TV Shows/Movies featuring Cards....I'll start Hart to Hart (1982)

[UKCardGuy]

During the Christmas holidays, I was watching TV (as you do) and stumbled across an episode of Hart to Hart from 1982. To my surprise the episode was about a plot to steal baseball cards.

From IMDB: "One of Jonathan's vice presidents dies, and leaves his family penniless; the Harts try to recover stolen vintage baseball cards that could be worth a fortune to the man's family."

You can watch the episode here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61atuo

Any other TV shows/movies that you can name featuring baseball cards (or even Football or Basketball cards)?

[swarmee]

We do this thread every couple of years.

https://www.google.com/search?ei=dZT...4dUDCA0&uact=5

My favorite is the 1974 Topps Tom Seaver used as the evidence to link the serial killer in CSI to his childhood to figure out the very convoluted plot.

[Jim65]

There was an episode of MacGyver about counterfeiting baseball cards.

[Jcosta19]

Originally Posted by Jim65

There was an episode of MacGyver about counterfeiting baseball cards.

As a kid who loved MacGyver and collecting cards I remember this one fondly.

Also -
Cop Out
Veteran detective Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) needs money to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, so he decides it's time to sell his prized '52 Pafko baseball card. Before he can turn it into cash, it's stolen, and Jimmy and his partner, Paul (Tracy Morgan), confront a gangster who is obsessed*with sports memorabilia.

Not a great movie. Ha

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[scoutsout47]

Blast from the Past, featuring Brendan Fraser. Oh, and how about The Goonies, too? They found Chester Copperpot’s Lou Gehrig card.

[Pilon]

The movie Stand By Me features the 1958 Mickey Mantle all-star card.

[nooner10]

The most recent season of Fargo had what appears to be some 1948 Leaf baseball cards in one scene.

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[Forever Young]

https://youtu.be/BjcNRUuDk-4

[D. Bergin]

I remember a mid-80's episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories I saw as a kid, starring Mark Hamill as a homeless dreamer who disappointed his parents by hoarding Comic Books, Baseball Cards, and other collectibles in his old car.

Flash forward 40+ years and he's on the verge of suicide after realizing he wasted away his life hoarding worthless junk and living out of his car for nearly his whole life, when he learns his treasure trove of "junk" is worth a fortune, and he gets a new lease on life.

It really is a time capsule of the mid to late 80's Collectibles boom. It made an impression on me at the time, because I was that kid who hoarded worthless crap, that my parents kind of looked down upon. Luckily I learned earlier then the Mark Hamill character, that, that wasn't the most important thing in life.

[sando69]

A classic movie (1985) starring cher, sam elliott & eric stoltz.
teenager, rocky dennis, with a massive skull deformity attempts to live a normal life.
much of the story line revolves around rocky completing his 1955 brooklyn dodger team set.
well worth the watch!

[mr2686]

The opening moments of the movie "Big" shows the 2 kids playing stick-ball and then sitting out front of a store opening up BB card's. They don't show which cards, but they have the classic "need it, got it, got it, need it".

[Jerry G]

Most of our members have never heard of this late 50's TV show. Anyway, Joey and Packy were baseball card collectors. When the mysterious new ranch hand shows up at the Broken Wheel, the boys notice a strange similarity between the him and a guy on one of their cards. It looked to my young eyes and my seasoned citizen's memory as a 1958 Topps style card. As it turns out, the ranch hand was the guy on the card. He had changed his name and gone underground from guilt after he beaned and killed a batter. I don't remember what role Fury played in the solution, but he always did.

This is possibly Episode 96, originally aired on October 17, 1959. Title, "The Big Leaguer". I watched Fury every Saturday morning.

By the way, 1958T's were the first cards that I collected. I still have some of them.

Hey! I just found confirmation! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584393/?ref_=ttep_ep2

[Seven]

The Accountant with Ben Affleck has a brief scene where you see some old tobacco cards it looks like, in his trailer. I won't spoil anything for those who want to watch the movie.

There's a scene from Blast From The Past with Brendan Fraiser, where he's trying to ascertain the value of his fathers vintage collection and a card dealer tries to rip him off. Nice watch to pass the time. I think His father (played by Christopher Walken) also mentions something about having a bunch of Ty Cobb cards at the start of the movie but it's been years since I've seen it.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by sando69

A classic movie (1985) starring cher, sam elliott & eric stoltz.
teenager, rocky dennis, with a massive skull deformity attempts to live a normal life.
much of the story line revolves around rocky completing his 1955 brooklyn dodger team set.
well worth the watch!

Rocky Dennis was still a better looking chap than Don Mossi!

[cardsagain74]

Family Matters

Urkel trades Johnny Gill one of his two "gem mint" '52 T Mantles (so that he'll sing to Laura).

