BASEketball (1998)

Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.

Director:

David Zucker

Writers:

David Zucker, Robert LoCash,

Stars:

Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Himself
Al Michaels	...	Himself
Robert Stack	...	Himself - Unsolved Mysteries Host
Reggie Jackson	...	Himself
Dan Patrick	...	Himself
Kenny Mayne	...	Himself
Tim McCarver	...	Himself

Storyline

Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. 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. Coop & Remer's team, the Milwaukee Beers is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of the Dallas Felons wants to institute.

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Plot Keywords:

baseball | basketball | based on game | hangover | male rear nudity | 

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Taglines:

From the director of the "Naked Gun" and starring the creators of "South Park"

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language and crude sex-related humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 July 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Baseketball

Filming Locations:

Blair Field, Recreation Park - 4700 E. 10th Street, Long Beach, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,086,105 (USA) (31 July 1998)

Gross:

$6,940,185 (USA) (28 August 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zucker Brothers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The word "dude" is used in the script 39 times.

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Goofs

During the Unsolved Mysteries scene with Robert Stack, there is a man just about to sit down and play solitaire, but before he sits down, you can see the cursor on the monitor moving and dragging cards around.

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Quotes

Kenny "Squeak" Scolari: I am not going out with his sister!
Joseph R. Cooper: Dude, that's the defense, ya gotta psych them out.
Douglas "Swish" Reemer: Yeah, ya gotta say totally fucked up shit to psych them out.
Kenny "Squeak" Scolari: Oh... Hey wait a minute, why is me going out with his sister totally fucked up?

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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits, "A David Zucker Game" is used instead of the traditional "A David Zucker Film."

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Connections

Spoofs Braveheart (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Don't Hate Me"
Written by Parry Gripp
Performed by Nerf Herder
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

User Reviews

This should be a sport.

Why the crap is this movie rated so low?! I've seen this movie over 25 times, I know EVERY line to this movie. It's obvious that I love this movie. Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park and the new puppet masterpiece Team America) star as the main characters Joe Cooper, or Coop "Airman" Cooper, and Doug Remer, or "Sir Swish." Mainly they're just referred to as Coop and Remer throughout the movie. Right as the movie starts it reminds us of the money hungry corrupt world of overpaid sports starts, they even go as far as to make one up called "Townsell." I must quote this portion of the movie since it is true with some sports starts: "And after playing for New England, San Diego, Huston, Saint Louis, a year for the Toronto Arganauts, plus one season as a greater at the Desert Inn I'm happy to finally play here in the fine city of Miami." His agent leans over: "Minnesota." Let us not forget this important piece of the movie. So it starts that Coop and Remer are at a high school reunion party and realize they are still nothing as they talk to their old classmates. Outside they create the sport BASEketball after being challenged by what probably was high school basketball heroes. After shaming them the sport goes pro in about a year. During this time they manage to recruit their third team mate Squeak, which is actually a day after they invent the game. As the movie follows we find out that Coop, Remer, and Squeak are the only virtuous sports heroes left. The story follows with zany blackmail, the Milwaukee Beers cheerleaders, and humor so absurd it'll leave you crying for more. Watch it dude, it's hilarious.