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Sport Chumpions (1941)
A series of unrelated sports gags. Archery: The bullseyes make sense when we see where the archer is standing. Billiards: A trick shot: All the balls move together. Ping pong: The spectators eyes follow the ball... Ski jump: A long, long chute and a very short jump. Track: The hurdlers climb the hurdles like ladders. Swimming: The women's champion turns out to be a mermaid. A men's champion demonstrates strokes, ending with the crawl (on the bottom of the pool, on all fours). We see dives, ending with a seedy bar. Crew: We pull back from the first three precision rowers to see a real mess. Bicycle track racing: "Monotonous, isn't it?" Baseball: A talkative catcher gets knocked back by the ball. Football: Avery Memorial Stadium, with every seat on the 50-yard line one row wide and hundreds tall. On field: The QB calls signals and hops around. A ref emerges from under a pileup: "Is it a touchdown? Mmm, could be." The play is diagrammed into a huge tangle. Auto racing: The winner is...
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imdb.ping-pong,
imdb.bicycle-race,
imdb.baseball-game,
imdb.baseball-player,
imdb.baseball-catcher + 35 more,
imdb.football,
imdb.football-game,
imdb.football-stadium,
imdb.football-player,
imdb.reference-to-mr-kitzel,
imdb.swan-dive,
imdb.jacknife-dive,
imdb.dive-bar,
imdb.racecar,
imdb.sports-parody,
imdb.rowing-crew,
imdb.rowing,
imdb.billiards,
imdb.wacky-american-football,
imdb.blue-danube-waltz,
imdb.automobile-racing,
imdb.table-tennis,
imdb.merrie-melodies,
imdb.rotoscoping,
imdb.skiing,
imdb.ski-jumping,
imdb.swimmer,
imdb.auto-racing,
imdb.racecar-driver,
imdb.satire,
imdb.satire-comedy,
imdb.swimming,
imdb.baseball,
imdb.mermaid,
imdb.ski-jump,
imdb.archery,
imdb.surrealism,
imdb.american-football,
imdb.diving,
imdb.breaking-the-fourth-wall
Watch Providers: Classix
Production companies: Leon Schlesinger Studios
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Runtime: 7 min.
Released: Aug. 15, 1941
Status: Released
Certification: NR
