This page contains behind-the-scenes info about the movie "BASEketball" |
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In the spring of 1998, we saw an advertisment in the LA Weekly, for extras to appear (free) in BASEketball crowd scenes. Being huge fans of Cannibal the
Musical, South Park, and having seen Matt and Trey lookin' soooo
cute twice on Jay Leno, read on... |
March 21st, 1998...my friends and I
were extras today, on the set of "BASEketball", an upcoming
David Zucker movie, which stars Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The scenes
were shot in the "grand olympic auditorium" in downtown L.A.
It must have been built for the 1920's olympic games! It was not nearly
as big as I thought it would be.
We did not get paid, but it was worth it..... to (sort-of) meet matt & trey. We saw matt first. we were standing in line to get in, and we could see thru a fence to the catering truck. my friends and we sang the shpadionkle song, and it got matt's attention. he was standing with Dian Bachar (pronouced "dee-in") who was also in cannibal:the musical. he smiled, we waved and said thanks (for all the laughs) we were about 10 people away, so we couldn't really talk to them. Even though we were so close it would have been more effective to use some kind of conference calling service. I was too scared to say anything anyway! We saw a Bill Clinton impersonator, and
we teased him about having sex with everybody. We all went inside
and the 'continental' breakfast (muffin and a juice box) |
The home team, and the stars team, is
the Milwaukee Beer's. yes, beer, as in Coors, a sponsor. it's a 3 man
team, and our team consists of Coop Cooper (Trey), Remer (Matt), and Dian
plays a character whose nickname is "Little Bitch." Their mascot
is a keg of beer, the cheerleaders are dressed in lingerie, and the fans wear mugs of beer on
their heads! |
They did this big sweeping shot of the band playing, the crowd cheering, the cheerleaders dancing, the game going on, and trey in the dugout looking sort of pensive. Also, when we were
in the good seats, they shot a couple of "trey at home plate"
shots, where the camera was facing directly toward us. I can't wait to
see the film! I can't imagine that we would not make it into these shots...
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When we first got to the home plate seats, Trey came strolling out onto the field. I called out "hey trey" and he looked up at us, and I just waved like an idiot. I was way too star-struck. people started asking him questions like "who's cartman's dad?" ( the infamous cliffhanger had not yet aired) and "when is orgazmo coming out?" a. first he asked if we really wanted
to spoil the ending... we said yes, trey did some q&a with the crowd.
the emcee asked him to do a voice, and at first he did butthead
"huh huh huh cool beavis" ... we all laughed...
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Later in the day, trey came up again, and
did the voices of the school counselor, and mr. hanky. One had to be careful, though, because
the cups (pepsi, coors, whatever) that they passed out did not always
have digestable material! Trey and Matt spent alot of time signing autographs for fans. We did not get one, but I thought it was very sweet of them. My friend waited for a sig, but Trey had to leave. She got within a couple of feet of him. She said that when someone else called out about Cartman's dad, Trey said that "Matt" was the father!!! |
We all got free t-shirts as we left! They had a bunch of prizes and gifts thrown out to the crowd, (stuff as cool as sweat-shirts and cd's, or as cheeezy as breath mints!) ...we didn't catch anything, ...except BASEketball fever! haha |
People were throwing notes to Matt
and Trey out onto the playing field. :-) We were really impressed at how thoughtful
Matt and Trey were to the fans. We got our nerve up, and threw him
a note also. On ours, we thanked Matt and Trey for their work in
Cannibal! The Musical, and invited them to dinner, and included
my neighbors phone number! Wouldn't it be cool if they called?
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Yes, we saw BASEketball
on opening day... and again the next day.. and again the next week!!!...it
was TOO funny! ... we own it now... There are some
BASEketball fan sites cropping up (baseketball.isrude.com)
I've compiled at list of Favorite Psyche-Outs from my visitors over the years, send yours in HERE |
Don't forget... You can buy copies of BASEketball Cannibal! The Musical Orgazmo South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut all at amazon.com!!! |
My Matt & Trey Photo Gallery is online with over 600 images! write to me for the secret URL! |
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