Cards on TV / Movies

[jthorst75]

There was a Simpsons episode where Milhouse was going to buy a 73 Yastremski because it was the one with the Yaz with sideburns but ending up being convinced by Bart to buy a comic book instead.

[jthorst75]

Just thought of another one. The movie was called Needful Things where everyone would do thngs that would eventually turn the town on themselves. Anyways there was a kid named Brian who would perform some act that got him a 1956 Topps Mantle that was just so happened to be autographed personally to him.

[tedzan]

If I recall correctly, a young Lou offered a T-card Matty to the kids on his block, so he could get into the game.


Dustin Hoffman, in the start of Rainman, was talking about his BB cards (1950's Topps).


TED Z

[FrankWakefield]

There's a Wagner T206 in a rich guy's house in the Hampton's in an early episode of Royal Pains.

The movie Deception is all about cards. Andie MacDowell, Viggo MOrtensen, and Liam Neeson are in it. The backs of some cards have marks beside some of the stats that relate to hidden bank accounts. Lots of cards in the movie.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by jthorst75

There was a Simpsons episode where Milhouse was going to buy a 73 Yastremski because it was the one with the Yaz with sideburns but ending up being convinced by Bart to buy a comic book instead.

There's also a Simpsons episode with a Joe D Play Ball "rookie"... When all the workers at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant get given a $5 voucher as a Christmas gift from Mr. Burns, Mr. Burns gives Homer the old rookie card. Homer takes it to Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop to get money for Christmas, when suddenly the Comic Book Guy offers Homer all the money in his cashier in exchange for the card.

[B O'Brien]

A 1930's deceased Chester Copperpot, had a 1976 Lou Gehrig in his pocket in the Goonies. That is my least favorite part of the movie. Everything else was great, but come on, if you are going to track down a 1976 Topps, it is just as easy to find a 1933 G reprint.

Bob

[Mark]

In an episode of Green Acres, criminals steal expensive jewelry and stash them in a bin of grain. Unexpectedly, the grain is used to make breakfast cereal, and the cereal is shipped to Sam Drucker's store in Hooterville. Every time someone in Hooterville opens a box of cereal, he takes out a piece of fancy jewelry. For example, Lisa Douglas gets a tierra, and Arnold the pig gets dialmond earrings. But every time Oliver Douglas opens a box, he keeps getting a Yogi Berra card. Great plot, eh?

[E93]

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned the framed cards outside of George's office at Yankee Stadium in Seinfeld. There is a '34 Gerhig among other classics.

Robin Williams office in Good Will Hunting also has some cards. I forget which ones.
JimB

[nebboy]

Good will hunting movie - goudys and topps

How about the nice stash of cards that Robin Williams (Sean Maguire) had in his office when Matt Damon (Will Hunting) and him were talking about Yazs home run - game 6 stay far blast in the 75 WS.

[4815162342]

Here's an obscure one that I remembered from my childhood; I had to verify via some IMDB searching:

Walter & Emily Season 1 Episode 5 (Aired date: Sat, Dec 14, 1991): "Walter passes on to Zack the prized 1932 Ducky Medwich baseball card he inherited from his father, now worth $1,200."

[jthorst75]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Good will hunting movie - goudys and topps

How about the nice stash of cards that Robin Williams (Sean Maguire) had in his office when Matt Damon (Will Hunting) and him were talking about Yazs home run - game 6 stay far blast in the 75 WS.

You mean Fisk's home run...right?