I don't give jacksquat about football but I had a moment where I wanted Jacksonville Jaguars to win so that it would have to be written into the show somehow.
I think that happened before with the Boston Red Sox and that Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore romcom? In the original screenplay, they were supposed to lose but the upset happened and everyone was like, "what the hell, let's go with it."
I think that happened before with the Boston Red Sox and that Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore romcom?
Yup, Fever Pitch. They actually filmed at the game where the Red Sox won and ran onto the field.
That happened with Lost, too. Ben Linus showed whatshisname, the Party of Five guy, footage of the Red Sox winning, and Party of Five Guy said "Now I know you're lying to me."
I didn't want to say to anyone local, but I would have been equally happy either way.
So, today in a class on atomic theory, I mentioned that 2400 years ago Democritus got about 95% of atomic theory correct just by thinking about it, and likened it to Doug Forcett getting most of what happens in the afterlife correct on The Good Place. A lot of students got the reference.
And no doubt you instantly became their favorite professor! (If you weren't already.)
Until the first exam anyway.
Give a little Ted Dansonstyle malicious chuckle when you hand it out to them!