PARE TOLD US ABOUT THE LEAGUE IN THE 70S. GINA DAVIS' CHARACTER IS PEPPER. WE WERE LIKE LITTLE KIDS LISTENING TO THE STORIES.
“There’s no crying in baseball!!!”
When Mrs. PPC gets to tears, it always gets me, lol. Good reaction you two!
Sorry, I hope you didn't get puffy eyes... - Toni 🤓
Every time one of your videos pop up in my feed, I immediately get flooded with memories of the EXACT scenes where I know Toni is gonna lose it.. and I think oh no!
One of my favorites! Thank y'all!
You have great taste! It was fantastic! - Toni 🤓
You have great taste! It was fantastic! - Toni 🤓
The one that looked familiar from Racine that was batting is Tea Leoni. She's done a few movies and had a TV show recently.
" Madame Secretary " an excellent series, a very attractive lady in this Englishman's view ...
32:54... Téa Leoni batting?!
You seemed to enjoy that one. Good to see Tom Hanks in another Penny Marshall movie. I like your Field of Dreams reaction. Other baseball faves for me are Moneyball and Trouble With The Curve.
Never heard of those two movies so looking forward to watching them. I've added them to our list. Thank you - Toni 🤓
I told my girls i would take them to a baseball game that had fireworks at the end and buy them all the snacks and food they want. It's been 10 years still waiting for one to say yes. 😅😅😅😅😅
Watching Tom Hanks act like a dick is rare and it actully was a bit funny. This is a nice movie, specially since it's based in a true story.
Nice reaction guys
Yes loved your reaction when he tore up the baseball card!!
Especially with what happens to her later in the movie…
You're gonna love it!!
It was great!! - Toni 🤓
GEENA DAVIS❤
MADONNA ❤️
Beautiful movie.
There was a series of deleted scenes, but unfortunately RUclips took them down. The best one was right after Marla left the train station, when they were on the train eating. The infamous "peeing" scene in the locker room was basically improvised. Penny Marshall was off-camera pouring water in a bucket from a hose and Tom just reacted to everything she did. This film was an absolute classic. And now, at 60, I still my cry eyes out every single time at the end. Every. Single. Time.
38:25 1943 to 1988 therefore 45 Years Later
Yep, good math! - Toni 🤓
Geena Davis at the beginning in the older makeup.....that was my error. A different actress. But that was a common mistake from this film too.
Toni looks so lovely! ❤
Thank you!
And of course that is Madonna song at the end it's a good song
I knew it!! Thank you for your confirmation!! -Toni 🤓
@@popculturallychallenged you're welcome back then when the movie came out I used to be a fan of Madonna's music back then but I can't stand her now as a person but she did used to have good music back in the day
The pretty girl at bat, u thought u recognized, but weren't sure? Tea Leoni!
I had to google her but yep, I'm sure I have seen her somewhere just not sure where yet. (Maybe Jurassic Park) - Toni 🤓
Yes during world war 2 there was a women's baseball league
Thank you for answering that question for me. - Toni 🤓
Have you guys seen these Geenia Davis movies????
1.Cutthroat Island 2.Quick Change 3.Thelma And Louise 4.Earth Girls Are Easy 5.Beetlejuice 6.Hero 7.The Long Kiss Goodnight 8.Accidents Happen 9.Transylvania 6-5000 10.The Accidental Tourist
I've loved this film for decades but one thing never added up for me. So Kit and Dottie never saw one another again until the end ceremony? I mean Dottie played one year and went back to Oregon the same state she and Kit were from so it's weird that they imply that they didn't see each other again for 40-50 years.
Good point. I thought maybe Kit had died at one point. Maybe they just weren't as close as they once were.... maybe life got in the way..... I would have hoped at the very least holidays. Who knows.... - Toni 🤓
I find it amusing, at Rosie O'Donnel's expense, that every reaction I watch of this movie, no one seems to know who she is, not just the reactors but the commenters too. Such a blow to her and her sense of notoriety/celebrity.
This is one of the great baseball movies, right up there with The Natural, Field of Dreams and Bull Durham. 😊
Jon Lovitz stole this movie and he had maybe 10 minutes of screen time. 🤣🤣
I'll never forget the "pickle tickle" comment for the rest of my life now..... 😂 - Toni 🤓
@@popculturallychallenged I sure haven't. 🤣
Yes that brunette girl that you said you've seen before that is Tea Leoni David duchovny's ex-wife and she has played in other movies like bad boys when she had her dark brown hair but she went blonde later and she also played in Jurassic Park 3
I had no idea!
Had to look it up because I didn't believe it, but you are right.
Sir, I think you owe your lovely wife a steak dinner. Those are the rules, last time I checked.
A power move is to give her some flowers, and chocolates when you ask her, or so I have been told.
Great advice, thank you! Steak dinner is on schedule for tomorrow for our anniversary! Looking forward to it. - Toni 🤓
Thank you, for reviewing this movie. Must have watched this over 100 times and, I still love it each time . Without a doubt, this is my favorite "female sports" movie. The actress Ms. Geena Davis also stars in my favorite pirate movie of all time the 1995, "Cutthroat Island". So, I hope you also watch this film soon (smile...smile).