Full-Court Miracle
š Itās 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think theyāve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van.
Itās time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshivaās struggling team looking for a leader.
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š Guests:
April Ryley (@where2nextapril, @thefancygeologist).
J.W. Friedman (I Donāt Even Own a Television).
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š¬ Topics & Tangents:
1. āFull-Court Miracleā on Disney+.
2. Lamont Carrās obituary in Virginia Magazine, 2017.
3. Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).
4. UVAās Athletics website circa 2003.
5. Alexās prized Dr. J basketball card isnāt even a rookie card and isnāt that valuable.
6. āJewball,ā a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
7. Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie.
8. This basketball movieās NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams.
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š¼ Commercial Break:
Microsoft Encarta Commercial, 1995.
Returning Student, a 40-year-oldās journey to finish the college degree he never got.
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āFull-Court Miracleā Ā© 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwenās Ghost.
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Theme song by Bronwenās Ghost.
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