You can see the cards from a distance, and I gave them kudos for actually using the Mantle. Given that Jaleel White was a serious collector back then, I wondered if they could've possibly been real. But since it was just the third season and White hadn't been a big star for long, dunno if he would had the $$ to land those during the junk wax era

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0577147/

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I remember a mid-80's episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories I saw as a kid, starring Mark Hamill as a homeless dreamer who disappointed his parents by hoarding Comic Books, Baseball Cards, and other collectibles in his old car.

Flash forward 40+ years and he's on the verge of suicide after realizing he wasted away his life hoarding worthless junk and living out of his car for nearly his whole life, when he learns his treasure trove of "junk" is worth a fortune, and he gets a new lease on life.

It really is a time capsule of the mid to late 80's Collectibles boom. It made an impression on me at the time, because I was that kid who hoarded worthless crap, that my parents kind of looked down upon. Luckily I learned earlier then the Mark Hamill character, that, that wasn't the most important thing in life.

My favorite episode from that series.

[BRoberts]

The scene in Goodfellas with the Babe Ruth is epic.

[irmsjags]

For the trekkers out there:


Star Trek: The Next Generation - The villain steals rare items throughout the galaxy, and one of his possessions is a 1962 Topps Roger Maris card.


Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Captain Sisko's son, Jake, is trying to acquire a 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card for his father's birthday.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

A couple of years ago on an episode of Better Call Saul - one of the cohorts had his valuable collection of 50s baseball cards stolen. When he got them back and went through them to confirm they were all there, it was obvious they were a box of 90s commons.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I remember a mid-80's episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories I saw as a kid, starring Mark Hamill as a homeless dreamer who disappointed his parents by hoarding Comic Books, Baseball Cards, and other collectibles in his old car.

Flash forward 40+ years and he's on the verge of suicide after realizing he wasted away his life hoarding worthless junk and living out of his car for nearly his whole life, when he learns his treasure trove of "junk" is worth a fortune, and he gets a new lease on life.

It really is a time capsule of the mid to late 80's Collectibles boom. It made an impression on me at the time, because I was that kid who hoarded worthless crap, that my parents kind of looked down upon. Luckily I learned earlier then the Mark Hamill character, that, that wasn't the most important thing in life.

Pretty sure I posted this in a old thread as well . It’s called amazing stories gather ye acorns . It definitely had a impression on me. Spoiler alert �� at the end he auction off his stuff and one one the items is a silver photo of Lou Gehrig or something like that.

[joshuanip]

Field of dreams. The Cracker Jack babe Ruth card that never was...drool

[Bill77]

According to Jim the episode Kentucky Fried Beltzman April Fool's Day. Jim has retired from pranks. Cheryl brings his baseball cards to the garage where his band rehearses. Then Jim's most valuable card vanishes. After that, Andy tells that Beltzman, the guitarist, died. Is it a coincidence?

The card in question was an Ernie Banks rookie. Beltzman's last request was to be cremated with the card. Jim thinking it was his stole the card from the casket before eventually find his.

Barney Miller, not a card but a signed 1936 Yankees World Series baseball, the episode The Social Worker explains what it is as Inspector Luger tries to take it from Wojo's desk even offering to buy it for $20. Listing names like Mel Ott, Carl Hubbell, Red Ruffing, and others. They arrest a forger and later Wojo gives the ball to Luger who starts reading the names on the ball again and gets to John Hancock and asks was he on the Giants? To which Wojo says no he was one of the original Yankees. Luger nods in agreement and leaves.

The Barney Miller episode reminds me of the T206 autograph scandal. It also stikes me as funny that a Yankees ball has more than a few Giants autographs on it.

[brunswickreeves]

In 2018's The Christmas Chronicles, Santa (played by Kurt Russell), offers a restaurant patron a '1952 Topps mint condition Mickey Mantle rookie card' which he's always wanted, in exchange for the patron's Porsche in order to help save Christmas. The patron quicky agrees, but his wife takes the Mick out of his hands and rips it up, saying are you crazy?!?

Great backstory:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidse...baseball-card/

[Nunzio11]

For Seinfeld fans “The Muffin Tops” episode George has 2 frames on the wall in his office at Yankee Stadium. One has T205s in it and the other is harder to see but looks like older A&G cards.

[Writehooks]

Two non-baseball:

1) in the classic 1964 episode of "The Fugitive" entitled "Nemesis", Kurt Russell portrays Phillip Gerard Jr., young son of the indefatigable detective on the trail of Dr. Richard Kimble ( David Janssen). The kid hides in the backseat of Kimbles's car, and drops Topps football cards out the window in order to leave a "trail" for his dad to follow. Closeups clearly show a 1963 Jim Brown and a 1960 Forrest Gregg. Without giving away the ending, let me just say it involves the card of another contemporary icon.

