I’m 41. In the workplace, I still regularly use “you’re killing me smalls”. Coworkers my age know exactly what I’m talking about. The ones in their early 20s are so confused lol
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, you can never go wrong" Words of motivation that have been a driving force in my life for so many years.
@@NovusIgnis then explain why my best friend was abused by their Christian parents because they didn't identify as the gender they were born as. Tell me why my grandparents disowned my cousin because she liked girls. Can you tell me why without coming off as a terrible person?
@@NovusIgnis yet you judge what is right and wrong by a book written by men thousands of years ago, yet I'm the one with flimsy morality because I think people should love who they want and be themselves. Also comparing murderers to being a part of the LGBT+ community is so stupid it's almost funny and you call trans people delusional.
According to the writer, this movie is a reverse based on a true story. He moved to a new town and there was a group of kids played baseball on a sandlot but they didn’t let him play. So the movie is his imagination of how he thought it could have gone
It still completely blows my mind how some people have still not seen this movie as iconic as it is. Alot of these RUclipsrs claim to have not seen any of the movies they’ve watched before, but some probably have but they just say they haven’t to keep viewership.
My last namr is also Rodriguez and as a Latino kid growing up playing baseball in a predominantly white neighborhood, I felt so excited to see another Latino kid not only playing but dominating baseball.
which was than broken by Mark McGuire (64 in 1997 or so) which was than broken by Barry Bonds (@70hrs in like 2006) all after the filming of this movie ofc. Some only really pay attention to the older two records (Babe with 53 I think way back in like 1923, I'm guessing the year the movie used lol, and Hank hit 62 in the '70s) as Mark was on Steroids and quite possibly Barry too.
@@pdraggyI’m thinking it’s because he broke his career HR record. Ruth was the long time HR king until Aaron passed him. Bonds now has the most all time
@@pdraggyHank Arron never broke Babe Ruth's record for number of home runs in a single season, which was 60. Hank Aaron never hit more than 47 home runs in a single season, in 1971. It was Yankees Roger Marris that broke Ruth's single season home run record with 61 home runs. Mark McGuire broke Marris's record. Hank Aaron broke Ruth's all time carrer home run record. Barry Bonds later broke Aaron's carrer home rum record. Yes both McGuire and Barry Bonds were on steroids and there was no maybe about it. Both tested positive, but at the time MLB didn't have any clear rules against the use of performance enhancing drugs so their records stand. Arron was asked to be at the game when Bonds was going to break his record but he refused to attend becuse of Bonds use or performance enhancing drugs. Arron is still considered the true home run king by many fans becuase if it. Bonds was never voted into MLB Hall of Frame becuase of his use of steroids, even though at the time he was playing there was no set rule against it. He has never received the required number of votes to get in. Now he is no longer eligible to be in the Hall of Frame becuase players only have a certain number of years they are allowed to be eligible and once those number of years pass, they can no longer be eligible. The same applies to Mark McGuire, he has never been voted in due to his use of performance enhancing drugs
I love how The Beast is made out to be some Clifford the Bloodthirsty giant monster, but it's actually just a normal English Mastiff. It's really relatable to how my friends and I were as kids where we made up fantastic exaggerations until we started to believe them ourselves.
Or like how they think Mr. Mertle is this evil monster but really he’s just a nice, presumably lonely old man who likes talking baseball. It’s a good message about getting to know people before forming opinions about them.
I've never understood the love for field of dreams. I like it more now than I did as a kid. It is still so bottom tier for me. There is really no reason to dislike it. It just moves so slow for me, and I always fall asleep in it.
@@aarondavalos9276 Yeah, I don't really get it either. It's fine. But like... I really don't get the massive love it gets. Maybe it has something to do with "american spirit" , and baseball, or... something. I dunno.
The actor who played young Benny was an actors for a little while, but went on to become a Los Angeles firefighter and has been one since 2002. So he played a hero on screen and is one in real life.
George mentioned having only one friend, who he couldn't speak to, when he first came to Canada. I sympathize, because of my father's story. When he started school at 6 years old, World War 2 had ended only 1 year before. My Dad was only able to speak Dutch, which most people thought was German. His only friend was a young boy who had been born in an interment camp for Japanese Canadians, who could only speak Japanese. They both learned English, amongst incredible racism, and were life long friends😊
In the US this was probably the #1 non animated kids movie of the 90s. This is absolutely revered as not only a great kids movie but also great sports movie.
This was one of my favorite films when I was younger, it's a timeless classic! A League of their Own (1992) with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis is another great baseball film..
Logic made a music video for Homicide, and they used the "kid with glasses that loks like Steve-o" to play his part in the video. They look IDENTICAL. But this movie is nearly every American boy's childhood.
"It's called 'The Sandlot' and that's where they're playing their sportsball." Reminds me of one of my favourite lines from Frasier, when Niles reflects on his sports fan father's mortality: "I don't want my child to miss knowing him. Who else is going to teach him how to catch a football ball?"
