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Bad News Bears (1976) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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I liked this much more than I thought it woul! So many scenes with the kids felt real haha but also the 70’s were wild haha! I love the rejects/outcasts come back story and add a grumpy old man and we’re golden!

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Bad News Bears (1976) - Full Reaction - Popcorn In Bed

Watch the full reaction to The Bad News Bears on Popcorn In Bed.

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David Freese

Thank you loved this movie as a kid and now when you can do it , can you watch the Odd Couple or Beverly Hills Cop as a palet cleanser for this week coming up.

Henry Graham

This is such an enjoyable movie, and I'm glad to see somebody finally reacting to a film by Michael Ritchie, who for my money is one of the most undervalued directors of the New Hollywood era. His erratic later years rather sullied his reputation, but Downhill Racer, Prime Cut, The Candidate, Smile and The Bad News Bears is a pretty strong five to put on the court against anyone.

Ike

As a 70’s child that didn’t have curfew as long as I had a dime to call home, and played sports throughout the neighborhood until we exhausted every adults’ patience, and possibly used language that wouldn’t take many letters to spell… I approve of this reaction, because I think I missed the poll due to work. Well done folks! Can’t wait.

Stick Figure Studios

An actor's name that you are definitely going to have to start remembering as you continue to watch great older classic movies is Walter Matthau. He is the "grumpy old man" that you see here, that you saw in JFK and that you may or may not have seen as Mr. Wilson in the 1990s DENNIS THE MENACE movie. He was a terrific actor, a brilliant comedian and, by all accounts, just a decent guy. It would be worth watching more movies of his like THE ODD COUPLE and OUT TO SEA (both with his grumpy old man partner Jack Lemmon), HOPSCOTCH, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, CHARADE and FAIL-SAFE. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to this reaction. I grew up watching this movie. :-)

MikeLL

Ok, I was just going to see if Cassie recognized Walter Matthau, and I can see by the written description that she did! How could she not?? :)

Just Plain Bob

The 70s were a VERY different time. Kids had a lot more autonomy. On a typical summer day, I’d see my mother at breakfast and then leave to play in and around the neighborhood until lunch. Then all the kids would go to their respective homes for lunch and then back into the neighborhood. When you heard mom calling “Supper!” you went home for the night. Typically, between 7 am and 6 pm, you might be in mom’s view for an hour, all told. And she didn’t fret that she wouldn’t see you for hours on end. We’d play baseball and football and “king of the mountain.” We’d go “adventuring.” We’d try to play with the local wildlife (trying to catch snakes was one of our favorite pastimes). There was a lot more undeveloped land back then, so lots of naturally occurring hedges and streams/creeks. And we’d emulate Evel Knievel on our bikes, seeing who could jump the furthest on our homemade ramps. We’d compare our wounds, which mostly consisted of shallow cuts and gnarly scabs. And at the beginning of every school year there was at least one or two kids in homeroom that had a broken arm or leg. Those kids were rock stars in our 8 year old minds.

2-Can

Tanner’s reaction/speech at the end makes for a useful clip for dishing back at your friends (you’ll know when - Univ of Houston, take note!).

MikeLL

Those are both great ideas!

Wes

I watched this recently and it still holds up!

David Freese

I hope she's at least gets one this summer

Above Average Dave

I believe the phrase you're searching for, Cassie, is "free range kids." We GenXers were basically ferral and raised ourselves. For those of you who are shocked/outraged/upset at them having child actors talk like this: 1) it's 100% authentic for the time and 2) rub some dirt on your hurt feelings and they'll be fine.

TheSingulatarian

Full copy for free on Pluto with commercials. You do have to sign up for Pluto to watch but it is free.

TheSingulatarian

Foul language? Drinking hose water will do that to a child.

Johnny

Looking forward to watching this again. I think I last watched this sometime in the 80's, so it'll be like a first time watch for me.

Ted Whalen

The moms always have the hardest job with having to get the kids to the different games. We had six kids (four boys / two girls) in our family and we all played just about every sport possible (football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse and swimming). I still feel bad with how much time my mom spent driving us all over the place for different practices/games.

