Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The Bad News Bears (1979)


Sports family series
Year: 1979-1980
Year in film: 1979
Country: USA
Who in bibs: Regi ~7, others
Available on DVD: yes
I own: no
Bib occurrence: often
Rating:  7/10
Rating: *******
Comment: Little Corey Feldman in different bibs and a mostly red basque cap. Thanks very much for this suggestion! Hard to choose the best 4 pics. I have checked all episodes at high speed on YouTube (4 episodes missing and bad image quality) and haven't found any other actor in bibs (should be girls and older boys as well). Please tell me where!

When not wearing baseball clothes, in around half of the series or less, then he wears overalls including dark blue (s2e11, s2e10, s2e3 (pic 2), s1e8, and more ep) white bibs (3/4th length pic 3, s1e8, the word men is written on the bib, full length in s2e3) and most often light blue (or hickory striped) bibs (hickory striped confirmed in s1e12). Different shirts, often yellow. Pic 4 from s1e5 showing his size and an early episode. Bib often at high position (low in s2e10 dark blue bibs and white shirt).

My favourite scene is the pool scene in s2e11 (pic 1) he fell in the pool and sitting in wet bibs on someone's shoulder (brief wet scene). Also good scenes in s2e3 (and taking off his cap). He shirtless (no bibs) in s1e3 (an older boy later, s2e11?). In bibs on bed in s2e1. Also other good sport clothes like shorts and shiny shorts (s1e8 or s2e11?).

Although he's very young I give rating 6-7. Great and funny series and actor and even available on DVD. Worth buying but rather for other scenes. The series was rarely shown unlike the famous 1976 movie. My 1st real American movie experience in my childhood.

pic1 s2e11 3/16

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