James Earl Jones' character played in the Negro leagues which was the league for black players before MLB was desegregated by Jackie Robinson. It's said that the players in that league were as good if not better than the major leagues. the KC hat the pitcher wears is from the Kansas City Monarchs, the team jackie robinson played for before joining the Dodgers. though I suspect since the kid is a pitcher that the hat is a tribute to pitcher Satchel Paige.
I have a red shirt with Squints on the front making that goofy face as he's walking to the diving board in the pool scene. From a distance people think it's a Che Guevara shirt until they get closer and realize it's Squints.😂😂
The kid who plays Ham Porter (the catcher) has an Instagram and makes lots of funny videos. I swear he still looks the exact same as he did in the Sandlot but taller. It’s crazy. lol
Hes also been in countless b movies. He was the main character in a van wilder movie and one of the dumb American Pie spinoffs that nobody cared about.
@@bradkirchhoff5703you must be mixing up movies because don't recall ever seeing him in any of the "American Pie Presents" spin off movies. I do recall seeing him in "Dorm Daze" which is a National Lampoon movie. Which National Lampoon's made the Van Wilder movies. Which the first one with Ryan Reynolds was the only good one and the rest was crap spin offs
My favorite moment is Benny rounding the bases while everyone is focused on the fireworks. In order to be great, it's that focus and discipline to the game. That always stayed with me as a kid.
5:05 I was in a similar situation coming from Asia to North America. I studied English but being in an English conversation requires practice, and everyone spoke much faster so I couldn't keep up. Luckily, I met a Latino who was at the same level of knowing the language as I was, so we were able to practice speaking to each other. The funny thing is all the teachers thought that he only spoke Spanish, so he was also hesitant about talking to them. Some of the teachers also somehow didn't understand that reading, writing, & listening to a foreign language are very different from talking in that language. Hence, I got a detention for "pretending" that I couldn't speak English b/c they knew that I was good at the other three aspects.
This reminded me of my buddy Tom Spencer (RIP). When I was in 5th grade, I moved to a new school and was very much out-of-place like Smalls. Tom was the kid the teacher asked to show me around and help me adjust to the new routines. Tom also shared my first "chewing tobacco" experience with me. It turned out to be pipe tobacco instead, which was actually better tasting than traditional chaw. Tom and I played guitar together in high school, participated in band and many classes together and, even though we moved apart after high school, I considered him a solid friend to the day he passed.
This is basically my childhood. It takes place 1962. That's the yearI was born but this is what MY childhood was like. My co-favorite baseball movie along with the Natural.
George’s “Can he be their manager or something?” reminded me of college, when I was taking a fencing class and I was pretty mediocre at it, but I turned out to be a fantastic referee, which is apparently not common, and 10 years later I’m still happy about that.
This is a classic! They filmed this very close to where I grew up in Utah, so there always has been a certain familiarity to this movie that I have loved since it first came out.
This is an all-time great movie that EVERY kid in the 90's had watched multiple times. It was absolutely iconic and has so many great quotes. This movie is so Americana and fun with a great message. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all-time.
A dog's "thumb" is the dew claw, you can see it further up than the other four. That black nub is roughly equivalent to the fleshy place where your palm meets your wrist.
This is one of those movies that you quote constantly throughout your life if you grew up watching it. It's SO delightful to see people enjoy it for the first time.
The Sandlot is better than Stand by Me for "American childhood" movies. Very rarely did anyone get stabbed or find a dead body, very often there was a mysterious man with a scary dog, a hot lifeguard we perved on, and a group of rivals who "play ball like a girl." And, of course, baseball, which you play for fun, no scores, no fouls, until it's ingrained in your soul, your identity, as the best sport ever invented. Goddamn, I miss playing baseball with the guys.
Yes, you’re absolutely right. Sandlot is way more cherished than Stand By Me is… not that Stand By Me isn’t a classic, but Sandlot is just way more of one. Sandlot is the most iconic kids sport movie ever made
@@nicholaspietrzak9992 He and a couple other firefighters wrongfully accused somebody of handing out drug laced candy in 2015 and Mike Vitar (Benny) and another person held the person down while another chocked him out. and were charged with Felony assault
The actor who played Smalls was also in Black Hawk Down. He's the one who meets up with the two guys who get left behind (Tom Hardy and the guy who goes deaf). He's the "F**k you, come to me!" guy.
I grew up with The Sandlot. I was similar to Smalls cause I wasn't good at sports. The scene where he tries to throw the ball...I've been there. I didn't have a good group like this to teach me, though. And I gotta say, at @6:33 when Simone is so happy Smalls caught the ball...that genuine happiness made my day 😊
There is a rapper named Logic that looks so much like Squints that his fans wouldn't leave him alone about it. Eventually he got Squints' actor himself to appear in a music video as Logic. It was amazing.