TheSingulatarian

Tatum O'Neil I'm surprised her acting career didn't go farther. She won the Academy Award for "Paper Moon" a film I'm sure Cassie would enjoy. He father on the other hand suffered from toxic narcissism. He punched Tatum when he found out she had been nominated for an Academy Award, and he hadn't. Lee Majors asked his friend Ryan O'Neil to watch his wife while he was away filming a movie, and he slept with her instead. Just an awful person

Mark Vaderr

Definitely. "I'm trying to clear up my ears!" "You're not gonna fall for the banana in the tailpipe?"

Mark Vaderr

Then there is the overlooked movie "First Monday In October" with Matthau & Jill Clayburgh. A very good judicial/political comedy.

Mark Vaderr

Thank you for this Cassie. Now, lets get to "The Odd Couple". You know you want to watch it, Cassie!

Ted Whalen

Lee was crazy for leaving his wife (Farrah Fawcett) alone with anyone else.

David Freese

Banana in tge tailpipe well heres a banana Disguise. Be sure you wear it next. ( I know thats not the exact line but you get the drift)😁 🍌🍌🍌

TheSingulatarian

Vic Morrow. Jenifer Jason Leigh's father. He was killed during the filming of the John Landis directed segment of the Twilight Zone Movie.

Mark T

Cassie, a bit of trivia you might not be aware of. The Bad News Bears was written by Bill Lancaster, the son of four-time Academy Award winner, Burt Lancaster. The script was based on his experiences with his father Burt Lancaster. Cassie, you should remember Burt Lancaster from Field of Dreams (1989), he played Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, aka Doc. Graham.

2-Can

All those movies you mentioned at the beginning of the reaction owe their existence to this one. If you want to see Jackie Earle Haley (Kelly) show some chops as he ages, watch Breaking Away - a combination coming-of-age/bicycle movie. Then watch Costner in American Flyers - a fully-grown bicycle movie.

Javier Hernandez

You should see other, non-baseball, sports movies: 1968 Paper Lion (football) 1971 Brian's Song (football) 1974 The Longest Yard (football) 1979 Breaking Away (Cycling) 1985 Vison Quest (high school wrestling, Madonna has a cameo) 1988 Everybody's All-American (1950s college football) 1994 Blue Chips (Basketball) 1998 Without Limits (Track) 2000 Love and Basketball (Basketball) 2008 The Wrestler (not sport, but rather "sports entertainment") 2016 American Wrestler: The Wizard (high school wrestling) 2023 The Long Game (1950s HS Golf)

2-Can

I like the term ‘free range kids’. I’ve typically said ‘last of the outdoor cats’.

Joe J

Farrah is also awful for sleeping with Ryan. Takes two.

Vlad D

Hi Cassie, thank you for the blast from the past. I was the same age as these kids when I was in little league in the 70's. Yes we were just like that. My coach didn't drink. He smoked like a chimney though, all through practice and games. Second hand smoke wasn't really a thing back then. I remember my pops sending me to the store at ten years of age to buy him cigarettes. My pops would give me a note to give the cashier and the note was sufficient enough for him, or her to sell to me. How times have changed

Tara ✨💫

@Javier, did you check to see if Cassie has already seen any of these? If not, you can check on the link in the pinned "Start Here" post. You can also check to see if they are on the popcorn movie requests and vote for each of them.

Clay F

+1 for The Wrestler (2008)

TheSingulatarian

Jackie Earl Haley who played Kelly Leak is still acting and probably best known for Rorschach in Watchmen.

Keith Brown

Director Michael Richie is best known for this movie and the "Fletch" movies he did with Chevy Chase in the 80's. He did many more movies everyone I'm sure have seen. Check out his film bio and it will surprise many of you of the ones people have seen and enjoyed.

Daniel Doble

In 1976 I was 11-years-old and watching this movie today for the first time, I could see it... in their faces, in their expressions... they were just like me.

