267: BLUE CHIPS Movie Club (With Amy Nicholson)
Craig & Friends
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🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
LA Times Film Critic, Co-Host of UNSPOOLED, author & basketball connoisseur Amy Nicholson joins me to discuss William Friedkin’s 1994 basketball classic BLUE CHIPS. Starring Nick Nolte, Shaquille O’Neal, J.T. Walsh & Alfrie Woodard, written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump) and stacked with real-life basketball legends (Bobby Knight, Penny Hardaway, Bob Cousy and more) BLUE CHIPS reeks of authenticity while examining the ethical complexities and financial realities of college sports.
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| 0:00.0 | Make believe is not pretend. |
| 0:04.0 | We might be able to run the end. |
| 0:07.5 | It never starts. |
| 0:09.4 | It never ends. |
| 0:11.3 | Welcome to Craig and Friends. |
| 0:14.8 | Welcome to Craig and Friends. |
| 0:18.3 | Welcome to Craig and Friends. |
| 0:21.6 | Sports, not something you often hear about on this show, but in this case, it's about a sports movie. |
| 0:28.6 | I don't care about the games, I just want to know what's going on backstage. |
| 0:32.6 | Someone who does care about the games, however, is Amy Nicholson, who joins me for this episode. Amy is an author, |
| 0:38.8 | and she's the lead film critic for The LA Times, also with Paul Shear co-hosts the fabulous |
| 0:44.0 | unspooled podcast. Movie fanatic, basketball fanatic, who would be a better guest than her? |
| 0:50.4 | The answer? No one. We recorded this in 2024, right before the 30th anniversary of the film, but now we're celebrating the 31st anniversary of the film. |
| 0:59.4 | So now, without further ado... |
| 1:01.0 | We don't buy athletes. |
| 1:05.2 | All the other schools are doing, coach. |
| 1:08.3 | We owe them as money. |
| 1:12.6 | I figure out $ 30 grand Like having cash |
| 1:14.2 | Did you cheat |
| 1:16.3 | He bought him Charlie, I know he bought him |
| 1:18.6 | Did you take money? |
| 1:21.4 | We owe it to him |
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