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Death on the Lot

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, History, Documentary, Film History

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In the late 70s, basketball was changing rapidly, as was the country. The ABA, a start-up basketball league showcased a faster style of play that captivates fans and introduced a 3-point line to professional basketball. But it was struggling financially. The NBA was just the opposite -- gaining a foothold but lacking that “cool” factor. After a merger, and the rise of satellite TV, everything came together -- Dr. J, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s highlights reached fans across the country. Cable and satellite TV would showcase a revolution in the rest of America as well -- and no politician was better equipped for the moment than the movie-star-turned-president, Ronald Reagan. A new era of superstardom and fast living was on the horizon -- one that would also leave many behind. Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot and Death at the Wing, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Death on the Lot show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. A Hyperobject Industries & Sony Music Entertainment production. Want to get in touch? Email us [email protected] To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected]. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was a kid in the 70s I lived in Worcester, Massachusetts and we didn't have video
0:09.9	games or big marvel movies. So if you were going to idolize someone you pretty much had two choices you had the
0:16.1	fawns or Carly a stremsky the left fielder for the Red Sox then I moved outside Philadelphia and it was kind of the same thing only was the band
0:24.8	Kiss or Mike Schmidt. But then towards the end of the 70s, basketball burst onto the scene and just instantly blew our minds.
0:38.0	We had Dr. Jay playing for the Sixers and then in the blink of an eye there was Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
0:49.0	This felt like it was more than just a new sport, a whole new culture. The short shorts, the afros, the flashy
0:56.5	uniforms, the cheesy graphics on TV. Suddenly all we could do was watch basketball.
1:06.3	And a lot of other things were changing as well. The country just felt different.
1:08.6	People were talking about making a lot of money
1:11.1	and sports cars, and there was this kind of flag-waving American thing going on movies like top gun red dawn
1:17.8	Rambo my friends and I made fun of all that stuff and a lot of the music was really terrible the clothes were ugly but it definitely
1:26.2	felt new and big and in the middle of it for me and my friends it was all about the NBA.
1:33.9	Michael on the drive across the lane.
1:35.6	Turnaround shot.
1:36.4	Got it.
1:37.4	63 for sure.
1:38.4	I remember watching Michael Jordan dropped 63 on the Celtics in the playoffs.
1:42.6	I'll never forget Dr. J in the 1980 Championship Series,
1:46.0	that up and under move.
1:47.6	And I swear to God when we saw it,
1:49.8	it looked like he was walking on the air.
1:53.2	My friends and I would watch this stuff over and over.
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