Canadianant

Loved this one.. your reaction had everything I hoped for. You were appropriately shocked at times with the foul language and overall 70s vibe in this while getting the heart and overall message of the film. The kids were excellent in this as they were so natural and sounded like kids. If your looking for something else to watch out of this one, Tatum O'Neill (Amanda) won an academy award for paper Moon. Jackie earl Haley(Kelly leake) would come back decades later as Rorschach in the Watchman movie. Walter Matthau is in a host of other movies that would be suitable. Thanks been looking forward to this one . Now I just need a Blues Brothers reaction

Canadianant

The more I watch this movie I actually like the ending even more. They could have gone out with the typical ending but stayed true to life and that it doesn't always work out.

Above Average Dave

We were literally locked out of the house by our parents until supper unless there was a storm outside. We begged to go outside during storms. Supper happened when the streetlights came on. We played in the snow in the winter and came in the house with blue lips and no feeling in our hands and feet. We drank water out of hoses all summer, biked around town with our friends, ate food we dropped in the dirt and had to finish everything on our plates—and we always had what the adults were having and if you didn't like something too bad, your Mom cooked so you had to eat it. We played insane games that would never be allowed today like Red Rover, Tackle Tag, Statue Maker, and tackle pick-up football with no helmets or pads and pick-up baseball with no batting helmets. We climbed trees as high as we could go, built forts in the woods, had rock fights and made slingshots for games of "War." We bought as many comic books passed them around and read them in groups—boys and girls—while we worked through packages of Big League Chew, M&Ms, Twizzlers and Smarties. Baseball and football cards were also huge deals and the trading of these was as shrewd and ruthless as the bond market on Wall Street. If you fell and scraped up your limbs, you literally rubbed dirt into it because you didn't want to go home and get it cleaned with alcohol (which would happen later on, anyway 😁). We caught fireflies and put them in jars to watch them all night, falling asleep to their amazing blinking illumination in the dark. Personal Aside: I was taught to ocean swim at age six (I could areadly lake swim) in the cold Northern Atlantic on a beach that is now closed to bathers because White Sharks are routinely just 15 to 20 feet off shore. Back then when I asked about sharks my Dad said, "They're mostly afraid of people." And then he literally threw me in. That's all off the top of my head.

McShades

Not saying that some of the things the kids were saying were right but back in the 70's nobody really got offended about stuff, unlike today where you have people who get offended about anything. Plus back then people were willing to allow you to atone for your mistakes unlike today where they want to cancel you forever. Defiantly different times compared to today.

Phil Stubblefield

I couldn't agree more! Google the word "offensensitivity", and you'll see that it had already began to rear its ugly head as long ago as 1982. 😟

James M

This was the OG of all those down-guy-redeemed-by-coaching movies. But this one didn't sugar coat things the way so many later films did.

James M

"Paper Lion" and the original "The Longest Yard" are both really good movies.

Tara ✨💫

Don't worry Cassie, the kids were drinking root beer at the end of the game. Buttermaker had his own beer. I'm like Just Plain Bob. the 70's and early 80's were a different time. We didn't have play dates. On a Saturday morning, my mom would tell my brother and me to go out and play. We'd play with the other neighborhood kids, come home for lunch and then go back out usually until we heard our moms call us or when It would start getting dark. Back then, kids also either rode their bikes or walked to school and back. Do kids walk to school nowadays? It seems like kids are driven back and forth. I will say, however, that the racial slurs shocked me in this movie. I personally was not around people who used those words when I was a kid, so I don't know if they were more acceptable and used more often in other areas

Tara ✨💫

Aside from the baseball, in The Sand Lot, you can see what it was like to grow up around that time. In The Sandlot, the kids would walk out the front door saying "Mom, I'm going out to play!" and they'd be out playing ball, at the pool or hanging around the store to buy another baseball all day long until it got dark. They were hanging out around their neighborhood al by themselves.

Art of Free Speech

I was 10, and you're so right... these kids were me and my friends! I think that's why this is my favorite baseball movie.

Art of Free Speech

And the character lives on. Every now and again, during a game, if a CFer runs in front of a RFer or LFer to get a ball, you can hear Gary Cohen (announcer for the Mets) say "oh, he pulled a Kelly Leak!"

