Kickball in the Media

Kickball is kind of a big deal. You may have noticed. Well other people have noticed as well. I will soon be on a plane, heading to Las Vegas where about 80 of the best and most fun teams will be converging for the Founders Cup and Kickball Games. But kickball is not just cool to us and other grownups who lust for a return to our grade school glory days.

Last year's Founders Cup saw a little coverage on ESPN.com and had a nice little video piece along with an article.




A couple of years ago Bill Clinton autographed a WAKA Kickball to help raise some money for charity. Can you blame the ex-Prez for being a fan? There are always lots of good looking women at a WAKA game.


It has also made a little bit of an impression on Hollywood. Earlier this season I shared with you an excellent episode of The Boondocks which I am sure you all took the time to watch the full episode.

Kickball has also showed up in a couple of other places in Hollywood. The Jonas brothers did a charity kickball game last year but we won't get into that and please don't hold that against the sport.

Perhaps because the movie was ahead of its time but there is a deleted kickball scene from the movie Billy Madison. The movie came out before WAKA ever came around so maybe that was part of the reason why the scene was deleted. The world just wasn't ready for it.

Billy Madison Kickball Game
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Kickball was also referenced in the movie Mr Woodcock. I couldn't find a clip of it in English but I did find a clip dubbed in Spanish which kinda makes it a bit funnier. Kickball is one of the few words I can actually pick out in the clip.


For those of you who have as broad of a knowledge of Spanish as I do (none), here is the partial transcript in English:

"According to my syllabus we should be well into wrestling by now. But because of your lack of focus we've yet to get past the fundamentals of kickball. Kreamer, first rule of Bunting.

Um, do--don't--

There is no Bunting in kickball, Kreamer. Set of ten. Henderson, is there a reason why your shoe is untied?

- Um--

- You see on the kickball field, a screw-up like that can put you in a wheelchair. You'll end up writing your name with a pencil taped to your head the rest of your life. Set of ten. Until you learn the basics of any sport you cannot participate in it let alone excel in it."

So, what did we learn class? There is no bunting in kickball and always make sure your shoes are tied.

There are even be a few celebrity WAKA players in our Hollywood divisions but if I told you who they were, I would have to kill you.

So be sure to tell all of your friends how much fun WAKA Kickball is and how much of a big deal you are for being a part of such a big deal. They might get jealous and sign up next season too.