We grew up with The Sandlot, SpaceJam, The Mighty Ducks trilogy, and even Little Giants and The Big Green he also was in. We were blessed with movies that taught lessons and the love of the game. You ask anyone if they watched these movies growing up they love what sports can teach you at a young age. Legends.
Same here! It was very unique being a 90s kid. I feel like we were the last generation to trully experience what a true childhood is, where we only had few TV channels and we spend more time playing outside, no tablets, no smart phones, no social media, etc. And the movies that came out were special unlike a lot of stuff that comes out today that is recycled and injected with some kind of an agenda.
Yeppers. Most people obviously remember him from *_Star Wars._* Some might even remember him from *"Conan the Barbarian,"* but I also remember him from *"Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold."* 😁
When I was a substitute middle-school teacher Sandlot was my great equalizer. Never failed to silence even the most determined troublemakers. Thank you, Patrick Renna.
@@dw.imagingDK about you but every time when I kept seeing the shirt that says: “You Killing Me Smalls” I ALWAYS thinking about the Pool Scene when Squints was pretending to be “drowned” in order to kissed the HOTTEST Lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn. DAMNIT I just wish that I was in his shoes.
@@seanlauer9222 ah. The lovely Marley Eve Shelton. I forgot about these classic scenes. Reminds me of the Phoebe Cates red bikini scene Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Will always be a great memory form back in the day when times were more simple 😂😂.
Straight Facts!!!!! That’s why I Coach, help the kids be kids an REMAIN kids for as long as they possibly can!! U say u can do all the same things that u did as a kid, but we all kno that’s not tru. Just not having the stress is enough to want to be a kid again
I named my dog after this film. RIP Bambino❤️ He was the best dog in the whole world. 145lbs Great Dane. Love this movie! One of the few good childhood memories I have
@@jjking3894 clearly sandlot didn’t make it up. I only knew of babe ruth’s nickname bc of that movie, hence I give credit to the movie and not babe ruth.
Filmed in my back yard, literally. Born raised in S.L.C Utah And Still live Here & Love It. A Few Kids From My Elementary & Jr High School Were Extras in The Movie... You Can See The Swimming Pool From The Highway.
Hamilton Porter! There are only a handful of iconic lines from movies that EVERYONE instantly recognize: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” “I’ll be back.” and “You’re killing me, Smalls.” An all-time classic!
@@backdoorletsdothis oh, I’m sorry for having an opinion and a movie my young son and I enjoyed watching at the start of each baseball season. It was kinda our thing.
James threw a pitch straight down the pipe for those kids to hit it out of the park with the way he spoke to them. That was their grand slam moment and he lobbed it over the plate for them because he knew that's what they were looking for. Heart of gold.
"YOU'RE KILLING ME SMALLS" needless to say that Patrick Renna will always be remembered for that line and for the sandlot that's his most iconic movie.
Actually yeah he was in a few other ones like the big green which was a soccer movie which he again costar with one of his fellow sandlot cast mates chauncey leopardi a.k a squints and he was in that pauly shore movie son in law and an episode of the 90's show boy meets world other than that he hasn't done much. In fact a friend of mind said he only does fan meet and greets and apparently has his own clothing line.
A year ago, we watched this classic movie with our son… we had to watch it three nights in a row after that. It’s Safe to say my son is a fan now of the sandlot.😊
A thousand people commented on this video over a year ago. I would normally have nothing to add. I just wanted to share that even as I retired from my job last month, 50 and 60 year-old coworkers were admonishing the dumb actions of the younger ones with, “You’re killing me, Smalls!” If that one line isn’t on AFI’s list of the top 100 best movie quotes of all time, it should be.
The Sandlot, along with many other 90s movies like this (most he was in too) shaped my childhood and give me that warm, fuzzy, nostalgic feeling that I love so much ❤
I ran into Patrick at the tail gate party before a Jimmy Buffett concert in Irvine, probably 20-25 years ago, he was hilarious and a fun dude to say the least.
“Sandlot” was one of my FAVORITE movies growing up! I LOVED it!!! I watched it over and over throughout the summer. And also, he looks exactly the same as he did at 13.😄
That memory of James Earl Jones is awesome to me and I wasn't even there!!! To be in The Sandlot AND to have that memory of him saying that iconic line is just ... WOW...
