The Bronx Is Burning - 8 - Mr. October
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- the 1977 New York Yankees against the backdrop of New York City. Yankee superstar Reggie Jackson (Daniel Sunjata) and manager Billy Martin (John Turturro) are locked in a perpetual state of warfare. Jackson was a perfect foil for the scrappy Martin, a popular former Yankee player and reminder of the less complicated past of the team and the city. While owner George Steinbrenner (Oliver Platt) was a autocratic boss, he was also intent on keeping his promise to delivering a World Series title. The show also features subplots concerning the NYPD's pursuit of the Son of Sam serial killer that summer and the devastating blackout and resultant widespread looting in July, all while the city suffered through financial bankruptcy and massive municipal layoffs. Another subplot focused on the 1977 New York City Mayoral race featuring incumbent mayor Abraham Beame, former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, future Governor Mario Cuomo, and Congressman Ed Koch, the eventual winner.
The title refers to an off-the-cuff comment allegedly made by broadcaster Howard Cosell during the ABC telecast of Game Two of the 1977 World Series.
Oliver Platt did a fantastic job. This whole series was so well done
Platt captured Steinbrenner's intensity perfectly. Steinbrenner was basically a nice guy, just very annoying and rich.
Hes such a great actor.
They should do one on the 1978 and 1979 season, when Munson got in that plane crash.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 Sounds like myself
It's worth remembering that the Yankees did not win one World Series in the 1980s and for that you can thank George Steinbrenner. Because he couldn't keep his despotic hands off the team, he methodically took a championship team and a farm system worth its weight in gold and ran both into the ground. It was only when he was literally forced to stay away from the team that the Yankees bounced back and started winning again.
that's true. it was Stick Micheal that turned the team and farm system around once Steinbrenner was forced off his back.
It was also the Mets, A's, and other good teams from the decade. Free agency opened it up.
The fact the Jackson signing worked so well might've set the franchise back a decade. Everytime baseball people argued for something, in Steinbrenner's mind he could point back to him being right about Reggie as "proof" he knew what he was talking about.
@@iAintSayDat Pretty good proof if you ask me. Buying the team for $10 million in 1973 was a pretty good deal as they are now worth $5 billion.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 The way the team fell apart the more George involved himself into the 80s might suggest the Jackson thing was some beginners luck and a testament to the people he had around him saving him from himself until they just couldn't anymore.
John Turturro did a terrific job nearly morphing into Billy Martin in speech and mannerisms. The crew members whose responsibly it was to make Turturro look so similar to his character also deserve a great deal of credit.
Let me just say that this is one of the best TV movies I’ve seen since Winds of War. The casting was tremendous and the acting was super. Thank you. Big good critic.
Loved the series and the World Series of '77 and '78. Bought tickets to both and paid $10 in '77 and $12 in '78 for upper deck in right field I still have the stubs. Now, you can't even get parking tickets for those prices! Also worked the night shift for Seaboard Airlines in '77 and was on duty when Berkowitz killed near JFK. I have been a Yankees fan since 1968 with programs and Yearbooks saved from the many games I attended.
Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, Mets -- spectacular, legendary clubs
Legendary!
It would have been fascinating to have a mini series on the 1978 Yankees also!
Indeed, “The Bronx Zoo” book
14:53... The penquin running!!!
I just want to say thank-you for uploading the series, here. It's amazing to me, that I'd never heard of it, until getting stuck in a TH-cam spiral and seeing it in the recommendations. Prior to the 90's Baseball strike, I considered myself a huge fan of the game. And while I still try to get out to watch one game a year---other than the World Series, I don't really watch or follow it, anymore. But pretty much anything prior to '94, still piques my interest.
Not to mention the historical backdrop this is set against, or the truly impressive mix of talented character actors....this was such a great watch.
Such great acting all around. The writing was so cleber and hilarious. I laughed so many many times at the subtle humor. Jackson reading books, quoting random abstract philosphers. Michey Rivers hoping to stay injury prone. Reggie talking about Standard Brands and Puma in this speech. There were so many subtle jokes that I kept thinking how great the writers did here. The only thing that was off was Joe Dimaggio who came off as a villain. How Reggie survived just shows how strong he was.
I was ten when this happened and eleven when they came back in 1978, at summer camp each year. While I was a Met fan, I always rooted for the Yankees in the postseason since the Mets never made it there during this era. Even with the big-money payroll it's never easy to win a series, and this moment was just awe-inspiring.
Really nice mix of real footage and audio with the film. Really well done, and the actors had the Yankee players down like they were them. Nice,
The team he bought in 1973 for $10 million is now worth $1.2 billion.
