Episode 232 - The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)

from Mary Versus the Movies · host Mary Jones & Dennis Lingg

Pittsburgh's basketball team is the worst in the league, so their 14-year-old towel-boy goes to an astrologer and convinces the team to only have players who are Pisces, while twin brothers battle over the fate of the team. Starring Julius "Dr. J." Irving, James Bond III, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Stockard Channing, Jack Kehoe, and Harry Shearer. Written by Jaison Starkes and Edmond Stevens. Directed by Gilbert Moses.

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