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(3 News New Zealand) Cool The Harlem Globetrotter's new 7 foot 8 recruit is just spinning the ball on his finger. Just take it. Take the ball   (3news.co.nz) divider line 37
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ArkAngel [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 08:26:23 PM
I thought the Generals were due!
 
ghare
2012-02-13 08:36:08 PM
You dare laugh at the jesters of dunk? We came here to terrify and humilliate you, not tickle your funny bones. Watch, as I humilliate your civilization by passing the ball to Curly Joe... only to have it stay in my hand with elastic!
 
kronicfeld [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 09:43:26 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, something very strange has just occurred in this basketball match between space clowns and atomic monsters.
 
jayhawk88
2012-02-13 09:52:40 PM
Oh, now they've got a ladder on the court!
 
Harry_Seldon
2012-02-13 10:01:46 PM
I really doubt he is from Harlem. Tough sell.
 
GoldSpider
2012-02-13 10:11:01 PM
ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.
 
RockChalkH1N1
2012-02-13 10:18:49 PM
GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

It made me smile
 
FreakinB [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 10:29:35 PM
Don't they also have that short dude from the D-3 school who won the college slam dunk contest?
 
VvonderJesus
2012-02-13 10:31:52 PM
jayhawk88: Oh, now they've got a ladder on the court!

BAH GAWD KING, THE GENERALS ARE GETTING WHIPPED LIKE A GOVERNMENT MULE
 
The5thElement
2012-02-13 10:32:11 PM
FreakinB: Don't they also have that short dude from the D-3 school who won the college slam dunk contest?

Yes they do. Saw them on New Years Eve. Kid has mad vertical elevation.
 
GoldSpider
2012-02-13 10:35:16 PM
They're a great show, and not just for kids.
 
Up and Atom
2012-02-13 10:35:27 PM
Sweet Clyde - laugh derisively at him!
 
FreakinB [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 10:38:35 PM
The5thElement: FreakinB: Don't they also have that short dude from the D-3 school who won the college slam dunk contest?

Yes they do. Saw them on New Years Eve. Kid has mad vertical elevation.

They always come through here around this time of year, and sure enough they're at MSG this coming Saturday and Nassau Coliseum this Sunday. I've always meant to see them but never have. Now I'm 26, so I feel like I'm too old and can't go until I have a kid. Shrug.
 
The5thElement
2012-02-13 10:41:45 PM
FreakinB: The5thElement: FreakinB: Don't they also have that short dude from the D-3 school who won the college slam dunk contest?

Yes they do. Saw them on New Years Eve. Kid has mad vertical elevation.

They always come through here around this time of year, and sure enough they're at MSG this coming Saturday and Nassau Coliseum this Sunday. I've always meant to see them but never have. Now I'm 26, so I feel like I'm too old and can't go until I have a kid. Shrug.

First time I saw them I was 17 and went with a bunch of high school friends. It's a great show. You won't regret it.
 
ArkAngel [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 10:46:43 PM
GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

Don't you mean cromulent?

RockChalkH1N1: GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

It made me smile

Shouldn't it have embiggened you?
 
Captain Steroid [TotalFark]
2012-02-13 11:00:23 PM
OMG AN ALBINO GLOBETROTTER!!! O_O
 
jayhawk88
2012-02-13 11:02:15 PM
VvonderJesus: jayhawk88: Oh, now they've got a ladder on the court!

BAH GAWD KING, THE GENERALS ARE GETTING WHIPPED LIKE A GOVERNMENT MULE

Wha..Wait a minute! THAT'S SCOOBY DOO'S MUSIC!
 
machoprogrammer
2012-02-13 11:20:57 PM
GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xu5cQlum38&feature=related
 
IlGreven
2012-02-13 11:32:42 PM
Harry_Seldon: I really doubt he is from Harlem. Tough sell.

Right. Next you're gonna tell me Michael Jordan's from North Carolina rather than Chicago.
 
Harry_Seldon
2012-02-13 11:38:11 PM
IlGreven: Harry_Seldon: I really doubt he is from Harlem. Tough sell.

Right. Next you're gonna tell me Michael Jordan's from North Carolina rather than Chicago.

