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Old 04-09-2014, 08:35 AM   #1
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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
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Old 04-09-2014, 09:49 AM   #2
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Funny Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_1wwaG2CM
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Old 04-09-2014, 10:55 AM   #3
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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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Old 04-09-2014, 11:05 AM   #4
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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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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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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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L3KU5eiEBo
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Nothing will beat this one for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RviRADnyFPs
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Old 04-09-2014, 11:34 AM   #8
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I don't know why I found this one so funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKgsu-35Pg
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Nothing will beat this one for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RviRADnyFPs
Chico was an original founder of RPM Handicapping Giant!
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Old 04-09-2014, 12:17 PM   #10
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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.
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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From "The Odd Couple" Episode 108 "Felix the Horseplayer", one of my favorite episodes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49fsvFLvc8
It's amazing how well this show has held up over time. One of my all-time favorites!
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Old 04-09-2014, 12:27 PM   #12
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Chico was an original founder of RPM Handicapping Giant!
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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http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_mentalist/episodes/48889
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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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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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