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04-09-2014, 08:35 AM
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Horse Racing and Hollywood
Since there are quite a few movies/sitcom episodes and scenes available at Youtube, a thread dedicated to these might be kind of neat.
For starters, Abbott and Costello Bet On The Horses
[YT="Abbott and Costello Bet On The Horses"]7RAPIlytbzs[/YT]
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04-09-2014, 09:49 AM
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donut believe the hype...
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04-09-2014, 10:55 AM
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I know Seinfeld has had a few references to it in the show. Kramer making a big hit on a longshot is one of them.
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04-09-2014, 11:05 AM
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From "The Odd Couple" Episode 108 "Felix the Horseplayer", one of my favorite episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49fsvFLvc8
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04-09-2014, 11:15 AM
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Sadly this is all long ago. We don't get movies or TV shows about going to the track anymore because Hollywood now plays poker.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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04-09-2014, 11:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cutchemist42
I know Seinfeld has had a few references to it in the show. Kramer making a big hit on a longshot is one of them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L3KU5eiEBo
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04-09-2014, 11:32 AM
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04-09-2014, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by elhelmete
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Chico was an original founder of RPM Handicapping Giant!
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04-09-2014, 12:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert Goren
Sadly this is all long ago. We don't get movies or TV shows about going to the track anymore because Hollywood now plays poker.
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Is it?
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-e.../view?id=38614
I don't watch the show but it's been on for a couple years so must have some audience. Also remember a few Law and Order episodes from a few years back where detectives Brisco and Greene were discussing playing the horses.
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04-09-2014, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BettinBilly
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It's amazing how well this show has held up over time. One of my all-time favorites!
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04-09-2014, 12:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jk3521
Chico was an original founder of RPM Handicapping Giant!
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Can you imagine how terrific it would be to spend a day at the track with Chico??
Somewhere in Harpo's autobiography, "Harpo Speaks," he tells the story of how the studio had to keep the set locked up during filming of a Marx Bros. film so that Chico wouldn't disappear mid-day to go to the races. Gonna try and find that passage tonight.
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04-09-2014, 01:05 PM
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04-09-2014, 02:32 PM
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I also remember one of the few episodes I watched of New Girl featured one of the character's sleazy dads buying a racehorse and trying to sell it off to gangsters. Don't know if actually filmed at Santa Anita or simply a sign was put up.
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04-10-2014, 09:28 AM
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Regarding the Abbott and Costello short, I got a smirk when the bookie wouldn't take a $1 bet. That was either the late 40's or early 50's, when $1 was worth around $9 in today's money.
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