Cards on TV / Movies

[Batter67up]

In the movie MASK the kid had brooklyn dodgers cards pinned to a bulletin board and there was a part when he talked about them and trying to get a particular card

[mintacular]

I know in major league there is a scene in the locker room and I recall some baseball cards were pinned up in the background, can't remember who

[asoriano]

One of my favorite movies.

In one scene, you can see a 1958 Topps All-Star Mantle as well as a 1960 Topps Berra pinned to the wall (although the movie takes place in September of '59).

[TheBig6]

In one Star Trex episode or Movie, I can't remember, an alien had a collection of ancient relics and one was a 62 Maris

Also in the Movie Memphis Belle, One of the crew members has some Playballs.

[Phil Arem]

In Pride of the Yankees, a young Gehrig refuses to trade what looks to be an M type card of Babe Ruth.....

[wonkaticket]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDDDqsvwuXw

Kind of fun movie...

[uffda51]

A 1997 episode of Deep Space 9 entitled "In the Cards," written by my friend Michael Piller, featured a Willie Mays card. Mike had a tremendous collection.

Sadly, Mike Piller died in 2005 at age 57. We went to a lot of Dodger games together and traded (what a concept!) cards together. Mike's mom co-wrote the song "Meet the Mets."

[ChrisStufflestreet]

Originally Posted by Batter67up

In the movie MASK the kid had brooklyn dodgers cards pinned to a bulletin board and there was a part when he talked about them and trying to get a particular card

In that film, Rocky Dennis was looking to get a 1955 Topps card of Rube Walker and ends up trading a '73 or '74 Garvey to get it.

There's a scene where his grandfather comes in and gives him a Pee Wee Reese...by pushing a pin through the card on his bulletin board.

And the scene in that movie that makes me cringe every time I see it...Cher tears one of Rocky's cards in half as a means of punishing him. That bit affects me more than the ending of Old Yeller ever did...

[nolemmings]

In one Star Trex episode or Movie, I can't remember, an alien had a collection of ancient relics and one was a 62 Maris

That was an episode of Star Trek: TNG, and the alien was played by Saul Rubinek, who later had a recurring gig on Frasier as Dahpne-lover and divorce lawyer Donny Douglas. The Maris card was supposedly unique, and if I'm not mistaken, was important because he held the single season HR record (show released in 1997).

There were cards on at least one episode of Leave it to Beaver, where Beaver was showing some to his buds at the drug store while they were at the soda fountain.

I'm sure there are more, and I'm sure this topic can be found somewhere in this forum from before.

[Kawika]

Anybody recall the episode on Father Knows Best where Bud sells Robert Young's Cracker Jack collection to buy heroin?

[Tom S.]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Rain Man" yet. Raymond Babbitt had a nice stack of Reds cards...

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

I'm sure this topic can be found somewhere in this forum from before.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=77706

[FUBAR]

Al Bundy had a Joe Nuxall card in one episode

[ChrisStufflestreet]

There was an episode of Silver Spoons around 1985 where Ricky was seeing if he could corner the market on Tommy Lasorda cards. Lasorda himself shows up a the end with a box of his cards to sell...

I can't believe I remember that.

Another show I remember from the 1980s was The Wonder Years. One episode had Kevin and Paul trading cards. Although it was set in 1968 or '69, you could see from the backs of the cards that they each had a stack of 1989 Topps. While I understand it was a lot easier to go pick up a couple of packs for 50 cents each than it was to purchase authentic 1960s cards for props, I wonder how quickly a non-collector woul notice something like that.

[sbfinley]

These are both modern day but, in "House Guest" one of Sinbad's get rich quick schemes is to buy several cases of topps cards.

"Look, there could be a Ken Griffey Jr. in here. It may only be worth a few dollars now, but think about what it would be worth if something where to happen to him."

Also if you are not easily offended "East Bound and Down" was one of the best shows on HBO recently. If you are easily offended you should stay away from it. It's basically a very comedic take on John Rocker, but there is nothing funny about the price Kenny Powers rookies are going for.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-HBO-Eastbou...item35a81a1ff2