Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Jan 1, 1987

0h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

Bob Uecker hosted this show in the mid to late 1980's, featuring sports bloopers and comedy with Mr. Baseball himself.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Steve Rotfeld Productions

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports Trailers

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Cast

Self

Bob Uecker

Cowboy Bob Orton

Bob Orton, Jr.

Don Muraco

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Ray Heenan

'Classy' Freddie Blassie

Freddie Blassie

Capt. Lou Albano

Louis Albano

"Adorable" Adrian Adonis

Keith Franke

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Jesse Ventura

Jimmy Hart

James Ray Hart

Nikolai Volkoff

Josip Peruzović

The Junkyard Dog

Sylvester Ritter

'Mean' Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

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6.2

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6.3

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6.0

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6.3

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4.6

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5.3

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5.3

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4.4

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5.2

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7.3

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No overview available.

6.0

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