I'm obligated to mention that I have a 223 lb English Mastiff who thinks he's a wee lil' lap dog. I know that they can be trained to be vicious guard dogs, but mine and every other Mastiff I've ever met are the most gentle creatures you'll ever see.
The big dogs are almost always huge pushovers 😊. They guard because they love... It's the little dogs (or rather big dogs in compact bodies) that you have to watch out for... 😉
Most HRs/All Time 1. Barry Bonds 762 2. Hank Aaron 755 3. Babe Ruth 714 Most HRs/ Season Roger Maris broke Ruth's record in 1961 with 61, and since then, that record has been broken 7 more times, with Bonds atop the list at 73. Steroids are a helluva drug...
Even though my friends and I grew up thousands of miles where this movie would have taken place there's so much about it that just resonated with all of us when it came out, it really captured so much of the essence of being a kid back in the day. The camaraderie, awkard jokes, ribbing and banter, the hot summer days, and later, everyone eventually going their separate ways. So good :)
As a kid I never knew how big Mastiffs were until my neighbors got one and I had a legit Sandlot moment when I kicked my soccer ball into their yard. When you're a little shrimp they REALLY look like monsters lol.
This is a classic example of the "Coming of Age" genre. Usually it shows us a storied or magical time in the life of one or more American kid, and how it influenced the person they would grow up to become. Stand by me, Christmas Story, and October Sky are also good examples, but I think this one is my favorite just for the portrayal of Americana and what life as a kid was like before video games.
That story of George and his one friend where they couldn't understand each other reminds me of a movie they may want to react to called "Ghost Dog" with Forest Whitaker.
One of the most beautiful scenes in this movie is the fireworks scene, they're all being kids and enjoying the explosions, but benny is there running the bases, playing the game, it shows where his head is at, not a kid anymore but a baseball player.
I always thought of this movie as Summertime's answer to "A Christmas Story" (Definitely watch it if you haven't) in that both stories are told from a child's perspective, complete with bizarre perspectives and skewed memories. The single most "adult" thing said by a kid in the movie was when Squints kisses Wendy, and the one kid says "He's in deep shit now!". The whole movie hearkens back to a better time. When kids would spend an entire summer day outside, often going to an abandoned lot to have fun. And no one cared that they were doing it, because the kids weren't doing anything harmful. They weren't experimenting with drugs, alcohol or sex. They weren't breaking into places and stealing stuff. They weren't beating each other up (mostly) or doing drive-bys over "turf". They were kids being kids, and enjoying that. I'm glad I caught the tail-end of those days, back when parents parented and the result was kids that could be trusted to spend the day outside without supervision. Damn I'm old. On a lighter note, being a dirty old man means that I snickered when George said "Show me the gherkin!"
As a baseball player myself for half of my life… this was one of the movies we all watched over and over as a kid and started quoting and still quote to this day.
21:04 Hank Aaron was the first player to break Babe Ruth's record, that's why he wanted the picture. Hank's record stood until Barry Bonds broke it, but let's be honest, Barry like every other big hitter in the 90s was juicing like crazy. Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron are the only 100% clean home run record holders i personally care about. The rest are fishy. Even with roids Barry was the only other player to break 700 home runs
THE SANDLOT! It's that fireworks scene, for some reason, that always gets me. It shows that, while they're all still kids, and still get amazed by the visuals of fireworks, Benny's goal was just to be better at Baseball because he truly loved the sport! They really don't make movies like this anymore!
This was such a great reactions and comments here ! I enjoyed both your reactions and comments very much. I enjoy sports movies a lot because they usually throw in a lot of life learning lessons with the sports . My favorite scene in Sandlot is not really sports related but it does take place at the towns pool area.... I love it when the "SteveO" kid gets to kiss his crush. It's not exactly a welcomed kiss but she does smile about it afterwards . Later in my life I actually had two different bosses that would tell me "Your Killin' Me" but they would laugh about it later because I was pretty silly. I think they kept me around because I did my work but I also made things pretty light hearted at work. I Love that Darth Vader is in this movie so much.... probably that is my favorite part that and Hercules . I Love Hercules ! Thank you both for this reaction it was a lot of fun.
One of the best coming-of-age movies ever made. Bar none. I think that Field of Dreams needs to be on the short list as we move into summer. Another spectacular film.
this movie is kinda what it's like to grow up american lol. there is a lot of freedom but also those assholes over there from the other block! somebody has a club house or whatever yeah..... MERICA!!!
This was filmed in my town. The woman outside the pool was a regular at the store where I worked and one of my co-workers was a "Pool Honey" but she hated the eye shadow color so she spent the whole day at the pool avoiding being on camera. There is a paved path behind the pool where they all look in after getting tossed out, and I've stood there a few times while walking the dogs trying to get the right angle. The Drug Store didn't have any work done to make it look old. It just looked like that in the 90's.
The 90s had some of the best kid movies ever. It’s like a lost genre. Live action kids comedies that actually do well at the box office and hold up for adult audiences as well.