Actually in mid year 2024, the Yankees are now worth combined with their Yes Network at least over $5 Billion.
Fun fact about Reggie Jackson. He's the only member of the 500 Home Run club to never have back-to-back 30 home run seasons.
His early-to-mid-'70s peak came at a time when home runs were declining throughout the game. And he played his whole career in ballparks where homers happened less (Oakland, Yankee, Anaheim.)
@@NJGuy1973 He also had some buzzards luck with injuries and labor disputes.
@@kevaninthe4135 And don't forget how the press would F with him. They seemed to have a problem with black players who spoke their minds and didn't kiss ass. I've always believed some of his slumps stemed from that.
@@NkrumahTure They didnt even try to hide it..They would bait him and being a young guy he would take it he would say stuff that made him look bad...Reggie loved to talk shit but he backed it up...I loved him and I was a Tiger fan
@@cnmm6069 Agreed.
Harvey Greene, the Yankees' Director of Media Relations from 1986 to 1989, talked about the experience of working under Steinbrenner:
"When the team was on the road, you'd come back to your hotel late at night, and if your phone light was on, you knew that either there had been a death in the family or George was looking for you. After a while, you started to hope that there had been a death in the family.
Hahaha, that’s great
Wow, that's how much they were respectably afraid, hope is a death i don't wanna get fired, Steinbrenner had a mean streak.
I love this! Here it is in 2022 and I never knew this series was ever done. I was a huge Yankee fan especially back in those days. I grew up in the northern suburbs of New York City. Born in the shadow of Yankee Stadium and my family moved north when I was 3. I was so into these games and I am amaze of what a phenomenal job you did on this series. So accurate. Turtorro deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Billy. And he looks like him so much! (Except they should of taped his ears to his head maybe LOL!). The Son of Sam story was such a big deal back then. The Yankees run was a tremendous reprieve from that evil fearful story that was a background situation to the season and I don't think other team's fans across America realized how much of an uplift the Yankees run was. We needed them to win and we needed it bad! About 10 years later I did some freelance sports video cameraman work for a few video companies been on the field in Yankees Fort Lauderdale stadium (which no longer is their Spring Training grounds). Been on the field with the video camera at Yankee Stadium with press credentials too. Seems like baseball was always a part of my life one way or another. LIke it was part of my DNA or something. Moreover, 1977 and 1978 seasons are just about a part of my soul. So to see this was beyond thrilling! And BTW, as a hobby musician just wanted to send some thumbs up to Tree Adams for the great music. You nailed it with the music dude!
Im ashamed to be a yankee fan and not have known Reggie put on this type of performance... before my time but nevertheless I should’ve known .. this mini series was great ... even got my wife hooked .. good work ✌🏽
If you're under 20, it's OK. Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the WS....Bucky Dent in 78 hit a 3 run shot over the Green Monster in a 1 game playoff
this whole series was brilliantly done and the actors who played martin and Jackson looked identical to the players. Except martin did not have a southern accent, IIRC--he grew up in Oakland, CA
He developed that accent while managing the Rangers. The actor playing Munson looks like his damn clone.
A lot of martins dialogue makes him out to be a rube...a true baseball sevant that belongs in the hall. Before you debate think leo durocher...and he got booted a year for gambling...billys numbers are better also. Just one of many reasons billy and pete should be in Cooperstown
"Reggie" wasn't very muscular, but otherwise it was a great series that truly captured life in NY in 1977 for any baseball or Yankee fan. Baseball meant so much more back then.
Roc as Bill White, too good!
And a great impersonation!
Thank you so much for the series upload. Been wanting to see this for years
They didn't get the Reg-gie cheer right. The emphasis was always on the 'gie' part. They should have consulted with some fans from those days, especially people who were at the 1977 World Series.
I chanted Reg-GIE many times as a kid and was at one playoff game in 1978. I also waited for a WEEK to try to catch his 400th HR due to the prizes he was giving for it. First night I'm sick stay home he hits it right to my spot.
How in the hell could they mess that up...Damn
I remember the candy bar. Hell, I even remember the TV commercials for it too. All it was was a$100,000 Grand bar, except it was round. It was good though.
Yup. Too slow too.
Only thing Daniel Sunjata didn't do was imitate that knee twist Reggie had on his swing. I wouldn't have either; I tried it once and thought I tore all my ligaments.
Billy was such a lost romantic....RIP Skipper!!!!
ron cey running down 3rd. lol
Hahahaha the penguin
Say what you will about Reggie Jackson, that Game 6 performance was spectacular.
The whole series actually. Still holds the record for HR, Runs and Total Bases in a 6-game series.