2) In the big screen's 1944 "Double Indemnity", the walls in the apartment of insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) are decorated with blowups of several T-220 boxing cards, including John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett.

[BRoberts]

Originally Posted by Nunzio11

For Seinfeld fans “The Muffin Tops” episode George has 2 frames on the wall in his office at Yankee Stadium. One has T205s in it and the other is harder to see but looks like older A&G cards.

In a few episodes of the first season of Seinfeld, there's a wax box of 1990 Donruss baseball on top of his refrigerator.

[Directly]

Raymond the Rain Man played by Dustin Hoffman collected cards showed him shuffling cards in the movie.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

In a few episodes of the first season of Seinfeld, there's a wax box of 1990 Donruss baseball on top of his refrigerator.

I've watched that show so many times and never saw it. Here's a screenshot... Made me smile

[tedzan]

1988 movie "RAIN MAN"....with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

There are several scenes of Hoffman with his BB card collection (1950's cards). Hoffman portrays the long lost (autistic savant) brother of Cruise.

In the 1990's I was set-up at a small BB card show in Robbinsville, NJ. A fellow named Pete came to my table looking for Thurman Munson cards.
He amazed me. First by telling me I was a Yankees fan......then, by perfectly reciting the bio on the back of the 1971 Thurman Munson card from
memory. I continued talking with Pete, and I was stunned with his unbelievable ability to recall events and BB related things.

Later, I found out that this fellow Pete was one of the guys that Dustin Hoffman consulted with for his performance for the Rain Man movie.

The Princeton (NJ) newspaper had a write-up profiling autistic savant people who lived in the area, and Pete was one of them.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[howard38]

At around 2:25 Mick Jones flashes a card that sort of looks like a knock off of Al Kaline's 1962 Topps all-star card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cHTDkJ-bQqM

[KangsKards]

There was also an episode of Criminal Minds, one of the first two or three, where Spencer solves a riddle involving a 1963 Topps Nellie Fox.

[jchcollins]

In the movie "Iron Eagle" from 1986, (Jason Gedrick, Lou Gossett Jr...) Doug's kid brother is in a scene where he is talking to a girl on the phone in his room pretending he's older. There are lots of 1985 Topps cards up on the walls. This led me as a 9 year old kid to subsequently tack up '86 Topps cards on my bulletin board walls, I'm assuming at some point after I saw the movie. Some survive in my collection to this day, only slightly worse for the wear with the thumbtack hole as a reminder. I think one is Reggie as a California Angel, and some of the box bottom cutouts that year (Rose, Fernando Valenzuela...) that I still have also have the thumbtack hole.

Thankfully the movie / me as a collector came out when they did, and not say in...1952.

[T206BrownHindu]

Originally Posted by KangsKards

There was also an episode of Criminal Minds, one of the first two or three, where Spencer solves a riddle involving a 1963 Topps Nellie Fox.

Season 1, about episode 20...watching it now!

[Alaskanmade]

George Costanza has good taste.
Rewatching Seinfeld and saw these beauties in the background.

[JollyElm]

Sort of tangential, but I just watched 'Psych: The Musical' and one of the songs randomly mentions Harold Baines (this was before he made The Hall).

The coroner sings about his cheating wife..."Think your wife was not with White Sox slugger, Harold Baines...it's the opposite of that, he even left behind his bat."

And then Shawn says, "The real question here is, who still has a Harold Baines bat?"

Completely and utterly random.

[skil55voy]

Here's a couple of more:

Dick York in a Alfred Hitchcock episode from 1961 called the Doubtful Doctor. He has blackouts and his life reverts back 2years. He buys what appears to be 1957 Topps baseball cards from a kid.

Leave it to Beaver, Wally gets a job at the soda fountain in the town drugstore. When Beaver, Gilbert and another come into get sodas they can't pay. When Wally tries to get them to pay, Gilbert empty's his pockets and there are 59 Topps Baseball cards dropped on the counter, episode: Wally's Weekend Job.

[Gary Dunaier]

It's Garry Shandling's Show - "Foul Ball" (season 1, episode 4), original airdate 10/1/86, has a couple of interesting scenes.

At the top of the show, Garry talks about looking forward to going to a ballgame. To get in the mood he shows the audience his baseball card collection, and during the opening credits they show closeups of some of the cards. (2:11 in the linked video)

Later, there's a scene where Garry and his neighbor's son are looking over their cards. Garry offers the kid a Mickey Mantle, a Roger Maris, and $10 for a Dwight Gooden card. ("It cost me a lot, but Dwight Gooden is really a rare card.") (13:51)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qrz9n