I have a wild idea. A reaction to Iron Sky. Just rewatched the movie a couple of days ago and it is just wack, no wonder it became somewhat of a legend.
14:31 When I was a kid, we used to chew a bunch of tootsie rolls at a time while playing so our spit would look like chew. I still can’t eat that stuff lol
Baseball and the beast combination, cool reaction as always Simone & George, you both take care and have a nice day You both should react to A League Of Their Own (1992) Field Of Dreams (1989)
The fireworks scene with Ray Charles playing in the background is one of the most "American" scenes put to film
Totally. Especially that period
Also while playing baseball
The epitome of “Americana”
I like to watch this movie every 4th of July for that reason.
@@slinky4155Same here.
Not an exaggeration, this movie DEFINED an entire generation. The Sandlot, The Mighty Ducks, and Home Alone--the 90s kid movie collection.
....and that's even an understatment.
Hell yeah, I was around these child actors age when this movie came out. I wanted some pf flyers so bad but I had to settle for chuck taylors 😂
Yes! I was also the same age as these kids and Benny was my first hard core crush. Watched this a million times.
This movie was tradition to watch every time the family came together at my grandma's house.
Little Giants, Camp Nowhere, Bushwhacked, Milk Money, Rookie of the Year
"You're killing me, George!" Get this man a s'more! 😎
S'more what?
Hahahaha I’m SO glad that someone suggested this movie. ❤❤❤❤
We need an update when George gets his s'more
It’s funny how “you’re killing me, Smalls” became such a widespread quote. I still use it sometimes when someone’s getting on my last nerve.
Same
I use "for-ev-er" all the time lol
I’m 41. In the workplace, I still regularly use “you’re killing me smalls”. Coworkers my age know exactly what I’m talking about. The ones in their early 20s are so confused lol
My boss needs glasses but refuses to wear them, so we all call her 'Squints'. 😂
I've called people L7 Winnies.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, you can never go wrong"
Words of motivation that have been a driving force in my life for so many years.
@@NovusIgnisI will when the followers of God stop spitting vile and attacking people who think differently from them.
@@NovusIgnis then explain why my best friend was abused by their Christian parents because they didn't identify as the gender they were born as. Tell me why my grandparents disowned my cousin because she liked girls. Can you tell me why without coming off as a terrible person?
@@NovusIgnis yet you judge what is right and wrong by a book written by men thousands of years ago, yet I'm the one with flimsy morality because I think people should love who they want and be themselves. Also comparing murderers to being a part of the LGBT+ community is so stupid it's almost funny and you call trans people delusional.
@@NovusIgnis "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul"
@@NovusIgnis cringe lol
25:58 - After years of watching this, I never noticed that Smalls kept the fake ball that Benny signed till you pointed it out.
And he's wearing the hat Benny told him to burn.
Noticed it was the same ball after watching the movie the first time
And he has the other two because his stepdad gave them to him. We can infer that this means he passed away.
You heard "You're killin' me, Smalls" before, because some of us have been saying it for the past 31 years. LOL
According to the writer, this movie is a reverse based on a true story. He moved to a new town and there was a group of kids played baseball on a sandlot but they didn’t let him play. So the movie is his imagination of how he thought it could have gone
Aw, that's sad. Great movie though.
depressing 😓
Wow,that’s kind of sad.
That's fucking hilarious 😂 😂😂
@@Fantomex. That's so scary!
We're just naming different emotions, right?
I love how even though Benny told Smalls to throw his old hat away, he keeps it and is wearing it while he is announcing the dodgers game👍🏼🔥
It still completely blows my mind how some people have still not seen this movie as iconic as it is.
Alot of these RUclipsrs claim to have not seen any of the movies they’ve watched before, but some probably have but they just say they haven’t to keep viewership.
I absolutely love this movie. We all need a friend like Benny Rodriguez in our lives, all the time.
Who doesn’t love this movie?? It’s the most iconic kids sport movie ever
My father's name is Benny Rodriguez, this movie made me proud of my last name as a kid growing up without knowing what my name meant
representation matters
My last namr is also Rodriguez and as a Latino kid growing up playing baseball in a predominantly white neighborhood, I felt so excited to see another Latino kid not only playing but dominating baseball.
@@adamskeans2515not really
@@sugarbomb1346 yeah, it kind of does
@@adamskeans2515 but does it really?
Samwise Gamgee is the definitive #1 best friend in movies, but I’m happy to give Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez #2 spot
I'd throw Ron Weasley in there but the films made him mean
21:00 Henry "Hank" Aaron was the one to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record
one of the greatest sports easter eggs in any movie
which was than broken by Mark McGuire (64 in 1997 or so) which was than broken by Barry Bonds (@70hrs in like 2006) all after the filming of this movie ofc. Some only really pay attention to the older two records (Babe with 53 I think way back in like 1923, I'm guessing the year the movie used lol, and Hank hit 62 in the '70s) as Mark was on Steroids and quite possibly Barry too.
