Paul77

No, I didn't get my first autograph on it until this year. he is going to be a tough one to get! http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif That was one reason I wanted to start getting as many signatures as possible now, before the rest...well, die. No easier way to put that. On a side note, Harvey Kuenn Jr was the scout that killed my dream of being a Major Leaguer . Well, to be fair he didn't do the actual killing, my lack of sufficient skills did that. He was just the messenger.

That was the very play I was talking about earlier. He came into the dugout with a look of pain on his face clutching the back of his leg. This guy caught almost non stop in the spring trying to get acquainted with all the pitchers and he certainly has been beaten up a lot during the year. Add to that his natural "speed" and you've got the making for a lot of close plays like that.

No, I didn't get my first autograph on it until this year.

That is the exact opposite of what his team mates say. They LOVE Graffanino. He has been praised for his leadership by his teammates, particularly Prince Fielder. I sat with a member of the Brewers front office back in July and she said Graffy was a "Great guy, nicest on the team" (though she did call him "Stinkarino" at the time). I don't think there is any evidence to support the notion that Tong G. is not a team player. Estrada and Graffy were defending JJ Hardy from what they considered harsh criticism by Yost when the dugout incident occurred.

Thanks for the update BHF, I'm trying to get as many of the 1982 Brewers to sign my morning Sentinel from 10/11/1982. I missed Gantner & Augustine 2 weekends ago, so this is good. I'm only willing to pay for a small handful of guys from that years team and he is certainly on that list, Molitor, Yount and Sutton being the others. I've got eight so far, Fingers would be nine. I'm fairly certain with a little bit of work I can get Larry Hisle before the year is out. Paying for the 3 mentioned above and suddenly I'd have half the team. Easier said than done, I know, but I've had this paper for 24 years before I finally decided to try to get it signed. I think I'm off to a good start. http://www.gobrewersgo.com/sigpaperthumb.jpg

Did anyone notice how he came back to the dugout grimacing and holding the back of his leg after scoring today. We knew he was slow coming into this year, but his nagging leg issues are making him even slower.

Take a look at the bid history. Notice that the bidding only got out of control when a bidder with a brand new account (created TODAY) with a zero feedback history got involved. I'd say very probable a shill auction. I'll keep an eye on that seller and see if the same (possible) shill account is active in some of his other auctions. I'm not trying to be internet-cop, but I like to be careful on ebay.

I'm glad his mom "allows" it.

My son has one. He wants $30 or $20 and a white one.

Come on man, the guy is just trying to find some info, let him be.

I can't believe you had time to be the mascot from the show because it was canceled so quickly. Debuted in September, canned the week before Halloween. Believe it or not that show was a spin off of the movie "Major League", though it did not keep the same continuity. It was another baseball themed show that debuted during the players strike of 1994. Unlike the movies, I don't think the Indians were the central team. As a matter of fact I think the team was a fictional one. But the premise was the same - misfit players under an owner who despised the team.

Dude, you completely stole my next post. A little bit of "Ballgame" trivia.... ***Debuted during the 1994/95 MLB strike on ABC and shown locally on WISN (12) ***Corbin Bernsen's character - Brewers slugger Brett Sooner - was bored waiting for the strike to end so he left warm Los Angeles to come to Milwaukee in the middle of the off season to work as a sport caster for the local ABC affiliate. ***The show, in it's short life, actually did a very good job getting local references correct. Characters could be seen reading the Milwaukee Sentinel, local landmarks were identified. The shows exterior shots were actually filmed in Milwaukee, unlike the above mentioned "Step by Step" ***WISN (12) provided the city footage ***Prime Time Sports Bar and Eatery in Brown Deer was featured prominently on the show as Sooners hang out, though it was referred to as "Spitters" ***Although it aired on WISN in Milwaukee, the exterior shots of the TV station where Sooner worked were actually the studios of WCGV, channel 24 in Milwaukee. The show lasted 7 weeks. After it was dropped by ABC, NBC briefly considered picking it up. As much as I wanted it to succeed, the whole premise of the show screamed short sighted to me. The main character after all wasn't retired, he was the Brewers "only" superstar, according to the show. What did they plan on doing once the strike ended? Was he going to love the gig as "sports guy" at a local tv station so much he'd give up his MLB career? If the show had continued there would have been some great opportunity's for guest appearances by real Brewers players or even Uecker. Oh well.

