30 for 30 running thread

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

A lot of the shorts are on Youtube.

 

[cjericho]

Per a NYT article from 2015, about $500,000: Documentaries Are the Go-To Players of Sports Television

Would think even the worst ones (insufferable toolbag with the b-ball rules, that's you) make a profit at that cost.

 

[Songbird]

It is on the new espn + service, on Roku. I looked for it this weekend.

Tough to watch?

 

[poindexter]

Tough to watch?

 

[John B. Foster]

This one should be real good.

 

[dixiehack]

Halfway through Episode 1, I love this Bill Walton doc.

 

[Huggy]

American Gladiators one was an entertaining mess that could have been cut in half.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Halfway through Episode 1, I love this Bill Walton doc.

I mentioned it on the TV thread and how I avoided it at first figuring I really didn't need that much more Bill in my life but the entire thing is outstanding.

 

[dixiehack]

I mentioned it on the TV thread and how I avoided it at first figuring I really didn't need that much more Bill in my life but the entire thing is outstanding.

Bill Walton is the type of guy I was raised to regard as a weird and dangerous Other. And at least so far he comes across as extraordinarily decent. This man doesn't just savor life, he chugs it down and then licks the bottle cap.

 

[Songbird]

Only way to live, chugging and licking.

 

[UNCGrad]

I loved the Walton doc. Loved when he'd get irritated with a question. Well done.

A life well lived.

 

[Small Town Guy]

I loved the Walton doc. Loved when he'd get irritated with a question. Well done.

A life well lived.

The exchange when the interviewer said Bill must have had it made making money with the Clippers while not having to play and Bill getting emotional and talking about the game being his religion and basically how dare the guy say that was incredible.