@@pdraggyI’m thinking it’s because he broke his career HR record. Ruth was the long time HR king until Aaron passed him. Bonds now has the most all time
@@pdraggyHank Arron never broke Babe Ruth's record for number of home runs in a single season, which was 60. Hank Aaron never hit more than 47 home runs in a single season, in 1971. It was Yankees Roger Marris that broke Ruth's single season home run record with 61 home runs. Mark McGuire broke Marris's record. Hank Aaron broke Ruth's all time carrer home run record. Barry Bonds later broke Aaron's carrer home rum record.
Yes both McGuire and Barry Bonds were on steroids and there was no maybe about it. Both tested positive, but at the time MLB didn't have any clear rules against the use of performance enhancing drugs so their records stand.
Arron was asked to be at the game when Bonds was going to break his record but he refused to attend becuse of Bonds use or performance enhancing drugs. Arron is still considered the true home run king by many fans becuase if it.
Bonds was never voted into MLB Hall of Frame becuase of his use of steroids, even though at the time he was playing there was no set rule against it. He has never received the required number of votes to get in. Now he is no longer eligible to be in the Hall of Frame becuase players only have a certain number of years they are allowed to be eligible and once those number of years pass, they can no longer be eligible.
The same applies to Mark McGuire, he has never been voted in due to his use of performance enhancing drugs
I love how The Beast is made out to be some Clifford the Bloodthirsty giant monster, but it's actually just a normal English Mastiff. It's really relatable to how my friends and I were as kids where we made up fantastic exaggerations until we started to believe them ourselves.
I had an English Mastiff named Duchess years back. She was the sweetest, most docile dog of all time but her size scared the hell out of people 🤣
Or like how they think Mr. Mertle is this evil monster but really he’s just a nice, presumably lonely old man who likes talking baseball. It’s a good message about getting to know people before forming opinions about them.
Simone: "I love playing catch." Y'all, Field of Dreams is the movie for you.
They've seen it.
Another baseball centric movie with Darth Vader himself, James Earl Jones!
I've never understood the love for field of dreams. I like it more now than I did as a kid. It is still so bottom tier for me. There is really no reason to dislike it. It just moves so slow for me, and I always fall asleep in it.
@@shawnjohnson9763 They have?? Could have sworn I've seen that appear on a poll.
@@aarondavalos9276 Yeah, I don't really get it either. It's fine. But like... I really don't get the massive love it gets. Maybe it has something to do with "american spirit" , and baseball, or... something. I dunno.
The actor who played young Benny was an actors for a little while, but went on to become a Los Angeles firefighter and has been one since 2002. So he played a hero on screen and is one in real life.
Good to know.
His brother also plays older Benny
George mentioned having only one friend, who he couldn't speak to, when he first came to Canada. I sympathize, because of my father's story. When he started school at 6 years old, World War 2 had ended only 1 year before. My Dad was only able to speak Dutch, which most people thought was German. His only friend was a young boy who had been born in an interment camp for Japanese Canadians, who could only speak Japanese. They both learned English, amongst incredible racism, and were life long friends😊
In the US this was probably the #1 non animated kids movie of the 90s. This is absolutely revered as not only a great kids movie but also great sports movie.
This was one of my favorite films when I was younger, it's a timeless classic! A League of their Own (1992) with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis is another great baseball film..
Logic made a music video for Homicide, and they used the "kid with glasses that loks like Steve-o" to play his part in the video. They look IDENTICAL. But this movie is nearly every American boy's childhood.
"It's called 'The Sandlot' and that's where they're playing their sportsball." Reminds me of one of my favourite lines from Frasier, when Niles reflects on his sports fan father's mortality: "I don't want my child to miss knowing him. Who else is going to teach him how to catch a football ball?"
lol first time I ever seen somebody unironically saying 'sportsball' in a sentance lol. as in not like as a joke xD.
James Earl Jones' character played in the Negro leagues which was the league for black players before MLB was desegregated by Jackie Robinson. It's said that the players in that league were as good if not better than the major leagues. the KC hat the pitcher wears is from the Kansas City Monarchs, the team jackie robinson played for before joining the Dodgers. though I suspect since the kid is a pitcher that the hat is a tribute to pitcher Satchel Paige.
I would imagine he probably met Babe Ruth other players through the exhibition games they played across the country.
Pure Americana. This was my favorite childhood film. I was obsessed.
I have a shirt with the line “You’re killing me, Smalls.”
Same. I love that shirt.
Best shirt of history
I once saw a father and daughter on the street. Dad had a shirt with the quote, daughter had a shirt that said"Smalls"😂
I have a red shirt with Squints on the front making that goofy face as he's walking to the diving board in the pool scene. From a distance people think it's a Che Guevara shirt until they get closer and realize it's Squints.😂😂
The kid who plays Ham Porter (the catcher) has an Instagram and makes lots of funny videos. I swear he still looks the exact same as he did in the Sandlot but taller. It’s crazy. lol
Hes also been in countless b movies. He was the main character in a van wilder movie and one of the dumb American Pie spinoffs that nobody cared about.