This movie always takes you back to when you first fell in love with the game. 💯 I used to watch it every year around opening day and still do every now and then 💪
One of my all time favorites, older I get the more precious it gets. These writers & producers remembered EXACTLY what the best parts of childhood were. The joy of this movie is eternal.
From Utah. Living in Georgia now. We've watched the movie, no joke, near a 109 times. This last time we pulled out the projector and blew up the outside screen and played it for the neighborhood. An all time classic!
What made this movie even better to me is that ham looked SO MUCH like my best buddy on my baseball team growing up. Looked the same, same big personality, wild how much alike tbh. I probably watched this movie 20 times just at his house. I miss those days, man, real bad!
It’s amazing how movies and sports can coincide to provide the ultimate childhood. I was born in 1992 and words can’t express how movies like the sandlot played a part in my life.
I actually went to the elementary school where the kids are playing ball in the opening scene. I remember that exact location at Nibley Park Elementary. I was 7 years old when The Sandlot released in 93. Wish I could had been an extra. A lot of fond memories of that school.
I’ve seen this movie so many times because my little nephew was obsessed with it and watched it over and over again! It’s a great movie and awesome cast!
I was a grown man when The Sandlot came out. It spoke to me. I was born in 1963. The adventures of growing up. Baseball. Football. Basketball. Swimming pools. LIFEGUARDS. 😂. Big neighborhood dogs. Treehouses. Chewing tobacco...all of it. A true classic.
I’m 53 years old. I remember playing home run derby with my buddies at the little league field in New Lexington Ohio in the early 80’s. The field backed up to the town pool and once in a while we’d homer one into the pool. The lifeguard would give us a hard time about the dangers of the ball flying in there. I still remember her name and the tan she would get each summer. I lived my version of the Sandlot and a lot of others did also. What a great time to be a kid.
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He’s one of the few people who is 100% recognizable 30 years after childhood.
The Great Hambino🤣
I feel like they'd have to do minimal CGI to de-age him.
Seriously he looks great.
I'm not gonna lie, I was a bit caught off guard when he first spoke here and had the voice of a fully grown man.
He still looks the same
We grew up with The Sandlot, SpaceJam, The Mighty Ducks trilogy, and even Little Giants and The Big Green he also was in. We were blessed with movies that taught lessons and the love of the game. You ask anyone if they watched these movies growing up they love what sports can teach you at a young age. Legends.
90's kid is the best kid.
God I almost forgot about the big green. I miss my childhood
@@pandamonium4857 It's funnier than you remember trust me lol
Thanks for mentioning The Big Green, we rarely hear about that movie. Memories
Same here! It was very unique being a 90s kid. I feel like we were the last generation to trully experience what a true childhood is, where we only had few TV channels and we spend more time playing outside, no tablets, no smart phones, no social media, etc. And the movies that came out were special unlike a lot of stuff that comes out today that is recycled and injected with some kind of an agenda.
So happy to see a child actor doing well and who seems normal in their older age.
Agreed! Was glad that Chunk went to law school.
Cuz he’s an actor that couldn’t afford coke.
@@beandipnchips4502 Bull. Anyone can afford cocaine, for a little while.
Besides this movie he wasn’t close to being a star. This isn’t a good story about a child child looking normal. Not that famous
@@thebluefusThe Big Green yo 👊🏻
Anyone watching this in 2024 after James Earl Jones' passing? Heroes get remembered but legends never die...
Probably why it showed up on my algorithm
Yeppers. Most people obviously remember him from *_Star Wars._* Some might even remember him from *"Conan the Barbarian,"* but I also remember him from *"Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold."* 😁
Field of dreams
He was gold
Mufasa 😭
One of the most quoted movies of all time.
To name a few:
“You’re killing me, Smalls!”
“For…e…ver”
“Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die”
My God son said, "You're killing me, Smalls." a few weeks ago, after I did something that might get me hurt. He's a little protective. 😊
What about “you play ball like a girl”
Shut your mouth, Phillips! My daughter and I still say that to each other! LOL! Also, "You play ball like a girl!!!!"
L7 weenie
@@DirtNastyCivilian Oscar Myer even! Footlong! Dodger dog! A weenie!
Isn't it funny how James Earl Jones saying that one little line from a movie to a kid is something we all agree would have made our whole childhoods.
Indeed!
Epic indeed 😂😊
Yes, that and hearing him yell scar Brother help me
not just to a kid but a clown who grew up to have an ego
@@michaelgiaquinto3092 Joking aside, the Sandlot came out a year before the Lion King.
