The Mets in Popular Culture, 2017

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From New Year's weekend viewing, as 2016 was becoming 2017.

On MTV Classic (formerly VH-1 Classic), hip-hop videos from the early ’90s with Met apparel sightings (all from crowd shots in the background of the main artist) include:

• “Summertime” by D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (1991), somebody wearing a white cap, blue bill and Mets in script.

• “U.N.I.T.Y” by Queen Latifah (1993), a person wearing a traditional Mets cap in the crowd.

• “Iesha” by Another Bad Creation (1991), a script Mets logo that looks almost spray-painted on appears on a t-shirt.

• "Motownphilly" by Boyz II Men (1991), a couple of folks mill in the background in Mets gear.

On the annual WLNY (Channel 10/55 in the NY area) Odd Couple marathon:

To start the “Hospital Mates” episode (Season 2, Episode 3, October 1, 1971), Oscar comes home all happy from softball and wonders aloud, “I wonder if I’m too old to be discovered by the Mets.”

The marathon provided a strong reminder of how often not only Oscar, but Dr. Nancy Cunningham donned the blue and orange. Even Felix put it on (albeit backwards) for the role-reversal episode.

Edited January 2, 2017 by Guest

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Keith Hernandez, awash in World Series champs mania is a guest on The Dick Cavett Show, along with Mike Tyson and Susan Lucci -- original air date - November 26, 1986.

http://dickcavettshow.com/index.php/component/zoo/item/11-26

Keith reveals that he's a big fan of Psycho Cybernetics and the power of positive thinking (Keith shoulda played for Wes Westrum -- the '66 Mets sure coulda used a Keith Hernandez-like player) and also notes that any baseball player who gets caught with his mistress/groupie by his road trip tagging along wife is stupid.

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Keith Hernandez, awash in World Series champs mania is a guest on The Dick Cavett Show, along with Mike Tyson and Susan Lucci -- original air date - November 26, 1986. http://dickcavettshow.com/index.php/component/zoo/item/11-26 Keith reveals that he's a big fan of Psycho Cybernetics and the power of positive thinking (Keith shoulda played for Wes Westrum -- the '66 Mets sure coulda used a Keith Hernandez-like player) and also notes that any baseball player who gets caught with his mistress/groupie by his road trip tagging along wife is stupid.

Caught this on the Decades channel. Didn't see it in 1986, but it brought back the several-month high that existed when the Mets were the World Champion Mets and there was nothing yet to defend or even train for defending.

Keith, teased by Dick, recalled walking out of the shower room on his hands in his "birthday suit" as his response to the admission of lady reporters to the clubhouse. But now, in 1986, there is "no sex," everybody's who's there is there to do a job. Such enlightenment.

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Keith Hernandez, awash in World Series champs mania is a guest on The Dick Cavett Show, along with Mike Tyson and Susan Lucci -- original air date - November 26, 1986. http://dickcavettshow.com/index.php/component/zoo/item/11-26 Keith reveals that he's a big fan of Psycho Cybernetics and the power of positive thinking (Keith shoulda played for Wes Westrum -- the '66 Mets sure coulda used a Keith Hernandez-like player) and also notes that any baseball player who gets caught with his mistress/groupie by his road trip tagging along wife is stupid. Caught this on the Decades channel. Didn't see it in 1986....

Me too. Me neither.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have a memory of Susan Lucci talking to Keith Hernandez about "that game" without seeming to really relate to its significance.

Am I remembering right?

[Vic Sage]

the almost complete list of Mets movie references and appearances:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/1/6/14148998/mets-movies-references-film-shea-stadium-new-york

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Odd Couple is much further down on that list than it ought to be.

[Frayed Knot]

Not sure if that list is supposed to be in any particular order or not; if so it's an odd one that's for sure.

As far as what he may have missed - I'm not registered at that site to leave comments, but the (really bad) remake of TAKING OF PELHAM 123 has the hijacked subway train speeding past a clearly
visible Shea Stadium ... as it supposedly goes through Brooklyn, although that geographical faux pas was maybe the least of about 1,986 things wrong with that movie.

All of which begs the question: What's up with Denzel doing remakes of movies that have no business being remade? ... Pelham, Manchurian Candidate, Magnificent Seven.
I mean, who's convincing him that any of these projects are good ideas?

[MFS62]

Watching a rerun of a 1994 episode of Law and Order titled "Wager."
There have been a lot of Mets references (including Doc Gooden and Sid Fernandez) in banter about how well one of the policemen would hit against major league pitching.

