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  [Once a Star raw: Bowie Kuhn in NYC #4]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape features the continuation of an interview with former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (1926-2007), shot for the 1986 television special “Once A Star.”

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  Max Patkin #3

  Once A Star, Sports

  00:00 This is a continuation of footage from an interview with Max Patkin, baseball clown. 01:02 Max Patkin ambles out onto the field to “coach first base.” The sound is spotty as he performs his act of imitating the first baseman. Then he starts to make faces and yell at the hitter and make funny first base “signals.” 8:00 Patkin tells jokes to the crowd. 09:07 Patkin goes out to “coach third base.” He dances to “Rock Around the Clock.” […]

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  [Once A Star raw: Charlie Finley #5]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape is part of an interview with renowned Oakland A’s manager Charlie Finley. In the interview, Finley discusses the lighter side of his career, from incentivizing his players to grow mustaches, to the difference between a mule and a donkey (Charlie-O, a mule, was the A’s mascot for a brief period of time) to his tumultuous relationship with former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn. It was shot for the documentary Once A Star.

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  [1975 MLB All-Star Game]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features a game summary of the MLB All-Star Game held at Milwaukee’s County Stadium in July of 1975. We follow the National League and American League on their quest for mid-summer glory.

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  [Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #6 Dallas]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star” from the NBA Slam Dunk Competition during the 1986 All-Star Weekend. Connie Hawkins (1942-) is also briefly interviewed.

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  [Once a Star : Robyn Smith, Celebrity Billiards 1968]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape contains archival footage for the 1986 television special “Once A Star.” On this tape, there is footage of horse racing and Robyn Smith riding Superstitious, and half an episode of Celebrity Billiards from 1968.

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  Max Patkin #4

  Chicago, Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Footage shot for the special “Once a Star.” This tape features baseball clown Max Patkin.

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  [Once A Star raw: Charlie Finley #4]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape is part of an interview with renowned Oakland A’s manager Charlie Finley. It was shot for the documentary Once A Star.