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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers
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As a matter of fact, I do hate the Lakers. The one Boston team my father made me like was the Celtics.

That being said, this is a really fun show. John C. Reilly as Dr. Jerry Buss does an incredible job. The show starts in bed with Buss in bed at the Playboy mansion with a naked Playboy Playmate as he announces to the camera that today is the day he is going to trade in his real estate empire for the Los Angeles Lakers. There is a lot of fourth wall breaking. Everybody does it. Some times two people in the same scene. So far it is all about Reilly as Dr. Buss. He's very captivating. It is very hard to tell a story that everyone knows but Judd Apatow manages to do it.

Ep1 is all about Buss buying the team and picking Magic Johnson in the NBA draft. It's a period piece of the 1980s. We see a lot of the subtle racism (and not so subtle racism) of the time. It's all quite fascinating.

I"m guessing this show is for the Sporstball fans in DOOM, which I think is just me.
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(03-14-2022, 08:24 AM)Greg Wrote: I"m guessing this show is for the Sporstball fans in DOOM, which I think is just me.

Sporstball would be better with swords.

ED likes baseball but he don't come round here no more...
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I continue to enjoy. I'm up to Ep03. They are trying lure Jerry Tarkanian from UNLV Running Rebels. Las Vegas Mobsters think otherwise. Magic Johnson continues to have a lot of sex while pining for his girlfriend Cookie back in Michigan. Meanwhile Pat Riley has terrible hair and cuts down his garage because he is bored with his life.

Can't wait for Ep04. This weekly release program is BS.
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The show continues Ep04 is all about training camp and the new coaches radical new methods. And the nudity! I didn't realize there would be that many naked women at training camp.

I want to watch all the episodes now. Which is dumb. I know the story. But the details are really great.
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#5
Ep05 The rise of McKay and his fall. Ouch.
Ep06 John C. Reilly continues to crush it as Dr.Buss. Jack Nicholson and Richard Pryor make appearances. Johnson gets wooed by all the shoe companies. He turns down a deal with a nascent Nike that would have netted him close to 3 Billion dollars. And I think I have seen more cunnilingus in this show than anywhere else. Onward Lakers.
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#6
Winning Time: Season Two. Aug 6

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#7
Okay. How about this trailer. Aug 6

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