Thursday, October 22, 2009

Thoughts on 30 for 30: Small Potatoes, Who Killed the USFL?

Mike Tollin named his first company “Halcyon Days Productions.”  The title fits, since that’s precisely how he portrayed the USFL in Small Potatoes.  The league was a flashy 80s production, rebellious, zany and fun.  It attracted big stars.  Most importantly, it was football, as evidenced with repeated, sonorous interludes from Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell.  Tollin awakens a forgotten league, a Wikipedia footnote to those of us under 30, but how successfully?

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