Well, he looks like he could be from the South Side.

//cue the "That's Racist" kid
 
lurch_E_bean
2012-02-13 11:49:55 PM
You can't have a white guy on the Globetrotters! He's supposed to sign with the Generals so the Globetrotters' point guard can drive to the hoop and go between his legs before dunking.
 
craigzy
2012-02-13 11:53:12 PM
generals infamous 1971 win (warning: reading)
 
Fuggin Bizzy [TotalFark]
2012-02-14 01:06:10 AM
The Globetrotters were in my neck of the woods this month. I've wanted to see them ever since I was a kid. But...tickets were $24 apiece, there are five of us in my family, and there were apparently no 12-and-under tickets. So, $120 for the whole family.

Aw fark it. I still didn't get to see the Globetrotters.
 
themuze
2012-02-14 01:41:23 AM
The Globetrotters were only named after Harlem because people associated black people with there. They didn't actually play home games in New York until years later when people realized that shiat was racist.

/never seen the GT play
//would like to
///most of my GT knowledge is from Scooby Doo.
 
TommyJReed
2012-02-14 02:01:31 AM
Pardon the dumb question but why isn't this guy in the NBA? Even if he is a terrible shooter, having a 7'8" player on the court seems like it would be an advantage. Can't teach height was always a saying my coaches said.
 
Mad Canadian
2012-02-14 03:54:27 AM
The great thing about the Globetrotters is that their schtick is timeless.

You KNOW that when they go up to the free throw line that ball is on a string.

You KNOW that the ball will thud onto the floor and won't dribble.

And the age old question: What's in the bucket?

/Sweet
/Georgia
/Brown!
 
kiwannabee
2012-02-14 04:09:02 AM
www.veryicon.com

So has anyone mentioned "The Simpsons" or "Futurama" yet?
 
Raider_dad
2012-02-14 04:51:22 AM
"you can't teach height"
 
YoungSwedishBlonde
2012-02-14 10:03:26 AM
ArkAngel: GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

Don't you mean cromulent?

RockChalkH1N1: GoldSpider: ArkAngel: I thought the Generals were due!

That may be the best Simpsons line of all time.

It made me smile

Shouldn't it have embiggened you?

It should, it's a perfectly cromulent line.
 
skrame
2012-02-14 12:33:27 PM
Asked how he got his nickname 'Tiny', Sturgess said, "I kind of make people look tiny whenever I step on the court."

Who asks a 7'8 person how they got the name "tiny"?
 
Jambalaya James
2012-02-14 12:49:13 PM
Fail. 7-8 and playing for globetrotters.
 
Duke Slater
2012-02-14 12:52:22 PM
"Just pass him the ball, Blackie."
 
Kann
2012-02-14 01:11:25 PM
begin csb/

While in college (1982 or so) I was an usher at the coliseum on campus. The night the globetrotters came to town I partied with a number of the Washington Generals. It was also the night I first stuck it in crazy. I remember what was on TV in the background. The first week of this new show on NBC called Late Night with David Letterman.. Damn I am old...oh and never stick it in crazy..

end csb/
 
ISO15693
2012-02-14 02:46:38 PM
I am foreseeing trotter skits where "tiny" blocks 20 shots in one offensive possession by the generals, and where a trotter sits on his shoulders and catches passes for uncontested layup after layup.

/Saw them once about 35-38 years ago or so
 
redpanda2
2012-02-14 04:03:00 PM
I'm just glad my fat ugly mama isn't alive to see this day.
 
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER [TotalFark]
2012-02-14 09:16:24 PM
My hometown was too small to make the Globetrotters' circuit when I was a kid. Instead, we were treated to the Harlem Clowns. And you know what? They were damned good!

One thing I remember; their star shooter shooting from the top of the stands at halfcourt and barely missing, then saying "I NEVER miss that shot twice!" They passed him the ball, and he said, "Because I never SHOOT it twice!" Then he threw the ball over his head at the OTHER basket, and swished it.

Here's a vid link: Link (new window)
 
AzDownboy [TotalFark]
2012-02-15 09:07:53 AM
redpanda2: I'm just glad my fat ugly mama isn't alive to see this day.

Enough about your promiscuous mother
 
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