🕎 It’s 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think they’ve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van.
🎙️ April Ryley and J.W. Friedman join us for a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very, very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader.
📺 “Full-Court Miracle” is available on Disney+.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Lamont Carr’s obituary in Virginia Magazine (2017)
Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).
UVA’s Athletics website circa 2003.
Alex’s prized Dr. J basketball card isn’t even a rookie card and isn’t that valuable.
“Jewball,” a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie.
This basketball movie’s NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams.
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đź“Ľ Commercials:
Microsoft Encarta Commercial (1995)
Returning Student.
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“Full-Court Miracle” © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
🎙️ April Ryley and J.W. Friedman join us for a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very, very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader.
📺 “Full-Court Miracle” is available on Disney+.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Lamont Carr’s obituary in Virginia Magazine (2017)
Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).
UVA’s Athletics website circa 2003.
Alex’s prized Dr. J basketball card isn’t even a rookie card and isn’t that valuable.
“Jewball,” a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.
Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie.
This basketball movie’s NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams.
****
đź“Ľ Commercials:
Microsoft Encarta Commercial (1995)
Returning Student.
****
“Full-Court Miracle” © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.