Bill White is a class act . When I was an 10 year old kid , my pop and I waited for the players to come out of the Stadium to get autographs . One of the first was the announcer Bill White . It wasn’t so much the autograph as it was that he took the time to talk to me and my pop.
One of the best hires the Yankees ever made.
Joe D snubbing Billy. OUCH!!
Never happened.
Never happened...not saying joe d didnt pep talk reggie but he would never snub martin...martin was loved by joe d...joe d never ate w teammates but when billy came up joe d would go out on the town with the rookie...billy =hof
If you want the sequel (‘78 Yanks) read The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle. I won’t spoil the ending 😉
18:50 RIP Tommy Lasorda
The entire cast was great!
Reggie gets the clutch label, but Steve Garvey is so underrated.
Dude was an absolute monster in the playoffs. As clutch as it gets. Go look his playoff numbers up if you get a chance, they are awesome.
The press let the real Steve Garvey slide by, they didn’t hound him and LA is nothing like playing in New York, nothing. Garvey wouldn’t have handled it well if he played in New York his skins to thin.
@@ronniebishop2496 Pure speculation on your part. Embarrassingly weak argument.
Chocolatetown Forever Well why do you think Garvey was underrated? And by who? I think a lot of people thought he was a great player, but everyone thinks the New York media is much more intense than anywhere else, Madison Avenue is the advertising capital of the world. But maybe you’re right but I do know I heard nothing at all about his private life, which I could care less about but you know it effects players performance, Mickey Mantle Roger Maris and most big league players agree.
@@ronniebishop2496 Who underrates him? Dude, hes not in the Hall of Fame!
10x All Star, 4x Gold Glove, 2x NLCS MVP, was there in so many playoff runs playing great baseball, its an f'ing travesty that hes not in Cooperstown.
As far as the pressure getting to people that play in NY, yeah, its a real thing, but you cant just say this person or that person WOULDNT perform, thats just silly, and if you knew about Garveys career in LA, he was hounded by reporters because of extramarital affairs. This is the real reason Garvey isnt in the Hall, and its disgusting.
If you kept every ball player out of the Hall of Fame that cheated on their spouse, youd have about 20 people in it. Its a joke.
Chocolatetown Forever I didn’t know that
This was the first 6 game World Series since 1959 when the Dodgers beat the White Sox 4 games to 2
Torrez was a winner. I got to meet him in 2019.
Love this! However, tbe Homer off Burt Hooton actually barely cleared the fence in right field. It was not a moon shot.
Shooter McGavin ain't no Joe D.
I grew up listening to Fran Healy doing color on Mets games. He was great. I never realized how close he grew up to where I'm from. He's a Berkshire region guy, right over the border in Massachusetts. I remember reading this book and thinking he was so different than Reggie Jackson.
O man - what a GREAT MOVIE !!!
Gotta love guys in bar wearing mesh caps. So 70s
Game 6 of the 1977 World Series was a game for the ages
Umpire John McSherry - 18:46 - would die in Cincinnati on Opening Day, 1996. Great umpire, and a tragic day.
I’m a Reds guy, originally from southeastern Indiana, and remember that very well. Opening day was so important to John, he postponed a doctor’s appointment for his heart to work that game. It was probably the darkest day in Reds history. By all accounts I know of, he was a great guy. As a response to his death, MLB started a fitness program for its umpires.
I remember that, too sad. Marge reacted awfully.
This week I was watching Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS on MLB Network. The Sid Bream Game. McSherry was behind the plate, but got dizzy and had to leave. The first base ump took over at the plate.
NJGuy1973 I remember that. Cameras panned over to him talking to Bill White as he was sat on a folding chair - he was not in good shape.
Was it Randy Marsh who took over? I remember Belinda got squeezed on a couple pitches.
@@DanStrayer Yes, Randy Marsh took over behind the plate.
Has there ever been a show in history that was so completely filled with unlikable jackholes? The most sympathetic character in the whole series was Berkowitz… 🤦🏻♂️
Didn’t the Yankees announcer used to repeat the numbers. Like Reggie number 44 number 44
That scene with Billy and his wife at the end always gets to me.
Yeah-that.song by Tree is beautiful-I do not think it was ever marketed.
Gabe Paul went back to the Indians after this he couldn't take it anymore
Reggie was a football player in college .
His football coach at Arizona state was frank kush who went on to coach the last Baltimore colts team. Reggie played 1976 for Baltimore Orioles under Earl Weaver.
Football? You bet
7:20 Chris McDonald was good in the show yes platt and John was great but Chris as DiMaggio was good as well
Shooter McGavin
Here's the late Maury Allen's cameo: 27:40 - Old-time sportswriter.
