Streetplay: The Bloghttp://blog.streetplay.comThe official blog of Streetplay.comen-USThu, 09 Jun 2011 13:07:14 PDThttp://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1hourly1So, what’s “tag”?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/AzJYXT74seU/audio / video / mediavalue of playvideoFree Range KidsJeff LewisLenore SkenazytagHugh McNallyFri, 15 Oct 2010 13:41:27 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=477This routine from actor/comedian Jeff Lewis may be, simultaneously, the reason for the existence of Streetplay.com and our choice for “video of the century.”  As Rod Serling would say, “submitted for your approval”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0VOVuxiahk

It is like the Twilight Zone, isn’t it?  No further comment from us other than, “Get out and play.”  Thanks again to the ever perspicacious Lenore Skenazy for bringing this video to our attention.

]]>This routine from actor/comedian Jeff Lewis may be, simultaneously, the reason for the existence of Streetplay.com and our choice for “video of the century.”  As Rod Serling would say, “submitted for your approval”… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0VOVuxiahk It is like the Twilight Zone, isn’t it?  No further comment from us other than, “Get out and play.”  Thanks again to [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/10/15/so-whats-tag/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/10/15/so-whats-tag/In memoriam: Steve Mercado, FDNYhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/F1ziRQ8_kkI/rest in peaceSteve MercadostickballHugh McNallySat, 11 Sep 2010 05:56:07 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=465Steve was a good man and a friend to Streetplay. His absence is still sorely missed.  His name and memory lives in our hearts and minds at Streetplay as well as legions of people in the NYC stickball community.

Steve Mercado plays stickball on the National Mall, 2001

Steve Mercado plays stickball on the National Mall, 2001

]]>Steve was a good man and a friend to Streetplay. His absence is still sorely missed.  His name and memory lives in our hearts and minds at Streetplay as well as legions of people in the NYC stickball community. Streetplay’s original tribute to Steve Steve’s poem about stickball NY Times’ portrait of Stevehttp://blog.streetplay.com/2010/09/11/steve-mercado/feed/1http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/09/11/steve-mercado/Dennis Hopper, RIPhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/a0HiyB8h10k/handballrest in peaceHugh McNallySat, 29 May 2010 15:53:08 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=395We were sad to hear of today’s passing of Dennis Hopper.  Dennis and Streetplay crossed paths in 1999 during the filming of Knockaround Guys, which featured a scene where he and John Malkovich played handball (see our coverage of behind-the-scenes action).  Here’s the film trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEpUGUgeAEw

This wasn’t Hopper’s crowning cinematic achievement (they waited until 2002 to even release the picture), but we still have fond memories of seeing him chasing a little blue ball around the court.

Perhaps more memorable in Hopper’s connection to sport was his popular series of Nike advertisements playing the paranoid, unhinged character Stanley.  Here’s a memorable ad, a 1995 Super Bowl commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4rsn8rJYM

Also not to be forgotten is Hopper’s portrayal of the down-and-out “Shooter” in the film Hoosiers.  Here’s a scene featuring a temporarily rehabilitated Shooter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP0W3bRLQ8A

Rest in peace.

]]>We were sad to hear of today’s passing of Dennis Hopper.  Dennis and Streetplay crossed paths in 1999 during the filming of Knockaround Guys, which featured a scene where he and John Malkovich played handball (see our coverage of behind-the-scenes action).  Here’s the film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEpUGUgeAEw This wasn’t Hopper’s crowning cinematic achievement (they waited until [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/05/29/dennis-hopper-rip/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/05/29/dennis-hopper-rip/New York Street Games: Movie and feature in USA Weekendhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/2rgqJQlR_Uk/audio / video / mediasite newsMick GreeneSat, 15 May 2010 09:20:33 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=358Really looking forward to the premiere of the documentary “New York Street Games” on Thursday, May 20.  The clip is a straight run of great interviews and fantastic archival footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3M2WNu23U

Check it out

Also, don’t miss this feature in this weekend’s USA Weekend highlighting the film, describing rules for the essential games, and citing Streetplay.com “more more information.”

]]>Really looking forward to the premiere of the documentary “New York Street Games” on Thursday, May 20.  The clip is a straight run of great interviews and fantastic archival footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3M2WNu23U Check it out Homepage – www.newyorkstreetgames.com/home.html Trailer – www.newyorkstreetgames.com/trailer.html Also, don’t miss this feature in this weekend’s USA Weekend highlighting the film, describing rules for [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/05/15/nyc-street-games/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/05/15/nyc-street-games/Adults playing with kidshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/zw6wo6LKFKE/21st Century Narcissismparental insanityvalue of playvideoFree Range KidsLenore SkenazyHugh McNallyThu, 29 Apr 2010 05:41:03 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=309We’ve mentioned Lenore Skenazy more than once here on our blog; here’s a video of her positing the idea that parents don’t necessarily need to get involved and drive their kids’ play, suggesting that it may actually be detrimental.  After Lenore, a bunch of mothers you’ve never heard of chime in, agreeing or disagreeing based on their own experiences.

It would have been preposterous, at least for me or anyone I ever knew as a child, for parents to hunker down with us as we played stickball, skully, or anything else outside.  That time was referred to as “going out to play” by parents and kids alike.  We figured things out on our own, learned basics of fair play, wrote our own script for the day.  And had fun.