I think Frasier joined the Cheers gang in 1983, in season two. (edited to add the following) If not in season two, maybe it was season one but I don't remember him in the pilot. I seem to recall, though I could be wrong, that Diane came back from a trip where she met Fraiser and brought him back to the bar. Hmm... I just don't remember.

This qualifies for this thread because it in part includes the sitcom-ish "Arrested Development" & the "Simpsons". The character "Detective John Munch" has appeared in 10 different television shows, always played by Richard Belzer, a record for a fictional character. The character debuted in 1993 on NBC's "Homicide: Life On The Street" and made a cross over appearance on another NBC drama "Law & Order" (2). Later Detective Munch appeared on FOX's "The X Files"(3). Once "Homicide..." was canceled the character moved to a the NBC drama, "Law & Order:Special Victims Unit" (4) where he crossed over to another L&O spin off, "Trial By Jury" (5). In 2000 he turned up on UPN's "The Beat" (6), most impressive because this show only lasted to 6 episodes. Since then the stand up comedian turned dramatic actor, Belzer has provided voice over work on "The Simpsons" (7) & for an animated version of Detective Munch. He also provided the voice of the Detective Munch muppet in a "Sesame Street" (8) skit called "Law & Order: Special Letters Unit". Belzer was on the series "Arrested Development" (9) twice, once as Detective Munch and again later as himself. The character will crossover again this year to HBO's "The Wire" (10) and is expected to make an appearance as an "American detective in France" for the upcoming French version of "Law & Order". Sounds like number 11 is already planned. And to think, most actors are afraid of being typecast!

Its funny how they base shows in Wisconsin and everytime they mention sports, the Brewers are never even mentioned. Wasn't Laverne and Shirley's a 70's based TV show? How come they never mentioned the Brewers even when they worked at a brewery? "Laverne and Shirley" was a spin off of "Happy Days" which was a spin off of "Love American Style". Though filmed in the 1970's they were set in the 1950's. OK, here's where it get fun... One day, back in the 1959 - which was really 1978, in a sleepy Midwest city named Milwaukee ,which as admirably played by Hollywood California, an alien from a planet called Ork arrived . After a tense battle with a guy named "The Fonz", Mork left 1959 Milwaukee and landed in 1978 Boulder Colorado where he met a gal named "Mindy". Once in 1978 Boulder, he and his new friend Mindy promptly return to 1962 Milwaukee to be reunited with the Fonz. But the Fonz is to busy to hang with his old pal so he introduces Mork to h is friend, Laverne whom he dates briefly before retruning, for good, to good old 1978 Boulder. And so is the story of one of TV's most improbable spin offs, "Mork and Mindy". And to the original point, I remember one episode in which the Cunningham clan tripped it over to County Stadium to catch a Braves game. They used stock footage of a Braves game ror inserts in the episode.

Well in the past ten minutes when I couldn't access this board for what ever reason I made this audio clip from above mentioned conversation. Listen and enjoy. I think it's fairly clear he's referring to the Cubs players. ( I did edit this clip but only the parts with Uecker reading the list of game sponsors and Jim Powell recapping the game. )

Joey Meyer: A big fat mess.

I'll look for the phone number, I have it laying around somewhere.

