I had season tickets to the Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA hockey team. At times, all three Carlson brothers were up with the team. Two of the Carlson brothers, Jeff and Steve played two of the “Hanson” brothers in the film. Jack Carlson was with the Saints when “Slapshot” was being filmed.
Jack wasn’t a finely-skilled hockey player, but he was rugged. When lugging the puck up ice he didn’t try to deke out an opponent. Instead, he just crashed into him, then attempted to recover he puck before anyone else (friend or foe). As a result, opponents tended to stiffen up when they saw Jack coming. And one time, by God, he got the puck by a stiffened-up opponent and scored on an end-to-end rush.
Serious about crackers.
February 13, 2022, 11:51 AM
CPD SIG
"They brought their fuckin toys with them! They're playing with their fucking toys!"
"At least they're not playing with themselves"
"They're too dumb to play with themselves!"
I grew up playing Hockey, we'd watch this movie the night before our first game.
______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!"
“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy
February 13, 2022, 12:38 PM
Ripley
I can't think of a sports movie I like more than "Slapshot".
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
February 13, 2022, 03:11 PM
Audioholic
I saw Slap Shot in the theater in 1977 when I was a senior in high school. I'm not much on sports movies but in my opinion it still ranks as one of the funniest movies period, not just sports related ones.
I watch it every couple of years and it's still as quotable as Monty Python, Animal House, etc.
"I'm listening to the fucking song!"
"Every time you think you weaken the nation" Moe Howard
February 15, 2022, 11:20 AM
Puckpilot78
She's a lesbian, a lesbian!
Mongo only pawn in game of life...
February 15, 2022, 02:55 PM
smschulz
Interesting recent interview:
February 15, 2022, 04:16 PM
erj_pilot
"Trade me right fucking now!"
"Hang up"
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 15, 2022, 07:26 PM
shoevb
I was an usher at a movie theater and I couldn't get enough of it. I would sneak in every chance I could get while I was working. To think I was actually getting paid to watch it.
Funniest sports movie ever.
February 16, 2022, 04:46 PM
erj_pilot
"What are you guys doin'?"
"Putting on the foil."
"Every game."
"Yeah, ya want some?"
"No."
"Jeezus fu**in' christ...they don't leave the bench."
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 16, 2022, 06:14 PM
Green Highlander
“Dave’s a killer!”
“Dave’s a mess.”
"You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground." - Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers in "So I Married an Axe Murderer")
February 16, 2022, 06:46 PM
WaterburyBob
You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free.
"If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards
