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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Bad News Bears, The

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    A spin-off from the 1976 film of the same name concerning itself with the life of one-time minor-league baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Jack Warden) who has to take over the coaching of the little league baseball team from Hoover Junior High School (in Santa Barbara, California) after getting in trouble with the law (he drove a client’s car into a swimming pool).

    Unfortunately, the Hoover Bears are the worst team in the league, boasting a roster of the most inept and least disciplined players in school.

    Buttermaker, with the help of principal Rappant (Catherine Hicks), eventually wins the respect of the Bears, and they even win a few games along the way.

    Eleven-year-old Amanda Whirlitzer (Tricia Cast) is the star pitcher. She takes ballet lessons, wants to be a model and feels baseball is just a phase “because I’ll be getting a bra soon and won’t care anymore”. Amanda is famous for her two-and-a-half-foot curveball, which she learned from Morris.

    Mike Engelberg (J. Brennan Smith) is the overweight catcher; Timothy Lupus (Shane Butterworth) is the shy right fielder, and Ahmad Abdul Rahim (Kristoff St. John) is the switch hitter and fastest runner (Hank Aaron is his idol).

    The Lions, coached by Roy Turner (Philip R Allen), are the Bears’ hated rivals for the championship.

    Morris Buttermaker 
    Jack Warden
    Dr Emily Rappant 

    Catherine Hicks
    Roy Turner 

    Philip R Allen
    Leslie Ogilvie 

    Sparky Marcus
    Tanner Boyle 

    Meeno Peluce
    Regi Tower 

    Corey Feldman
    Rudi Stein 

    Billy Jayne
    Frosty 

    Bill Lazerus
    Timmy Lupus

    Shane Butterworth
    Ahmad Abdul Rahim 

    Kristoff St. John
    Mike Engelberg 

    J. Brennan Smith
    Miguel Agilar 

    Charles Nunez
    Jose Agilar 

    Danny Nunez
    Amanda Whirlitzer 

    Tricia Cast
    Kelly Leek 

    Gregg Forrest

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