I skipped the bit about Alanis, but I'll drop a new bit of trivia later in this post. To answer your question, this show is not on DVD though a few sites on the internet pop up here and there selling unofficial DVD's and Divx of old VHS & BETA recordings. There are apparently to many royalty issues keeping anyone from seriously thinking about releasing the show. There was an official VHS release called "The Worst of You Can't...". But it was basically only episodes from the 1989 season . The 1989 season featured a mostly new cast and was part of the contracts the kids signed for that season so no royalties negotiations were needed. Christine McGlade ("Moose") said back in 2005 that she was contacted about a DVD, but I've heard nothing of it since. Carleton Productions was working on getting the show on DVD, but that would have been a Canada only release. I think part of the problem was that Nickelodeon never owed the show. It was the product of a local over the air Canadian television station in Ottawa, Ontario. Can you believe that? The biggest show in the history of America's biggest kids network were just reruns of a low budget Canadian tv stations local Saturday morning show. Les Lyle, the only adult male actor credited on the show said, years ago, that he was working on developing a reunion project, but that seems very unlikely. I'm not even sure if he's still alive. EDIT: There was a reunion, two in fact. I can't believe i missed this. Watch it here 2004 You Can't Do That On Television. I'll admit it's a little unnerving to here old cast members referring to the likes of Britney Spears and J-lo. More trivia : The original You Can't Do That on Television was based on a show first produced in Britain by Roger Price. After a successful run Price moved to Canada and set out on making a new Canadian version. It debuted as "You Can't Do That On Television" in February 1979 on a local CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario. It was broadcast live and featured a studio audience as well as live musical performances, live phone calls from kids in Ottawa, interactive games (ala Bozo the Clown) and slap stick comedy routines. Other than the set and some of the actors, the show would be somewhat unfamiliar to most American "You Can't" fans. The Canadian tv network CTV contacted the producers and asked for a network version of the show to be shown nationwide. Three months later the producers of "You Can't" came up with "Whatever Turns You On". It was filmed on the same familiar set as "You can't". It had a nearly identical cast as "You Can't" but instead of being filmed live it was pre recorded. The call in portion of the show disappeared along with most of the musical acts. The comedy was more topical and less slap stick and was presented in a fast paced sketch format. It also aired in prime time. Ratings were terrible and the show was canceled after 8 months. Despite the low ratings and the network cancellation the producers favored the format of "Whatever Turns You On" to the original "You Can't". So when production resumed for the 1980 season the producers simply decided to continue producing "Whatever Turns you on" but changed the name to "You Can't Do That On Television" and history was made. The show stayed largely unchanged until 1986. With the original (pre1987) cast of kids simply growing to old the producers needed to make some changes. Out were the only true original cast members from the 1979 shows. When only 5 episodes were commissioned for the 1987 season creator/producer Roger Price was sure the shows run was over. He even sent letters telling the cast members to go find other work. He himself left for France. But Nickelodeon did in fact want more episodes. But with Price in France the show was left in limbo causing Nickelodeon to drop a planned direct to VHS project. No new episodes were produced in 1988. In 1989 Price was persuaded by Nickelodeon to return to produce a tenth season. But when production resumed only one semi familiar face returned. The others either declined or were not contacted. Nevertheless, 25 episodes were produced and aired with a new cast. Five more episodes were made the following year before production shut down for good in 1990. The show stayed on Nickelodeon in reruns for another 4 years. Interestingly though they almost exclusively aired the 30 episodes from the 1989/90 seasons between 1990 - 1994. . Episodes from the early years were all but forgotten, buried on the weekend schedule. And now you know the story of the greatest television show ever created.

Classic.

I'm still upset.

He's had a few bit rolls here and there but his biggest work since then has been on the Sopranos. He appeared in 29 episodes, 15 shy of his total appearances on "Doogie". Currently he has a small role in the ESPN mini series "The Bronx is Burning".

Here's a bit of trivia for everyone: What is the single greatest television show ever created? Think about it...got it? Wrong! The answer is "You Can't Do That On Television". It defined a network (Nickelodeon), it gave us slime and made us wary of using the phrase "I Don't Know" without an umbrella. It was incredibly UN-politically correct. I doubt you could get away with a show like that today. Imagine a kids show poking fun at the Middle East the way "You Can't..." poked fun at Russia and the Cold War. Episodes about drugs, adoption, smoking on a sketch comedy show sporting an cast of child actors would never make it today. There was a recurring sketch in which the only adult male in the cast played a character who tried desperately to kill the child character (the kids always out smarted him though). Try doing that today. My mom hated it, tried to keep me from watching. She told me it was "demeaning and gross", but I think it was Canada's richest contribution to American television (take that William Shatner).

That would be correct, Warfield was never on Fresh Prince.

I think all but the very first airing of the original version aired on Saturday Am's. The pilot aired in prime time bumping "The Facts of Life". Talk about a useless bit of info.