The Clog from OzA League of Their Own
October 17th 2006 23:00
A League of Their Own
Ernie Capadino: Ow. Doesn't that hurt them?
Dottie Hinson: Doesn't seem to.
Ernie Capadino: Well, it would bruise the hell out of me.
Dottie Hinson: Who are you?
Ernie Capadino: I'm Ernie Capadino. I'm a baseball scout. I saw you playing today. Not bad, not bad. You ever heard of Walter Harvey, makes Harvey bars - you know, the candy?
Dottie Hinson: Yeah. We feed them to the cows when they're constipated.
Ernie Capadino: That's the guy. He's starting a girls' baseball league, so he can make a buck while the boys are overseas. Wanna play?
Dottie Hinson: Huh?
Ernie Capadino: Nice retort. Tryouts are in Chicago. It's a real league, professional.
Kit Keller: Professional - baseball?
Ernie Capadino: Mmm-hmm. They'll pay you 75 dollars a week.
Kit Keller: We only make 30 at the dairy.
Ernie Capadino: Well then, this would be more, wouldn't it?
I love this movie! Who else grew up watching A League of Their Own at least once a week after taping it off the TV one time? I did! I still have the tape too, and my sister and I can quote every line of it and we know exactly where we stopped the tape for the ad breaks. Amazing, I know.
Why I love A League of Their Own so much is because it’s a great sporty movie, where girls aren’t strutting around in miniskirts like other chick flicks like Clueless, which was made 3 years later (1995).
Also, the film has so many funny characters too! I just love Ernie Capadino, who is played by Jon Lovitz. He is such a dry, cynical smart arse and really doesn’t seem to give a hoot about anything. I remember his whining, but still manly voice in The Stepford Wives too (which, in my opinion was a bit of a flop – not as bad as Bewitched though… humph!)
Tom Hanks also plays a funny character as the baseball coach, Jimmy Dugan. He starts off as a drunken, baseball has-been and learns to quit his prejudices against women on the field and (presumably) stop drinking. He says to the umpire in one scene, “Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with a little hat on?”
And I just love Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna who play Doris and Mae. They’re such a laugh. Doris is such a loud American and Madonna is such a tart:
Doris Murphy: Hey Mae, Mae, your date's here.
Mae Mordabito: How do I look?
Doris Murphy: Where'd you get that dress?
Mae Mordabito: Borrowed it.
Doris Murphy: It don't fit you, Mae, it's too tight.
Mae Mordabito: I don't plan on wearing it that long.
Doris Murphy: Ohh. I don't know why you get dressed at all.
Well I really could go on forever about how much I love A League of Their Own and its characters, but I think those four are my favourites!
Who else is a fan of this film? Favourite quotes anyone?
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Ernie Capadino: Ow. Doesn't that hurt them?
Dottie Hinson: Doesn't seem to.
Ernie Capadino: Well, it would bruise the hell out of me.
Dottie Hinson: Who are you?
Ernie Capadino: I'm Ernie Capadino. I'm a baseball scout. I saw you playing today. Not bad, not bad. You ever heard of Walter Harvey, makes Harvey bars - you know, the candy?
Dottie Hinson: Yeah. We feed them to the cows when they're constipated.
Ernie Capadino: That's the guy. He's starting a girls' baseball league, so he can make a buck while the boys are overseas. Wanna play?
Ernie Capadino: Nice retort. Tryouts are in Chicago. It's a real league, professional.
Kit Keller: Professional - baseball?
Ernie Capadino: Mmm-hmm. They'll pay you 75 dollars a week.
Kit Keller: We only make 30 at the dairy.
Ernie Capadino: Well then, this would be more, wouldn't it?
I love this movie! Who else grew up watching A League of Their Own at least once a week after taping it off the TV one time? I did! I still have the tape too, and my sister and I can quote every line of it and we know exactly where we stopped the tape for the ad breaks. Amazing, I know.
Why I love A League of Their Own so much is because it’s a great sporty movie, where girls aren’t strutting around in miniskirts like other chick flicks like Clueless, which was made 3 years later (1995).
Also, the film has so many funny characters too! I just love Ernie Capadino, who is played by Jon Lovitz. He is such a dry, cynical smart arse and really doesn’t seem to give a hoot about anything. I remember his whining, but still manly voice in The Stepford Wives too (which, in my opinion was a bit of a flop – not as bad as Bewitched though… humph!)
Tom Hanks also plays a funny character as the baseball coach, Jimmy Dugan. He starts off as a drunken, baseball has-been and learns to quit his prejudices against women on the field and (presumably) stop drinking. He says to the umpire in one scene, “Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with a little hat on?”
And I just love Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna who play Doris and Mae. They’re such a laugh. Doris is such a loud American and Madonna is such a tart:
Doris Murphy: Hey Mae, Mae, your date's here.
Mae Mordabito: How do I look?
Doris Murphy: Where'd you get that dress?
Mae Mordabito: Borrowed it.
Doris Murphy: It don't fit you, Mae, it's too tight.
Mae Mordabito: I don't plan on wearing it that long.
Doris Murphy: Ohh. I don't know why you get dressed at all.
Well I really could go on forever about how much I love A League of Their Own and its characters, but I think those four are my favourites!
Who else is a fan of this film? Favourite quotes anyone?
Image
in Public Domain
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