@@bradkirchhoff5703you must be mixing up movies because don't recall ever seeing him in any of the "American Pie Presents" spin off movies. I do recall seeing him in "Dorm Daze" which is a National Lampoon movie. Which National Lampoon's made the Van Wilder movies. Which the first one with Ryan Reynolds was the only good one and the rest was crap spin offs
He played a vampire pizza boy in an episode of the X-Files.
@@WordoftheElderGods I remember that
@@WordoftheElderGods I remember him in The Big Green.
The feel good, kid version of Stand By Me. This was one of my favorite movies growing up, watched multiple times a year.
Just before opening day every year for me
As much as you mentioned Stand By Me, I was surprised you didnt see the Chopper (mythical junkyard dog) and The Beast storyline similarities.
My favorite moment is Benny rounding the bases while everyone is focused on the fireworks. In order to be great, it's that focus and discipline to the game. That always stayed with me as a kid.
5:05 I was in a similar situation coming from Asia to North America. I studied English but being in an English conversation requires practice, and everyone spoke much faster so I couldn't keep up. Luckily, I met a Latino who was at the same level of knowing the language as I was, so we were able to practice speaking to each other. The funny thing is all the teachers thought that he only spoke Spanish, so he was also hesitant about talking to them. Some of the teachers also somehow didn't understand that reading, writing, & listening to a foreign language are very different from talking in that language. Hence, I got a detention for "pretending" that I couldn't speak English b/c they knew that I was good at the other three aspects.
“Sports ball” has to be the most old lady term ever.
This reminded me of my buddy Tom Spencer (RIP). When I was in 5th grade, I moved to a new school and was very much out-of-place like Smalls. Tom was the kid the teacher asked to show me around and help me adjust to the new routines. Tom also shared my first "chewing tobacco" experience with me. It turned out to be pipe tobacco instead, which was actually better tasting than traditional chaw. Tom and I played guitar together in high school, participated in band and many classes together and, even though we moved apart after high school, I considered him a solid friend to the day he passed.
This is basically my childhood. It takes place 1962. That's the yearI was born but this is what MY childhood was like. My co-favorite baseball movie along with the Natural.
George’s “Can he be their manager or something?” reminded me of college, when I was taking a fencing class and I was pretty mediocre at it, but I turned out to be a fantastic referee, which is apparently not common, and 10 years later I’m still happy about that.
Always cool to run into another person that was involved in fencing, that isn't on a fencing video lol
Simone saying she loves playing catch was the cutest thing ever
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. This is my favorite coming of age movie.
This is a classic! They filmed this very close to where I grew up in Utah, so there always has been a certain familiarity to this movie that I have loved since it first came out.
This is an all-time great movie that EVERY kid in the 90's had watched multiple times. It was absolutely iconic and has so many great quotes. This movie is so Americana and fun with a great message. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all-time.
Simone is basically a golden shepherd. Cute, positive, friendly and scared of fireworks.
This movie is literally my childhood
It must've been a really fun one
Same
@@shreknet It was. ❤
@@shreknetthis movie is the iconic kids sport movie ever made.
A dog's "thumb" is the dew claw, you can see it further up than the other four. That black nub is roughly equivalent to the fleshy place where your palm meets your wrist.
i think they were asking about the one further up the leg. Google says it's the "carpal pad," and it's mainly for breaking at speed or on a slope.
Braking*.
@@Dylan_Thomas1 Yes, I explained that in the second sentence of my comment.
I think that part of your hand is referred to as a heel, like the one on your foot.
@@EricCargill-ol7hr Ah, I see now. Still, it looks to me like the wording is misleading. Totally friendly comments if that needs to be said.
This is one of those movies that you quote constantly throughout your life if you grew up watching it. It's SO delightful to see people enjoy it for the first time.
The Sandlot is better than Stand by Me for "American childhood" movies. Very rarely did anyone get stabbed or find a dead body, very often there was a mysterious man with a scary dog, a hot lifeguard we perved on, and a group of rivals who "play ball like a girl."
And, of course, baseball, which you play for fun, no scores, no fouls, until it's ingrained in your soul, your identity, as the best sport ever invented. Goddamn, I miss playing baseball with the guys.
Yes, you’re absolutely right. Sandlot is way more cherished than Stand By Me is… not that Stand By Me isn’t a classic, but Sandlot is just way more of one. Sandlot is the most iconic kids sport movie ever made
Most of these guys are still friends today and they even completed a sand lot tour where they got to visit each Major League Baseball stadium.
It's a shame the route Benny went
@@Nick_CF didn't he become a firefighter?
@@nicholaspietrzak9992 he brutally assaulted an Asian man and hospitalized him for weeks
@@nicholaspietrzak9992 He and a couple other firefighters wrongfully accused somebody of handing out drug laced candy in 2015 and Mike Vitar (Benny) and another person held the person down while another chocked him out. and were charged with Felony assault
The actor who played Smalls was also in Black Hawk Down. He's the one who meets up with the two guys who get left behind (Tom Hardy and the guy who goes deaf). He's the "F**k you, come to me!" guy.
