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Posted: **Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:36 pm**

Many comedy shorts that have football themes are listed here:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=JShnAQ ... 22&f=false

Including
"$1,000 a Touchdown" with Joe E. Brown
"Mr. Doodle Kicks Off" w/Joe Penner
"Bonzo Goes to College" where the chimp wins the big game
"Life Begins in College" with the Ritz Brothers
"Hold 'Em Jail" w/Wheeler and Woolsey
"Francis Goes to West Point" where the mule gives the big speech
"That's My Boy" is redone "The Freshman" with Jerry Lewis
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (1949) with Donald O'Connor winning the big game for good old Granger College
"Good News" is a musical where Peter lawford wins the big game for Tait College

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:52 pm**

One to add - the 1977 tv movie "Something for Joey".

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:09 pm**

Todd Pence wrote:One to add - the 1977 tv movie "Something for Joey".

AKA The John Cappeletti (and brother) Story

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:16 pm**

The recent notices were added.

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:52 pm**

Two films with similar titles.

Saturday's Heroes (1937) with Van Heflin
Saturday's Hero (1951) with John Derek and Donna Reed

Both are critical of college football by the way. The titles are intended to be ironic.

Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:22 am**

The recent notice was added.

Posted: **Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:10 pm**

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Quite an anti-Arab image presented in this film.

If you want just football go to 1:10 or so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44FNEjrlPv0

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