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Full-Court Miracle
Manage episode 388280115 series 1931255
đ Itâs 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think theyâve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van.
Itâs time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshivaâs struggling team looking for a leader.
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đ Guests:
April Ryley (@where2nextapril, @thefancygeologist).
J.W. Friedman (I Donât Even Own a Television).
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đŹ Topics & Tangents:
1. âFull-Court Miracleâ on Disney+.
2. Lamont Carrâs obituary in Virginia Magazine, 2017.
3. Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).
4. UVAâs Athletics website circa 2003.
5. Alexâs prized Dr. J basketball card isnât even a rookie card and isnât that valuable.
6. âJewball,â a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
7. Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie.
8. This basketball movieâs NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams.
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đŒ Commercial Break:
Microsoft Encarta Commercial, 1995.
Returning Student, a 40-year-oldâs journey to finish the college degree he never got.
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âFull-Court Miracleâ © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
159 episodes
Manage episode 388280115 series 1931255
đ Itâs 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think theyâve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van.
Itâs time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshivaâs struggling team looking for a leader.
****
đ Guests:
April Ryley (@where2nextapril, @thefancygeologist).
J.W. Friedman (I Donât Even Own a Television).
****
đŹ Topics & Tangents:
1. âFull-Court Miracleâ on Disney+.
2. Lamont Carrâs obituary in Virginia Magazine, 2017.
3. Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).
4. UVAâs Athletics website circa 2003.
5. Alexâs prized Dr. J basketball card isnât even a rookie card and isnât that valuable.
6. âJewball,â a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
7. Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie.
8. This basketball movieâs NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams.
****
đŒ Commercial Break:
Microsoft Encarta Commercial, 1995.
Returning Student, a 40-year-oldâs journey to finish the college degree he never got.
****
âFull-Court Miracleâ © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
Theme song by Bronwenâs Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
159 episodes
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