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Two Balls and One Out: Baseketball
by Michael Flanagan

Solid

            The first thing you should know or remember is that yes, there is male kissing.  Clear, obvious male kissing (with tongue) that lasts longer than a truth-or-dare gone wrong moment.  Are the two men out?  Or is it a home run?

            Well, it’s definitely a three-pointer with the possibility of stealing home!  Matt Stone and Trey Parker star in Baseketball, an intelligent comedy about sports, women, love, and dude.  Parker and Stone create a sport that combines baseball, basketball, and insulting people and the results are hysterical.

            The film is at times slow, and some of the jokes may reach a very far end of the spectrum that certain viewers may not appreciate (locker room male nudity . . . I didn’t really appreciate it, but I could relate), but the two creators of South Park bring so much character and energy to the movie that it’s almost impossible not to like them, regardless of how disgusting they may be.

            Baseketball is one of those movies that should be watched at a party where the maturity level is somewhere between a pubescent boy and a Harvard graduate.  And it’s a damn good time . . . dude.

BASEketball was nominated for two Razzie Awards.  One for Yasmine Bleeth (Worst Actress) and one for Jenny McCarthy (Worst Supporting Actress).

How about that band at Beers' Stadium?  Did you like them?  They're called Reel Big Fish and the DVD version of this film offers a video they made (with scenes from the movie) for their remake of the 80's band Ah-Ha's hit song Take On Me.  If you like Reel Big Fish buy one of their albums from our store.

Do those names look familiar?  Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the creators of the highly successful South Park animated adult comedy series on Comedy Central.  They also do the voices of most of it's cast.  Two of those voices, namely Cartman and Mr. Garrison can be heard in this film.  Listen for them.  By the way, these two made other movies.  So far, they have made Cannibal, a Musical; Orgazmo; BASEketball; South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut.