Cards on TV / Movies

[packs]

That terrible Brendan Fraser movie "Blast From The Past" has a lot of cards in it. Fraser walks out of a sealed bomb shelter and starts selling his dad's baseball cards to make a living. Alicia Silverstone stops him from getting grifted on a 52 Mantle and some Goudeys.

[Rob D.]

The Sandlot

[Jantz]

If I'm correct, I believe Ralphie in "A Christmas Story" had some on the headboard of his bed

[Steve D]

An episode of Hart to Hart focused on the theft of a suitcase full of 1950s cards.

An episode of MacGuyver dealt with a crooked card dealer.

The Pride of the Yankees had a scene where the young Lou Gehrig and his friends were comparing cards.


Steev

[ChrisStufflestreet]

Originally Posted by Steve D

The Pride of the Yankees had a scene where the young Lou Gehrig and his friends were comparing cards.

This scene always gets to me as well...it's at the beginning of the film. A young Lou G. is trying to get into a neighborhood baseball game but the older kids don't want him. So he pulls some cards out of his back pocket to offer as a bribe.

He said some star names...I know Eddie Collins was one but I don't remember the others. Finally he says, "I have a Babe Ruth!"

The other kid scowls. "A rookie?!"

Times sure have changed...

[Batter67up]

In the movie MASK the kid had brooklyn dodgers cards pinned to a bulletin board and there was a part when he talked about them and trying to get a particular card

[mintacular]

I know in major league there is a scene in the locker room and I recall some baseball cards were pinned up in the background, can't remember who

[asoriano]

One of my favorite movies.

In one scene, you can see a 1958 Topps All-Star Mantle as well as a 1960 Topps Berra pinned to the wall (although the movie takes place in September of '59).

[TheBig6]

In one Star Trex episode or Movie, I can't remember, an alien had a collection of ancient relics and one was a 62 Maris

Also in the Movie Memphis Belle, One of the crew members has some Playballs.

[Phil Arem]

In Pride of the Yankees, a young Gehrig refuses to trade what looks to be an M type card of Babe Ruth.....

[ChrisStufflestreet]

Originally Posted by Batter67up

In the movie MASK the kid had brooklyn dodgers cards pinned to a bulletin board and there was a part when he talked about them and trying to get a particular card

In that film, Rocky Dennis was looking to get a 1955 Topps card of Rube Walker and ends up trading a '73 or '74 Garvey to get it.

There's a scene where his grandfather comes in and gives him a Pee Wee Reese...by pushing a pin through the card on his bulletin board.

And the scene in that movie that makes me cringe every time I see it...Cher tears one of Rocky's cards in half as a means of punishing him. That bit affects me more than the ending of Old Yeller ever did...

[nolemmings]

In one Star Trex episode or Movie, I can't remember, an alien had a collection of ancient relics and one was a 62 Maris

That was an episode of Star Trek: TNG, and the alien was played by Saul Rubinek, who later had a recurring gig on Frasier as Dahpne-lover and divorce lawyer Donny Douglas. The Maris card was supposedly unique, and if I'm not mistaken, was important because he held the single season HR record (show released in 1997).

There were cards on at least one episode of Leave it to Beaver, where Beaver was showing some to his buds at the drug store while they were at the soda fountain.

I'm sure there are more, and I'm sure this topic can be found somewhere in this forum from before.

[Kawika]

Anybody recall the episode on Father Knows Best where Bud sells Robert Young's Cracker Jack collection to buy heroin?

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

I'm sure this topic can be found somewhere in this forum from before.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=77706