I really hope after this the next one u watch is field of dreams both are such good warm movies
Check out "The Mighty Ducks." Come on people. Lets get them to do it. Thumbs up.
Benny was also on the 2nd and 3rd Mighty Ducks movies
The kids from the sandlot and their giant dog friend, Rocky.
Benny is one of the best friends put on film
I remember seeing a woman with a maternity shirt that had the words "You're kicking me Smalls".
"He was never allowed back"
This took place in the 60's, so he was probably allowed back
Real story...but the baseball kids were actually bullies that got the main story kid (the writer) to jump a fence and was mauled by the dog.
I grew up with The Sandlot. I was similar to Smalls cause I wasn't good at sports. The scene where he tries to throw the ball...I've been there. I didn't have a good group like this to teach me, though.
And I gotta say, at @6:33 when Simone is so happy Smalls caught the ball...that genuine happiness made my day 😊
Cool Runnings, Mighty Ducks, Angels in the Outfield, Little Giants, Camp Nowhere, Heavyweights... Let's start there 😊
Also… Big Green and Space Jam
Direction for the last half of the movie:
"Kids, run around screaming. As loudly as possible."
Man this movie brings me back! Much simpler times 😁
Top 10 greatest movie of all time. Fight me!
Younger Benny and older Benny were played by real-life brothers, Mike and Pablo Vitar.
This is still one of my favorite movies of all time I watch it on VHS and DVD to this day
Fun fact: The actor who plays small as played sergeant yurek from black hawk down
There is a rapper named Logic that looks so much like Squints that his fans wouldn't leave him alone about it. Eventually he got Squints' actor himself to appear in a music video as Logic. It was amazing.
I'm obligated to mention that I have a 223 lb English Mastiff who thinks he's a wee lil' lap dog. I know that they can be trained to be vicious guard dogs, but mine and every other Mastiff I've ever met are the most gentle creatures you'll ever see.
The big dogs are almost always huge pushovers 😊. They guard because they love...
It's the little dogs (or rather big dogs in compact bodies) that you have to watch out for... 😉
Wait a minute, this isn't Rocky III
You're killin' me, Smalls!
Henry “Hank” Aaron was the person to hold the all-time home run record, while Babe held the most runs in a season.
Most HRs/All Time
1. Barry Bonds 762
2. Hank Aaron 755
3. Babe Ruth 714
Most HRs/ Season
Roger Maris broke Ruth's record in 1961 with 61, and since then, that record has been broken 7 more times, with Bonds atop the list at 73.
Steroids are a helluva drug...
Even though my friends and I grew up thousands of miles where this movie would have taken place there's so much about it that just resonated with all of us when it came out, it really captured so much of the essence of being a kid back in the day. The camaraderie, awkard jokes, ribbing and banter, the hot summer days, and later, everyone eventually going their separate ways. So good :)
The actor that played the grown up Benny was the young Benny's older brother.
Yes, Pablo Vitar; he passed away I think
@@RockStarHouseBandYes, unfortunately.
Interesting, I didn’t know that
@@johnniekight1879 That explains the resemblance.
As a kid I never knew how big Mastiffs were until my neighbors got one and I had a legit Sandlot moment when I kicked my soccer ball into their yard. When you're a little shrimp they REALLY look like monsters lol.
This is a classic example of the "Coming of Age" genre. Usually it shows us a storied or magical time in the life of one or more American kid, and how it influenced the person they would grow up to become. Stand by me, Christmas Story, and October Sky are also good examples, but I think this one is my favorite just for the portrayal of Americana and what life as a kid was like before video games.
the trivia about the pool makes so much since now you can see some of them quivering
Oh and the big green! Another great kids sports comedy with a lot of heart
Took me forever to realize that the main characters mom is Marion Ravenwood
That story of George and his one friend where they couldn't understand each other reminds me of a movie they may want to react to called "Ghost Dog" with Forest Whitaker.
The two guys who played Benny, the older and younger version, are brothers.
Interesting! I never knew that. The kid that played Benny was also on the 2nd and 3rd Mighty Ducks movies
When I was a kid, I wanted a pair of P.F. Flyers so bad.
I want some right now.
@DustinHakonson they exists again! I just bought a pair a few weeks ago lol
Good ol' PF Flyers
I've heard this movie was the best ad for P.F. Flyers since _Jonny Quest_ went off the air
@@christopherwall2121 guaranteed to make a kid run faster and jump higher.
One of the most beautiful scenes in this movie is the fireworks scene, they're all being kids and enjoying the explosions, but benny is there running the bases, playing the game, it shows where his head is at, not a kid anymore but a baseball player.
