Movies: Mel Allen

When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II....

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected....

The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero....

Four wealthy Long Islanders play for an amateur softball team. All four men suffer from profound personal and professional problems, thus the weekly ball game becomes a method of working out their frustrations. So adept do they become at this cathart...

Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees....

The setting is a radio broadcast with the bands of Leith Stevens and Bobby Hackett, the vocals by Nan Wynn and a speciality bit by Leslie Lieber playing a toy whistle. Future-and-long-time-voice of the New York Yankees baseball team, Mel Allen (as Me...

There is nothing more majestic in baseball than the home run. Home run hitters have made up baseball's greatest hitters and most charismatic players: Ruth, Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Jackson. Their names summon a moment: Fisk, Gibson, Mazeroski, Dent. This...

A half-hour parody special in the style of Playhouse 90, starring comedian and SNL veteran Jon Lovitz....

A collection of baseball outtakes including on and off field funny moments....

The story of the conquest of the Colorado River by 'Buzz' Holmstron, an Oregon filling station attendant, who was the first man ever to navigate the river alone in a boat....

Baseball in the '70s was a decade of transition and innovation. It was a decade dominated by super teams: the Big Red Machine, the flamboyant Oakland A's, and the turbulent New York Yankees. We were treated to the final glory of Willie Mays, Roberto ...