Chris Thom

Didn't people fight duels and die back in the 1700's when they were extremely offended or slandered? I really don't think there was this magical time in the past when you could bully others and make up harmful lies about them without consequences.

Art of Free Speech

I don't know whether it was just a local thing or not, but we literally played a game called "kill the guy with the ball" where if you had the ball, everyone tried to tackle you, and then you threw the ball, someone else would get and we'd all tackle them. Crazy days!

Rosario Cicero

You’re right but as a seven year old kid it was hard to accept

thomas king

My favorite movie when I was a kid!

Richard Maurer

i grew up in a relatively small town. in grade school in the 70's we swore like sailors when the adults weren't around, up to and including the MF word, but you didn't really hear much racial or homophobic stuff, at least till Jr. High.

Richard Maurer

AoFS - We played that game at recess in school but we had a different name for it, which would be socially unacceptable now.

Richard Maurer

The Iron Claw is great film too - in spite of it’s name.

Walter

Vision Quest is an underrated 80's gem.

MAV293 (MARK)

I have always loved this movie but the older I get the more I appreciate it because of the era it comes from, 1976 which was much better than the current climate that we find ourselves in. It is a true time capsule that holds up very well even as time passes. I tried to read all the comments so I am trying not to replicate comments. A few tidbits of information: 1) It may be hard to believe but there are two Oscar winning actors in this movie with Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal 2) This is the second movie that Walter Matthau and Vic Morrow acted in together, the first??? The 1958 Elvis Presley film "King Creole" which Walter Matthau plays a mob boss and Vic Morrow plays one of his henchman! A very underrated film where Elvis turns in one of his best acting performances! 3) Cassie, you had mentioned that Kelly Leak, the dirt bike riding, chain smoking, bad boy All Star for the Bears must have had a rough home life (played brilliantly by Jackie Earle Haley who is having a great film career as an adult), well if you watch the squeal which came out a year later titled "The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training" you find out why he had to be the "Tough Kid"!! Another movie that is arguably very underrated and it has a catch phrase that will stand the test of time!!

Clay F

The movie = crude but honest, and with a good performance by Walter Matthau. A funny adult-child comedy film. I have nostalgia for being 11 in 1974 and playing 3rd base in Little League baseball. We were always taught not to swing at a 3-0 pitch. “Look at their little faces, sir.” Tatum O’Neal (who played the pitcher Amanda) won an Oscar 3 years earlier at age 10 for Best Supporting Actress in “Paper Moon” (1973) (with her father Ryan O’Neal). “Paper Moon” (1973) nominated for 4 Oscars. You mentioned “The Sandlot” (1993) in the intro. My kids loved The Sandlot. You also said you liked “42” (2013) – so did I. Moneyball (2011) doesn’t have the significance in history that BNB (1976) does. Yet, overall, I like Moneyball (2011) better because it such an outstanding and moving movie. Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor (Brad Pitt), and Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill).

Ian Cano

I was 7 years old, loved and watched this movie, the sequels and the TV show.

D. T. Nelson

For future reference: Walter Matthau = "Walter Math-Ow".

Philip Alan

Love this movie! Great watch!

Brian Lowery

Facts: 1. Vic Morrow, who played the Yankees coach, had a good career after this movie. Tragically, it was cut short in 1982 while filming the Twilight Zone Movie. He and two child actors were killed when a stunt helicopter with its blades turning broke from its harness and fell on the three. 2. Grumpier Old Men connection: the mention of Catfish Hunter, a baseball player who, at that time, was the highest paid player in baseball. It was the name of the giant catfish in Grumpier Old Men.

Richard Maurer

I liked that Cassie was calling him Butterbeer. Almost as funny as Tatum O’Neal’s character calling him Boilermaker - his drink of choice.

Johnny Bullis

I actually met Tatum O Neal at a convention a few years back.. she was really nice.

Johnny Bullis

Yeah it was a tragedy what happened to Vic Morrow and those two kids... every time I was The Twilight Zone movie I always have an eerie feeling when I watch that story.