When I was a substitute middle-school teacher Sandlot was my great equalizer. Never failed to silence even the most determined troublemakers. Thank you, Patrick Renna.
As a student we all got excited seeing the TV already in class 😂 until we would hear “remember to take notes” lmao
Ah, the flashbacks 😂
I would have still been disruptive... can't stop it
@@erikaw7767 congratz ? lol
Yeah that and a league of their own
It’s incredible how some folks appearances never age, as timeless as the movie.
His face was already this age.
@@CorbCorbin Your reply is one of those moments were I appreciate having an alternative view point.. I think I agree!
@@dw.imagingDK about you but every time when I kept seeing the shirt that says:
“You Killing Me Smalls” I ALWAYS thinking about the Pool Scene when Squints was pretending to be “drowned” in order to kissed the HOTTEST Lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn. DAMNIT I just wish that I was in his shoes.
@@seanlauer9222 ah. The lovely Marley Eve Shelton. I forgot about these classic scenes. Reminds me of the Phoebe Cates red bikini scene Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Will always be a great memory form back in the day when times were more simple 😂😂.
Was the kid in Bad Santa?
A memory he will truly cherish for the rest of his life now RIP James Earl Jones 😢😢🙏🙏
This guy is responsible for one of the greatest and most quoted lines in movie history...
“You play ball like a girl!”
@@uremadbroI checked. You’re correct. All these years I thought it was “you throw like a girl.” Thanks for the reality check.
Killing me smalls
@@krvnjrcbs Thanks Capt num nuts! You must be a God Damn GENIUS!
@@krvnjrcbs*numnuts
Imagine living your entire life hearing "You're killing me smalls" every day. That would be glorious!
Nah, Imagine hearing "No, I am your Father!" from James Earl Jones, HIMSELF...
Best "Memorabilia" ever.
Id just want him to say S'mores 😂
Best friend from childhood last name is smalls. Hes heard it regularly ever since 😂
@@jingalls9142- "S'mores what"?
Gloriously troubling because it would lose its magic, eventually
Absolute classic film. Makes me miss being a kid and having summers with nothing to do but just be a kid and have fun.
Exactly.. crazy how when we were young we are like I can’t wait to be a adult. Then when you are a adult
You wish you were a kid again….
@@benevolent2077
Ain't that the truth!
@@benevolent2077I don’t miss being a kid at all. I can do everything I did back then and more
Straight Facts!!!!! That’s why I Coach, help the kids be kids an REMAIN kids for as long as they possibly can!! U say u can do all the same things that u did as a kid, but we all kno that’s not tru. Just not having the stress is enough to want to be a kid again
Are you a Nord? Skyrim?
This is one of my daughter's favorite movies. She is 23 now.
I’m sure you showed her this! She is only a decade younger than I
This is one of my favorite movies..I'm 36 now lol
I named my dog after this film. RIP Bambino❤️ He was the best dog in the whole world. 145lbs Great Dane. Love this movie! One of the few good childhood memories I have
The great Bambi?!
Sorry for the loss I know the feeling.
@@jjking3894 clearly sandlot didn’t make it up. I only knew of babe ruth’s nickname bc of that movie, hence I give credit to the movie and not babe ruth.
The big bambino!! Miss my dogs
Filmed in my back yard, literally. Born raised in S.L.C Utah And Still live Here & Love It. A Few Kids From My Elementary & Jr High School Were Extras in The Movie... You Can See The Swimming Pool From The Highway.
Wow, must have been amazing having such a classic movie literally filmed in ur childhood back yard.
So their diamond is/was real?
Glendale
Hamilton Porter! There are only a handful of iconic lines from movies that EVERYONE instantly recognize: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” “I’ll be back.” and “You’re killing me, Smalls.” An all-time classic!
He also played the little brother in the movie Son-In-Law.
The Sandlot will always be one of the greatest movies from my childhood, forever…forever..forever!
For. Ev. Ver.
Absolutely...and I grew up about 10 minutes away from the filming location in Salt Lake. Truly a great movie to grow up with.
Yes it’s the greatest kids sport movie ever
Tiny little moments like that with James Earl Jones are treasures we carry for the rest of our lives.
James Earl Jones straight up turned to the kids and said "I'm your daddy." LOL. Truly a golden story for the eternal record books.
That's not what he said. You don't pay attention, do you?