Later

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MFS62 wrote: Watching a rerun of a 1994 episode of Law and Order titled "Wager." There have been a lot of Mets references (including Doc Gooden and Sid Fernandez) in banter about how well one of the policemen would hit against major league pitching.

With guest star Keith Hernandez as Drew Harding.

[Guest cooby]

Denzel is a dreamboat

[Ceetar]

Seen on Clickhole

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[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Not sure if he's been documented as a MLBS, but astronaut and Long Island native Michael Massimino is a Mets fan according to the introduction I just heard on the Moth Radio Hour.

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Ceetar wrote: Seen on Clickhole https://www.facebook.com/clickhole/photos/a.1461385317435063.1073741828.1439042583002670/1845811778992413/?type=3&theater

Where's Ronnie?

[Guest themetfairy]

Mets Willets Point wrote: Not sure if he's been documented as a MLBS, but astronaut and Long Island native Michael Massimino is a Mets fan according to the introduction I just heard on the Moth Radio Hour.

We had that covered in 2002.

Franco's Out Of This World! - Well, his jersey was, at least. Astronaut Mike Massimino, a Franklin Square, NY native and lifelong Mets fan, met John Franco in Houston last weekend to give the pitcher photos of the astronaut wearing Franco's jersey on the recent Space Shuttle Columbia mission.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Thanks. It's good to have a reminder after 15 years.

[G-Fafif]

“You struck out more times than the 1962 Mets.”
—Carol to Jerry, The Bob Newhart Show, “Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod,” S 6 E 20, March 4, 1978

[Ceetar]

Not sure what the expiration date is for some of these, but when Rachel goes to return Barry's engagement ring in episode 2 of Friends, there's a Mets hat on the door.

somewhat bold, as the Mets were supposed to host Pittsburgh the day it aired, but instead were home for months.

[Ceetar]

A Mets hat appears in the next episode as well, in Joey and Chandler's apartment.

(Friends is in this season with the Mets right?)

[Guest cooby]

Ceetar wrote: Seen on Clickhole https://www.facebook.com/clickhole/photos/a.1461385317435063.1073741828.1439042583002670/1845811778992413/?type=3&theater

I don't get it

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: Not sure what the expiration date is for some of these

Any time is a good time to see something/say something.

[Chad ochoseis]

A Cleveland April Fools joke with a Metly surprise at the end.

A massive change is coming for Market Garden Brewery: The downtown Cleveland brewery, which has been expanding rapidly since its inception in 2011, will shift from producing beer to making milk within five years. ... One of the biggest challenges will be finding a place for the cows the brewery will keep - something McNulty said is important so people will understand the "grains-to-glass" cycle and know exactly where the milk they are drinking is coming from. The owners have chosen a farm in Amish country, about 90 minutes south of Cleveland. Ohio-bred cows could be a selling point in the milk market, much like the local-foods movement has influenced offerings in restaurants and grocery stores. Livestock workers who are experienced are encouraged to apply for cow-tending positions when the brewery's plan hits that phase. Email mbona@cleveland.com for details. Sidd Finch of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, has been hired as director of the brewery's milk operations. He was traveling in the Himalayas and unavailable for comment.

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/04/market_garden_brewery_to_shift.html

[TransMonk]

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but apparently David Fincher's GONE GIRL Blu-Ray commentary includes this:

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[Ceetar]

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but apparently David Fincher's GONE GIRL Blu-Ray commentary includes this:

I mean, it probably should've been. fits the character better.

[Ceetar]

In season 28, episode 19 of the Simpsons 'Caper Chase' the first scene is beer league softball between Springfield and Indian Point and they joke 'They think they're so cool because their fallout radius includes Manhattan'

'Yeah, how many Mets games have you postponed?'

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Jack Antonoff, lead singer of Bleachers, performed in a Mr. Met tank top on Jimmy Kimmel Live, April 17, 2017.

[bmfc1]

If you don't believe G-Fafif, here's proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLu2T-u443w

[Edgy MD]

You don't see a lot of drummer/drummer/keyboard/keyboard/guitarist-singer lineups.

The eighties are everywhere.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

They really are. Except where the nineties have taken up residence.

Antonoff's also the lead guitarist of .fun; also also, he's a native North Jerseyan/kid of the eighties, and longtime Brooklyn resident. He's possibly legit.

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Dialogue between Eddie the Doorman and a tenant from Netflix’s Master of None (Season 2, Episode 6, 2017, "New York, I Love You"):

“Hey, Eddie, how those Mets doing?” “Eh, we can’t win. You know how it is.”

Howie Rose is heard doing play-by-play.