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Pistol Pete in the movies

Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:10 pm
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
9895 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:10 pm
I’ll be curious to see how many people here are aware of this. I’m sure some Tiger fans are but I know I never knew about this until just yesterday. And that was only because a local media figure on Cedar Rapids radio was talking about it. The movie was filmed here and in Des Moines. It premiered at a theater here in Cedar Rapids and according to the guy talking, that’s the only showing it ever got.

It does look truly awful, but what a treasure this trailer is with The Pistol in it.

Dribble
This post was edited on 9/15/23 at 3:17 pm
Posted by DenverTigerMan
Denver
Member since Nov 2005
2326 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:17 pm to
I'm not sure what I just watched, but I'm sure it was the biggest waste of 2 minutes of my life.
Posted by Asllan
Prairieville, LA
Member since May 2008
734 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:24 pm to
"The Pistol" is one of my favorites. Well done. Hard to find.
Posted by litenin
Houston
Member since Mar 2016
2541 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:37 pm to
I tried out for that movie and was about the same age as Pete in the movie with a similar haircut. They allowed kids of all ages including girls for the initial tryout.

Pete talked to kids & families after in PMAC with a reaction test where he dropped a basketball from back of your neck. You had to clap and then catch it behind back before hitting ground. I remember almost getting it. Nobody did except a really young kid that Pete ‘helped’.
Posted by Babewinkelman
Member since Jan 2015
1360 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 4:37 pm to
Nutria arse at 6 second mark
Posted by Locoguan0
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2017
6210 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:20 pm to
quote:

Pete talked to kids & families after in PMAC with a reaction test where he dropped a basketball from back of your neck. You had to clap and then catch it behind back before hitting ground. I remember almost getting it. Nobody did except a really young kid that Pete ‘helped’.


I was there. My big cousin tried out. I was sure he'd get the part!
Posted by BillF
New York, New York
Member since Jan 2006
5761 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 5:50 pm to
Are you sure you're talking about the same movie? I remember a movie about Maravich when he was a kid, but this isn't that movie. This is some movie about girls playing basketball.
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
9895 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

Are you sure you're talking about the same movie? I remember a movie about Maravich when he was a kid, but this isn't that movie. This is some movie about girls playing basketball.

Correct. It was filmed up here in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
Posted by Bayoutigre
29.9N 92.1W
Member since Feb 2007
5874 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 9:15 pm to
I dont know about all that but, I remember seeing Pete on The Dating Game





































This post was edited on 9/15/23 at 9:19 pm
Posted by plance
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2007
1818 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 11:18 pm to
Wow. Just…wow, that was horrible.
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
46176 posts
Posted on 9/16/23 at 1:17 am to
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