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Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! #18886840 10/30/23
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OP slm9s Campfire Tracker S Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,659 WA	When I was a kid sometimes we'd watch Roller Derby, I think it was on TBS. What a strange "sport", but it was sure entertaining. Anyone else watch it? Anyone have any first hand stories/involvement??? What other weird televised sport do you guys remember watching from way back when?

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Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18886848 10/30/23
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5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,865 South of Minnesota	I was never sophisticated enough to appreciate the intricacies of Roller Derby. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18886862 10/30/23
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gizzyman Campfire Member G Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 111 Minden somewhere	I had a thing for Joanie Weston and hated Margie Laszlo Who couldn't love an Amazon? I was warned, but I am here anyway.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18886904 10/30/23
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Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,861 West Treasure Valley, Idaho	You mean that was a real thing. I thought they invented it for that movie: Rollerball with James Caan and a couple hot looking babes. People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18886918 10/30/23
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7mm_Loco Campfire Regular 7 Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 2,376	watched that schit when i was a kid, early 70's... All Star Wrestling on wheels... at least they had wimmins... so it wasn't a total loss...

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Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! Idaho_Shooter #18886939 10/31/23
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BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,804 Houston, Texas	Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter You mean that was a real thing. I thought they invented it for that movie: Rollerball with James Caan and a couple hot looking babes. Yeah, it was a real thing. How about a movie starring Raquel Welch? The full movie on YouTube (free with ads): YouTube Movies & TV Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kGIiRRE-s&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies Copy and paste the link into your web browser. Cheers! Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887098 10/31/23
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hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,209 Texas	They still have leagues, Wifey did that cshit for years. She liked it a lot. She would get bruised up a lot, but did it until she was in her 40’s

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887100 10/31/23
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bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,948	I was always partial to late night dwarf tossing tournaments personally. That was some funny chit! They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887118 10/31/23
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colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,730 North Carolina	You missed the thread StxHunter had posted a month ago regarding his daughter the Roller Derby girl! "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887125 10/31/23
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auk1124 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,682 KY	We've been to a few of the modern matches. Pretty fun way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon. The women are a lot more fun to watch than the men - in the matches we've watched, the men seem scared of hurting each other, so they take it easy and just bump each other a little. The women are more aggressive. The modern version we've watched is just a flat circle taped out on a cement floor, not the banked oval track thing like Ted Turner had on tv in the 80's. That would have been more entertaining.

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Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887162 10/31/23
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Osky Campfire Tracker O Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,723	They still have women’s teams in northern MN, I don’t think they are broadcast anywhere. Then again they have Curling clubs as well. Which is nice. Osky A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887211 10/31/23
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stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,132 south texas-Corpus Christi	My daughter is on a roller derby team. with her husband Howdy Doody and kids. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887220 10/31/23
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673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,250 bc Canada	I used to watch Roller derby all the time as a kid.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18887276 10/31/23
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Beoceorl Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,192 North Alabama	Jim Croce even immortalized the sport in song..."She was 5' 6" and 215, a bleached blond bomber with a streak of mean..." ===================== Boots were made for walking Winds were blowing change Boys fall in the jungle As I Came of Age

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! BFaucett #18888648 10/31/23
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Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,861 West Treasure Valley, Idaho	Originally Posted by BFaucett Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter You mean that was a real thing. I thought they invented it for that movie: Rollerball with James Caan and a couple hot looking babes. Yeah, it was a real thing. How about a movie starring Raquel Welch? The full movie on YouTube (free with ads): YouTube Movies & TV Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kGIiRRE-s&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies Copy and paste the link into your web browser. Cheers! Bob F. Thanks for that. Raquel is always worth a watch. People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18888655 10/31/23
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Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! slm9s #18888675 10/31/23
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Huntz Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,238 N.E.Wisconsin	Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience

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700LH Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 24,370	It was great fun in person for a kid in the 60s, banked tracks the skaters were fast and kicked ass

Re: Weird televised sports from the '80s - Roller Derby! stxhunter #18888896 10/31/23
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79S Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,499 Alaska valley trash	Originally Posted by stxhunter My daughter is on a roller derby team. with her husband Howdy Doody and kids. Ph uck hate to get hit by the one in the background in the first picture. that’s a big women full head of steam on skates and they hit you ph uck. Originally Posted by Bricktop Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.

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