I did play board games like Scrabble enough with my parents, but that’s not what I remember as “play.”  What do you all think?

]]>We’ve mentioned Lenore Skenazy more than once here on our blog; here’s a video of her positing the idea that parents don’t necessarily need to get involved and drive their kids’ play, suggesting that it may actually be detrimental.  After Lenore, a bunch of mothers you’ve never heard of chime in, agreeing or disagreeing based [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/29/adults-playing-with-kids/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/29/adults-playing-with-kids/Ambrosia Beats Q of W: Bronx Retains City Islandhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/x0lq6AJG8g0/BronxfunhandballvideoBaron AmbrosiaBronx FlavorHugh McNallyWed, 21 Apr 2010 15:44:08 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=302Careful readers of this blog may remember our last post about Baron Ambrosia, the host of Bronxnet’s show Bronx Flavor, and a YouTube clip showing him playing handball against someone dressed like Divine’s character in Pink Flamingos. The Baron has explained it all in his recently released episode: he’s playing for the Bronx against the evil “Queen of Westchester” to determine the ownership of City Island:

Baron Ambrosia plays handball

Baron Ambrosia plays handball-click to watch the episode on BronxFlavor.com

The Baron doesn’t provide an embed code for us to plant the show in our blog–and it’s not on YouTube–so click through Web 1.0 style and enjoy the contest! By the way: I’ve seen The Queen of Westchester many a time lurking through the Galleria in White Plains.

]]>Careful readers of this blog may remember our last post about Baron Ambrosia, the host of Bronxnet’s show Bronx Flavor, and a YouTube clip showing him playing handball against someone dressed like Divine’s character in Pink Flamingos. The Baron has explained it all in his recently released episode: he’s playing for the Bronx against the evil [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/21/ambrosia-beats-queen/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/21/ambrosia-beats-queen/Double Dutch Divas: Remasteredhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/cqO2dPnQqjs/jumpropesite newsvideoHugh McNallyTue, 13 Apr 2010 09:24:10 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=292Way back in August 2000, we put 4 short videos of the Double Dutch Divas on Streetplay, part of our jump rope coverage.  Well, some 10 years later, we fixed them up a little (putting them all together, for one thing) and posted them on our new YouTube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSP4nbO2ck0

The video quality may not be great like Hulu, but the message of fun still shines through after a decade has passed.

]]>Way back in August 2000, we put 4 short videos of the Double Dutch Divas on Streetplay, part of our jump rope coverage.  Well, some 10 years later, we fixed them up a little (putting them all together, for one thing) and posted them on our new YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSP4nbO2ck0 The video quality may not [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/13/double-dutch-divas-remastered/feed/1http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/13/double-dutch-divas-remastered/Double Dutch Divas: Remastered from the Streetplay Legacy Fileshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/v1LUJZIC8lE/Streetplay on YouTubevideoYouTubeadminTue, 13 Apr 2010 09:02:40 PDT
You know those four short videos we had of the Double Dutch Divas, with the bad aspect ratios and the Batman angles? We tried to fix them up a bit. Enjoy!
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]]>Double Dutch Divas: Remastered from the Streetplay Legacy Files You know those four short videos we had of the Double Dutch Divas, with the bad aspect ratios and the Batman angles? We tried to fix them up a bit. Enjoy! From: streetplaycom Views: 51 0 ratings Time: 00:53 More in People & Blogshttp://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/13/double-dutch-divas-remastered-from-the-streetplay-legacy-files/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/13/double-dutch-divas-remastered-from-the-streetplay-legacy-files/Malaysian Skully?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/XitmUOTDur8/skullyvideoworld gamesHugh McNallyMon, 12 Apr 2010 07:25:27 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/12/youtube-bottle-caps-game-o-mlympics-final/So as we’re putting together our Streetplay YouTube channel, we stumbled across this video of people playing a “Traditional Malaysian game” with bottlecaps on a round tabletop.  Looks like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43jLBRMHqz4

If anyone has more information on what the heck this game is called or how it’s played, let us know in the comments section of this post!  Until we find out, we’re going to call it “Malaysian skully“–kind of like “Chinese handball” but hopefully without the racist overtones.

]]>So as we’re putting together our Streetplay YouTube channel, we stumbled across this video of people playing a “Traditional Malaysian game” with bottlecaps on a round tabletop.  Looks like fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43jLBRMHqz4 If anyone has more information on what the heck this game is called or how it’s played, let us know in the comments section [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/12/malaysian-skully/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/12/malaysian-skully/Streetplay on YouTubehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Streetplay/~3/Q8T84WMqM_Q/site newsvideoHugh McNallyMon, 12 Apr 2010 07:00:40 PDThttp://blog.streetplay.com/?p=285We had videos on Streetplay way before there was a YouTube, but we have to admit, those guys have done it a little better than us.  So, in the “if you can’t beat ‘em, use ‘em” kind of way, we’ve added our own channel on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/streetplaycom

If you know of a great YouTube video that depicts what we’re about, drop us a note in the comments.

]]>We had videos on Streetplay way before there was a YouTube, but we have to admit, those guys have done it a little better than us.  So, in the “if you can’t beat ‘em, use ‘em” kind of way, we’ve added our own channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/streetplaycom If you know of a great YouTube video [...]http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/12/streetplay-on-youtube/feed/0http://blog.streetplay.com/2010/04/12/streetplay-on-youtube/