Met him once a long while ago, very nice man! =]
BTW, this TV series is based off the book “Ladies and Gentleman, The Bronx is Burning”. This book was published in 2005; this TV series was released in 2007.
Shame they never did a TV series based on the book called “The Bronx Zoo”, that deals with the 1978 Yankees. This book was released in 1979
Who are the two women in the bar. They are gorgeous
When they show the bar scenes, there is such a big difference between the 21" Sony Trinitron 525 lines 35~40lbs to today's 55" Samsung 4k 25~30 lbs.... Amazing that I was around to have experienced these era's to see the progress of today's tech, but also to witness societies moral decay. 2 experiences inversely proportional to one another over time.
Real real real good Series
So good
too good for anyone who remembers
22:27 made him a UNANIMOUS Hall of Famer. Go Reg-gie, Reg-gie!
Only complaint of whole series is the fact that the crack of the bat in batting practice scenes sound like a nerf bat
Reference 7:45
The blonde model's hairstyle changes somewhat with every Reggie Jackson at-bat, beginning @ 17:26. Not a deal-breaker in how good this miniseries is, but still noticeable.
Keith Jackson, Howard cosell,Cowell, didn't get better than that.
Yankees first WS title since they won it all in 1961 and 1962
6:58 the relationship implied here between Jackson and Dimaggio was very real. However the latter was a coach in Oakland while Reggie was playing there. So conversations like that one would have taken place years earlier.
This mini series had me rooting for the yanks as a braves fan 😂. Masterpiece for boomers everywhere even tho I was only 12 when this came out. I related heavily to billy just cause alcohol and other stuff
Yogi was the only sane person
Yogi was a gunner's mate on a transport ship on D-Day, so his perspective was a little different.
What’s the song that played over the end epilogue that was muted
Shooter McGavin!
I like to know if non yankees fans like this series. As a Yankees fan, I'm biased
Im a Mets fan, and this was very enjoyable.
Shame they never did one for the 1978 book “The Bronx Zoo”
I mean why isn't Ruth known as Mr. October? He recorded three dingers in one WS game twice as many times as Jackson did.
Because he is known as Babe Ruth, which is enough.
@@pedrocordova482 Babe Ruth had so many nicknames. The great bambino, sultan of swat, king of crash, wall of wallop, colossus of clout, behemoth of bust, titan of terror, rajah rap; I mean I could go on forever. 'Mr. October' would've just been another name on that list.
@@MrZackavelli TV...people saw it.
Ruth = Mr. Boston!
Did Turturro wear Lord of the Rings ear extensions? Platt was good, but just impossible to do that role looking so completely different than a guy we've all seen over and over. You feel like you're watching Rich Little[or Frank Caliendo] doing an impression, but Turturro WAS Martin. The rest of the casting was great except for Platt
Hey that,s roc
I don’t know how women do it, and put up with us men. We’re usually dogs.
Am I the only one who feels bad for Billy's wife?
Their marriage was in deep trouble before this as they both pretty much knew that when Billy took the New York job in August 1975 that that would be the end of them. Gretchen didn’t want to move the family again and yet she knew Billy had to take the Yankee job as he had been waiting his whole life for it.
Yeah its a good tv series but it aint great . JT made it good - its hard to envision the Puerto Rican guy from Resue Me as RJ
😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Billy mentions Charlie 's Angels they were hotter 🔥 than 🔥 hot in 1977
Reggie Martinez Jacksons mom was Puerto Rican
correction Jackson father was black Puerto Rican his father Martinez Jackson was half Puerto Rican
@@courtneyduncan6106
Yes but his mom Puerto Rican and Puerto Ricans have African Ancestors
@@courtneyduncan6106
He's of Italian and African American ancestry. Nicknamed “Mr. October” for his ability to come up with the big hits during his days with the New York Yankees, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. Answer: Yes. Born Reginald Martinez Jackson, the 65-year-old's mother was Puerto Rican.Sep 22, 2011
@@courtneyduncan6106
Agreed we are all brothers
@@NB-hb3uj First you say Reggie Jackson Mom is Puerto Rican now Reggie is Italian and African American. maybe your getting mixed up with Franco Harris whose mother is a war bride from Italy. You might be internet researching the basketball player Reggie Jackson who is black but he was born in Italy he is very black not half black. That said do some research and get your facts correct. Its the first thing you learn when writing an essay to check facts. My facts come from my old girlfriend stop doing internet research because anything can be out in the internet. My ex is from same township as Reggie just north of Philadelphia Wyncotte.....Do some research and have a bet 50 dollars send me e transfer or western union ...