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19 records found for THE WAY IT WAS
1974-09-00, WNET, 11 min.
- Duke Snider
- Russ Hodges
- Willie Mays
- Leo Durocher
- Ralph Branca
- Curt Gowdy
- Ernie Harwell
- Don Newcombe
- Bobby Thomson
Host Curt Gowdy reminisces with Ernie Harwell, Leo Durocher, Ralph Branca, Don Newcombe, Willie Mays, Duke Snider and Bobby Thomson, who hit the home run heard around the world as the N.Y. Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 Playoffs. Also heard is Russ Hodges' live play-by-play of that memorable moment, tape-recorded by a fan from the radio broadcast.
#9844: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1974-10-03, SYN, 30 min.
- Duke Snider
- Russ Hodges
- Willie Mays
- Leo Durocher
- Ralph Branca
- Curt Gowdy
- Ernie Harwell
- Don Newcombe
- Bobby Thomson
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. A look back at the 1951 National League playoff and pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Host: Curt Gowdy. One in this series of sports nostalgia programs that chronicles notable sports events and profiles outstanding athletes. This program concentrates on the 1951 National League pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, which was decided in a best of three play-off series. With Ralph Branca pitching for the Dodgers, Bobby Thomson hit the winning home run of the series in the Giants's final inning at bat, and the hit came to be known as "the shot heard round the world." Guests include centerfielder Willie Mays, third baseman Thomson, and manager Leo Durocher, all of the Giants; centerfielder Duke Snider, and pitchers Branca and Don Newcombe, all of the Dodgers; and baseball announcer Ernie Harwell. Topics discussed include the Giant's eleven-game losing streak; Duroucher's attempts to resuscitate the team, including a major league promotion for promising young centerfielder Mays; and the fact that, despite sixteen victories in a row, the Giants were still trailing the Dodgers by six games in mid-September before securing a tie. Guests from both teams and host Curt Gowdy discuss the three-game playoff during footage of key moments. Footage of Thomson's fateful home run on October 3 is accompanied by broadcaster Russ Hodges's famous call, "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"
#18047: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-01-20, SYN, min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The 1939 heavyweight boxing match between Joe Louis and Tony Galento is recalled. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9845: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-01-22, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The 1936 World Series Between The New York Yankees and New York Giants is featured. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9846: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-02-09, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The 1963 Rose Bowl game between USC and Wisconsin is recalled. The undefeated USC Trojans defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 42-37 in one of the most memorable Rose Bowls of all time. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9847: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-02-26, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. A look back at the 1954 World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9848: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-03-25, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. Host Curt Gowdy discusses the 1955 match race between Swaps and Nashua with jockeys Willie Shoemaker, Eddie Arcaro, and sportscaster Winn Elliott. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9849: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1976-04-08, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The 1953 NFL Championship game between the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions is recalled. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9850: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-01-08, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The Jake LaMotta-Sugar Ray Robinson middleweight title fight at Chicago Stadium on February 14th, 1951 is recalled. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9851: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-01-15, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. A profile of the 1960 Summer Olympics from Rome, Italy. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9852: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-01-22, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. A profile of the racehorse Nashua who competed against Swaps in a match race at Chicago's Washington Park on August 31st, 1955. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9853: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-02-12, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. A look back at the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates with members of both teams. The Pirates won the Series on Bill Mazeroski's dramatic walk-off ninth-inning home run off Ralph Terry in game 7. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9854: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-02-25, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The January, 1968 college basketball game between the UCLA Bruins and the University of Houston is recalled. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9855: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-03-19, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The Yankee Dynasty part 2 1936-1948 is featured. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9856: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-03-26, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The Yankee Dynasty part 3 1949-1964 is featured. Host: Curt Gowdy.
#9857: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-04-09, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The heavyweight championship fight between Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott is recalled with veteran boxing announcer Don Dunphy. Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-04-16, SYN, 30 min.
- Curt Gowdy
- Monte Irvin
- Don Newcombe
- Dick Enberg
- Satchel Paige
- Chet Brewer
- Ted Page
- Quincy Trouppe Sr.
- James COOL PAPA Bell
- Willie Forster
- Josh Gibson
- Oscar Charleston
- Buck Leonard
- Martin Dihigo
- Dave Malarcher
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. Negro League Baseball- A look at black baseball in America. Host: Curt Gowdy. In this program, hosted by Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg, the history of the Negro baseball leagues is discussed. The guests are some of the greatest players to come out of those leagues, including Satchel Paige, Monte Irvin, Don Newcombe, Willie Forster, Ted Page, Chet Brewer, and Quincy Trouppe. Highlights include: the history of the Negro League dating back to the Civil War era; Adrain "Cap" Anson's refusal to let his team play against competition beginning in 1887 if there were any black players on the field and how other teams followed his lead; Andrew "Rube" Forster's formation of an all-black players league in response to the segregation enforced by other teams; the sub-par conditions that the Negro League teams had to overcome including inferior living, playing, and equipment conditions; the types of crowds that would show up for the games and whether or not the stadiums would sell-out; the differences in the style of that game that was played in the Negro Leagues as compared to that of the Major Leagues; how the Negro League season sometimes went on for as long as two hundred games, with Negro League teams often playing two games a day in different cities; the opinion of the guests that the fastest man to ever play the game was James "Cool Papa" Bell, who was able to run from first base to home plate on a bunt and once stole one-hundred-and-seventy bases in a season; an example of the gloves the players used day in and day out; and what it was like playing against the Major Leaguers when both of their seasons were over. Also, expressed how if felt being banned from Major League Baseball. Reminiscences from the panel related to great Black Ballplayers in their time, including, Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Buck Leonard, Martin Dihigo, Dave Malarcher, others.
#9859: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-04-23, SYN, 23 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The 1964 college football game between the USC Trojans and The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Host: Curt Gowdy. This program is a 23-minute excerpt.
#9860: THE WAY IT WAS
Order1977-04-30, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977 A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. The third Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale middleweight championship fight is recalled with veteran boxing announcer Don Dunphy. Host: Curt Gowdy.