Parade du football

Original title: Pigskin Parade

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Stuart Erwin, Jack Haley, Arline Judge, and Patsy Kelly in Parade du football (1936)

Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.

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6.1/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The film has two oddly prophetic connections to Le Magicien d'Oz (1939). It features both Judy Garland and Jack Haley, who would later become Dorothy and the Tin Man. Also, Haley's line "I haven't got a brain" presages the theme song for his "Oz" co-star Ray Bolger (the Scarecrow).

Goofs
The last name of Elisha Cook Jr.'s character is spelled "Van Dyke" in the end credits. However, every time it is seen on-screen during the film, e.g. on the pamphlets he hands out, it is spelled "Van Dyck."

Quotes
Slug Winters: We haven't got a chance! We haven't got a chance!
Bessie Winters: You haven't got a brain either.
Slug Winters: I haven't got a brain... What are you doing here?

Connections
Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Soundtracks
It's Love I'm After
Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell
Music by Lew Pollack
Performed by Judy Garland

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9/10

Pigskin Parade

For those who pooh-poohed this film, remember Stu Erwin received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for this film. Patsy Kelly is always a wonderful comedienne. This is a film to lift the spirits. Made at a time when Americans needed to have their spirits boosted. The premise is admittedly bogus, but the result is a great laugh riot. Years ago I recorded it from an AMC broadcast and played it for my parents (both depression era children - neither recalled it) they couldn't stop laughing. I'm certain it received the same reaction when it first appeared in 1935. It is an example to humor with out bawdy references. I wish it were on DVD, I'd buy in an instant. This helped buoy spirits in an era before Adolph Hitler raised the US economy out of the Depression.