Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Writing
Parker/Stone's pre-South Park peak absurdism.
Practical Effects
Genuinely impressive mascot costume chaos.
Acting
Borgnine gives 110% to absolute nonsense.
Director
David Zucker
Trey Parker
Joe Cooper
Matt Stone
Doug Remer
Dian Bachar
Squeak Scolari
Yasmine Bleeth
Jenna Reed
Jenny McCarthy
Yvette Denslow
Ernest Borgnine
Ted Denslow
Robert Vaughn
Baxter Cain
Trevor Einhorn
Joey Thomas
Bob Costas
Bob Costas
Al Michaels
Al Michaels
Robert Stack
Robert Stack
Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Kenny Mayne
Kenny Mayne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This flopped hard in 1998 but became a dorm room staple through DVD—predicting how comedy success would be measured by rewatchability, not box office.
Parker and Stone only took the roles after their Orgazmo distributor insisted; they rewrote huge chunks and improvised constantly, which explains the energy mismatch with Zucker's more structured Airplane! style.
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