"I'm your daddy"??? Right, Darth Vader is a punk-assed gang banger.
roasted the hell out of a clown who grew up to have an ego
That's a GREAT story about a TRUE LEGENDARY movie STAR!!! R.I.P. MR JONES 😊
Im 39 years old. Still love this movie!!!
3:29 😂😂 James Earl Jones after hearing this. Such a legendary cast
Legendary childhood movie! Will always be a classic!!!!
Forever forever will be so enjoyable.
GOAT childhood movie
One of the best movies ever. Every year the night or two before opening day, my son and I would always watch the Sandlot.
You have better baseball movies to choose from
@@backdoorletsdothis oh, I’m sorry for having an opinion and a movie my young son and I enjoyed watching at the start of each baseball season. It was kinda our thing.
@markd2851 I bet your favorite scene is the when glasses sexually assaults the lifeguard. You seem like the type to enjoy that.
@@backdoorletsdothis Man you must be a blast at parties.
@@backdoorletsdothisname some that are better cuz I can’t think of many
James threw a pitch straight down the pipe for those kids to hit it out of the park with the way he spoke to them. That was their grand slam moment and he lobbed it over the plate for them because he knew that's what they were looking for. Heart of gold.
"YOU'RE KILLING ME SMALLS" needless to say that Patrick Renna will always be remembered for that line and for the sandlot that's his most iconic movie.
One of his only movies isn't it
Actually yeah he was in a few other ones like the big green which was a soccer movie which he again costar with one of his fellow sandlot cast mates chauncey leopardi a.k a squints and he was in that pauly shore movie son in law and an episode of the 90's show boy meets world other than that he hasn't done much. In fact a friend of mind said he only does fan meet and greets and apparently has his own clothing line.
To hear that from James Earl Jones? Just imagining it, gives me chills. That's a moment ya don't forget.
He is such a solid interview, just had the answers, and spoke facts
A year ago, we watched this classic movie with our son…
we had to watch it three nights in a row after that. It’s Safe to say my son is a fan now of the sandlot.😊
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Sandlot is a masterpiece.
This man never ages. He looks virtually the same as he does in the movie, just taller.
Truly one of the greatest childhood summertime movies of all time. An absolute classic movie
A thousand people commented on this video over a year ago. I would normally have nothing to add. I just wanted to share that even as I retired from my job last month, 50 and 60 year-old coworkers were admonishing the dumb actions of the younger ones with, “You’re killing me, Smalls!”
If that one line isn’t on AFI’s list of the top 100 best movie quotes of all time, it should be.
Just hearing that story gave me goosebumps!
You're killing me Smalls is one of the best lines ever 😂😂😂
That's not surprising but really great to hear, he seemed like a really nice guy just in field of dreams alone!
One of the best movies ever! So close to my heart!
Watched it as a kid! Watched it with my kids! Classic!
It's a classic.
Patrick is one of the most underrated actors
Outstanding person had the pleasure of meeting him once
James Earl Jones 🐐❤️
Definitely a summer tradition to watch the Sandlot.
Great Movie I loved this movie growing up as a kid and now watch it with my son . 👍🏾👍🏾
For-ever! For-ever! For-ever! For-ever!
James Earl Jones is in 3 of my favorite baseball movies. Sandlot, Field of Dreams, and Bingo Long
Never heard of Bingo Long. I'll have to check that out.
What’s bingo long?
Fences too. Not a movie but a good play with baseball theme.
The Sandlot, along with many other 90s movies like this (most he was in too) shaped my childhood and give me that warm, fuzzy, nostalgic feeling that I love so much ❤
I ran into Patrick at the tail gate party before a Jimmy Buffett concert in Irvine, probably 20-25 years ago, he was hilarious and a fun dude to say the least.
RIP. He’s definitely gonna show up on a farm in Iowa next month
“Sandlot” was one of my FAVORITE movies growing up! I LOVED it!!! I watched it over and over throughout the summer.
And also, he looks exactly the same as he did at 13.😄
He’s one of this guys who will always look like a 13 year old boy. Classic movie
One of my favorite movies hands down. I still watch but with my kids now. Timeless classic. This dude looks the same just taller lol
Hands down, one of the best movies for kids. My sister and I loved this movie, even little girls enjoyed this movie.
What a classic movie! They don’t make em like this no more
That memory of James Earl Jones is awesome to me and I wasn't even there!!! To be in The Sandlot AND to have that memory of him saying that iconic line is just ... WOW...
