When the town of Nowata votes to cancel its losing high school football team, the Possums, a local radio announcer decides to keep broadcasting imaginary games, team or no team.
Acting
Mac Davis sells desperate optimism like nobody's business.
Writing
The fake play-by-play commentary is genuinely hilarious.
Direction
Burnett never winks at the absurdity — that's the magic.
Director
Max Burnett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mac Davis was primarily a country music star; this was one of his few leading roles, and he improvised much of his radio commentary.
The film quietly predicted our modern 'post-truth' media landscape — a 1998 comedy about fabricated reality hitting different in 2024.
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