Mojo One Thousand

Reminds me a lot of watching my nephews play baseball when they were younger. Some parents can take it too seriously, including my dad, except he is a grandparent watching. It can all work out though, I have one nephew that is studying in the US on a baseball scholarship, and another that is trying to get there. Not bad considering baseball is not close to the top sport where I am from. When they were talking about break, it is about how far the ball moves sideways or up/down once it has been pitched and is heading towards the batter. So, they were saying that "Amanda's" curveball would move 2 1/2 feet while on it's way to the batter. And, "Kelly Leak" doesn't look tough... although I am not much of a fan of it, but the movie "Watchman" might be able to answer that question. Or, there is always "Semi Pro" where Jackie Earle Haley has a crack at basketball.

Shehab Dawoud

Coaching kids is tough sometimes, especially if you're a winner (like myself). You gotta channel your desire and winning mentality in a way so it gets through to them, while also remembering that they are kids and they're supposed to have fun. On the other hand, the parent coaches with the "it's not about winning or losing, it's about having fun" mentality are equally dangerous for kids if they continue with that for many years. That gimmick lasts 1-2 years max. After that, you gotta slowly instill a competitive spirit among them. That's what sports is about.

Shad Kanyak

It’s getting harder and harder to find these movies on streaming. Starting to feel better about my movie collection taking up too much space.

nick bell

My favorite sports movie of all time

Clay F

I streamed this movie this month on Amazon Prime in the US.

Chris Thom

The timing with PIB channel is definitely off. Does feel like the second Cassie watches something it gets removed from streaming. And I have six or seven streaming subscriptions between me and the ones my parents have that I use.

Terry Yelmene

I'm glad there's so much commentary here regarding Tatum O'Neil's performance as I think it was a clear stand out. She seem to always have been great. And of course, her father gets mentioned (good and bad) quite a bit too. I continue to hope that Cassie gets her chance to react to Ryan O'Neil and Ali McGraw in 'Love Story' (1970) sometime soon. Everyone deserves to experience that great romance and what follows.

Philip Alan

Butterworth is my favorite. :) ha!

Javier Hernandez

Tara, she's seen Love and Basketball but none of the others.

David Freese

Its also on pluto tubi and I think YouTube if you don't mind ads

Flounder

I hope she watches “What’s Up, Doc”. Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand. A classic and the final joke in the movie is a reference to Love Story. Also Zero Effect is a great Ryan O’Neal movie (although he’s in more of a supporting roll)

Shawn Kildal

She had a reaction to What's Up Doc, but unfortunately she had a mishap with the audio which persuaded her not to release that reaction. It was very early in her reaction days.

Rick Williams

Thanks for taking me back, Cassie. I haven't watched this movie since I was a kid. Great blast from the past. Great reaction Cassie. You are the best.

Chris Thom

Tatum had kind of a weird relationship with her dad. I don't remember what the problem was exactly. But I think they filmed a reality show together at one point and it was all about them constantly trying to reconcile.

Chris Thom

I saw the video of his death a few years ago and it's horrible.

Stephen Dias

Wow. Walter Matthau was 56 when this movie came out, which is younger than I am now. He always seemed like 100 years old, even back then. I saw this movie (in the theater) back in 1976, but haven't seen it since. It's a different experience watching it as an adult. Yes, like Cassie said, it's cute, fun and nostalgic.

jeff

Wow, I'm amazed at how many of you guys are going all Ryan O'Neal out and overlooking Tatum, youngest actor to ever win an Oscar, at 10 for a performance she did at 9, and back when the competition was tough. I've been trying to get Cassie to watch Paper Moon for eons, starring brilliant little Tatum and her very handsome, above average dad. CASSIE -- Tatum O'Neil was so underused in this movie. Check out Paper Moon!

Milton Reduxed

What a time when people could use offensive words without it becoming an international incident

Cinema Stop

First saw this in the theater as a kid. My favorite line: "Now get back in the stands before I shave off half your mustache and shove it up your left nostril."