This movie always takes you back to when you first fell in love with the game. 💯 I used to watch it every year around opening day and still do every now and then 💪
One of my all time favorites, older I get the more precious it gets. These writers & producers remembered EXACTLY what the best parts of childhood were. The joy of this movie is eternal.
“You’re kill’n me smalls!” I need to hear it!
From Utah. Living in Georgia now. We've watched the movie, no joke, near a 109 times. This last time we pulled out the projector and blew up the outside screen and played it for the neighborhood. An all time classic!
Long live James Earl jones
What made this movie even better to me is that ham looked SO MUCH like my best buddy on my baseball team growing up. Looked the same, same big personality, wild how much alike tbh. I probably watched this movie 20 times just at his house. I miss those days, man, real bad!
James Earl Jones, is goated.
Wish he was in more movies. My favorite actor in the whole group
Would be awesome to have a beer with him and Smalls and just talk about movies. This is also a great 4th of July movie.
It’s amazing how movies and sports can coincide to provide the ultimate childhood. I was born in 1992 and words can’t express how movies like the sandlot played a part in my life.
I actually got a Tshirt of him: "you killing me smalls" 😂
I loved The Big Green!! Another childhood classic
That is so awesome!!
*YOU’RE KILLING ME SMALLS!*
Omigosh!! This is the best interview!!! The Sandlot is still one of my favorite films!! Sooo many childhood memories unlocked.❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I still use “you’re killing me, smalls” at least once a week.
Perfect casting .. real classic every baseball fan past and future will love it
R.I.P. Mr. James Earl Jones 🕊
The dude still has such an amazingly recognizable face. Seems like an awesome guy
For a cult member
1:27, So Benny really was the best 😁
Glad to see him well , i always remembered his face and character.
Movie reminds me and a few life long friends of us in Jr High! Gen X❤
he still looks exactly the same! good for him!!
A lot of people don't know this today, but George Foreman was actually a professional boxer at one time...
no way, he invented the grill !!!! / sarcasm, i am in my 50's.
I loved this movie when I was young lol..80's baby!❤
He’s always seemed like a very intelligent and cool dude
He's a scientologist
I actually went to the elementary school where the kids are playing ball in the opening scene. I remember that exact location at Nibley Park Elementary. I was 7 years old when The Sandlot released in 93. Wish I could had been an extra. A lot of fond memories of that school.
My kids grew up watching this movie and we still watch it to this day. A classic
To this day my cousin and I quote the movie. It’s an ongoing bit 😆
I’ve seen this movie so many times because my little nephew was obsessed with it and watched it over and over again! It’s a great movie and awesome cast!
Rest easy James tell Hercules we all love him ❤️
I watched the movie Sandlot EVERY DAY for a month or two when it came out in 1993. I was 10-11yrs old. LOVED IT!
That has to have been a great memory
Classic movie. Childhood favourite.
Every July: I eat Baskin-Robbins Rainbow Sherbet, and watch “The Sandlot”.
I'm glad I saw this , My son and I love this movie.
He's always gonna be the pizza delivery vampire for me.
I agree as a little kid star wars was the most amazing movie I remember being a kid and star wars was that one movie I'd watch over and over again
Love this movie❤
Jesus he looks the exact same! Mind blown
This movie will live forever
I used to think the sandlot was like a biopic for Alex Rodriguez until somebody pointed out Sandlot is based in the 60's. And it was fiction.
And also he hadn't even been drafted yet and no one knew who he was.
So many iconic Baseball movies from the 90's......Made it easy being an 80's baby! 💙🙏⚾️
RIP James earl Jones
I was a grown man when The Sandlot came out. It spoke to me. I was born in 1963. The adventures of growing up. Baseball. Football. Basketball. Swimming pools. LIFEGUARDS. 😂. Big neighborhood dogs. Treehouses. Chewing tobacco...all of it. A true classic.
I’m 53 years old. I remember playing home run derby with my buddies at the little league field in New Lexington Ohio in the early 80’s. The field backed up to the town pool and once in a while we’d homer one into the pool. The lifeguard would give us a hard time about the dangers of the ball flying in there. I still remember her name and the tan she would get each summer. I lived my version of the Sandlot and a lot of others did also. What a great time to be a kid.
James Earl Jones is actually a very funny man
I could listen to this guy talk about Sandlot for at least 2 hours.