I always thought of this movie as Summertime's answer to "A Christmas Story" (Definitely watch it if you haven't) in that both stories are told from a child's perspective, complete with bizarre perspectives and skewed memories. The single most "adult" thing said by a kid in the movie was when Squints kisses Wendy, and the one kid says "He's in deep shit now!". The whole movie hearkens back to a better time. When kids would spend an entire summer day outside, often going to an abandoned lot to have fun. And no one cared that they were doing it, because the kids weren't doing anything harmful. They weren't experimenting with drugs, alcohol or sex. They weren't breaking into places and stealing stuff. They weren't beating each other up (mostly) or doing drive-bys over "turf". They were kids being kids, and enjoying that. I'm glad I caught the tail-end of those days, back when parents parented and the result was kids that could be trusted to spend the day outside without supervision. Damn I'm old. On a lighter note, being a dirty old man means that I snickered when George said "Show me the gherkin!"
As a baseball player myself for half of my life… this was one of the movies we all watched over and over as a kid and started quoting and still quote to this day.
I would watch this movie everyday after school for like a year… LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
21:04 Hank Aaron was the first player to break Babe Ruth's record, that's why he wanted the picture. Hank's record stood until Barry Bonds broke it, but let's be honest, Barry like every other big hitter in the 90s was juicing like crazy. Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron are the only 100% clean home run record holders i personally care about. The rest are fishy. Even with roids Barry was the only other player to break 700 home runs
THE SANDLOT! It's that fireworks scene, for some reason, that always gets me. It shows that, while they're all still kids, and still get amazed by the visuals of fireworks, Benny's goal was just to be better at Baseball because he truly loved the sport! They really don't make movies like this anymore!
This was such a great reactions and comments here ! I enjoyed both your reactions and comments very much. I enjoy sports movies a lot because they usually throw in a lot of life learning lessons with the sports . My favorite scene in Sandlot is not really sports related but it does take place at the towns pool area.... I love it when the "SteveO" kid gets to kiss his crush. It's not exactly a welcomed kiss but she does smile about it afterwards . Later in my life I actually had two different bosses that would tell me "Your Killin' Me" but they would laugh about it later because I was pretty silly. I think they kept me around because I did my work but I also made things pretty light hearted at work.
I Love that Darth Vader is in this movie so much.... probably that is my favorite part that and Hercules . I Love Hercules ! Thank you both for this reaction it was a lot of fun.
One of the best coming-of-age movies ever made. Bar none.
I think that Field of Dreams needs to be on the short list as we move into summer. Another spectacular film.
Check out the Bad News Bears (1976) with Walter Matthau & Tatum O’Neal. Great comedy and definitely adult.
Field of Dreams is another great baseball option, but I suspect it will make Simone cry. You guys also may like A League of Their Own.
this movie is kinda what it's like to grow up american lol. there is a lot of freedom but also those assholes over there from the other block! somebody has a club house or whatever yeah..... MERICA!!!
Hi Simone! Hi George! I like your content! Hello from Yakutia!💙
This was filmed in my town. The woman outside the pool was a regular at the store where I worked and one of my co-workers was a "Pool Honey" but she hated the eye shadow color so she spent the whole day at the pool avoiding being on camera. There is a paved path behind the pool where they all look in after getting tossed out, and I've stood there a few times while walking the dogs trying to get the right angle. The Drug Store didn't have any work done to make it look old. It just looked like that in the 90's.
George lauhing his head off the moment the movie cut to that theater showing _The Wolf Man_ made my freakin' day, y'all.
One of my favorite movies of all time ❤ & Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez..mine, & many a girls first crush 🥰
The 90s had some of the best kid movies ever. It’s like a lost genre. Live action kids comedies that actually do well at the box office and hold up for adult audiences as well.
I have a wild idea. A reaction to Iron Sky. Just rewatched the movie a couple of days ago and it is just wack, no wonder it became somewhat of a legend.
8:00 always thought squints looked like steve o too!
Edit: when Jackass came out I thought he was squints from the sandlot.
That nub nail on the dogs leg is called Dew Claw, and Simone was right it's purposes is to help dogs grip items while chewing, i. e. a doggie thumb.
14:31 When I was a kid, we used to chew a bunch of tootsie rolls at a time while playing so our spit would look like chew. I still can’t eat that stuff lol
in bennys dream Babe Ruth wanted to keep Hank Aaron’s card because he would go onto beat his hitting record
21:05 if you’re not familiar with this, Hank Aaron would go on to surpass Babe Ruth in all-time career home runs in 1974.
Not many would but I would greatly appreciate it if you guys would react to part 2
Oh yes!! Filmed pretty close to my house :)
the drug store scene was on Midvale main street
I think we all would love to see a reaction of George trying a s’mores for the first time during the next reaction! ❤
Baseball and the beast combination, cool reaction as always Simone & George, you both take care and have a nice day
You both should react to A League Of Their Own (1992)
Field Of Dreams (1989)
3:48 I had the biggest crush on the mom as a kid. You need to watch & react to her best film, Starman!