Slap Shot
Feb
18
Late Night Thursday Links
I wasn’t able to provide links during the day and I keep accumulating sports media stories and I don’t want to get into this pattern where I can provide links Monday through Wednesday, but not from Thursday through Sunday. That’s not good especially since you have come to expect linkage just about every day. So I’ll burn the midnight oil and do some linkage for you.
Let’s start with Milton Kent of Fanhouse who fears that Dan Patrick might be risking becoming an enabler to Charlie Sheen after two interviews that have been picked up by the tabloid press.
To Advertising Age where Michael Bush looks at the Super Bowl ads that remain on the national conscience while other brands have faded from memory.
Rich Thomaselli from AdAge looks at the LPGA’s new ad campaign in an attempt to raise awareness and bring the tour’s stars to the forefront. You might recognize the name of a certain sports media blogger in the story.
Dan Fogarty at SportsGrid explains why you haven’t seen Friend of Fang’s Bites Michelle Beadle on ESPN2′s SportsNation recently.
Also from SportsGrid, Brad Cohen feels Tony Kornheiser looks bad over his refusal to speak about Dan Snyder’s lawsuit against the Washington City Paper on his radio show.
Michael David Smith at Pro Football Talk says Mr. Tony loses credibility the longer he protects Snyder.
Jeff Neuman at Real Clear Sports has an interesting article on the making of the great movie, Slap Shot and some casting decisions that might have changed the movie we know and love.
At Adweek, Anthony Crupi tries to read between the lines at comments made by new NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke on whether the network will actually make a run at bidding for the 2014/2016 Olympics.
To the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center where Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times writes that sports broadcasters should be held to the same standard as broadcast news journalists when it comes to endorsing products.
The Hollywood Reporter has Dan Patrick explaining how he got Charlie Sheen on his syndicated radio show.
Sofia M. Fernandez of the Reporter says Comcast’s new 3-D channel debuts Sunday with the airing of the NHL’s Heritage Classic.
R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News notes that HBO has scheduled its first boxing pay-per-view event of 2011.
Mike Reynolds of Multichannel reports on ESPN’s dedicated channels being available online to Verizon Fios TV subscribers.
Alex Weprin from SportsNewser notes that the producers of the Broadway play, Lombardi, now want to bring another sports story to the Great White Way.
A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin laments the loss of contributor Katie Baker to Captain Blowhard’s yet-to-be-named project at ESPN.com.
Steve Lepore at Puck The Media provides the market-by-market breakdown for the early games of NBC’s Hockey Day in America doubleheader.
The Boston Herald’s Jessica Heslam talks with outgoing WEEI midday host Dale Arnold who still is shellshocked about losing his show.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says the Reds will be seen quite often on MLB Network during Spring Training.
Bob Wolfley from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel searches for the lost younger NASCAR viewer.
Bob says the Miami Heat are burning up the NBA’s ratings.
Ed Sherman at Crain’s Chicago Business notes that the Windy City will be the host and the focus for NBC’s Hockey Day in America.
Michael Olivera of the Canadian Press notes that viewers are cutting the cable as they find affordable ways to watch their favorite hockey team either through their mobile phones.
The Canadian Sports Media Blog says CBC and Rogers Sportsnet will team up to air every game of the Women’s World Cup later this year.
Sports Media Watch says the Chicago Bulls are on a pace to set a regular season ratings record for Comcast SportsNet Chicago.
SMW says the NBA’s marquee teams are helping to raise the ratings for ABC’s Sunday games.
I think that will hold us over until the regular Friday features start posting. Good night.
Jun
07
Videos of the Week – Slap Shot Soundtrack
I just finished watching Slap Shot so I figured I would give you the songs from the movie. When you think about it, not only was the movie great, but so was the soundtrack. The cast was really good starting from the late Paul Newman to Strother Martin to Jennifer Warren to a young Lindsay Crouse and I didn’t realize that Swoozie Kurtz was also in the movie. Of course there’s the Hanson brothers as well. Great movie that still stands up today.
So using the movie’s soundtrack, I’ll give you the videos to the songs that were in the movie.
I’ll start with Elton John performing “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.” This is from a performance for the BBC in 1976.
I can’t believe I found something from NBC’s old Midnight Special program. Of course, it ran at 1 a.m., not at midnight, but that didn’t stop NBC from running it. This is Fleetwood Mac performing “Rhiannon.” The quality is very good.
Another classic song from Fleetwood Mac, “Say That You Love Me” performed live in 1977. I think we’ll have a Fleetwood Mac Musical Interlude down the road.
Probably the worst song of the bunch, but still not bad. Leo Sayer in a rare promotional video doing “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.”
This was the hardest to find, but I did manage to get this one. It’s Sonny James doing “A Little Bit of Saskatoon.”
Last but certainly not least, the great Maxine Nightingale with the signature song, “Right Back Where We Started From.” This goes back to 1976! And you have scenes from the movie in this clip!
And those are all of the songs used in the movie. Back in the 1970′s, movie studios rarely released soundtracks. Every once in a while, a single would get released, but it was rare for an entire soundtrack to be pressed. Now, every movie has at least one soundtrack CD. But I digress.
Great to have the music of Slap Shot. I hope you enjoyed the videos.
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